The first table below looks at the demand for the Portal 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 Portal Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Portal Developer
Rank 50 64 72
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Portal Developer 6 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.731% 0.092% 0.152%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.776% 0.098% 0.160%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £406 - £361
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £381
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
773 1019 1249
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.15% 93.74% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 504 609
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £237 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 36
Average hourly rate £13.93 £23.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.43% +50.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.60 £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%
Portal Developer
Scotland

Portal Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Portal Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Portal Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Portal Developer Daily Rate Trend

Portal Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Portal 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 Portal Developer in their job title.

1 8 (88.89%) JSF
1 8 (88.89%) WebSphere
1 8 (88.89%) WebSphere Portal
2 7 (77.78%) WebSphere Application Server
3 6 (66.67%) Java
3 6 (66.67%) jQuery
4 5 (55.56%) IBM Certification
4 5 (55.56%) Content Management
4 5 (55.56%) JSP
4 5 (55.56%) IBM
5 4 (44.44%) Servlets
6 3 (33.33%) SOAP
6 3 (33.33%) Web Services
6 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 3 (33.33%) J2EE
6 3 (33.33%) Photoshop
6 3 (33.33%) CSS
6 3 (33.33%) OO
6 3 (33.33%) Eclipse
6 3 (33.33%) Spring
6 3 (33.33%) Web Design
6 3 (33.33%) Graphic Design
6 3 (33.33%) Dojo
6 3 (33.33%) Open Source
6 3 (33.33%) Web 2.0
6 3 (33.33%) Rational Application Developer
7 2 (22.22%) JSR 286
7 2 (22.22%) Ajax
7 2 (22.22%) JAXB
8 1 (11.11%) Finance

Portal Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Portal 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 Portal Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (88.89%) JSF
1 8 (88.89%) WebSphere
2 6 (66.67%) jQuery
3 5 (55.56%) JSP
4 4 (44.44%) Servlets
5 3 (33.33%) SOAP
5 3 (33.33%) Web Services
5 3 (33.33%) J2EE
5 3 (33.33%) CSS
5 3 (33.33%) Spring
5 3 (33.33%) Dojo
6 2 (22.22%) JSR 286
6 2 (22.22%) Ajax
6 2 (22.22%) JAXB
7 1 (11.11%) XML
7 1 (11.11%) JSON
7 1 (11.11%) HTML5
7 1 (11.11%) REST
7 1 (11.11%) Worklight
Application Platforms
1 8 (88.89%) WebSphere Portal
2 7 (77.78%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Photoshop
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 3 (33.33%) Rational Application Developer
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Graphic Design
1 3 (33.33%) Open Source
1 3 (33.33%) Web 2.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Content Management
2 3 (33.33%) OO
2 3 (33.33%) Web Design
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) IBM
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Portal Developer Edinburgh 6 Months contract £400/day My client in Edinburgh is looking to interview Portal Developers this week for a 6 months contract.
Sanderson
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
JSF 1.2... JSP... Experience of JavaScript frameworks such as DOJO and jQuery. Knowledge of WebSphere Portal Administration (preferably candidates will be IBM certified). Experience of IBM Web...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013