The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Web 2.0 in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web 2.0 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
Web 2.0
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Web 2.0 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.247% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.399% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £413 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £300 £363
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £28.75 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-40.86% +36.90%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
143 149 193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 17.65% 13.47% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 65 75
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £486 £526
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
Average hourly rate £12.42 £12.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.50% -11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Web 2.0
Scotland

Web 2.0
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Web 2.0 across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Edinburgh Web 2.0 Jobs Demand Trend

Web 2.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0.

1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) jQuery
2 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Portal
2 2 (50.00%) Visualforce
2 2 (50.00%) Apex Code
2 2 (50.00%) Open Source
2 2 (50.00%) J2EE
2 2 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (50.00%) Rational Application Developer
2 2 (50.00%) JSP
2 2 (50.00%) Servlets
2 2 (50.00%) SOAP
2 2 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 2 (50.00%) Eclipse
2 2 (50.00%) IBM
2 2 (50.00%) IBM Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Salesforce.com
2 2 (50.00%) Web Design
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) Spring
2 2 (50.00%) JSF
2 2 (50.00%) Ajax
2 2 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (50.00%) Graphic Design
2 2 (50.00%) Dojo

Web 2.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) jQuery
2 2 (50.00%) Visualforce
2 2 (50.00%) J2EE
2 2 (50.00%) JSP
2 2 (50.00%) Servlets
2 2 (50.00%) SOAP
2 2 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) Spring
2 2 (50.00%) JSF
2 2 (50.00%) Ajax
2 2 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (50.00%) Dojo
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Photoshop
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 2 (50.00%) Rational Application Developer
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Developer
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Portal Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Portal Developer
2 1 (25.00%) CRM Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Graphic Design
1 2 (50.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) OO
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
1 2 (50.00%) Web Design
1 2 (50.00%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) IBM
1 2 (50.00%) Salesforce.com
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