Scotland Apple Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services in IT contracts within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Apple over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Chichester City of London Dorset East Midlands England Hammersmith Hampshire Leeds London Middlesex Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Northumberland Northumbria Nottinghamshire Scotland South East South West Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£273	£224
% change on same period last year	+21.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.25	£14.03
% change on same period last year	+37.20 %
Vendors Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1080	1394
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.735 %	1.497 %
Daily rates quoted	249	281
Average minimum daily rate	£317	£319
Average daily rate	£339	£335
% change on same period last year	+1.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£349
% change on same period last year	+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	110	109
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.17	£18.13
Average hourly rate	£24.15	£19.26
% change on same period last year	+25.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.14	£20.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.78	£24.08
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Apple Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Apple across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Apple 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 Apple.

1 2 (66.67 %) VBScript 1 2 (66.67 %) VB 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Exchange 1 2 (66.67 %) DHCP 1 2 (66.67 %) DNS 1 2 (66.67 %) Microsoft 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows Server 2003 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows 1 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms 1 2 (66.67 %) Exchange Server 2007 2 1 (33.33 %) iPhone 2 1 (33.33 %) Government 2 1 (33.33 %) Local Government 2 1 (33.33 %) MS Excel 2 1 (33.33 %) Internet

2 1 (33.33 %) MIMEsweeper 2 1 (33.33 %) NetApp 2 1 (33.33 %) MS Office 2 1 (33.33 %) ITIL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Apple 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 Apple. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Exchange 1 2 (66.67 %) Exchange Server 2007	Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) MS Office 1 1 (33.33 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 2 (66.67 %) DHCP 1 2 (66.67 %) DNS 2 1 (33.33 %) Internet	General 1 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms 2 1 (33.33 %) Government 2 1 (33.33 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Developer 1 1 (33.33 %) 3rd Line Support 1 1 (33.33 %) iPhone Developer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (33.33 %) iPhone
Operating Systems 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 2 (66.67 %) VBScript 1 2 (66.67 %) VB	Systems Management 1 1 (33.33 %) MIMEsweeper
Vendors 1 2 (66.67 %) Microsoft 2 1 (33.33 %) NetApp