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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT contracts within the Glasgow region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Support in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4652
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.019 %
As % of the category below0.155 %1.786 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£383
Average daily rate-£392
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£304
% change on same period last year-5.56 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£16.00
Average hourly rate-£18.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.94£22.15
% change on same period last year-9.94 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads6441064
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.907 %1.075 %
Daily rates quoted178322
Average minimum daily rate£284£307
Average daily rate£304£327
% change on same period last year-7.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£324£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted4572
Average minimum hourly rate£19.99£18.37
Average hourly rate£21.75£19.35
% change on same period last year+12.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.51£20.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Applications Support ScotlandApplications Support
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.

Applications Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Support across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Glasgow Applications Support Demand Trend

Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Applications Support Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Applications Support Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region that cited Applications Support in their job title 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 with Applications Support in their job title.

112 (70.59 %)SQL
28 (47.06 %)UNIX
36 (35.29 %)SQL Server
36 (35.29 %)Health
45 (29.41 %)Finance
54 (23.53 %).NET
54 (23.53 %)Oracle
54 (23.53 %)Java
54 (23.53 %)Windows
54 (23.53 %)XML
54 (23.53 %)Microsoft
63 (17.65 %)NHS
63 (17.65 %)Shell Script
63 (17.65 %)SharePoint
63 (17.65 %)Ingres
63 (17.65 %)Transact-SQL
72 (11.76 %)Service Delivery
72 (11.76 %)Sybase
72 (11.76 %)XSLT
72 (11.76 %)ASP.NET
72 (11.76 %)SOAP
72 (11.76 %)WebServices
72 (11.76 %)HPUX
72 (11.76 %)C
72 (11.76 %)MS Access
72 (11.76 %)Data Modelling
72 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2000
81 (5.882 %)Remedy
81 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (5.882 %)HP

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region that cited Applications Support in their job title 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 with Applications Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (23.53 %).NET
14 (23.53 %)XML
22 (11.76 %)XSLT
22 (11.76 %)ASP.NET
22 (11.76 %)SOAP
22 (11.76 %)WebServices
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (17.65 %)SharePoint
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.882 %)MS Excel
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.882 %)Microsoft CRM
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.882 %)TCP/IP
11 (5.882 %)Firewall
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (35.29 %)SQL Server
23 (17.65 %)Ingres
32 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (11.76 %)MS Access
41 (5.882 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
41 (5.882 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (5.882 %)RDBMS
41 (5.882 %)Crystal Reports
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (35.29 %)Health
25 (29.41 %)Finance
31 (5.882 %)Banking
31 (5.882 %)Auditing
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (17.65 %)NHS
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (47.06 %)UNIX
24 (23.53 %)Windows
32 (11.76 %)HPUX
41 (5.882 %)Windows 2000
41 (5.882 %)Windows XP
41 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2003
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (11.76 %)Data Modelling
12 (11.76 %)Service Delivery
21 (5.882 %)ITIL
21 (5.882 %)OOP
21 (5.882 %)OO
21 (5.882 %)ERP
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (70.59 %)SQL
24 (23.53 %)Java
33 (17.65 %)Transact-SQL
33 (17.65 %)Shell Script
42 (11.76 %)C
51 (5.882 %)XPath
51 (5.882 %)VB
51 (5.882 %)PHP
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)SLA
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (23.53 %)Oracle
14 (23.53 %)Microsoft
22 (11.76 %)Sybase
31 (5.882 %)HP
31 (5.882 %)Remedy