The first table below looks at the demand for MVC 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 MVC over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Model-View-Controller (MVC)
Rank 66 64 99
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +35
Contract jobs citing MVC 54 45 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 2.157% 1.673% 0.456%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.120% 2.624% 0.694%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 21 4
Average daily rate £300 £338 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +53.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £200 £187
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £400 £285
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £24.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £24.44 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+35.03% -42.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1731 1715 1874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 69.13% 63.78% 65.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 875 826 1002
Average daily rate £375 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 62 44
Average hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £28.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.83% -15.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
MVC
UK

MVC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MVC across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland MVC Jobs Demand Trend

MVC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland MVC Daily Rate Trend

MVC
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MVC across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland MVC Daily Rate Histogram

MVC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland MVC Hourly Rate Trend

MVC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVC within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh +15 24 £295 -5.60% 11
Glasgow -27 16 £350 - 11
Aberdeen +7 7 £295 +47.50% 1
Dundee +11 3 £265 - 5
Aberdeenshire - - - -
MVC
UK

MVC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing MVC 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 MVC.

1 69 (56.56%) .NET
2 60 (49.18%) C#
3 59 (48.36%) ASP.NET
4 53 (43.44%) SQL Server
5 50 (40.98%) CSS
6 46 (37.70%) JavaScript
7 45 (36.89%) HTML
8 44 (36.07%) Agile Software Development
9 39 (31.97%) Java
10 37 (30.33%) SQL
11 34 (27.87%) jQuery
12 32 (26.23%) Spring
12 32 (26.23%) XML
13 31 (25.41%) Oracle
14 28 (22.95%) OO
14 28 (22.95%) ASP.NET MVC
15 26 (21.31%) Ajax
15 26 (21.31%) TDD
16 25 (20.49%) Spring MVC
17 24 (19.67%) J2EE
18 23 (18.85%) JDBC
18 23 (18.85%) JSP
18 23 (18.85%) .NET Framework
19 22 (18.03%) Unit Testing
19 22 (18.03%) HTML5
20 21 (17.21%) UNIX
20 21 (17.21%) JMS
21 20 (16.39%) Microsoft
22 19 (15.57%) PL/SQL
22 19 (15.57%) Scrum

MVC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing MVC 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 MVC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 69 (56.56%) .NET
2 59 (48.36%) ASP.NET
3 50 (40.98%) CSS
4 45 (36.89%) HTML
5 34 (27.87%) jQuery
6 32 (26.23%) Spring
6 32 (26.23%) XML
7 28 (22.95%) ASP.NET MVC
8 26 (21.31%) Ajax
9 25 (20.49%) Spring MVC
10 24 (19.67%) J2EE
11 23 (18.85%) JDBC
11 23 (18.85%) JSP
11 23 (18.85%) .NET Framework
12 22 (18.03%) HTML5
13 21 (17.21%) JMS
14 17 (13.93%) Struts
15 16 (13.11%) WebSphere
16 15 (12.30%) Web Services
17 14 (11.48%) Spring Web Flow
Application Platforms
1 9 (7.377%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.918%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.639%) Drupal
4 1 (0.820%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.820%) Apache
4 1 (0.820%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.459%) MS Excel
1 3 (2.459%) Photoshop
1 3 (2.459%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.820%) Advent Geneva
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.279%) Internet
1 4 (3.279%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (3.279%) Wireless
1 4 (3.279%) Broadband
2 1 (0.820%) NAS
2 1 (0.820%) SMS
2 1 (0.820%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (43.44%) SQL Server
2 19 (15.57%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (14.75%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (6.557%) MongoDB
5 6 (4.918%) MySQL
5 6 (4.918%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (3.279%) RDBMS
6 4 (3.279%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (2.459%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.459%) MS Access
8 2 (1.639%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.820%) SQLite
9 1 (0.820%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (0.820%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.820%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 14 (11.48%) Visual Studio
1 14 (11.48%) CruiseControl
1 14 (11.48%) Selenium
2 13 (10.66%) Git (software)
3 9 (7.377%) Maven
4 7 (5.738%) Mercurial
5 6 (4.918%) Eclipse
5 6 (4.918%) Subversion
6 3 (2.459%) MSTest
6 3 (2.459%) Firebug
6 3 (2.459%) JUnit
6 3 (2.459%) NUnit
7 2 (1.639%) NetAdvantage
7 2 (1.639%) PVCS
7 2 (1.639%) Ant
7 2 (1.639%) JDeveloper
7 2 (1.639%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.639%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.820%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.820%) QUnit
General
1 19 (15.57%) Banking
2 16 (13.11%) Finance
3 7 (5.738%) Retail
4 4 (3.279%) Investment Banking
5 3 (2.459%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.820%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.820%) Games
Job Titles
1 115 (94.26%) Developer
2 42 (34.43%) .NET Developer
3 33 (27.05%) Java Developer
4 18 (14.75%) Software Developer
5 15 (12.30%) C# Developer
6 9 (7.377%) C# .NET Developer
6 9 (7.377%) Web Developer
7 8 (6.557%) ASP.NET Developer
8 6 (4.918%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 4 (3.279%) Applications Developer
9 4 (3.279%) Web Applications Developer
10 3 (2.459%) Front-End Developer
10 3 (2.459%) Senior Developer
10 3 (2.459%) .NET Web Developer
11 2 (1.639%) Software Engineer
11 2 (1.639%) Analyst
11 2 (1.639%) Programmer
11 2 (1.639%) JavaScript Developer
11 2 (1.639%) WPF Developer
11 2 (1.639%) Drupal Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.738%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (4.098%) N-Tier
3 4 (3.279%) NHS
3 4 (3.279%) W3C
3 4 (3.279%) Smartphone
3 4 (3.279%) IPTV
3 4 (3.279%) Interactive TV
3 4 (3.279%) Video on Demand
4 3 (2.459%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.459%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.639%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.820%) iPhone
6 1 (0.820%) SaaS
6 1 (0.820%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 21 (17.21%) UNIX
2 14 (11.48%) Linux
3 8 (6.557%) Windows
4 3 (2.459%) Android
5 2 (1.639%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.820%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.07%) Agile Software Development
2 28 (22.95%) OO
3 26 (21.31%) TDD
4 22 (18.03%) Unit Testing
5 19 (15.57%) Scrum
6 18 (14.75%) Web Application Development
7 13 (10.66%) Web Development
8 7 (5.738%) BDD
8 7 (5.738%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (4.918%) Multithreading
10 5 (4.098%) UML
11 4 (3.279%) Kanban
12 3 (2.459%) OOP
12 3 (2.459%) Pair Programming
13 2 (1.639%) SEO
13 2 (1.639%) Web Design
13 2 (1.639%) RAD
13 2 (1.639%) Business Intelligence
13 2 (1.639%) ERP
13 2 (1.639%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 60 (49.18%) C#
2 46 (37.70%) JavaScript
3 39 (31.97%) Java
4 37 (30.33%) SQL
5 19 (15.57%) PL/SQL
6 16 (13.11%) Perl
6 16 (13.11%) Shell Script
7 9 (7.377%) Ruby
8 7 (5.738%) PHP
9 6 (4.918%) T-SQL
10 4 (3.279%) C++
10 4 (3.279%) Python
11 3 (2.459%) Scala
11 3 (2.459%) PHP5
11 3 (2.459%) VB
11 3 (2.459%) VBA
12 1 (0.820%) ActionScript 3.0
12 1 (0.820%) XPath
12 1 (0.820%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 13 (10.66%) Degree
2 9 (7.377%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.820%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.639%) QA
1 2 (1.639%) WCAG
1 2 (1.639%) WAI
System Software
1 3 (2.459%) MetaFrame
2 1 (0.820%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.639%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (25.41%) Oracle
2 20 (16.39%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.279%) Telerik
4 3 (2.459%) Sun
4 3 (2.459%) Citrix
5 2 (1.639%) Infragistics
5 2 (1.639%) HP
5 2 (1.639%) Intel
5 2 (1.639%) Zend
5 2 (1.639%) Google
5 2 (1.639%) Twitter
6 1 (0.820%) Advent
6 1 (0.820%) Cadis
6 1 (0.820%) IBM
6 1 (0.820%) JBoss
6 1 (0.820%) VMware
Dundee, Scotland
Due to on-going high levels of project work being developed through to beta-testing stage, we require a developer to join the current team for six months...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Stirling, Scotland
This is an immediate requirement and you must be available to start within the next two weeks. Candidates must have experience in using most of the following technologies: ...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £200 - £260 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
Dundee, Scotland
We are looking for an experienced coder, who has no problems coming into a project and making a difference from day one. The project is going to be...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Required are modern front-end web development techniques, including expert knowledge of essential web development skills - HTML in various standards up to HTML5; CSS and JavaScript. We require...
Search Consultancy
Rate: x
Posted: 17 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Java Developers, Harvey Nash's central Edinburgh based client are currently developing a new application, and as such require a contract Java developer (6 months+) to help with...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Rate: £250 - £340 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Net Talent
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Computer Futures
Posted: 5 June 2013
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