The first table below looks at the demand for the Development Engineer 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 Development Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Development Engineer
Rank 116 105 108
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Development Engineer 2 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.082% 0.188% 0.109%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.200% 0.115%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £305 £363
% change year-on-year
-13.93% -15.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £37.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year
-4.05% -4.51%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2264 2495 2599
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.82% 93.80% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1098 1214 1273
Average daily rate £355 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.41% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £453 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 110 100
Average hourly rate £14.50 £21.50 £15.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.55% +39.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.60 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Development Engineer
UK

Development Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Development Engineer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Development Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Development Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Development Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Development Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Development Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Development Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Development Engineer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Fife -3 2 - -
Development Engineer
UK

Development Engineer
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Development Engineer 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 Development Engineer in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) HND
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows CE

Development Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Development Engineer 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 Development Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows CE
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) HND
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out day to day updates/amendments to current products. They also want the consultant to support the design and development...
TEKsystems
Rate: £27 - £28 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013