The first table below looks at the demand for HTML5 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTML5 over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Application Development category 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HTML5
Rank 32 96 103
Rank change year-on-year
+64 +7
Contract jobs citing HTML5 113 9 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 4.560% 0.336% 0.256%
As % of the Application Development category 13.80% 2.118% 1.266%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 2 2
Average daily rate £350 £200 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -25.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £160 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £240 £270
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
819 425 553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 33.05% 15.88% 20.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 181 289
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £214 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.09% +77.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.50 £27.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £32.50 £21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
HTML5
UK

HTML5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HTML5 across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Scotland HTML5 Jobs Demand Trend

HTML5
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HTML5 across the Scotland region.

Scotland HTML5 Daily Rate Trend

HTML5
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTML5 across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland HTML5 Daily Rate Histogram

HTML5
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HTML5 across the Scotland region.

Scotland HTML5 Hourly Rate Trend

HTML5
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTML5 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Glasgow - 59 £350 -
Edinburgh +23 30 £325 +62.50%
Stirling - 7 £238 -
Aberdeen - 5 £310 -
West Lothian - 4 £410 -
Dundee +7 1 - -
HTML5
UK

HTML5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing HTML5 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 HTML5.

1 112 (74.17%) JavaScript
2 92 (60.93%) CSS
3 66 (43.71%) Java
4 63 (41.72%) jQuery
5 48 (31.79%) HTML
6 46 (30.46%) CSS3
7 41 (27.15%) Adobe
8 36 (23.84%) XML
9 35 (23.18%) Apache Flex
10 31 (20.53%) Sencha
11 24 (15.89%) Parsley
11 24 (15.89%) Cairngorm
12 22 (14.57%) Finance
12 22 (14.57%) .NET
13 21 (13.91%) JSON
14 19 (12.58%) Fixed Income
15 18 (11.92%) C#
15 18 (11.92%) Web Services
15 18 (11.92%) Ajax
16 17 (11.26%) OO
17 16 (10.60%) MVC
17 16 (10.60%) Banking
17 16 (10.60%) Degree
18 15 (9.934%) TDD
18 15 (9.934%) XHTML
18 15 (9.934%) PHP
19 13 (8.609%) ASP.NET
19 13 (8.609%) Multithreading
19 13 (8.609%) Data Integration
19 13 (8.609%) REST

HTML5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing HTML5 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 HTML5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 92 (60.93%) CSS
2 63 (41.72%) jQuery
3 48 (31.79%) HTML
4 46 (30.46%) CSS3
5 36 (23.84%) XML
6 35 (23.18%) Apache Flex
7 24 (15.89%) Parsley
7 24 (15.89%) Cairngorm
8 22 (14.57%) .NET
9 21 (13.91%) JSON
10 18 (11.92%) Web Services
10 18 (11.92%) Ajax
11 15 (9.934%) XHTML
12 13 (8.609%) ASP.NET
12 13 (8.609%) REST
13 12 (7.947%) Flash
14 11 (7.285%) SOAP
15 9 (5.960%) JSP
16 6 (3.974%) Highcharts JS
16 6 (3.974%) Sencha Touch
Application Platforms
1 11 (7.285%) CMS
2 7 (4.636%) Drupal
3 6 (3.974%) Apache
4 4 (2.649%) WebSphere Portal
4 4 (2.649%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (1.325%) Lightstreamer
5 2 (1.325%) Jadu
5 2 (1.325%) WebSphere Process Server
6 1 (0.662%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.662%) TeamSite
6 1 (0.662%) Adobe CQ
6 1 (0.662%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 9 (5.960%) Photoshop
2 6 (3.974%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (3.974%) Gephi
3 1 (0.662%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (2.649%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.298%) HTTP
2 7 (4.636%) Internet
3 4 (2.649%) Broadband
3 4 (2.649%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.649%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.947%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.298%) MySQL
3 4 (2.649%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.649%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.987%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.662%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.662%) DB2
5 1 (0.662%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (0.662%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.662%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.662%) KDB
5 1 (0.662%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (3.311%) Axure RP
2 4 (2.649%) Subversion
2 4 (2.649%) Git (software)
2 4 (2.649%) Dreamweaver
3 2 (1.325%) QUnit
3 2 (1.325%) PhoneGap
4 1 (0.662%) NetAdvantage
4 1 (0.662%) CruiseControl
4 1 (0.662%) Maven
4 1 (0.662%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.662%) Ant
4 1 (0.662%) JUnit
4 1 (0.662%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.662%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.662%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 1 (0.662%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (0.662%) JIRA
4 1 (0.662%) Aptana Studio
4 1 (0.662%) FitNesse
4 1 (0.662%) FogBugz
General
1 22 (14.57%) Finance
2 16 (10.60%) Banking
3 6 (3.974%) Retail
4 3 (1.987%) Marketing
5 2 (1.325%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.662%) Front Office
6 1 (0.662%) Publishing
6 1 (0.662%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.662%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 122 (80.79%) Developer
2 36 (23.84%) Java Developer
3 26 (17.22%) Web Developer
4 23 (15.23%) Flex Developer
5 18 (11.92%) Front-End Developer
6 16 (10.60%) Designer
7 13 (8.609%) .NET Developer
8 6 (3.974%) PHP Developer
8 6 (3.974%) Applications Developer
9 5 (3.311%) Lead Designer
9 5 (3.311%) Analyst
9 5 (3.311%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.311%) Software Developer
9 5 (3.311%) Web Applications Developer
9 5 (3.311%) Web Designer
9 5 (3.311%) Front-End Web Developer
10 4 (2.649%) Drupal Developer
10 4 (2.649%) Mobile Developer
10 4 (2.649%) C# .NET Developer
10 4 (2.649%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.58%) Fixed Income
2 13 (8.609%) Data Integration
3 12 (7.947%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (5.298%) Smartphone
4 8 (5.298%) Mobile App
5 7 (4.636%) W3C
6 6 (3.974%) Visualisation
7 5 (3.311%) iPad
7 5 (3.311%) Computer Science
7 5 (3.311%) Animation
8 4 (2.649%) IPTV
8 4 (2.649%) PDA
8 4 (2.649%) Video on Demand
8 4 (2.649%) Interactive TV
9 3 (1.987%) RIA
10 2 (1.325%) iPhone
10 2 (1.325%) Social Media
10 2 (1.325%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.662%) Handset
11 1 (0.662%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.947%) Apple iOS
2 10 (6.623%) Linux
3 7 (4.636%) Android
4 4 (2.649%) Windows
5 1 (0.662%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (11.26%) OO
2 16 (10.60%) MVC
3 15 (9.934%) TDD
4 13 (8.609%) Multithreading
5 12 (7.947%) Web Development
6 11 (7.285%) Business Analysis
6 11 (7.285%) Web Application Development
7 10 (6.623%) Content Management
8 9 (5.960%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (5.298%) Scrum
10 7 (4.636%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (4.636%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (3.974%) Statistical Analysis
11 6 (3.974%) Data Visualisation
11 6 (3.974%) Enterprise Content Management
11 6 (3.974%) Data Analysis
12 4 (2.649%) Time Management
13 3 (1.987%) Web Design
13 3 (1.987%) Dependency Injection
13 3 (1.987%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 112 (74.17%) JavaScript
2 66 (43.71%) Java
3 18 (11.92%) C#
4 15 (9.934%) PHP
5 10 (6.623%) Ruby
5 10 (6.623%) SQL
6 9 (5.960%) ActionScript
7 6 (3.974%) XPath
7 6 (3.974%) PL/SQL
8 5 (3.311%) ActionScript 3.0
9 3 (1.987%) Python
9 3 (1.987%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.987%) PHP5
10 2 (1.325%) PHP4
11 1 (0.662%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.662%) Perl
11 1 (0.662%) C++
11 1 (0.662%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.662%) Scala
Qualifications
1 16 (10.60%) Degree
2 2 (1.325%) IBM Certification
3 1 (0.662%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.325%) WAI
2 1 (0.662%) Section 508
2 1 (0.662%) QA
2 1 (0.662%) WCAG
Vendors
1 41 (27.15%) Adobe
2 31 (20.53%) Sencha
3 11 (7.285%) TIBCO
4 6 (3.974%) Oracle
4 6 (3.974%) Sybase
5 3 (1.987%) IBM
6 1 (0.662%) Infragistics
6 1 (0.662%) Alterian
6 1 (0.662%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.662%) HP
6 1 (0.662%) Google
6 1 (0.662%) Zend
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