Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Great Plains skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Great Plains over the 3 months to 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Great Plains
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£452£383
% change on same period last year+17.85 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£60.00£35.83
% change on same period last year+67.44 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads205
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.005 %
Daily rates quoted53
Average minimum daily rate£367£333
Average daily rate£392£375
% change on same period last year+4.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£418£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£453£433
% change on same period last year+4.54 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£15.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.93£27.67
% change on same period last year+4.55 %
Great Plains ScotlandGreat Plains
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.

Great Plains
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Great Plains across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Aberdeen Great Plains Demand Trend

Great Plains
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Great Plains across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Great Plains Daily Rate Trend

Great Plains
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Great Plains also 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 that cited Great Plains.

11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)Intranet
11 (100.00 %)Internet
11 (100.00 %)Extranet
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (100.00 %)MAXIMO
11 (100.00 %)Problem Management
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

Great Plains
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Great Plains also 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 that cited Great Plains. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (100.00 %)MAXIMO
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)Intranet
11 (100.00 %)Internet
11 (100.00 %)Extranet
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Applications Support
11 (100.00 %)Applications Support Engineer
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (100.00 %)Problem Management