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The table below looks at the demand for the 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank32
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads480881
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.649 %0.869 %
As % of the category below21.05 %25.30 %
Daily rates quoted100184
Average minimum daily rate£305£309
Average daily rate£326£326
% change on same period last year+0.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£342
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£330
% change on same period last year-0.36 %
Hourly rates quoted2025
Average minimum hourly rate£33.15£29.22
Average hourly rate£35.80£30.76
% change on same period last year+16.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.45£32.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.90£33.28
% change on same period last year-4.16 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads22803482
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.082 %3.434 %
Daily rates quoted523683
Average minimum daily rate£290£299
Average daily rate£314£317
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted156224
Average minimum hourly rate£21.15£19.69
Average hourly rate£22.80£20.93
% change on same period last year+8.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.45£22.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Developer UKDeveloper
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.

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 5 September 2008.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Scotland Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

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 5 September 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
GlasgowDown-1171£306-9.94 %
EdinburghNo change0151£341+13.90 %
AberdeenNo change023£435+42.97 %
West LothianDown-212£290-
DundeeDown-34£200-42.85 %
FifeUp+23£350-
RenfrewshireDown-82--
FalkirkNew entry-2--
HighlandsDown-32--
West DunbartonshireNew entry-2--
North LanarkshireUp+81--
South LanarkshireDown-51--
StrathclydeNew entry-1--
Developer UKDeveloper
UK

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

1269 (28.29 %).NET
2257 (27.02 %)SQL
3247 (25.97 %)Java
4190 (19.98 %)C#
5184 (19.35 %)SQL Server
6181 (19.03 %)Finance
7170 (17.88 %)XML
8163 (17.14 %)Oracle
9144 (15.14 %)ASP.NET
10138 (14.51 %)JavaScript
11113 (11.88 %)HTML
12112 (11.78 %)UNIX
13102 (10.73 %)CSS
1486 (9.043 %)J2EE
1569 (7.256 %)VB
1668 (7.150 %)Spring
1767 (7.045 %)PL/SQL
1866 (6.940 %)WebServices
1965 (6.835 %)VB.NET
2063 (6.625 %)SQL Server 2005
2161 (6.414 %)Microsoft
2257 (5.994 %)AJAX
2355 (5.783 %)Oracle Reports
2355 (5.783 %)Datawarehouse
2454 (5.678 %)OO
2454 (5.678 %)PHP
2551 (5.363 %)Windows
2650 (5.258 %)RDBMS
2747 (4.942 %)XHTML
2846 (4.837 %)Visual Studio

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1269 (28.29 %).NET
2170 (17.88 %)XML
3144 (15.14 %)ASP.NET
4113 (11.88 %)HTML
5102 (10.73 %)CSS
686 (9.043 %)J2EE
768 (7.150 %)Spring
866 (6.940 %)WebServices
957 (5.994 %)AJAX
1047 (4.942 %)XHTML
1146 (4.837 %)Hibernate
1239 (4.101 %)JSP
1334 (3.575 %)WebSphere
1432 (3.365 %)Struts
1432 (3.365 %)XSLT
1523 (2.419 %).NET Framework
1622 (2.313 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1721 (2.208 %)ASP
1819 (1.998 %)JMS
1918 (1.893 %)Adobe Flex
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
138 (3.996 %)SharePoint
236 (3.785 %)CMS
331 (3.260 %)SharePoint Server 2007
423 (2.419 %)Lotus Notes
518 (1.893 %)Lotus Domino
613 (1.367 %)Tomcat
710 (1.052 %)Apache
710 (1.052 %)IIS
710 (1.052 %)BizTalk Server
89 (0.946 %)JBoss
89 (0.946 %)WebSphere Application Server
98 (0.841 %)CICS
106 (0.631 %)Content Management Server
115 (0.526 %)WebSphere MQ
115 (0.526 %)SAS
115 (0.526 %)MQSeries
115 (0.526 %)ColdFusion
115 (0.526 %)WPS
124 (0.421 %)WebSphere Message Broker
124 (0.421 %)OpenEdge
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
135 (3.680 %)MS Excel
210 (1.052 %)MS Office
35 (0.526 %)Photoshop
44 (0.421 %)DOC1
51 (0.105 %)Quicktime
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.946 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
27 (0.736 %)Axapta
34 (0.421 %)Dynamics AX
34 (0.421 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
34 (0.421 %)Oracle EBS
43 (0.315 %)Navision
43 (0.315 %)SAP WM
52 (0.210 %)SAP Oil and Gas
52 (0.210 %)Dynamics NAV
52 (0.210 %)Oracle 11i
61 (0.105 %)PeopleSoft Financials
61 (0.105 %)Oracle Financials
61 (0.105 %)Oracle HRMS
61 (0.105 %)Oracle Applications
61 (0.105 %)SAP Retail
61 (0.105 %)SAP R/3
61 (0.105 %)SAP xMII
61 (0.105 %)Siebel Analytics
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (2.419 %)Internet
29 (0.946 %)Intranet
37 (0.736 %)HTTP
46 (0.631 %)TCP/IP
55 (0.526 %)LDAP
55 (0.526 %)Ethernet
64 (0.421 %)UPnP
73 (0.315 %)Extranet
82 (0.210 %)FTP
91 (0.105 %)Wireless
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1184 (19.35 %)SQL Server
263 (6.625 %)SQL Server 2005
355 (5.783 %)Oracle Reports
355 (5.783 %)Datawarehouse
450 (5.258 %)RDBMS
545 (4.732 %)BusinessObjects
644 (4.627 %)Oracle 10g
740 (4.206 %)ETL
839 (4.101 %)Oracle 9i
935 (3.680 %)DB2
1032 (3.365 %)MySQL
1032 (3.365 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1129 (3.049 %)SQL Server 2000
1129 (3.049 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1226 (2.734 %)MS Access
1317 (1.788 %)BusinessObjects XI
1414 (1.472 %)Crystal Reports
1512 (1.262 %)Cognos Powerplay
1611 (1.157 %)Oracle Discoverer
178 (0.841 %)Oracle BI EE
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
146 (4.837 %)Visual Studio
240 (4.206 %)Oracle Forms
323 (2.419 %)Flash
417 (1.788 %)Eclipse
516 (1.682 %)JUnit
615 (1.577 %)ClearCase
712 (1.262 %)Ant
810 (1.052 %)Dreamweaver
97 (0.736 %)NUnit
106 (0.631 %)FrontPage
115 (0.526 %)WebSpeed
124 (0.421 %)Oracle APEX
133 (0.315 %)Subversion
133 (0.315 %)JDeveloper
133 (0.315 %)XMLSpy
133 (0.315 %)Telon
133 (0.315 %)PVCS
142 (0.210 %)VSS/SourceSafe
142 (0.210 %)ProC
142 (0.210 %)CruiseControl
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1181 (19.03 %)Finance
246 (4.837 %)Banking
317 (1.788 %)Games
416 (1.682 %)Retail
514 (1.472 %)Telecoms
612 (1.262 %)Publishing
612 (1.262 %)Pensions
711 (1.157 %)Investment Banking
711 (1.157 %)Financial Institution
89 (0.946 %)Government
98 (0.841 %)Manufacturing
98 (0.841 %)Billing
107 (0.736 %)Marketing
116 (0.631 %)Front Office
125 (0.526 %)Retail Banking
134 (0.421 %)Online Banking
134 (0.421 %)Music
134 (0.421 %)Education
134 (0.421 %)Home Office
143 (0.315 %)Advertising
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
130 (3.155 %)Mainframe
211 (1.157 %)RIA
36 (0.631 %)W3C
45 (0.526 %)AS400
45 (0.526 %)Computer Science
45 (0.526 %)IBM Mainframe
54 (0.421 %)Client/Server
54 (0.421 %)Web 2.0
54 (0.421 %)Derivative
63 (0.315 %)N-Tier
63 (0.315 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
72 (0.210 %)Device Driver
72 (0.210 %)SCADA
72 (0.210 %)Data Extraction
72 (0.210 %)Multithreading
81 (0.105 %)German Language
81 (0.105 %)Data Integration
81 (0.105 %)iPhone
81 (0.105 %)Mathematics
81 (0.105 %)Management Information System
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1112 (11.78 %)UNIX
251 (5.363 %)Windows
316 (1.682 %)Linux
46 (0.631 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (0.526 %)MVS
64 (0.421 %)Solaris
72 (0.210 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.105 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.105 %)zOS
81 (0.105 %)Windows CE
81 (0.105 %)AIX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
154 (5.678 %)OO
235 (3.680 %)Migration
326 (2.734 %)Business Intelligence
424 (2.524 %)Agile Software Development
522 (2.313 %)Web Development
621 (2.208 %)Workflow
717 (1.788 %)Business Analysis
816 (1.682 %)Web Design
816 (1.682 %)TDD
914 (1.472 %)Content Management
914 (1.472 %)OOD
914 (1.472 %)Unit Testing
1011 (1.157 %)RAD
1110 (1.052 %)CRM
129 (0.946 %)SOA
129 (0.946 %)Data Modelling
129 (0.946 %)Extreme Programming
129 (0.946 %)Continuous Integration
129 (0.946 %)Investment Management
138 (0.841 %)Data Analysis
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1257 (27.02 %)SQL
2247 (25.97 %)Java
3190 (19.98 %)C#
4138 (14.51 %)JavaScript
569 (7.256 %)VB
667 (7.045 %)PL/SQL
765 (6.835 %)VB.NET
854 (5.678 %)PHP
934 (3.575 %)Transact-SQL
1030 (3.155 %)C++
1128 (2.944 %)VBA
1224 (2.524 %)COBOL
1321 (2.208 %)C
1321 (2.208 %)VB6
1419 (1.998 %)Shell Script
1515 (1.577 %)LotusScript
1515 (1.577 %)ActionScript
1614 (1.472 %)JCL
1711 (1.157 %)ABAP
1810 (1.052 %)Perl
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
116 (1.682 %)Degree
29 (0.946 %)IBM Certification
36 (0.631 %)HND
44 (0.421 %)MCAD
44 (0.421 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (0.210 %)Sun Certification
52 (0.210 %)MCSD
61 (0.105 %)Citrix Certification
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.105 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
11 (0.105 %)Basel II
11 (0.105 %)QA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (0.736 %)Active Directory
21 (0.105 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (0.105 %)MSMQ
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.315 %)AutoSys
21 (0.105 %)AllFusion Endevor
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1163 (17.14 %)Oracle
261 (6.414 %)Microsoft
345 (4.732 %)Business Objects
430 (3.155 %)Cognos
529 (3.049 %)IBM
627 (2.839 %)Informatica
725 (2.629 %)Sybase
824 (2.524 %)RedDot
923 (2.419 %)Lotus
1015 (1.577 %)Adobe
1113 (1.367 %)PeopleSoft
1113 (1.367 %)SAP
128 (0.841 %)Ab Initio
137 (0.736 %)Progress
144 (0.421 %)Teradata
144 (0.421 %)Ascential
144 (0.421 %)Northgate
153 (0.315 %)Capita
153 (0.315 %)Chordiant
162 (0.210 %)Symbian