The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Engineer
Rank - - 104
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 0 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland - - 0.219%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.233%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 £400
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
- +8.69%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2299 2509 2577
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.78% 93.76% 94.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1110 1218 1269
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 113 97
Average hourly rate £15.50 £22.50 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.11% +47.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £34.00 £38.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Software Engineer
UK

Senior Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Senior Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Senior Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Senior Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Senior Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Azure
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3

Senior Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Senior Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Azure