The first table below looks at the demand for LINC skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LINC over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Programming Languages category 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LINC 4GL
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing LINC 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £213 - £319
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
226 201 280
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 27.90% 18.17% 20.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 86 111
Average daily rate £313 £320 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.34% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £239 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 2
Average hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +30.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
LINC
Scotland

LINC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing LINC across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Edinburgh LINC Jobs Demand Trend