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The table below looks at the demand for Active Template Library (ATL) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ATL over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkActive Template Library (ATL)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank87-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.351 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£446£304
% change on same period last year+46.51 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.25£31.67
% change on same period last year+30.26 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads444848
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.713 %0.911 %
Daily rates quoted113158
Average minimum daily rate£334£318
Average daily rate£361£334
% change on same period last year+8.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2546
Average minimum hourly rate£26.88£26.43
Average hourly rate£27.99£28.02
% change on same period last year-0.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.10£29.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
ATL UKATL
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.

ATL
Demand Trend

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

Scotland ATL Demand Trend

ATL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland ATL Daily Rate Trend

ATL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ATL across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Scotland ATL Daily Rate Histogram

ATL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland ATL Hourly Rate Trend

ATL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ATL within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
EdinburghNew entry-3£450-
ATL UKATL
UK

ATL
Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

16 (85.71 %)IBM
16 (85.71 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
22 (28.57 %)Client/Server
31 (14.29 %)SOA
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft
31 (14.29 %)Internet
31 (14.29 %)Tivoli
31 (14.29 %)C
31 (14.29 %)C++
31 (14.29 %)Java
31 (14.29 %)VB
31 (14.29 %).NET
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server
31 (14.29 %)DCOM
31 (14.29 %)XML
31 (14.29 %)UNIX
31 (14.29 %)VC++
31 (14.29 %)Finance
31 (14.29 %)Banking
31 (14.29 %)Software Engineering
31 (14.29 %)SCADA

ATL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %).NET
11 (14.29 %)DCOM
11 (14.29 %)XML
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)Internet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Finance
11 (14.29 %)Banking
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Consultant
21 (14.29 %)Software Developer
21 (14.29 %)Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (28.57 %)Client/Server
21 (14.29 %)SCADA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)UNIX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)SOA
11 (14.29 %)Software Engineering
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)C
11 (14.29 %)C++
11 (14.29 %)Java
11 (14.29 %)VB
11 (14.29 %)VC++
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (85.71 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (14.29 %)Tivoli
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (85.71 %)IBM
21 (14.29 %)Microsoft