Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the .NET Developer role in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 .NET Developer
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5140
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads57107
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.111 %
As % of the category below2.643 %3.155 %
Daily rates quoted1514
Average minimum daily rate£274£249
Average daily rate£310£263
% change on same period last year+17.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£278
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£311
% change on same period last year-3.36 %
Hourly rates quoted07
Average minimum hourly rate-£21.86
Average hourly rate-£24.71
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£27.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.45£32.62
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads21573391
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.074 %3.507 %
Daily rates quoted463659
Average minimum daily rate£295£307
Average daily rate£318£323
% change on same period last year-1.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£342£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted174251
Average minimum hourly rate£21.19£19.52
Average hourly rate£22.18£20.69
% change on same period last year+7.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.16£21.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.64£25.03
% change on same period last year-5.56 %
.NET Developer UK.NET Developer
UK

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.

.NET Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland .NET Developer Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Scotland .NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland .NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghUp+621£345+23.21 %
GlasgowUp+917£271+14.49 %
AberdeenUp+84£200-
FalkirkNew entry-1--
FifeNew entry-1--
.NET Developer UK.NET Developer
UK

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited .NET 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 .NET Developer in their job title.

1133 (100.00 %).NET
291 (68.42 %)C#
375 (56.39 %)SQL Server
469 (51.88 %)ASP.NET
545 (33.83 %)VB.NET
627 (20.30 %)SQL Server 2005
627 (20.30 %)XML
723 (17.29 %)SQL
821 (15.79 %)Visual Studio
821 (15.79 %)WebServices
917 (12.78 %)HTML
1016 (12.03 %)Finance
1114 (10.53 %)Oracle
1213 (9.774 %)JavaScript
1213 (9.774 %)CSS
1213 (9.774 %)Microsoft
1312 (9.023 %)OO
1312 (9.023 %)SharePoint
1312 (9.023 %)WinForms
1411 (8.271 %)VB
159 (6.767 %)Windows
159 (6.767 %)Agile Software Development
159 (6.767 %)AJAX
159 (6.767 %)SQL Server 2000
168 (6.015 %)Banking
168 (6.015 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
168 (6.015 %)PHP
168 (6.015 %)ASP.NET 2.0
177 (5.263 %)Web Development
177 (5.263 %).NET Framework

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited .NET 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 .NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1133 (100.00 %).NET
269 (51.88 %)ASP.NET
327 (20.30 %)XML
421 (15.79 %)WebServices
517 (12.78 %)HTML
613 (9.774 %)CSS
712 (9.023 %)WinForms
89 (6.767 %)AJAX
98 (6.015 %)ASP.NET 2.0
107 (5.263 %).NET Framework
115 (3.759 %)XHTML
115 (3.759 %)ADO.NET
115 (3.759 %)ASP
124 (3.008 %)WCF
124 (3.008 %).NET Remoting
133 (2.256 %)WPF
133 (2.256 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
142 (1.504 %)CAML
142 (1.504 %)J2EE
142 (1.504 %)SOAP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (9.023 %)SharePoint
25 (3.759 %)CMS
33 (2.256 %)SharePoint Server 2007
42 (1.504 %)Umbraco
51 (0.752 %)ColdFusion
51 (0.752 %)Content Management Server
51 (0.752 %)IIS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (3.008 %)MS Excel
22 (1.504 %)MS Office
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (3.008 %)Ethernet
14 (3.008 %)HTTP
14 (3.008 %)TCP/IP
23 (2.256 %)Internet
23 (2.256 %)UPnP
31 (0.752 %)Extranet
31 (0.752 %)Intranet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
175 (56.39 %)SQL Server
227 (20.30 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (6.767 %)SQL Server 2000
48 (6.015 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
57 (5.263 %)MS Access
66 (4.511 %)RDBMS
74 (3.008 %)MySQL
83 (2.256 %)Crystal Reports
83 (2.256 %)Oracle Reports
83 (2.256 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (0.752 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (0.752 %)BusinessObjects
91 (0.752 %)GIS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (15.79 %)Visual Studio
24 (3.008 %)FrontPage
24 (3.008 %)Flash
24 (3.008 %)Dreamweaver
32 (1.504 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.752 %)NUnit
41 (0.752 %)Subversion
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (12.03 %)Finance
28 (6.015 %)Banking
34 (3.008 %)Investment Banking
34 (3.008 %)Music
42 (1.504 %)Marketing
42 (1.504 %)Billing
42 (1.504 %)Government
42 (1.504 %)Advertising
42 (1.504 %)Publishing
51 (0.752 %)Law
51 (0.752 %)Pensions
51 (0.752 %)Graphic Design
51 (0.752 %)Music Industry
51 (0.752 %)Financial Institution
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (1.504 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 (1.504 %)Web 2.0
12 (1.504 %)PDA
12 (1.504 %)Multithreading
12 (1.504 %)Data Extraction
21 (0.752 %)Semantic Web
21 (0.752 %)Derivative
21 (0.752 %)Equity Derivative
21 (0.752 %)Computer Science
21 (0.752 %)Mainframe
21 (0.752 %)Client/Server
21 (0.752 %)N-Tier
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (6.767 %)Windows
27 (5.263 %)UNIX
34 (3.008 %)Linux
43 (2.256 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (1.504 %)Windows Server 2008
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (9.023 %)OO
29 (6.767 %)Agile Software Development
37 (5.263 %)Web Development
43 (2.256 %)E-Commerce
43 (2.256 %)Asset Management
43 (2.256 %)Content Management
52 (1.504 %)Project Management
52 (1.504 %)GAP Analysis
52 (1.504 %)Migration
52 (1.504 %)SOA
52 (1.504 %)RAD
52 (1.504 %)UML
52 (1.504 %)TDD
52 (1.504 %)Internet Marketing
52 (1.504 %)Unit Testing
52 (1.504 %)Requirements Analysis
61 (0.752 %)Investment Management
61 (0.752 %)Security Cleared
61 (0.752 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (0.752 %)Use Case
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
191 (68.42 %)C#
245 (33.83 %)VB.NET
323 (17.29 %)SQL
413 (9.774 %)JavaScript
511 (8.271 %)VB
68 (6.015 %)PHP
77 (5.263 %)VB6
86 (4.511 %)Java
95 (3.759 %)C
103 (2.256 %)VBA
111 (0.752 %)Transact-SQL
111 (0.752 %)PL/SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (1.504 %)Degree
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.752 %)MSMQ
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (10.53 %)Oracle
213 (9.774 %)Microsoft
32 (1.504 %)Sybase
41 (0.752 %)Business Objects
41 (0.752 %)Adobe
41 (0.752 %)Capita