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The table below looks at the demand for B2B (Business-to-Business) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkB2B (Business-to-Business)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank88121
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching contract IT job ads53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.482 %0.219 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£426£327
% change on same period last year+30.34 %
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£18.00£36.05
% change on same period last year-50.06 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads10371372
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.666 %1.473 %
Daily rates quoted246340
Average minimum daily rate£336£331
Average daily rate£364£344
% change on same period last year+5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted7891
Average minimum hourly rate£21.04£18.09
Average hourly rate£22.17£19.19
% change on same period last year+15.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.31£20.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
B2B UKB2B
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.

B2B
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing B2B across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland B2B Demand Trend

B2B
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing B2B across the Scotland region.

Scotland B2B Daily Rate Trend

B2B
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing B2B across the Scotland region.

Scotland B2B Hourly Rate Trend

B2B
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2B 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
EdinburghUp+265--
B2B UKB2B
UK

B2B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing B2B 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 B2B.

19 (75.00 %)Finance
26 (50.00 %)Java
26 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
35 (41.67 %)XML
35 (41.67 %)Mainframe
44 (33.33 %)SOA
44 (33.33 %)RAD
53 (25.00 %)ClearCase
53 (25.00 %)EDI
53 (25.00 %)JUnit
53 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
53 (25.00 %)CruiseControl
53 (25.00 %)Refactoring
62 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
62 (16.67 %)Banking
71 (8.333 %)Penetration Testing
71 (8.333 %)Software Testing
71 (8.333 %)SAP ALE
71 (8.333 %)Pensions
71 (8.333 %)IT Governance
71 (8.333 %)Degree
71 (8.333 %)System Testing
71 (8.333 %)QA
71 (8.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
71 (8.333 %)Performance Testing
71 (8.333 %)Financial Institution
71 (8.333 %)BAPI
71 (8.333 %)SAP XI
71 (8.333 %)XML Schema
71 (8.333 %)B2C

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing B2B 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 B2B. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (41.67 %)XML
23 (25.00 %)EDI
31 (8.333 %)XML Schema
31 (8.333 %)BAPI
31 (8.333 %)SAP XI
31 (8.333 %)SAP ALE
31 (8.333 %)XSLT
31 (8.333 %).NET
31 (8.333 %)ASP
31 (8.333 %)WebServices
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)NetWeaver
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)MS Visio
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (25.00 %)JUnit
13 (25.00 %)ClearCase
13 (25.00 %)CruiseControl
21 (8.333 %)WinRunner
21 (8.333 %)TestDirector
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (75.00 %)Finance
22 (16.67 %)Banking
31 (8.333 %)Pensions
31 (8.333 %)Financial Institution
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (41.67 %)Architect
24 (33.33 %)Analyst
33 (25.00 %)Analyst Programmer
33 (25.00 %)Programmer
33 (25.00 %)Java Analyst Programmer
33 (25.00 %)Java Programmer
41 (8.333 %)Senior Java Developer
41 (8.333 %)Developer
41 (8.333 %)Java Developer
41 (8.333 %)SAP Consultant
41 (8.333 %)ABAP Consultant
41 (8.333 %)Test Specialist
41 (8.333 %)Test Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Consultant
41 (8.333 %)Senior Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (41.67 %)Mainframe
21 (8.333 %)N-Tier
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
24 (33.33 %)SOA
24 (33.33 %)RAD
33 (25.00 %)Refactoring
33 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
42 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
51 (8.333 %)System Testing
51 (8.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (8.333 %)Performance Testing
51 (8.333 %)Penetration Testing
51 (8.333 %)Software Testing
51 (8.333 %)IT Governance
51 (8.333 %)B2C
51 (8.333 %)EAI
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (50.00 %)Java
21 (8.333 %)VB
21 (8.333 %)ABAP
21 (8.333 %)VBA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)ISEB
11 (8.333 %)Degree
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (8.333 %)QA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (8.333 %)Oracle
11 (8.333 %)SAP