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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support Engineer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank100127
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.046 %0.029 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£375
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£222£309
% change on same period last year-28.16 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£15.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.25£32.50
% change on same period last year-25.38 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads21803434
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.069 %3.470 %
Daily rates quoted475665
Average minimum daily rate£293£308
Average daily rate£317£324
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£341
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted171239
Average minimum hourly rate£21.78£19.35
Average hourly rate£23.00£20.53
% change on same period last year+12.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.22£21.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Applications Support Engineer UKApplications Support Engineer
UK

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.

Applications Support Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Support Engineer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Applications Support Engineer Demand Trend

Applications Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Applications Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Applications Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Engineer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
AberdeenNew entry-1--
Applications Support Engineer UKApplications Support Engineer
UK

Applications Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Applications Support Engineer 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 Applications Support Engineer in their job title.

17 (70.00 %)SQL Server
17 (70.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)XML
26 (60.00 %)SQL
26 (60.00 %)Transact-SQL
35 (50.00 %)Microsoft
44 (40.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
44 (40.00 %)Data Modelling
53 (30.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
53 (30.00 %)SharePoint
62 (20.00 %)Problem Management
62 (20.00 %)MAXIMO
62 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (20.00 %)Intranet
62 (20.00 %)Internet
62 (20.00 %)Extranet
62 (20.00 %)XSLT
62 (20.00 %).NET
62 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
62 (20.00 %)SOAP
62 (20.00 %)WebServices
71 (10.00 %)Java
71 (10.00 %)PHP
71 (10.00 %)OOP
71 (10.00 %)OO
71 (10.00 %)Active Directory
71 (10.00 %)Microsoft CRM
71 (10.00 %)Great Plains
71 (10.00 %)Configuration Management
71 (10.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services

Applications Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Applications Support Engineer 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 Applications Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (60.00 %)XML
22 (20.00 %)XSLT
22 (20.00 %).NET
22 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (20.00 %)SOAP
22 (20.00 %)WebServices
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (30.00 %)SharePoint
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (20.00 %)MAXIMO
21 (10.00 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (10.00 %)Great Plains
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)Intranet
12 (20.00 %)Internet
12 (20.00 %)Extranet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (70.00 %)SQL Server
24 (40.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (10.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Client/Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (70.00 %)Windows
23 (30.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
32 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (10.00 %)Windows XP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)Data Modelling
22 (20.00 %)Problem Management
31 (10.00 %)Configuration Management
31 (10.00 %)OOP
31 (10.00 %)OO
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)SQL
16 (60.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (10.00 %)XPath
21 (10.00 %)Java
21 (10.00 %)PHP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (10.00 %)Active Directory
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Microsoft