Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Scotland region.

 Microsoft .NET Framework
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank757174
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+3
Matching contract IT job ads17730
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland0.873 %0.474 %1.059 %
As % of the Application Development category3.664 %2.208 %5.190 %
Daily rates quoted837
Average daily rate£295£260£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.55 %-25.71 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£207£252£336
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£372£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£269£325
% change year-on-year
+7.900 %-17.30 %
Hourly rates quoted011
Average hourly rate-£10.50£24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--56.25 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£37.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-46.66 %+25.00 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
464317578
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland23.82 %21.46 %20.40 %
Daily rates quoted16967132
Average daily rate£320£275£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.36 %-21.42 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£165£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£450£430
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted91713
Average hourly rate£31.50£22.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00 %-25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.15£10.50£17.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£34.55£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %
.NET Framework UK.NET Framework
UK

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.

.NET Framework
Demand Trend

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

Scotland .NET Framework Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Scotland .NET Framework Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowUp+413£290-
EdinburghDown-154£400-
.NET Framework UK.NET Framework
UK

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing .NET Framework 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 .NET Framework.

129 (100.00 %).NET
220 (68.97 %)C#
315 (51.72 %)XML
411 (37.93 %)SQL Server
510 (34.48 %)CSS
510 (34.48 %)JavaScript
510 (34.48 %)SQL
69 (31.03 %)HTML
69 (31.03 %)Java
69 (31.03 %)ASP.NET
69 (31.03 %)Web Services
78 (27.59 %)Internet
78 (27.59 %)Oracle
78 (27.59 %)Python
78 (27.59 %)NHibernate
87 (24.14 %)Oracle Spatial
87 (24.14 %)ArcObjects
87 (24.14 %)ArcSDE
87 (24.14 %)OO
87 (24.14 %)Oracle 9i
87 (24.14 %)J2EE
87 (24.14 %)Oracle 10g
87 (24.14 %)GIS
87 (24.14 %)ESRI
87 (24.14 %)ArcIMS
87 (24.14 %)E-business
96 (20.69 %)Government
96 (20.69 %)Windows
105 (17.24 %)SOAP
105 (17.24 %)WSE

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing .NET Framework 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 .NET Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
129 (100.00 %).NET
215 (51.72 %)XML
310 (34.48 %)CSS
49 (31.03 %)HTML
49 (31.03 %)ASP.NET
49 (31.03 %)Web Services
58 (27.59 %)NHibernate
67 (24.14 %)ArcObjects
67 (24.14 %)J2EE
75 (17.24 %)SOAP
75 (17.24 %)WSE
83 (10.34 %)Middleware
83 (10.34 %)Spring
83 (10.34 %)WCF
83 (10.34 %)ASP.NET MVC
92 (6.897 %)WPF
101 (3.448 %)WinForms
101 (3.448 %)DOM
101 (3.448 %)XHTML
101 (3.448 %)AJAX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (24.14 %)Oracle Spatial
17 (24.14 %)ArcSDE
17 (24.14 %)ArcIMS
21 (3.448 %)IIS
21 (3.448 %)SharePoint
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (3.448 %)Microsoft CRM
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (27.59 %)Internet
21 (3.448 %)Firewall
21 (3.448 %)LAN
21 (3.448 %)WAN
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (37.93 %)SQL Server
27 (24.14 %)Oracle 9i
27 (24.14 %)Oracle 10g
27 (24.14 %)GIS
32 (6.897 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
32 (6.897 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (6.897 %)SQL Server Integration Services
32 (6.897 %)ETL
32 (6.897 %)DB2
41 (3.448 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (3.448 %)NUnit
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (20.69 %)Government
23 (10.34 %)Finance
31 (3.448 %)Banking
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
126 (89.66 %)Developer
215 (51.72 %).NET Developer
39 (31.03 %)C# Developer
47 (24.14 %)GIS Developer
54 (13.79 %)Senior .NET Developer
54 (13.79 %)Senior Developer
62 (6.897 %)Agile Java Developer
62 (6.897 %)Agile .NET Developer
62 (6.897 %)Technical Developer
62 (6.897 %)Java Developer
62 (6.897 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
62 (6.897 %)Lead Developer
62 (6.897 %)Business Developer
62 (6.897 %)Systems Engineer
62 (6.897 %)Analyst
71 (3.448 %)Test Analyst
71 (3.448 %)Systems Analyst
71 (3.448 %)Web Developer
71 (3.448 %)Systems Support
71 (3.448 %)Support Engineer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (6.897 %)iSeries
12 (6.897 %)E-Learning
21 (3.448 %)AS400
21 (3.448 %)RIA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (20.69 %)Windows
21 (3.448 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (3.448 %)Windows XP
21 (3.448 %)Windows Vista
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (24.14 %)OO
17 (24.14 %)E-business
23 (10.34 %)MVC
23 (10.34 %)ITIL
23 (10.34 %)Automated Testing
23 (10.34 %)Domain-Driven Design
32 (6.897 %)Capacity Planning
32 (6.897 %)Document Management
32 (6.897 %)Network Design
32 (6.897 %)Agile Software Development
32 (6.897 %)TDD
32 (6.897 %)Business Intelligence
41 (3.448 %)RDF
41 (3.448 %)CRM
41 (3.448 %)Product Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
120 (68.97 %)C#
210 (34.48 %)JavaScript
210 (34.48 %)SQL
39 (31.03 %)Java
48 (27.59 %)Python
52 (6.897 %)VB6
52 (6.897 %)VB
61 (3.448 %)XAML
61 (3.448 %)VB.NET
61 (3.448 %)C
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (6.897 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (3.448 %)MCSE
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (3.448 %)VMware Infrastructure
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (27.59 %)Oracle
27 (24.14 %)ESRI
34 (13.79 %)Microsoft
42 (6.897 %)telerik
42 (6.897 %)IBM
42 (6.897 %)Infragistics
42 (6.897 %)Intel
51 (3.448 %)VMware
51 (3.448 %)Cisco