The first table below looks at the demand for ActiveX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ActiveX 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 of the Application Development category for the Glasgow 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
Microsoft ActiveX
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing ActiveX 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £213 £288 £188
% change year-on-year
-26.08% +53.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £31.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- -22.50%
All Application Development
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
441 193 258
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 45.99% 24.59% 37.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 81 149
Average daily rate £338 £285 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.42% -18.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £235 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £45.00 £22.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% +28.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
ActiveX
Scotland

ActiveX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ActiveX across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Glasgow ActiveX Jobs Demand Trend

ActiveX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow ActiveX Daily Rate Trend

ActiveX
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing ActiveX 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 ActiveX.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ADO
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) DCOM
1 2 (100.00%) ODBC
1 2 (100.00%) RAD
1 2 (100.00%) DTS
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance

ActiveX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing ActiveX 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 ActiveX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ADO
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) DCOM
1 2 (100.00%) ODBC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) DTS
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Applications Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) RAD
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VB.NET