Scotland Development Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Development Manager 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 job ads that have cited Development Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basildon Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands City of London Coventry Croydon Devon Docklands, London Dundee East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Erskine Essex Exeter Gerrards Cross Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Jersey Kent Leeds London Luton Maidenhead Middlesex Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Scotland Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Staines Stevenage Stroud Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	87	122
Rank change on same period last year	+35
Matching contract IT job ads	16	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.650 %	0.298 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£150	£300
Average daily rate	£175	£350
% change on same period last year	-50.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£200	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£425	£404
% change on same period last year	+5.27 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.33	£30.00
% change on same period last year	+11.11 %
Job Titles Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	2460	3356
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.244 %	3.560 %
Daily rates quoted	520	638
Average minimum daily rate	£305	£307
Average daily rate	£328	£322
% change on same period last year	+1.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£337
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	159	214
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.75	£18.40
Average hourly rate	£20.37	£19.54
% change on same period last year	+4.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.00	£20.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Development Manager within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Edinburgh	+14	10	-	-
Aberdeen	-	2	-	-
Renfrewshire	-	1	-	-
Dundee	-	1	£175	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Development Manager 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 Manager in their job title.

1 13 (56.52 %) Finance 2 9 (39.13 %) Java 3 8 (34.78 %) Banking 4 4 (17.39 %) .NET 4 4 (17.39 %) PRINCE2 4 4 (17.39 %) Agile Software Development 4 4 (17.39 %) Mainframe 5 3 (13.04 %) Project Management 5 3 (13.04 %) XML 5 3 (13.04 %) Stakeholder Management 5 3 (13.04 %) DB2 5 3 (13.04 %) Retail 5 3 (13.04 %) Retail Banking 6 2 (8.696 %) Pensions 6 2 (8.696 %) CruiseControl

6 2 (8.696 %) Project Planning 6 2 (8.696 %) Web Development 6 2 (8.696 %) Degree 6 2 (8.696 %) MS Project 6 2 (8.696 %) COBOL 7 1 (4.348 %) Service Delivery 7 1 (4.348 %) Telecoms 7 1 (4.348 %) TDD 7 1 (4.348 %) Chemicals 7 1 (4.348 %) Migration 7 1 (4.348 %) PVCS 7 1 (4.348 %) SAP 7 1 (4.348 %) Ant 7 1 (4.348 %) Oracle 7 1 (4.348 %) PL/SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Development Manager 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (17.39 %) .NET 2 3 (13.04 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 1 (4.348 %) CICS
Applications 1 2 (8.696 %) MS Project	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (13.04 %) DB2
Development Applications 1 2 (8.696 %) CruiseControl 2 1 (4.348 %) CheckStyle 2 1 (4.348 %) Cactus 2 1 (4.348 %) Selenium 2 1 (4.348 %) Ant 2 1 (4.348 %) PVCS 2 1 (4.348 %) ClearCase	General 1 13 (56.52 %) Finance 2 8 (34.78 %) Banking 3 3 (13.04 %) Retail 3 3 (13.04 %) Retail Banking 4 2 (8.696 %) Pensions 5 1 (4.348 %) Chemicals 5 1 (4.348 %) Marketing 5 1 (4.348 %) Graphic Design 5 1 (4.348 %) Telecoms
Miscellaneous 1 4 (17.39 %) Mainframe	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (17.39 %) PRINCE2 1 4 (17.39 %) Agile Software Development 2 3 (13.04 %) Project Management 2 3 (13.04 %) Stakeholder Management 3 2 (8.696 %) Project Planning 3 2 (8.696 %) Web Development 4 1 (4.348 %) Continuous Integration 4 1 (4.348 %) Time Management 4 1 (4.348 %) Data Migration 4 1 (4.348 %) Service Delivery 4 1 (4.348 %) Migration 4 1 (4.348 %) TDD 4 1 (4.348 %) Content Management 4 1 (4.348 %) Logistics 4 1 (4.348 %) Supplier Management 4 1 (4.348 %) CRM 4 1 (4.348 %) E-Commerce 4 1 (4.348 %) Business Intelligence 4 1 (4.348 %) B2B 4 1 (4.348 %) Configuration Management
Programming Languages 1 9 (39.13 %) Java 2 2 (8.696 %) COBOL 3 1 (4.348 %) PL/SQL 3 1 (4.348 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 2 (8.696 %) Degree 2 1 (4.348 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors 1 1 (4.348 %) Oracle 1 1 (4.348 %) SAP