The first table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging 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 Application Packaging over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Packaging
Rank 78 57 59
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +2
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 2 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.212% 0.389% 0.571%
As % of the Application Development category 0.464% 1.630% 1.515%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £250 - £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.32% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +59.09%
All Application Development
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
431 184 264
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 45.75% 23.83% 37.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 84 157
Average daily rate £338 £283 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.46% -19.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £235 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
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%
Application Packaging
Scotland

Application Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Application Packaging Jobs Demand Trend

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Application Packaging Daily Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Application Packaging across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow Application Packaging Hourly Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Application Packaging 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 Application Packaging.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Intel
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) MCSA
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (33.33%) VBScript
3 1 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) MCP

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Application Packaging 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 Application Packaging. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) VBScript
1 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCP
1 1 (33.33%) MCSA
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Intel
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy