Scotland BMC Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BMC products and/or services in IT contracts within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BMC over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bexleyheath Birmingham Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Feltham Glasgow Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Knutsford Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North West Plymouth Pudsey Rickmansworth Scotland South East South West Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	92	126
Rank change on same period last year	+34
Matching contract IT job ads	10	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.792 %	0.307 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£383
Average daily rate	-	£392
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£419
% change on same period last year	-16.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.08	£29.82
% change on same period last year	-29.31 %
Vendors Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1263	1630
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.667 %	1.623 %
Daily rates quoted	241	298
Average minimum daily rate	£316	£296
Average daily rate	£338	£311
% change on same period last year	+8.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£326
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	85	116
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.34	£19.06
Average hourly rate	£20.55	£20.05
% change on same period last year	+2.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.75	£21.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.13 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within BMC Software, Inc.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BMC within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Glasgow	+12	3	-	-
Edinburgh	-	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing BMC 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 BMC.

1 21 (61.76 %) Solaris 2 19 (55.88 %) VERITAS 3 14 (41.18 %) Sun 4 13 (38.24 %) SQL 5 12 (35.29 %) Oracle 6 11 (32.35 %) UNIX 6 11 (32.35 %) HP 7 10 (29.41 %) OpenView 8 9 (26.47 %) Linux 8 9 (26.47 %) Perl 8 9 (26.47 %) Sybase 8 9 (26.47 %) CONTROL-M 8 9 (26.47 %) SAN 8 9 (26.47 %) Replication 8 9 (26.47 %) NetBackup

8 9 (26.47 %) Sybase ASE 9 8 (23.53 %) SSH 9 8 (23.53 %) DB2 9 8 (23.53 %) C 9 8 (23.53 %) Java 10 7 (20.59 %) IBM 11 6 (17.65 %) TCP/IP 12 5 (14.71 %) Mainframe 13 4 (11.76 %) Compaq 13 4 (11.76 %) Remedy 13 4 (11.76 %) Performance Management 14 3 (8.824 %) Finance 14 3 (8.824 %) BMC Performance Manager 14 3 (8.824 %) WebSphere 14 3 (8.824 %) OMEGAMON

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 3 (8.824 %) WebSphere 2 1 (2.941 %) ISPF	Communications & Networking 1 9 (26.47 %) SAN 2 8 (23.53 %) SSH 3 6 (17.65 %) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (26.47 %) Sybase ASE 2 8 (23.53 %) DB2 3 3 (8.824 %) SQL Server 4 1 (2.941 %) NonStop SQL	General 1 3 (8.824 %) Finance 2 1 (2.941 %) Retail 2 1 (2.941 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 17 (50.00 %) DBA 2 9 (26.47 %) Sybase DBA 3 8 (23.53 %) DB2 DBA 4 4 (11.76 %) Administrator 5 3 (8.824 %) Mainframe DBA 5 3 (8.824 %) Performance Manager 6 2 (5.882 %) Consultant 6 2 (5.882 %) Capacity Planner 7 1 (2.941 %) Tivoli Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 9 (26.47 %) Replication 2 5 (14.71 %) Mainframe 3 1 (2.941 %) Tandem
Operating Systems 1 21 (61.76 %) Solaris 2 11 (32.35 %) UNIX 3 9 (26.47 %) Linux 4 3 (8.824 %) Windows 4 3 (8.824 %) HPUX 4 3 (8.824 %) zOS 5 1 (2.941 %) OS/390	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (11.76 %) Performance Management 2 3 (8.824 %) ITIL 3 1 (2.941 %) Statistical Analysis 3 1 (2.941 %) Problem Management 3 1 (2.941 %) Service Delivery 3 1 (2.941 %) Change Management
Programming Languages 1 13 (38.24 %) SQL 2 9 (26.47 %) Perl 3 8 (23.53 %) C 3 8 (23.53 %) Java 4 3 (8.824 %) REXX 5 1 (2.941 %) JCL	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.941 %) QA
System Software 1 9 (26.47 %) NetBackup 2 1 (2.941 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler	Systems Management 1 10 (29.41 %) OpenView 2 9 (26.47 %) CONTROL-M 3 3 (8.824 %) BMC Performance Manager 3 3 (8.824 %) OMEGAMON 4 2 (5.882 %) BMC PATROL 5 1 (2.941 %) Tivoli 5 1 (2.941 %) Tivoli Monitoring 5 1 (2.941 %) Netcool
Vendors 1 19 (55.88 %) VERITAS 2 14 (41.18 %) Sun 3 12 (35.29 %) Oracle 4 11 (32.35 %) HP 5 9 (26.47 %) Sybase 6 7 (20.59 %) IBM 7 4 (11.76 %) Compaq 7 4 (11.76 %) Remedy