Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

LinkCitrix MetaFrame
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank29-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.704 %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£222£292
% change on same period last year-23.95 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00-
Average hourly rate£15.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.30£21.74
% change on same period last year+7.17 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads2764
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.070 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£120£108
Average daily rate£130£108
% change on same period last year+20.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£140£108
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£318
% change on same period last year+0.57 %
Hourly rates quoted1219
Average minimum hourly rate£21.53£14.68
Average hourly rate£23.00£15.42
% change on same period last year+49.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.46£16.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.95£21.57
% change on same period last year-2.89 %
MetaFrame ScotlandMetaFrame
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.

MetaFrame
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MetaFrame across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Aberdeen MetaFrame Demand Trend

MetaFrame
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen MetaFrame Hourly Rate Trend

MetaFrame
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame.

16 (100.00 %)Windows
16 (100.00 %)Citrix
25 (83.33 %)Windows Server 2003
25 (83.33 %)VMware
25 (83.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
34 (66.67 %)ITIL
34 (66.67 %)Active Directory
43 (50.00 %)IBM
43 (50.00 %)Microsoft
43 (50.00 %)Clustering
43 (50.00 %)NetBackup
43 (50.00 %)Backup Exec
43 (50.00 %)Remedy
43 (50.00 %)VERITAS
52 (33.33 %)MOM
52 (33.33 %)ARCserve
52 (33.33 %)SAN
52 (33.33 %)Incident Management
52 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (33.33 %)Windows Vista
52 (33.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (33.33 %)Windows XP
52 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
52 (33.33 %)SMS
52 (33.33 %)DHCP
52 (33.33 %)DNS
61 (16.67 %)LAN
61 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
61 (16.67 %)MS Excel
61 (16.67 %)MS Access

MetaFrame
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %)ODBC
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
12 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)MS Excel
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (33.33 %)SMS
12 (33.33 %)DHCP
12 (33.33 %)DNS
12 (33.33 %)SAN
21 (16.67 %)LAN
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)MS Access
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Analyst
12 (33.33 %)Systems Engineer
12 (33.33 %)Infrastructure Analyst
12 (33.33 %)Server Engineer
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)Clustering
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Windows
25 (83.33 %)Windows Server 2003
25 (83.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
32 (33.33 %)Windows XP
32 (33.33 %)Windows Vista
41 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)ITIL
22 (33.33 %)Incident Management
31 (16.67 %)Service Delivery
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)C
11 (16.67 %)VB
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (66.67 %)Active Directory
23 (50.00 %)NetBackup
23 (50.00 %)Backup Exec
32 (33.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (33.33 %)MOM
12 (33.33 %)ARCserve
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)Citrix
25 (83.33 %)VMware
33 (50.00 %)VERITAS
33 (50.00 %)Remedy
33 (50.00 %)IBM
33 (50.00 %)Microsoft
41 (16.67 %)Oracle