The first table below looks at the demand for the Development Specialist role in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Development Specialist 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 Stirling 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
Development Specialist
Rank 24 - 19
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Development Specialist 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 0.855% - 2.532%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.926% - 2.597%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £375 - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £374 £356
% change year-on-year
+13.63% +4.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
108 37 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 92.31% 97.37% 97.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 19 50
Average daily rate £400 £315 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.98% -25.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £137 £314
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
Average hourly rate £14.00 - £7.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Development Specialist
Scotland

Development Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling Development Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Development Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Development Specialist across the Stirling region.

Stirling Development Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Development Specialist
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling region that cited Development Specialist 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 Development Specialist in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) MQSeries
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking

Development Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MQSeries
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM