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The table below looks at the demand for the Flex 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 Flex Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Flex Developer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank91123
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.105 %0.032 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£273£240
% change on same period last year+13.80 %
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-
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads18973133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.048 %3.365 %
Daily rates quoted429610
Average minimum daily rate£312£317
Average daily rate£335£332
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted166273
Average minimum hourly rate£21.72£18.41
Average hourly rate£22.91£19.62
% change on same period last year+16.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.10£20.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Flex Developer UKFlex Developer
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.

Flex Developer
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Flex Developer Demand Trend

Flex Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Flex Developer Daily Rate Trend

Flex Developer
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Flex 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 Flex Developer in their job title.

15 (100.00 %)Adobe Flex
23 (60.00 %)Java
32 (40.00 %)Adobe
41 (20.00 %)SQL
41 (20.00 %)ActionScript
41 (20.00 %)XML
41 (20.00 %)Tomcat
41 (20.00 %)Flash
41 (20.00 %)Finance
41 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
41 (20.00 %)Marketing

Flex Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Flex 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 Flex Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)Adobe Flex
21 (20.00 %)XML
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)Tomcat
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)Flash
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Finance
11 (20.00 %)Marketing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)Java
21 (20.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)ActionScript
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Adobe