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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 12 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 Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank333
Rank change year-on-year
No change0No change0
Matching contract IT job ads413281673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland21.50 %18.96 %23.46 %
As % of the Job Titles category22.79 %20.71 %24.83 %
Daily rates quoted18450163
Average daily rate£320£325£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.530 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£224£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£385£450£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted41519
Average hourly rate£28.75£19.00£23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.31 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.00£19.00£14.15
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.70£33.70£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.75£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+0.900 %-15.38 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
181213572710
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland94.33 %91.57 %94.46 %
Daily rates quoted596313600
Average daily rate£325£330£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.510 %+1.530 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£210£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£440£500£495
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£350
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted72105231
Average hourly rate£15.00£18.00£15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66 %+20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£8.80£9.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.55£40.50£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.60£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00 %-9.090 %
Developer UKDeveloper
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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

Scotland Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 12 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+1175£325+18.18 %
EdinburghDown-1127£283-13.07 %
AberdeenUp+112£278+6.22 %
West LothianUp+14£375+53.06 %
FifeDown-62£300-
Scottish BordersUp+31£350+27.27 %
MidlothianUp+21--
RenfrewshireUp+21--
AngusNo change01--
StirlingDown-11£375+13.63 %
DundeeDown-21£210-16.00 %
HighlandsNew entry-1--
Developer UKDeveloper
UK

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

1236 (37.82 %)SQL
2176 (28.21 %).NET
3171 (27.40 %)Java
4144 (23.08 %)Oracle
5136 (21.79 %)C#
6131 (20.99 %)XML
7122 (19.55 %)JavaScript
8119 (19.07 %)Finance
9107 (17.15 %)SQL Server
1091 (14.58 %)HTML
1189 (14.26 %)ASP.NET
1285 (13.62 %)CSS
1376 (12.18 %)UNIX
1469 (11.06 %)Spring
1566 (10.58 %)PL/SQL
1656 (8.974 %)J2EE
1753 (8.494 %)WebSphere
1850 (8.013 %)Banking
1850 (8.013 %)CMS
1947 (7.532 %)Web Services
2041 (6.571 %)SQL Server 2005
2041 (6.571 %)SharePoint
2140 (6.410 %)Web Development
2238 (6.090 %)Business Objects
2238 (6.090 %)BusinessObjects
2337 (5.929 %)jQuery
2436 (5.769 %)VB.NET
2436 (5.769 %)XHTML
2534 (5.449 %)PHP
2534 (5.449 %)C

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1176 (28.21 %).NET
2131 (20.99 %)XML
391 (14.58 %)HTML
489 (14.26 %)ASP.NET
585 (13.62 %)CSS
669 (11.06 %)Spring
756 (8.974 %)J2EE
853 (8.494 %)WebSphere
947 (7.532 %)Web Services
1037 (5.929 %)jQuery
1136 (5.769 %)XHTML
1228 (4.487 %)XSLT
1326 (4.167 %)MVC
1424 (3.846 %).NET Framework
1518 (2.885 %)AJAX
1617 (2.724 %)ASP
1716 (2.564 %)Dojo
1716 (2.564 %)Hibernate
1814 (2.244 %)JMS
1912 (1.923 %)NHibernate
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
150 (8.013 %)CMS
241 (6.571 %)SharePoint
323 (3.686 %)Tomcat
422 (3.526 %)WebSphere Portal
516 (2.564 %)Apache
516 (2.564 %)ColdFusion
615 (2.404 %)ESB
712 (1.923 %)WebSphere Message Broker
811 (1.763 %)Oracle Spatial
910 (1.603 %)ArcSDE
910 (1.603 %)ArcIMS
109 (1.442 %)Joomla!
118 (1.282 %)SharePoint Server 2007
127 (1.122 %)WebSphere MQ
127 (1.122 %)SonicMQ
127 (1.122 %)Drupal
136 (0.962 %)Umbraco
136 (0.962 %)IIS
145 (0.801 %)Oracle Workflow
145 (0.801 %)WebSphere Application Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
119 (3.045 %)Photoshop
217 (2.724 %)MS Excel
310 (1.603 %)MS Office
46 (0.962 %)Spreadsheet
53 (0.481 %)DOC1
62 (0.321 %)Adobe Captivate
62 (0.321 %)Acrobat
71 (0.160 %)Fireworks
71 (0.160 %)MS Project
71 (0.160 %)MS Visio
71 (0.160 %)PrintSoft PReS
71 (0.160 %)CA Clarity
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (0.481 %)Oracle EBS
22 (0.321 %)Oracle General Ledger
22 (0.321 %)Oracle EBS R12
22 (0.321 %)Dynamics AX
22 (0.321 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.160 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.160 %)SAP R/3
31 (0.160 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.160 %)Axapta
31 (0.160 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.160 %)InvestOne
31 (0.160 %)Oracle BPM
31 (0.160 %)AquaLogic BPM
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
124 (3.846 %)Internet
213 (2.083 %)Intranet
32 (0.321 %)HTTP
41 (0.160 %)Ethernet
41 (0.160 %)BIG-IP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1107 (17.15 %)SQL Server
241 (6.571 %)SQL Server 2005
338 (6.090 %)BusinessObjects
428 (4.487 %)Oracle 10g
428 (4.487 %)MySQL
526 (4.167 %)Datawarehouse
526 (4.167 %)RDBMS
614 (2.244 %)DataStage
713 (2.083 %)GIS
713 (2.083 %)ETL
713 (2.083 %)SQL Server 2008
713 (2.083 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
812 (1.923 %)Oracle 9i
911 (1.763 %)BusinessObjects XI
1010 (1.603 %)SQL Server 2000
119 (1.442 %)Oracle Reports
119 (1.442 %)MS Access
126 (0.962 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
126 (0.962 %)SQL Server Integration Services
135 (0.801 %)PowerCenter
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
133 (5.288 %)JUnit
133 (5.288 %)Visual Studio
218 (2.885 %)Eclipse
313 (2.083 %)Subversion
48 (1.282 %)FrontPage
48 (1.282 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
57 (1.122 %)NUnit
65 (0.801 %)VSS/SourceSafe
65 (0.801 %)Ant
65 (0.801 %)ReSharper
65 (0.801 %)Selenium
65 (0.801 %)FitNesse
74 (0.641 %)Oracle APEX
74 (0.641 %)Maven
74 (0.641 %)Oracle Forms
74 (0.641 %)ClearCase
74 (0.641 %)Dreamweaver
74 (0.641 %)JDeveloper
74 (0.641 %)PowerBuilder
83 (0.481 %)Flex Builder
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1119 (19.07 %)Finance
250 (8.013 %)Banking
316 (2.564 %)Investment Banking
415 (2.404 %)Home Office
513 (2.083 %)Government
611 (1.763 %)Retail
611 (1.763 %)Pensions
76 (0.962 %)Retail Banking
76 (0.962 %)Marketing
85 (0.801 %)Billing
93 (0.481 %)Health
93 (0.481 %)Construction
93 (0.481 %)Back Office
93 (0.481 %)Insurance
93 (0.481 %)Graphic Design
93 (0.481 %)Social Media
102 (0.321 %)General Ledger
102 (0.321 %)Telecoms
102 (0.321 %)Games
111 (0.160 %)Financial Institution
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (1.603 %)W3C
26 (0.962 %)RIA
26 (0.962 %)NHS
26 (0.962 %)Mainframe
35 (0.801 %)E-Learning
35 (0.801 %)N-Tier
44 (0.641 %)Data Integration
44 (0.641 %)Client/Server
44 (0.641 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
53 (0.481 %)Equities
53 (0.481 %)Social Network
53 (0.481 %)Multithreading
62 (0.321 %)Inversion of Control
62 (0.321 %)Mathematics
62 (0.321 %)Computer Science
62 (0.321 %)Statistics
62 (0.321 %)Derivative
62 (0.321 %)Replication
71 (0.160 %)BBC
71 (0.160 %)AS400
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
176 (12.18 %)UNIX
223 (3.686 %)Windows
316 (2.564 %)Linux
413 (2.083 %)Solaris
54 (0.641 %)Windows CE
62 (0.321 %)Windows XP
62 (0.321 %)zOS
71 (0.160 %)MVS
71 (0.160 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.160 %)AIX
71 (0.160 %)Windows Mobile
71 (0.160 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.160 %)Windows Server 2008
71 (0.160 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (0.160 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
140 (6.410 %)Web Development
227 (4.327 %)OO
325 (4.006 %)Agile Software Development
422 (3.526 %)Content Management
520 (3.205 %)Business Intelligence
617 (2.724 %)SOA
712 (1.923 %)Workflow
810 (1.603 %)Migration
99 (1.442 %)Project Management
99 (1.442 %)Unit Testing
108 (1.282 %)CRM
108 (1.282 %)E-business
117 (1.122 %)Web Design
117 (1.122 %)E-Commerce
117 (1.122 %)BPEL
117 (1.122 %)User Acceptance Testing
126 (0.962 %)Integration Testing
126 (0.962 %)Automated Testing
126 (0.962 %)Data Analysis
126 (0.962 %)Business Analysis
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1236 (37.82 %)SQL
2171 (27.40 %)Java
3136 (21.79 %)C#
4122 (19.55 %)JavaScript
566 (10.58 %)PL/SQL
636 (5.769 %)VB.NET
734 (5.449 %)PHP
734 (5.449 %)C
831 (4.968 %)VB
920 (3.205 %)Shell Script
920 (3.205 %)T-SQL
1017 (2.724 %)VB6
1116 (2.564 %)Perl
1215 (2.404 %)VBA
1314 (2.244 %)Python
1412 (1.923 %)C++
155 (0.801 %)AWK
164 (0.641 %)ActionScript 3.0
164 (0.641 %)ActionScript
164 (0.641 %)COBOL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (2.083 %)Degree
212 (1.923 %)Security Cleared
39 (1.442 %)SC Cleared
46 (0.962 %)Microsoft Certification
55 (0.801 %)MCP
55 (0.801 %)MCAD
55 (0.801 %)MCSD
55 (0.801 %)MCTS
62 (0.321 %)BC Cleared
71 (0.160 %)Sun Certification
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (0.481 %)QA
22 (0.321 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
22 (0.321 %)Basel II
31 (0.160 %)WAI
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.321 %)Active Directory
21 (0.160 %)VMware Infrastructure
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.641 %)OpenView
14 (0.641 %)Unicenter
22 (0.321 %)MSI
31 (0.160 %)AutoSys
31 (0.160 %)Sun Identity Manager
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1144 (23.08 %)Oracle
238 (6.090 %)Business Objects
333 (5.288 %)Sybase
431 (4.968 %)Microsoft
522 (3.526 %)IBM
616 (2.564 %)Cognos
712 (1.923 %)ESRI
810 (1.603 %)JBoss
810 (1.603 %)Informatica
99 (1.442 %)Adobe
108 (1.282 %)Progress
117 (1.122 %)MicroStrategy
117 (1.122 %)Actuate
124 (0.641 %)SAP
124 (0.641 %)CA
124 (0.641 %)HP
133 (0.481 %)ATG
133 (0.481 %)PolarLake
133 (0.481 %)Salesforce.com
133 (0.481 %)SmartStream