Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Compaq products and/or services in IT contracts within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Compaq over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCompaq
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank48-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.629 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£174-
Average daily rate£184-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£194-
UK excluding London average daily rate£186£289
% change on same period last year-35.67 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£17.00-
Average hourly rate£17.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.39£20.74
% change on same period last year-16.13 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads307395
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.498 %0.431 %
Daily rates quoted10860
Average minimum daily rate£328£314
Average daily rate£351£330
% change on same period last year+6.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£348
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
Hourly rates quoted1623
Average minimum hourly rate£16.85£15.74
Average hourly rate£18.71£16.46
% change on same period last year+13.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.58£17.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.89£24.00
% change on same period last year-0.42 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Compaq.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Compaq across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Edinburgh Compaq Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Compaq Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Compaq across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Edinburgh Compaq Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Compaq Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Compaq 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 Compaq.

15 (100.00 %)HP
23 (60.00 %)Dell
23 (60.00 %)ATM
32 (40.00 %)Retail
41 (20.00 %)PDA
41 (20.00 %)Retail Banking
41 (20.00 %)Network Load Balancing
41 (20.00 %)DCSE
41 (20.00 %)HP AIS
41 (20.00 %)HP APS
41 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (20.00 %)VMware
41 (20.00 %)Clustering
41 (20.00 %)Banking
41 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft
41 (20.00 %)Active Directory
41 (20.00 %)VBScript
41 (20.00 %)IIS
41 (20.00 %)Windows
41 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (20.00 %)Intel
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (20.00 %)A+ Certification
41 (20.00 %)EPoS
41 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (20.00 %)Tivoli
41 (20.00 %)Shell Script

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Compaq 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 Compaq. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)IIS
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)ATM
21 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Retail
21 (20.00 %)Retail Banking
21 (20.00 %)Banking
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Field Service Engineer
14 (80.00 %)Field Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Technical Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Analyst
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)EPoS
11 (20.00 %)Clustering
11 (20.00 %)PDA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Network Load Balancing
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)VBScript
11 (20.00 %)Shell Script
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (20.00 %)A+ Certification
11 (20.00 %)DCSE
11 (20.00 %)HP AIS
11 (20.00 %)HP APS
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (20.00 %)Tivoli
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (100.00 %)HP
23 (60.00 %)Dell
31 (20.00 %)Intel
31 (20.00 %)VMware
31 (20.00 %)Microsoft