The first table below looks at the demand for Refactoring 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 Refactoring 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
Refactoring
Rank 115 - 106
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Refactoring 3 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.123% - 0.181%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.179% - 0.270%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £523
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £343 £309
% change year-on-year
-5.10% +10.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £31.00
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%
Refactoring
UK

Refactoring
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Refactoring Jobs Demand Trend

Refactoring
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Refactoring Daily Rate Trend

Refactoring
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Refactoring Hourly Rate Trend

Refactoring
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Refactoring 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
Dundee - 3 - -
Refactoring
UK

Refactoring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (100.00%) TDD
1 6 (100.00%) Ext JS
1 6 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (83.33%) C++
2 5 (83.33%) HTML
2 5 (83.33%) Java
2 5 (83.33%) GWT
2 5 (83.33%) PHP
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) MySQL
2 5 (83.33%) CSS
2 5 (83.33%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) OOP
2 5 (83.33%) OO
3 1 (16.67%) Pair Programming
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) ESB
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) Apache CXF
3 1 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
3 1 (16.67%) Open Source
3 1 (16.67%) soapUI
3 1 (16.67%) Apache
3 1 (16.67%) JMS
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) TIBCO
3 1 (16.67%) Middleware
3 1 (16.67%) SOAP

Refactoring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) Ext JS
2 5 (83.33%) HTML
2 5 (83.33%) GWT
2 5 (83.33%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) Apache CXF
3 1 (16.67%) soapUI
3 1 (16.67%) JMS
3 1 (16.67%) Middleware
3 1 (16.67%) SOAP
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) ESB
1 1 (16.67%) Apache
1 1 (16.67%) Mule
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) MySQL
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Designer
3 1 (16.67%) PHP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (100.00%) TDD
1 6 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (83.33%) OOP
2 5 (83.33%) OO
3 1 (16.67%) Pair Programming
3 1 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (83.33%) C++
2 5 (83.33%) Java
2 5 (83.33%) PHP
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) TIBCO