The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Programmer
Rank - 109 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Programmer 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland - 0.038% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.040% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £325 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £415 £325
% change year-on-year
-21.08% +27.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2333 2485 2659
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.47% 93.32% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1095 1159 1343
Average daily rate £355 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 101 93
Average hourly rate £14.00 £18.50 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.32% +13.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £10.85 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.00 £32.50 £36.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Programmer
UK

Senior Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Senior Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Senior Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Senior Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Programmer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Programmer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 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
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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
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Aberdeen - - - -
Perth and Kinross - - - -
Senior Programmer
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Senior Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Senior Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) C#
3 2 (33.33%) C++
3 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) UNIX
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Mobile Games
3 2 (33.33%) Games
3 2 (33.33%) Objective-C
3 2 (33.33%) JNI
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (33.33%) Game Development
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) DevExpress
3 2 (33.33%) 3D Programming
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
4 1 (16.67%) Web Development
4 1 (16.67%) UML
4 1 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
4 1 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (16.67%) Progress
4 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
4 1 (16.67%) J2EE

Senior Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Senior Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) JNI
2 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
2 1 (16.67%) J2EE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile Games
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 2 (33.33%) 3D Programming
1 2 (33.33%) Game Development
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (16.67%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (16.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 2 (33.33%) Objective-C
3 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
3 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) DevExpress
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Progress
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