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Software Developer Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills
Browse 18 Software Developer job vacancies in Scotland

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 98 106 102
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 21 3 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.839% 0.112% 0.351%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.908% 0.120% 0.377%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 4
Average daily rate £270 £186 £205
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+44.96% -9.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £147 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £225 £253
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2314 2507 2650
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.41% 93.23% 93.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1088 1164 1341
Average daily rate £353 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 107 95
Average hourly rate £14.00 £18.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.32% +12.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.33 £10.99 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.40 £32.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Software Developer
UK

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland Software Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Software Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 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
(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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Glasgow - 11 £488 - 8
Edinburgh - 7 £256 - 7
Dundee +10 1 - - 1
Stirling -4 1 £475 +245.09% 1
Falkirk - 1 - -
Aberdeen - - - - 1
Aberdeenshire - - - -
Angus - - - -
Ayrshire - - - -
East Lothian - - - -
Fife - - - -
Renfrewshire - - - -
West Lothian - - - -
North Lanarkshire - - - -
Dumfries and Galloway - - - -
Scottish Borders - - - -
Software Developer
UK

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 29 (52.73%) .NET
2 25 (45.45%) C#
3 24 (43.64%) ASP.NET
4 23 (41.82%) SQL Server
5 20 (36.36%) Java
5 20 (36.36%) JavaScript
6 18 (32.73%) MVC
6 18 (32.73%) Agile Software Development
6 18 (32.73%) SQL Server 2008
7 17 (30.91%) SQL Server 2005
7 17 (30.91%) Microsoft
8 15 (27.27%) C++
9 14 (25.45%) Degree
10 13 (23.64%) SQL
11 12 (21.82%) XML
11 12 (21.82%) Linux
12 11 (20.00%) PHP
12 11 (20.00%) Web Application Development
13 10 (18.18%) SharePoint
13 10 (18.18%) Web Development
13 10 (18.18%) TDD
14 9 (16.36%) Scrum
14 9 (16.36%) IPTV
14 9 (16.36%) Interactive TV
15 8 (14.55%) Web Services
15 8 (14.55%) HTML
16 7 (12.73%) C
16 7 (12.73%) Visual Studio
17 6 (10.91%) CSS
17 6 (10.91%) Windows

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 29 (52.73%) .NET
2 24 (43.64%) ASP.NET
3 12 (21.82%) XML
4 8 (14.55%) Web Services
4 8 (14.55%) HTML
5 6 (10.91%) CSS
6 5 (9.091%) HTML5
6 5 (9.091%) WPF
6 5 (9.091%) Java EE
6 5 (9.091%) Ruby on Rails
6 5 (9.091%) Flash
6 5 (9.091%) J2ME
6 5 (9.091%) J2SE
7 4 (7.273%) jQuery
7 4 (7.273%) CSS3
8 3 (5.455%) Ajax
8 3 (5.455%) WinForms
8 3 (5.455%) ASP
9 2 (3.636%) XSLT
9 2 (3.636%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 10 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.818%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (1.818%) CMS
2 1 (1.818%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.818%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.273%) Broadband
1 4 (7.273%) Internet
1 4 (7.273%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (7.273%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (41.82%) SQL Server
2 18 (32.73%) SQL Server 2008
3 17 (30.91%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (7.273%) GIS
4 4 (7.273%) MongoDB
5 2 (3.636%) MySQL
6 1 (1.818%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.818%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (1.818%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Visual Studio
2 5 (9.091%) Git (software)
3 2 (3.636%) Subversion
3 2 (3.636%) Mercurial
4 1 (1.818%) MbUnit
4 1 (1.818%) StyleCop
4 1 (1.818%) NetBeans
4 1 (1.818%) CruiseControl
4 1 (1.818%) Eclipse
General
1 5 (9.091%) Interactive Media
1 5 (9.091%) Games
2 4 (7.273%) Retail
3 3 (5.455%) Banking
4 1 (1.818%) Marketing
4 1 (1.818%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.818%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.36%) IPTV
1 9 (16.36%) Interactive TV
2 4 (7.273%) Smartphone
2 4 (7.273%) Video on Demand
3 2 (3.636%) NHS
3 2 (3.636%) PDA
3 2 (3.636%) Fixed Income
3 2 (3.636%) Mathematics
3 2 (3.636%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.82%) Linux
2 6 (10.91%) Windows
3 1 (1.818%) UNIX
3 1 (1.818%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (32.73%) MVC
1 18 (32.73%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (20.00%) Web Application Development
3 10 (18.18%) Web Development
3 10 (18.18%) TDD
4 9 (16.36%) Scrum
5 6 (10.91%) Unit Testing
6 3 (5.455%) MVVM
6 3 (5.455%) Migration
6 3 (5.455%) OO
7 1 (1.818%) Refactoring
7 1 (1.818%) Multithreading
7 1 (1.818%) Electronic Trading
7 1 (1.818%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (1.818%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (1.818%) Business Analysis
7 1 (1.818%) CAD
7 1 (1.818%) UML
7 1 (1.818%) OOP
7 1 (1.818%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 25 (45.45%) C#
2 20 (36.36%) Java
2 20 (36.36%) JavaScript
3 15 (27.27%) C++
4 13 (23.64%) SQL
5 11 (20.00%) PHP
6 7 (12.73%) C
7 5 (9.091%) VB6
7 5 (9.091%) Ruby
7 5 (9.091%) VB
7 5 (9.091%) ActionScript
8 2 (3.636%) VB.NET
8 2 (3.636%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.818%) Scala
9 1 (1.818%) Python
9 1 (1.818%) Perl
9 1 (1.818%) Delphi
9 1 (1.818%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (25.45%) Degree
2 3 (5.455%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.818%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.818%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.818%) Tivoli
1 1 (1.818%) Tivoli Configuration Manager
Vendors
1 17 (30.91%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.455%) Oracle
3 2 (3.636%) Telerik
4 1 (1.818%) LANDesk
4 1 (1.818%) Adobe
4 1 (1.818%) HP
4 1 (1.818%) IBM
4 1 (1.818%) JBoss
C++ Software Developer - Glasgow - Contract
Glasgow, Scotland
The technical skills required include: - C++ - Visual Studio 2005 or more recent versions - Fortran or C# - MFC or Qt interface development - OpenGL/ DirectX This is an exciting opportunity...
Computer Futures
Posted: 4 June 2013
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