The first table below looks at the demand for LiveLink 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 LiveLink over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Application Platforms 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text LiveLink
Rank 79 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -
Contract jobs citing LiveLink 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.104% 0.129% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.588% 0.781% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £367 £350
% change year-on-year
+26.03% +4.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
- +1.42%
All Application Platforms
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
170 128 159
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 17.76% 16.56% 23.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 49 79
Average daily rate £338 £311 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.52% -11.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £238 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 5
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
LiveLink
Scotland

LiveLink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow LiveLink Jobs Demand Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow LiveLink Daily Rate Trend

LiveLink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow LiveLink Hourly Rate Trend

LiveLink
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink.

1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Documentum
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
1 1 (100.00%) Extranet
1 1 (100.00%) EDRMS
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Alfresco
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall

LiveLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Documentum
1 1 (100.00%) Alfresco
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
1 1 (100.00%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) EDRMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner