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The table below looks at the demand for Document Object Model (DOM) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DOM over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDocument Object Model (DOM)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank92122
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.225 %0.236 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£225
Average daily rate-£225
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£225
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£271
% change on same period last year-7.80 %
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£32.50£40.00
% change on same period last year-18.75 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads444848
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.713 %0.911 %
Daily rates quoted113158
Average minimum daily rate£334£318
Average daily rate£361£334
% change on same period last year+8.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2546
Average minimum hourly rate£26.88£26.43
Average hourly rate£27.99£28.02
% change on same period last year-0.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.10£29.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
DOM UKDOM
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.

DOM
Demand Trend

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

Scotland DOM Demand Trend

DOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland DOM Daily Rate Trend

DOM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DOM 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
EdinburghUp+241--
DOM UKDOM
UK

DOM
Top 15 Related IT Skills

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

12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)Web Development
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)DHTML
21 (50.00 %)PHP
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)ASP
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)OOP
21 (50.00 %)Client/Server
21 (50.00 %)HTTP

DOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)ASP
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)XML
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)HTTP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)C++ Developer
21 (50.00 %)Software Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Client/Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Linux
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)OOP
11 (50.00 %)Web Development
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)PHP
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)DHTML