The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lead Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Developer
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Developer 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.623% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.663% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £418 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+15.17% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.86 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-15.35% +33.33%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
754 1035 1239
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 93.90% 94.09% 94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 515 611
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £244 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 26 35
Average hourly rate £15.50 £23.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.60% +50.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.70 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Lead Developer
Scotland

Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Lead Developer across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Lead Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Lead Developer across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Lead Developer Daily Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Lead Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Lead Developer in their job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (80.00%) CSS
1 4 (80.00%) Flash
1 4 (80.00%) XHTML
1 4 (80.00%) Ruby
1 4 (80.00%) Ajax
1 4 (80.00%) HTML5
2 3 (60.00%) HTML
2 3 (60.00%) TDD
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Web Development
3 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk
3 1 (20.00%) SAS
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Lead Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Lead Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (80.00%) CSS
1 4 (80.00%) Flash
1 4 (80.00%) XHTML
1 4 (80.00%) Ajax
1 4 (80.00%) HTML5
2 3 (60.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SAS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) TDD
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Data Security
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (80.00%) Ruby
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe