The first table below looks at the demand for JSR 168 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 JSR 168 over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Portlet Specification (JSR 168)
Rank - - 115
Contract jobs citing JSR 168 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland - - 0.037%
As % of the Application Development category - - 0.182%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £380 £328
% change year-on-year
-26.31% +16.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
820 418 550
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 33.17% 15.82% 20.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 184 289
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 £215 £270
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 8 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 £28.95 £27.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.70 £32.50 £21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
JSR 168
UK

JSR 168
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JSR 168 across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Scotland JSR 168 Jobs Demand Trend

JSR 168
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing JSR 168 across the Scotland region.

Scotland JSR 168 Daily Rate Trend