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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the West Lothian region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank33
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.009 %
As % of the category below23.26 %21.43 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£150£300
Average daily rate£155£325
% change on same period last year-52.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£160£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£326
% change on same period last year-0.57 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00-
Average hourly rate£16.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.20£32.93
% change on same period last year-8.28 %
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Lothian
Matching contract IT job ads4342
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.042 %
Daily rates quoted67
Average minimum daily rate£227£363
Average daily rate£239£371
% change on same period last year-35.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£251£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted84
Average minimum hourly rate£14.69£11.06
Average hourly rate£17.85£12.28
% change on same period last year+45.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.00£13.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Developer ScotlandDeveloper
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Developer across the West Lothian region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Lothian Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Developer across the West Lothian region.

West Lothian Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Developer across the West Lothian region.

West Lothian Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the West Lothian region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

West Lothian Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the West Lothian region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LivingstonDown-17£155-
Developer ScotlandDeveloper
Scotland

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

17 (46.67 %)C
17 (46.67 %)C++
17 (46.67 %)UNIX
26 (40.00 %)Degree
35 (33.33 %)Software Engineering
35 (33.33 %)HND
44 (26.67 %).NET
52 (13.33 %)XML
52 (13.33 %).NET Framework
52 (13.33 %)SQL
52 (13.33 %)SQL Server
52 (13.33 %)C#
52 (13.33 %)Java
52 (13.33 %)Perl
52 (13.33 %)RDBMS
52 (13.33 %)OO
61 (6.667 %)VC++
61 (6.667 %)MSMQ
61 (6.667 %)CRM
61 (6.667 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
61 (6.667 %)OOD
61 (6.667 %)ETL
61 (6.667 %)Solaris
61 (6.667 %)Linux
61 (6.667 %)UML
61 (6.667 %)OOA/OOD
61 (6.667 %)Microsoft
61 (6.667 %)Informatica
61 (6.667 %)Red Hat
61 (6.667 %)Shell Script

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (26.67 %).NET
22 (13.33 %).NET Framework
22 (13.33 %)XML
31 (6.667 %)Spring
31 (6.667 %)AJAX
31 (6.667 %).NET Remoting
31 (6.667 %)HTML
31 (6.667 %)CSS
31 (6.667 %)WebServices
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (6.667 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (13.33 %)SQL Server
12 (13.33 %)RDBMS
21 (6.667 %)Data Cleansing
21 (6.667 %)Crystal Reports
21 (6.667 %)ETL
21 (6.667 %)MySQL
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Finance
11 (6.667 %)Electric
11 (6.667 %)Billing
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)Computer Science
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (46.67 %)UNIX
21 (6.667 %)Solaris
21 (6.667 %)Linux
21 (6.667 %)Red Hat Linux
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (33.33 %)Software Engineering
22 (13.33 %)OO
31 (6.667 %)CRM
31 (6.667 %)OOD
31 (6.667 %)Migration
31 (6.667 %)Agile Software Development
31 (6.667 %)Asset Management
31 (6.667 %)Data Analysis
31 (6.667 %)Use Case
31 (6.667 %)Data Migration
31 (6.667 %)UML
31 (6.667 %)OOA/OOD
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (46.67 %)C
17 (46.67 %)C++
22 (13.33 %)Java
22 (13.33 %)C#
22 (13.33 %)SQL
22 (13.33 %)Perl
31 (6.667 %)PHP
31 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
31 (6.667 %)VB
31 (6.667 %)VC++
31 (6.667 %)Shell Script
31 (6.667 %)JavaScript
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (40.00 %)Degree
25 (33.33 %)HND
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.667 %)QA
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.667 %)MSMQ
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (6.667 %)Oracle
11 (6.667 %)PeopleSoft
11 (6.667 %)Microsoft
11 (6.667 %)Informatica
11 (6.667 %)Red Hat
11 (6.667 %)Ab Initio