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The table below looks at the demand for Motif skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Motif over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMotif
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£31.52
% change on same period last year-
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads185348
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.263 %0.351 %
Daily rates quoted4046
Average minimum daily rate£377£295
Average daily rate£407£303
% change on same period last year+34.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted313
Average minimum hourly rate£27.20£37.67
Average hourly rate£28.40£38.08
% change on same period last year-25.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.60£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Motif ScotlandMotif
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Motif
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Motif across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Edinburgh Motif Demand Trend

Motif
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Motif also 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 that cited Motif.

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Client/Server
11 (100.00 %)X-Windows
11 (100.00 %)Degree
11 (100.00 %)Computer Science

Motif
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Motif also 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 that cited Motif. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)X-Windows
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)C Developer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Client/Server
11 (100.00 %)Computer Science
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Linux
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C++
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)Degree