The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 46 48 66
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 9 10 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.090% 0.906% 0.386%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.158% 0.965% 0.408%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 2
Average daily rate £250 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £345 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £475 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £31.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+20.96% -3.84%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
777 1036 1225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.07% 93.84% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 510 600
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £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 10 27 36
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%
Programmer
Scotland

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Programmer across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Web Application Development
3 6 (30.00%) C++
3 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
4 5 (25.00%) Visual Studio
4 5 (25.00%) HTML
4 5 (25.00%) C#
5 4 (20.00%) SQL
6 3 (15.00%) T-SQL
6 3 (15.00%) VBA
6 3 (15.00%) .NET
6 3 (15.00%) PL/SQL
6 3 (15.00%) Oracle
6 3 (15.00%) Oracle 9i
6 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (15.00%) Web Development
6 3 (15.00%) Degree
6 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.00%) jQuery
6 3 (15.00%) Unit Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.00%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (10.00%) DevExpress
7 2 (10.00%) XML

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (25.00%) HTML
2 3 (15.00%) .NET
2 3 (15.00%) jQuery
2 3 (15.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 2 (10.00%) XML
4 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET
4 1 (5.000%) CSS
4 1 (5.000%) XHTML
4 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.000%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (5.000%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) HTTP
1 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.000%) Intranet
1 1 (5.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle 9i
2 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.000%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (5.000%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.000%) Back Office
3 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (10.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.000%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Web Application Development
2 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (15.00%) Web Development
2 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (15.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.000%) ETL
4 1 (5.000%) Project Management
4 1 (5.000%) MVC
4 1 (5.000%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (30.00%) C++
3 5 (25.00%) C#
4 4 (20.00%) SQL
5 3 (15.00%) T-SQL
5 3 (15.00%) VBA
5 3 (15.00%) PL/SQL
6 2 (10.00%) VB.NET
6 2 (10.00%) Java
7 1 (5.000%) C
7 1 (5.000%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.000%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) MAINVIEW
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) DevExpress
3 1 (5.000%) IBM
3 1 (5.000%) CA
3 1 (5.000%) Lotus
3 1 (5.000%) Remedy