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The table below looks at the demand for Refactoring skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Refactoring over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRefactoring
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank47-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.047 %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£370£324
% change on same period last year+14.16 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£34.00-
Average hourly rate£35.25-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£36.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.67-
% change on same period last year-
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads382569
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.599 %0.619 %
Daily rates quoted116114
Average minimum daily rate£325£324
Average daily rate£356£339
% change on same period last year+5.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£369
% change on same period last year+2.93 %
Hourly rates quoted1224
Average minimum hourly rate£19.57£20.98
Average hourly rate£21.22£22.23
% change on same period last year-4.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.88£23.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.09£29.91
% change on same period last year-6.09 %
Refactoring ScotlandRefactoring
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.

Refactoring
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Refactoring across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Edinburgh Refactoring Demand Trend

Refactoring
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Refactoring Hourly Rate Trend

Refactoring
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Refactoring 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 Refactoring.

15 (71.43 %)CruiseControl
23 (42.86 %)OO
23 (42.86 %)RAD
23 (42.86 %)Python
23 (42.86 %)ClearCase
23 (42.86 %)SOA
23 (42.86 %)B2B
23 (42.86 %)C++
23 (42.86 %)Java
23 (42.86 %)JUnit
23 (42.86 %)XML
23 (42.86 %)Linux
23 (42.86 %)Finance
23 (42.86 %)Agile Software Development
32 (28.57 %)Continuous Integration
32 (28.57 %)wxWidgets
32 (28.57 %)C
32 (28.57 %)Ant
41 (14.29 %)PHP
41 (14.29 %)Windows
41 (14.29 %)STL
41 (14.29 %)Electronics
41 (14.29 %)RIA
41 (14.29 %)OOP

Refactoring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Refactoring 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 Refactoring. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (42.86 %)XML
22 (28.57 %)wxWidgets
31 (14.29 %)STL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (71.43 %)CruiseControl
23 (42.86 %)JUnit
23 (42.86 %)ClearCase
32 (28.57 %)Ant
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (42.86 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Electronics
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Developer
23 (42.86 %)Analyst
23 (42.86 %)Analyst Programmer
23 (42.86 %)Programmer
23 (42.86 %)Java Analyst Programmer
23 (42.86 %)Java Programmer
23 (42.86 %)Software Developer
32 (28.57 %)Python Developer
41 (14.29 %)C++ Software Developer
41 (14.29 %)C++ Developer
41 (14.29 %)PHP Developer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)RIA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (42.86 %)Linux
21 (14.29 %)Windows
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)OO
13 (42.86 %)RAD
13 (42.86 %)SOA
13 (42.86 %)B2B
13 (42.86 %)Agile Software Development
22 (28.57 %)Continuous Integration
31 (14.29 %)OOP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (42.86 %)C++
13 (42.86 %)Java
13 (42.86 %)Python
22 (28.57 %)C
31 (14.29 %)PHP