The first table below looks at the demand for ACCA in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ACCA 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 Qualifications for the Scotland 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
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Rank 115 - 103
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ACCA 4 0 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.160% - 0.316%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.955% - 2.639%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
Average daily rate £336 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £379 £425 £350
% change year-on-year
-10.88% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Qualifications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
419 367 341
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 16.73% 13.65% 11.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 168 155
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £429 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 34 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.23% -10.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.33 £10.85 £12.16
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.00 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
ACCA
UK

ACCA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ACCA across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Scotland ACCA Jobs Demand Trend

ACCA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland ACCA Daily Rate Trend

ACCA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ACCA across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland ACCA Daily Rate Histogram

ACCA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland ACCA Hourly Rate Trend

ACCA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ACCA within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Aberdeen - 2 £410 - 1
ACCA
UK

ACCA
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ACCA 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 ACCA.

1 5 (100.00%) CIMA
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 2 (40.00%) CRM
3 2 (40.00%) SAP R/3
4 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) MS Office
4 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Wealth Management

ACCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP R/3
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Performance Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CIMA
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
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