The first table below looks at the demand for RAD 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 RAD over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rank 100 99 104
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +5
Contract jobs citing RAD 18 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.738% 0.414% 0.253%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.075% 0.642% 0.378%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 1
Average daily rate £375 £283 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.74% -37.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.24 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-24.40% +33.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1674 1713 1854
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.63% 64.40% 67.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 868 956
Average daily rate £365 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 67 50
Average hourly rate £20.00 £22.75 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.08% -24.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.30 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
RAD
UK

RAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland RAD Jobs Demand Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland RAD Daily Rate Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RAD across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland RAD Daily Rate Histogram

RAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland RAD Hourly Rate Trend

RAD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RAD within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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 -11 10 £275 -
Edinburgh +7 3 £375 -
Stirling -9 3 £450 +5.94%
Midlothian - 2 - -
RAD
UK

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing RAD 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 RAD.

1 12 (42.86%) Lotus
1 12 (42.86%) SQL
1 12 (42.86%) Unit Testing
2 9 (32.14%) Finance
3 8 (28.57%) Lotus Notes
3 8 (28.57%) Lotus Domino
3 8 (28.57%) Java
3 8 (28.57%) Oracle
4 7 (25.00%) WebSphere
5 6 (21.43%) QA
5 6 (21.43%) C#
5 6 (21.43%) UML
5 6 (21.43%) Change Management
6 5 (17.86%) IBM
6 5 (17.86%) Oracle 10g
6 5 (17.86%) Linux
6 5 (17.86%) Struts
6 5 (17.86%) .NET
6 5 (17.86%) ASP.NET
6 5 (17.86%) Banking
6 5 (17.86%) Rational Application Developer
7 4 (14.29%) JSR 286
7 4 (14.29%) WebSphere Portal
7 4 (14.29%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 4 (14.29%) FileNet
7 4 (14.29%) Content Management
7 4 (14.29%) JSF
7 4 (14.29%) JAX-WS
7 4 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (14.29%) DCOM

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing RAD 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 RAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (25.00%) WebSphere
2 5 (17.86%) Struts
2 5 (17.86%) .NET
2 5 (17.86%) ASP.NET
3 4 (14.29%) JSR 286
3 4 (14.29%) JSF
3 4 (14.29%) JAX-WS
3 4 (14.29%) DCOM
3 4 (14.29%) J2EE
3 4 (14.29%) Web Services
3 4 (14.29%) JDBC
4 2 (7.143%) WinForms
4 2 (7.143%) Java SE
4 2 (7.143%) ActiveX
4 2 (7.143%) JSP
4 2 (7.143%) ODBC
4 2 (7.143%) ADO
5 1 (3.571%) CSS
5 1 (3.571%) HTML
5 1 (3.571%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 8 (28.57%) Lotus Notes
1 8 (28.57%) Lotus Domino
2 4 (14.29%) WebSphere Portal
2 4 (14.29%) FileNet
2 4 (14.29%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) LDAP
1 4 (14.29%) HTTP
2 3 (10.71%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (14.29%) DB2
3 2 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (7.143%) RDBMS
3 2 (7.143%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (7.143%) DTS
3 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.571%) MS Access
4 1 (3.571%) SQLPlus
4 1 (3.571%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (3.571%) ClearCase
2 1 (3.571%) Eclipse
2 1 (3.571%) NUnit
2 1 (3.571%) MSTest
General
1 9 (32.14%) Finance
2 5 (17.86%) Banking
3 3 (10.71%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (71.43%) Developer
2 5 (17.86%) Senior Developer
2 5 (17.86%) Administrator
2 5 (17.86%) Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) Lotus Notes Administrator
3 4 (14.29%) Senior Applications Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Lotus Notes Developer
3 4 (14.29%) WebSphere Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Applications Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Business Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Programmer
4 3 (10.71%) Oracle Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Business Systems Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) UML Business Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Access Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Financial Business Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Financial Services Business Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) RAD Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Domino Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.571%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (3.571%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Linux
2 2 (7.143%) UNIX
3 1 (3.571%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Unit Testing
2 6 (21.43%) UML
2 6 (21.43%) Change Management
3 4 (14.29%) Content Management
4 3 (10.71%) Systems Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) Waterfall
4 3 (10.71%) BPMN
5 2 (7.143%) Time Management
5 2 (7.143%) Release Management
5 2 (7.143%) MVC
6 1 (3.571%) OO
6 1 (3.571%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (42.86%) SQL
2 8 (28.57%) Java
3 6 (21.43%) C#
4 4 (14.29%) VB
4 4 (14.29%) VB.NET
5 2 (7.143%) VB6
5 2 (7.143%) PL/SQL
6 1 (3.571%) VBA
6 1 (3.571%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) QA
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) Tivoli
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle Identity Manager
3 1 (3.571%) Control-M
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) Lotus
2 8 (28.57%) Oracle
3 5 (17.86%) IBM
4 1 (3.571%) MKS
Scotland
The role is for a RAD / Tactical Developer: This will be a rolling 6 month contract paying £500/day... The ideal candidate will have experience in a rapid...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013