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The table below looks at the demand for Rich Internet Application (RIA) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RIA over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRich Internet Application (RIA)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£364
% change on same period last year+3.06 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.50-
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads362388
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.489 %0.383 %
Daily rates quoted8485
Average minimum daily rate£308£336
Average daily rate£323£355
% change on same period last year-9.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£350
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted3434
Average minimum hourly rate£16.83£18.68
Average hourly rate£18.17£19.84
% change on same period last year-8.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.51£21.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.26£28.13
% change on same period last year-10.19 %
RIA UKRIA
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

RIA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing RIA across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Scotland RIA Demand Trend

RIA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland RIA Daily Rate Trend

RIA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing RIA 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 RIA.

110 (90.91 %)Adobe
110 (90.91 %)Java
110 (90.91 %)Adobe Flex
29 (81.82 %)Sybase
29 (81.82 %)Internet
38 (72.73 %)TDD
47 (63.64 %)Pair Programming
47 (63.64 %)Workflow
47 (63.64 %)Games
47 (63.64 %)Spring
47 (63.64 %)AJAX
47 (63.64 %)Extreme Programming
56 (54.55 %)Ant
65 (45.45 %)JSP
65 (45.45 %)XML
65 (45.45 %)UNIX
65 (45.45 %)JavaScript
65 (45.45 %)SQL
65 (45.45 %)Transact-SQL
65 (45.45 %)J2EE
65 (45.45 %)Web Design
65 (45.45 %)HTML
65 (45.45 %)Ruby
74 (36.36 %)SQL Server
82 (18.18 %)Agile Software Development
91 (9.091 %)JUnit
91 (9.091 %)iBATIS
91 (9.091 %)Hibernate
91 (9.091 %)Data Management
91 (9.091 %)Unit Testing

RIA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing RIA 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 RIA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (90.91 %)Adobe Flex
27 (63.64 %)Spring
27 (63.64 %)AJAX
35 (45.45 %)HTML
35 (45.45 %)J2EE
35 (45.45 %)JSP
35 (45.45 %)XML
41 (9.091 %)Hibernate
41 (9.091 %)iBATIS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (81.82 %)Internet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (36.36 %)SQL Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (54.55 %)Ant
21 (9.091 %)JUnit
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (63.64 %)Games
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (100.00 %)Developer
27 (63.64 %)Flex Developer
35 (45.45 %)Applications Developer
44 (36.36 %)Java Developer
51 (9.091 %)Java Applications Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (45.45 %)UNIX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (72.73 %)TDD
27 (63.64 %)Pair Programming
27 (63.64 %)Workflow
27 (63.64 %)Extreme Programming
35 (45.45 %)Web Design
42 (18.18 %)Agile Software Development
51 (9.091 %)Data Management
51 (9.091 %)Unit Testing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (90.91 %)Java
25 (45.45 %)JavaScript
25 (45.45 %)SQL
25 (45.45 %)Transact-SQL
25 (45.45 %)Ruby
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (90.91 %)Adobe
29 (81.82 %)Sybase