The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Glasgow 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 3 1
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 389 178 248
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 43.08% 22.00% 32.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 46.14% 23.21% 34.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 71 157
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £21.25 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -29.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.25
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.63%
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
843 767 718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 93.36% 94.81% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 355 423
Average daily rate £338 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.46% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £238 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 32 17
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -8.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £30.41 £173.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Developer
Scotland

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Glasgow Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

1 323 (44.67%) Java
2 285 (39.42%) C#
3 265 (36.65%) SQL
4 201 (27.80%) Finance
5 197 (27.25%) XML
6 172 (23.79%) Sybase
7 154 (21.30%) Multithreading
8 152 (21.02%) JavaScript
9 145 (20.06%) Spring
10 140 (19.36%) Banking
11 139 (19.23%) .NET
12 132 (18.26%) UNIX
13 123 (17.01%) WPF
14 112 (15.49%) SQL Server
15 110 (15.21%) Perl
16 108 (14.94%) Oracle
17 99 (13.69%) C++
18 96 (13.28%) Fixed Income
19 95 (13.14%) CSS
20 90 (12.45%) OO
21 86 (11.89%) ASP.NET
21 86 (11.89%) HTML
22 78 (10.79%) Unit Testing
23 75 (10.37%) Agile Software Development
24 71 (9.820%) HTML5
25 68 (9.405%) Hibernate
26 67 (9.267%) Linux
26 67 (9.267%) jQuery
27 62 (8.575%) RDBMS
27 62 (8.575%) Microsoft

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 197 (27.25%) XML
2 145 (20.06%) Spring
3 139 (19.23%) .NET
4 123 (17.01%) WPF
5 95 (13.14%) CSS
6 86 (11.89%) ASP.NET
6 86 (11.89%) HTML
7 71 (9.820%) HTML5
8 68 (9.405%) Hibernate
9 67 (9.267%) jQuery
10 52 (7.192%) JMS
11 50 (6.916%) Web Services
12 45 (6.224%) J2EE
13 40 (5.533%) SOAP
13 40 (5.533%) Ajax
14 39 (5.394%) JSP
15 36 (4.979%) J2SE
16 35 (4.841%) XSLT
16 35 (4.841%) WinForms
17 34 (4.703%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 44 (6.086%) SharePoint
2 43 (5.947%) Tomcat
3 21 (2.905%) Apache
4 17 (2.351%) SharePoint 2010
5 15 (2.075%) CMS
6 14 (1.936%) TIBCO EMS
7 10 (1.383%) SharePoint 2013
8 9 (1.245%) Drupal
9 8 (1.107%) Mule
10 7 (0.968%) SharePoint Server
11 6 (0.830%) IIS
11 6 (0.830%) IBM Notes
11 6 (0.830%) Lotus Domino
12 5 (0.692%) Oracle Coherence
12 5 (0.692%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.553%) WebSphere Message Broker
13 4 (0.553%) ESB
14 2 (0.277%) Joomla!
14 2 (0.277%) WebLogic
14 2 (0.277%) Documentum
Applications
1 28 (3.873%) MS Excel
2 26 (3.596%) InfoPath
3 10 (1.383%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.245%) MS Office
5 7 (0.968%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.415%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.277%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (0.138%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (0.415%) Tridion
2 1 (0.138%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.138%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.628%) HTTP
2 8 (1.107%) Intranet
3 3 (0.415%) SSL
4 2 (0.277%) SAN
4 2 (0.277%) IPsec
5 1 (0.138%) Internet
5 1 (0.138%) Extranet
5 1 (0.138%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.138%) SMS
5 1 (0.138%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (15.49%) SQL Server
2 62 (8.575%) RDBMS
3 36 (4.979%) SQL Server 2005
4 32 (4.426%) SQL Server 2008
4 32 (4.426%) DB2
5 28 (3.873%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (2.628%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 17 (2.351%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (1.521%) MySQL
8 11 (1.521%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 11 (1.521%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.107%) Sybase IQ
10 7 (0.968%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (0.968%) GIS
11 6 (0.830%) SQL Server 2012
12 5 (0.692%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.692%) MS Access
12 5 (0.692%) DTS
12 5 (0.692%) Oracle 11g
13 4 (0.553%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 41 (5.671%) JUnit
2 39 (5.394%) Subversion
3 31 (4.288%) Maven
4 30 (4.149%) Eclipse
5 21 (2.905%) Selenium
6 18 (2.490%) CruiseControl
7 10 (1.383%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.383%) JIRA
7 10 (1.383%) JDeveloper
8 8 (1.107%) Ant
9 7 (0.968%) ClearCase
9 7 (0.968%) Xcode
9 7 (0.968%) Jenkins
10 6 (0.830%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.830%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.692%) Dreamweaver
11 5 (0.692%) ProC
12 4 (0.553%) MbUnit
12 4 (0.553%) Git (software)
13 3 (0.415%) StyleCop
General
1 201 (27.80%) Finance
2 140 (19.36%) Banking
3 36 (4.979%) Front Office
4 29 (4.011%) Investment Banking
5 6 (0.830%) Telecoms
6 5 (0.692%) Retail
6 5 (0.692%) Games
7 3 (0.415%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.415%) Retail Banking
7 3 (0.415%) Marketing
8 1 (0.138%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 96 (13.28%) Fixed Income
2 42 (5.809%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 26 (3.596%) Computer Science
4 22 (3.043%) Data Integration
5 18 (2.490%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (2.213%) Derivative
6 16 (2.213%) Equity Derivative
7 15 (2.075%) N-Tier
8 14 (1.936%) Mathematics
8 14 (1.936%) Inversion of Control
9 9 (1.245%) Equities
10 8 (1.107%) Physics
10 8 (1.107%) NHS
11 7 (0.968%) Clustering
11 7 (0.968%) Credit Risk
11 7 (0.968%) Market Risk
12 5 (0.692%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.692%) W3C
13 4 (0.553%) Blackberry
14 3 (0.415%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 132 (18.26%) UNIX
2 67 (9.267%) Linux
3 37 (5.118%) Windows
4 12 (1.660%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.521%) Windows CE
6 4 (0.553%) Solaris
7 3 (0.415%) Android
8 2 (0.277%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.277%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.138%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (21.30%) Multithreading
2 90 (12.45%) OO
3 78 (10.79%) Unit Testing
4 75 (10.37%) Agile Software Development
5 47 (6.501%) MVC
6 45 (6.224%) TDD
7 30 (4.149%) OOP
8 28 (3.873%) Scrum
9 26 (3.596%) Data Modelling
10 18 (2.490%) ETL
10 18 (2.490%) UML
10 18 (2.490%) Change Management
10 18 (2.490%) Continuous Integration
11 17 (2.351%) Web Development
12 16 (2.213%) Analytics
13 15 (2.075%) Web Application Development
13 15 (2.075%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (1.936%) SOA
14 14 (1.936%) Workflow
15 13 (1.798%) Extreme Programming
Programming Languages
1 323 (44.67%) Java
2 285 (39.42%) C#
3 265 (36.65%) SQL
4 152 (21.02%) JavaScript
5 110 (15.21%) Perl
6 99 (13.69%) C++
7 45 (6.224%) PL/SQL
8 37 (5.118%) Shell Script
9 30 (4.149%) VB
9 30 (4.149%) Scala
10 24 (3.320%) Python
11 23 (3.181%) C
12 22 (3.043%) VB.NET
12 22 (3.043%) T-SQL
13 15 (2.075%) PHP
14 14 (1.936%) VBA
15 12 (1.660%) C++/CLI
16 9 (1.245%) Objective-C
16 9 (1.245%) XPath
17 8 (1.107%) VB6
Qualifications
1 39 (5.394%) Degree
2 8 (1.107%) Security Cleared
2 8 (1.107%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (0.968%) Sun Certification
4 3 (0.415%) MCP
4 3 (0.415%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.277%) ISEB
5 2 (0.277%) MCTS
6 1 (0.138%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.043%) QA
2 2 (0.277%) SLA
2 2 (0.277%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (0.277%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.277%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.138%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.138%) Tivoli
1 1 (0.138%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 1 (0.138%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 172 (23.79%) Sybase
2 108 (14.94%) Oracle
3 62 (8.575%) Microsoft
4 35 (4.841%) Adobe
5 31 (4.288%) Sencha
6 27 (3.734%) TIBCO
7 20 (2.766%) Informatica
8 17 (2.351%) ION Trading
9 7 (0.968%) Sun
9 7 (0.968%) JBoss
10 6 (0.830%) Lotus
11 4 (0.553%) Perforce
11 4 (0.553%) Business Objects
11 4 (0.553%) CA
12 3 (0.415%) Ab Initio
12 3 (0.415%) VMware
13 2 (0.277%) Infragistics
13 2 (0.277%) IBM
14 1 (0.138%) Cognos
14 1 (0.138%) HP
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