The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Billing over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our General 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Billing
Rank 105 99 74
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -25
Contract jobs citing Billing 13 11 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.533% 0.414% 1.339%
As % of the General category 1.231% 0.764% 2.414%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 13
Average daily rate £365 £485 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.74% +73.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £433 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £573 £499
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £423 £335
% change year-on-year
-17.15% +26.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £37.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.00 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-35.29% -2.85%
All of the General Category
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1056 1440 1533
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 43.30% 54.14% 55.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 735 806
Average daily rate £396 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.02% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £485 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 27 20
Average hourly rate £14.00 £14.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.69 £9.70 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.15 £35.50 £41.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Billing
UK

Billing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Billing Jobs Demand Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Billing Daily Rate Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Billing across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Billing Daily Rate Histogram

Billing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Billing Hourly Rate Trend

Billing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Billing within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Glasgow -16 3 £288 -35.39%
Aberdeen - 3 - -
Stirling - 1 - -
West Lothian - 1 £380 -
Billing
UK

Billing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Billing 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 Billing.

1 9 (37.50%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Supply Chain Management
3 6 (25.00%) SAP SCM
3 6 (25.00%) Logistics
3 6 (25.00%) E-Procurement
3 6 (25.00%) SAP
3 6 (25.00%) SAP MM
4 5 (20.83%) Project Management
5 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 4 (16.67%) PMP
5 4 (16.67%) PMI Certification
5 4 (16.67%) MS Office
5 4 (16.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (16.67%) Time Management
5 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (12.50%) Waterfall
6 3 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 3 (12.50%) Requirements Management
6 3 (12.50%) JIRA
6 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) Asset Management
6 3 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (12.50%) CRM
6 3 (12.50%) MS Project
6 3 (12.50%) Change Management
6 3 (12.50%) Management Information System

Billing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Billing 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 Billing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 4 (16.67%) MS Office
1 4 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (12.50%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (25.00%) SAP SCM
1 6 (25.00%) SAP MM
2 4 (16.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (8.333%) SAP CO
4 1 (4.167%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 9 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Back Office
3 1 (4.167%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Change Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Team Leader
3 3 (12.50%) Consultant
4 2 (8.333%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (8.333%) SAP SCM Consultant
5 1 (4.167%) Continuous Improvement Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.333%) Fixed Income
3 1 (4.167%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Supply Chain Management
2 6 (25.00%) Logistics
2 6 (25.00%) E-Procurement
3 5 (20.83%) Project Management
4 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 4 (16.67%) Time Management
4 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 3 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 3 (12.50%) Requirements Management
5 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 3 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 3 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.50%) CRM
5 3 (12.50%) Change Management
6 2 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Electronic Trading
7 1 (4.167%) Fund Management
7 1 (4.167%) Migration
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) PMP
1 4 (16.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) SAP
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.167%) Business Objects