The first table below looks at the demand for assyst 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 assyst over the 3 months to 20 May 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 Business Applications 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Axios Systems assyst
Rank 111 104 102
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -2
Contract jobs citing assyst 3 1 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.124% 0.038% 0.327%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.679% 0.671% 3.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £127 £130 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.69% -52.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £127 £175 £275
% change year-on-year
-27.71% -36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22% +50.00%
All Business Applications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
112 149 234
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 4.613% 5.612% 8.503%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 83 125
Average daily rate £425 £445 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.49% +11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £319 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £600 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 11
Average hourly rate £12.50 £10.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +12.50%
assyst
UK

assyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland assyst Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing assyst within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Edinburgh +7 3 £127 -2.69%
assyst
UK

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Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) MCP
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Desktop Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MCP
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix