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This section looks at the demand for Geographic Information System (GIS) skills within the Glasgow region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeographic Information System (GIS)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5465
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.327 %1.299 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£328
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£17.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.75£19.63
% change on same period last year+36.30 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads226308
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.298 %0.307 %
Daily rates quoted60103
Average minimum daily rate£295£303
Average daily rate£313£319
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£359
% change on same period last year-2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted1312
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£34.70
Average hourly rate£24.63£36.92
% change on same period last year-33.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.25£39.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£32.20
% change on same period last year+1.08 %
GIS ScotlandGIS
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.

GIS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing GIS across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Glasgow GIS Demand Trend

GIS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow GIS Daily Rate Trend

GIS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow GIS Hourly Rate Trend

GIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing GIS 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 GIS.

13 (30.00 %)AJAX
13 (30.00 %)Smallworld
13 (30.00 %)C#
13 (30.00 %).NET
13 (30.00 %)LDAP
13 (30.00 %)SharePoint
13 (30.00 %)BizTalk Server
22 (20.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
22 (20.00 %)SOA
22 (20.00 %)Microsoft
22 (20.00 %)Active Directory
22 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (20.00 %)CSS
22 (20.00 %)XML
22 (20.00 %)SQL Server
22 (20.00 %)DHTML
22 (20.00 %)HTML
22 (20.00 %)JavaScript
22 (20.00 %)SQL
22 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
22 (20.00 %)Web Design
22 (20.00 %)Systems Analysis
22 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (20.00 %).NET Framework
31 (10.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (10.00 %)QA
31 (10.00 %)ESRI
31 (10.00 %)ArcGIS
31 (10.00 %)MS Office
31 (10.00 %)Oracle

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing GIS 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 GIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %)AJAX
13 (30.00 %).NET
22 (20.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
22 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (20.00 %)CSS
22 (20.00 %)XML
22 (20.00 %)HTML
22 (20.00 %).NET Framework
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (30.00 %)Smallworld
13 (30.00 %)SharePoint
13 (30.00 %)BizTalk Server
21 (10.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (10.00 %)ArcGIS
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Office
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (30.00 %)LDAP
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Analyst
14 (40.00 %)Architect
23 (30.00 %)GIS Analyst
23 (30.00 %)Sharepoint Architect
32 (20.00 %)Data Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Project Manager
41 (10.00 %)Junior
41 (10.00 %)Junior Data Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Junior Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Technical Architect
41 (10.00 %)GIS Data Analyst
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Data Extraction
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)SOA
12 (20.00 %)Web Design
12 (20.00 %)Systems Analysis
21 (10.00 %)CRM
21 (10.00 %)Business Intelligence
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)C#
22 (20.00 %)DHTML
22 (20.00 %)JavaScript
22 (20.00 %)SQL
22 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)QA
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Microsoft
21 (10.00 %)ESRI
21 (10.00 %)Oracle