The first table below looks at the demand for High Availability 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 High Availability over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
High Availability
Rank - 57 62
Contract jobs citing High Availability 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow - 0.246% 0.260%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.368% 0.371%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £429
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +21.21%
All Processes & Methodologies
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
617 544 539
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 68.63% 66.83% 70.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 257 322
Average daily rate £340 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.74% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £249 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 23 13
Average hourly rate £9.25 £16.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.18% -46.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
High Availability
Scotland

High Availability
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing High Availability across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Glasgow High Availability Jobs Demand Trend

High Availability
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow High Availability Daily Rate Trend

High Availability
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing High Availability 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 High Availability.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared

High Availability
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing High Availability 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 High Availability. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware