The first table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Application Packaging 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 Application Development category 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
Application Packaging
Rank 111 101 100
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -1
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 8 8 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.319% 0.298% 0.421%
As % of the Application Development category 1.083% 1.818% 1.977%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 5
Average daily rate £250 £313 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £150.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.63 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-6.13% +44.27%
All Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
739 440 607
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 29.51% 16.36% 21.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 179 338
Average daily rate £350 £315 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £431
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 6
Average hourly rate £31.00 £31.00 £26.83
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +15.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.00 £30.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £32.50 £32.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Application Packaging
UK

Application Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Application Packaging Jobs Demand Trend

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Application Packaging Daily Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Application Packaging Hourly Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Packaging 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
Glasgow -13 4 £250 -7.06%
Aberdeen - - - -
Application Packaging
UK

Application Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (87.50%) SCCM
2 13 (81.25%) Windows
3 8 (50.00%) Migration
3 8 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 8 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 7 (43.75%) VMware
4 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
5 5 (31.25%) MSI
5 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (25.00%) Finance
6 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (25.00%) Windows XP
6 4 (25.00%) ITIL
7 3 (18.75%) MCP
7 3 (18.75%) MS Office
7 3 (18.75%) MCSA
7 3 (18.75%) Citrix
7 3 (18.75%) SMS
7 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (12.50%) SCOM
8 2 (12.50%) WSUS
8 2 (12.50%) QA
8 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
8 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 2 (12.50%) SQL
8 2 (12.50%) Service Management
8 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (6.250%) AdminStudio
9 1 (6.250%) Project Management
9 1 (6.250%) Remedy

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Office
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) SMS
2 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.250%) LAN
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MSI
2 1 (6.250%) AdminStudio
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Applications Packager
2 4 (25.00%) Technical Specialist
3 3 (18.75%) SCCM Specialist
4 2 (12.50%) Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Server Support
5 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Project Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Server Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Server Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Server Specialist
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Desktop Technician
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Migration
2 4 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (6.250%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
4 1 (6.250%) Software Deployment
4 1 (6.250%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (18.75%) MCP
2 3 (18.75%) MCSA
3 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
3 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (6.250%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (87.50%) SCCM
2 2 (12.50%) SCOM
2 2 (12.50%) WSUS
3 1 (6.250%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) VMware
2 3 (18.75%) Citrix
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.250%) Remedy
4 1 (6.250%) Adobe
4 1 (6.250%) Apple
4 1 (6.250%) LANDesk
4 1 (6.250%) Google
4 1 (6.250%) Fujitsu