The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Junior in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Junior
Rank 72 49 49
Rank change year-on-year
-23 0
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 5 11 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.521% 1.401% 1.456%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.551% 1.473% 1.531%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 9
Average daily rate £275 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.25% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £400 £95
10% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £400 £337
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £255 £199
% change year-on-year
-8.82% +28.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.23 £15.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year
-5.13% -20.00%
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
908 747 653
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 94.68% 95.16% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 352 377
Average daily rate £338 £319 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.79% -8.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £213 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 37 21
Average hourly rate £14.00 £22.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.77% +18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Junior
Scotland

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Junior Jobs Demand Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Junior Daily Rate Trend

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Junior Hourly Rate Trend

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region that cited Junior 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 Junior in their job title.

1 3 (37.50%) SOAP
1 3 (37.50%) XML
1 3 (37.50%) C#
1 3 (37.50%) Perl
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) Python
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) UNIX
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Information Management
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) RIA
3 1 (12.50%) Drupal
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Front Office
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) HTML
3 1 (12.50%) .NET
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
3 1 (12.50%) IIS
3 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
3 1 (12.50%) ISAPI
3 1 (12.50%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (12.50%) SSL
3 1 (12.50%) Internet
3 1 (12.50%) BPR

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region that cited Junior 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 Junior in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (37.50%) SOAP
1 3 (37.50%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
2 1 (12.50%) ISAPI
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Drupal
1 1 (12.50%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SSL
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) RIA
1 1 (12.50%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) UNIX
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Information Management
1 1 (12.50%) Change Management
1 1 (12.50%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
1 3 (37.50%) Perl
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
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