The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Billing over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our General 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Billing
Rank 73 57 62
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +5
Contract jobs citing Billing 3 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.322% 0.635% 0.288%
As % of the General category 0.748% 1.129% 0.601%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
Average daily rate £288 £445 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.39% +36.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £423 £335
% change year-on-year
-17.15% +26.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.00 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-35.29% -2.85%
All of the General Category
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
401 443 333
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 42.98% 56.29% 47.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 222 192
Average daily rate £350 £338 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -6.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 1
Average hourly rate £14.50 £9.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.63% -50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Billing
Scotland

Billing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Billing Jobs Demand Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Billing Daily Rate Trend

Billing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Billing Hourly Rate Trend

Billing
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Billing 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 Billing.

1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) PMP
1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) MS Project
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Fixed Income
3 1 (33.33%) Equities
3 1 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (33.33%) Front Office

Billing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Billing 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 Billing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (66.67%) MS Project
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Fixed Income
2 1 (33.33%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) PMP
1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft