Senior Developer Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Senior Developer
Rank 72 86 77
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 46 24 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.886% 0.902% 1.231%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.032% 0.962% 1.308%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 3 25
Average daily rate £413 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.58% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £277 £286 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £460 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
+4.28% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.75 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+10.71% -17.64%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2264 2495 2599
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.82% 93.80% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1098 1214 1273
Average daily rate £355 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.41% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £453 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 110 100
Average hourly rate £14.50 £21.50 £15.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.55% +39.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.60 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Developer
UK

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Developer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Senior Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Scotland Senior Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Senior Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer 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 -3 28 £356 -10.93%
Stirling - 9 £462 -
Edinburgh +4 3 £300 +6.19%
Dundee - 1 - -
Senior Developer
UK

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Senior Developer in their job title 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 with Senior Developer in their job title.

1 38 (44.19%) Java
2 32 (37.21%) C#
3 30 (34.88%) SQL
4 28 (32.56%) .NET
5 27 (31.40%) XML
6 19 (22.09%) JavaScript
7 18 (20.93%) HTML
7 18 (20.93%) UNIX
8 17 (19.77%) ASP.NET
8 17 (19.77%) CSS
9 16 (18.60%) Linux
9 16 (18.60%) Web Services
9 16 (18.60%) Finance
9 16 (18.60%) Spring
10 15 (17.44%) Banking
10 15 (17.44%) SQL Server
11 14 (16.28%) Sybase
11 14 (16.28%) Oracle
11 14 (16.28%) OO
12 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
13 12 (13.95%) Agile Software Development
13 12 (13.95%) WPF
14 11 (12.79%) Scrum
15 10 (11.63%) jQuery
15 10 (11.63%) .NET Framework
15 10 (11.63%) Hibernate
15 10 (11.63%) Multithreading
16 9 (10.47%) RDBMS
16 9 (10.47%) PHP
17 8 (9.302%) XSLT

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Senior Developer in their job title 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 with Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 28 (32.56%) .NET
2 27 (31.40%) XML
3 18 (20.93%) HTML
4 17 (19.77%) ASP.NET
4 17 (19.77%) CSS
5 16 (18.60%) Web Services
5 16 (18.60%) Spring
6 12 (13.95%) WPF
7 10 (11.63%) jQuery
7 10 (11.63%) .NET Framework
7 10 (11.63%) Hibernate
8 8 (9.302%) XSLT
8 8 (9.302%) WCF
9 7 (8.140%) Ajax
10 6 (6.977%) Flash
10 6 (6.977%) WebSphere
11 5 (5.814%) Apache CXF
12 4 (4.651%) J2SE
12 4 (4.651%) XML Schema
12 4 (4.651%) DCOM
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.140%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.977%) Apache
2 6 (6.977%) Tomcat
2 6 (6.977%) SharePoint 2013
3 5 (5.814%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (5.814%) WebSphere MQ
4 4 (4.651%) TIBCO EMS
5 3 (3.488%) Adobe CQ
5 3 (3.488%) Umbraco
5 3 (3.488%) CMS
6 1 (1.163%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (1.163%) Captiva
6 1 (1.163%) Documentum
Applications
1 6 (6.977%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.488%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.488%) Photoshop
2 3 (3.488%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.140%) Intranet
2 2 (2.326%) HTTP
2 2 (2.326%) Internet
3 1 (1.163%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (17.44%) SQL Server
2 9 (10.47%) RDBMS
3 5 (5.814%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (3.488%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (3.488%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.488%) MySQL
4 3 (3.488%) TOAD
5 2 (2.326%) SQLPlus
5 2 (2.326%) DTS
5 2 (2.326%) MS Access
5 2 (2.326%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.163%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.163%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.163%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.163%) DB2
6 1 (1.163%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 6 (6.977%) Subversion
2 4 (4.651%) JUnit
3 3 (3.488%) Dreamweaver
4 2 (2.326%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.163%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (1.163%) Rational Application Developer
5 1 (1.163%) Selenium
5 1 (1.163%) CruiseControl
5 1 (1.163%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (1.163%) ClearCase
5 1 (1.163%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.163%) PVCS
5 1 (1.163%) Ant
5 1 (1.163%) ProC
5 1 (1.163%) Xcode
General
1 16 (18.60%) Finance
2 15 (17.44%) Banking
3 8 (9.302%) Investment Banking
4 6 (6.977%) Front Office
5 5 (5.814%) Interactive Media
5 5 (5.814%) Games
6 3 (3.488%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.163%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.140%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (6.977%) Fixed Income
3 5 (5.814%) Derivative
3 5 (5.814%) IPTV
3 5 (5.814%) Interactive TV
4 4 (4.651%) Equity Derivative
5 3 (3.488%) Data Integration
5 3 (3.488%) W3C
6 2 (2.326%) Inversion of Control
7 1 (1.163%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.163%) RIA
7 1 (1.163%) iPhone
7 1 (1.163%) Web 2.0
7 1 (1.163%) Market Risk
7 1 (1.163%) Java Card
7 1 (1.163%) Computer Science
7 1 (1.163%) Social Network
7 1 (1.163%) NHS
7 1 (1.163%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 18 (20.93%) UNIX
2 16 (18.60%) Linux
3 3 (3.488%) Windows
4 2 (2.326%) Android
5 1 (1.163%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (16.28%) OO
2 12 (13.95%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (12.79%) Scrum
4 10 (11.63%) Multithreading
5 8 (9.302%) Unit Testing
6 6 (6.977%) TDD
6 6 (6.977%) Web Application Development
7 5 (5.814%) RAD
7 5 (5.814%) Extreme Programming
7 5 (5.814%) OOD
8 4 (4.651%) OOP
8 4 (4.651%) Software Engineering
8 4 (4.651%) Web Analytics
8 4 (4.651%) Web Development
8 4 (4.651%) Analytics
9 3 (3.488%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (3.488%) User Experience Design
9 3 (3.488%) Refactoring
9 3 (3.488%) Content Management
9 3 (3.488%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 38 (44.19%) Java
2 32 (37.21%) C#
3 30 (34.88%) SQL
4 19 (22.09%) JavaScript
5 9 (10.47%) PHP
6 7 (8.140%) VB
6 7 (8.140%) ActionScript
7 6 (6.977%) Shell Script
7 6 (6.977%) VB.NET
8 5 (5.814%) PL/SQL
8 5 (5.814%) Perl
8 5 (5.814%) C++
9 4 (4.651%) T-SQL
10 3 (3.488%) XPath
11 2 (2.326%) VB6
11 2 (2.326%) Scala
12 1 (1.163%) ActionScript 3.0
12 1 (1.163%) ALGOL
12 1 (1.163%) PowerShell
12 1 (1.163%) Korn
Qualifications
1 6 (6.977%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (4.651%) MCP
3 3 (3.488%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.488%) Degree
4 2 (2.326%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.326%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (1.163%) Control-M
Vendors
1 14 (16.28%) Sybase
1 14 (16.28%) Oracle
2 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.140%) Adobe
4 4 (4.651%) TIBCO
5 3 (3.488%) Informatica
6 1 (1.163%) Sencha
6 1 (1.163%) JBoss
6 1 (1.163%) CA
6 1 (1.163%) Unisys
6 1 (1.163%) Progress
6 1 (1.163%) Murex
6 1 (1.163%) IBM
6 1 (1.163%) MKS
Senior Front-end Developer
Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Applicants should have an advanced understanding of the required development technologies presented and should additionally demonstrate the ability to implement a plan for improvement / alterations. The successful candidate...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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