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The table below looks at the demand for Continuous Integration skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Continuous Integration over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkContinuous Integration
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank88123
Rank change on same period last yearUp+35
Matching contract IT job ads51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.482 %0.073 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£360£225
Average daily rate£410£273
% change on same period last year+50.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£460£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£373£347
% change on same period last year+7.53 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£45.50
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads10371372
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.666 %1.473 %
Daily rates quoted246340
Average minimum daily rate£336£331
Average daily rate£364£344
% change on same period last year+5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted7891
Average minimum hourly rate£21.04£18.09
Average hourly rate£22.17£19.19
% change on same period last year+15.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.31£20.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Continuous Integration UKContinuous Integration
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.

Continuous Integration
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Continuous Integration Demand Trend

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Continuous Integration Daily Rate Trend

Continuous Integration
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Integration within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
EdinburghNew entry-3£220-
GlasgowUp+171--
Continuous Integration UKContinuous Integration
UK

Continuous Integration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Continuous Integration 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 Continuous Integration.

15 (45.45 %)Agile Software Development
24 (36.36 %)OO
33 (27.27 %)Python
33 (27.27 %)ASP.NET
33 (27.27 %)C#
33 (27.27 %).NET
33 (27.27 %)TDD
33 (27.27 %)CruiseControl
33 (27.27 %)Linux
33 (27.27 %)Ant
33 (27.27 %)AJAX
42 (18.18 %)jQuery
42 (18.18 %)NUnit
42 (18.18 %)wxWidgets
42 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (18.18 %)NHibernate
42 (18.18 %)Refactoring
42 (18.18 %)ASP
42 (18.18 %)Microsoft
42 (18.18 %)Migration
42 (18.18 %)C
42 (18.18 %)SQL Server
42 (18.18 %)C++
51 (9.091 %)HTML
51 (9.091 %)Java
51 (9.091 %)J2EE
51 (9.091 %)CSS
51 (9.091 %)WebServices
51 (9.091 %)XML
51 (9.091 %)UNIX

Continuous Integration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Continuous Integration 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 Continuous Integration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (27.27 %).NET
13 (27.27 %)ASP.NET
13 (27.27 %)AJAX
22 (18.18 %)NHibernate
22 (18.18 %)jQuery
22 (18.18 %)wxWidgets
22 (18.18 %)ASP
31 (9.091 %)HTML
31 (9.091 %)J2EE
31 (9.091 %)CSS
31 (9.091 %)WebServices
31 (9.091 %)XML
31 (9.091 %)Spring
31 (9.091 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (9.091 %)WebSphere
31 (9.091 %)WCF
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (9.091 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (27.27 %)Ant
13 (27.27 %)CruiseControl
22 (18.18 %)NUnit
31 (9.091 %)ClearCase
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (9.091 %)Construction
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (45.45 %)Developer
23 (27.27 %)Software Developer
23 (27.27 %)Python Developer
31 (9.091 %)Senior Developer
31 (9.091 %)C# Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)W3C
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (27.27 %)Linux
21 (9.091 %)UNIX
21 (9.091 %)Windows
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (45.45 %)Agile Software Development
24 (36.36 %)OO
33 (27.27 %)TDD
42 (18.18 %)Migration
42 (18.18 %)Refactoring
51 (9.091 %)Release Management
51 (9.091 %)Unit Testing
51 (9.091 %)Scrum
51 (9.091 %)Extreme Programming
51 (9.091 %)Pair Programming
51 (9.091 %)Business Analysis
51 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
51 (9.091 %)OOD
51 (9.091 %)Configuration Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (27.27 %)C#
13 (27.27 %)Python
22 (18.18 %)C
22 (18.18 %)C++
31 (9.091 %)Java
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (18.18 %)Microsoft
21 (9.091 %)Chordiant
21 (9.091 %)IBM