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This section looks at the demand for Axios Systems assyst skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited assyst over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAxios Systems assyst
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank100130
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.863 %1.325 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£230£250
Average daily rate£230£250
% change on same period last year-8.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£230£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£183£278
% change on same period last year-34.08 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£10.00
Average hourly rate£15.50£12.50
% change on same period last year+24.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£12.27£18.03
% change on same period last year-31.90 %
Business Applications ScotlandBusiness Applications
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads161151
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.212 %0.160 %
Daily rates quoted3026
Average minimum daily rate£374£351
Average daily rate£404£365
% change on same period last year+10.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£435£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£448£446
% change on same period last year+0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£10.00
Average hourly rate£34.00£12.50
% change on same period last year+172.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.25£27.60
% change on same period last year+13.20 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

Scotland assyst Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland assyst Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland assyst Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing assyst within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
EdinburghUp+133£230-8.00 %
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UK

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Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing assyst 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 assyst.

12 (40.00 %)Windows
12 (40.00 %)Active Directory
12 (40.00 %)MS Office
21 (20.00 %)ITIL
21 (20.00 %)Unix
21 (20.00 %)Citrix
21 (20.00 %)Novell
21 (20.00 %)Remedy
21 (20.00 %)Service Delivery
21 (20.00 %)Telecoms
21 (20.00 %)Altiris
21 (20.00 %)Solaris
21 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (20.00 %)Windows NT
21 (20.00 %)Windows XP
21 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (20.00 %)SLA
21 (20.00 %)Microsoft
21 (20.00 %)Sun

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing assyst 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 assyst. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
11 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
Applications
12 (40.00 %)MS Office
General
11 (20.00 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
12 (40.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)1st Line Support
21 (20.00 %)Service Analyst
21 (20.00 %)2nd Line Support
21 (20.00 %)Helpdesk Support
21 (20.00 %)Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
12 (40.00 %)Windows
21 (20.00 %)Solaris
21 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (20.00 %)Windows NT
21 (20.00 %)Windows XP
21 (20.00 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)ITIL
11 (20.00 %)Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (20.00 %)SLA
System Software
12 (40.00 %)Active Directory
Vendors
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft
11 (20.00 %)Sun
11 (20.00 %)Citrix
11 (20.00 %)Novell
11 (20.00 %)Remedy
11 (20.00 %)Altiris
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