The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband 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 Broadband 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 of the Communications & Networking 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
Broadband
Rank 112 - 99
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Broadband 6 0 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.246% - 0.434%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.362% - 4.580%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £270 £380
% change year-on-year
+45.37% -28.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £9.20 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.69 £27.50 £12.75
% change year-on-year
-61.12% +115.68%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
254 328 262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.41% 12.33% 9.482%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 134 75
Average daily rate £358 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £239 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £420 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 29 26
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £22.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Broadband
UK

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Broadband Jobs Demand Trend

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Broadband Daily Rate Trend

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband 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 - 4 - -
Edinburgh - 3 - -
Dundee - 1 - -
Broadband
UK

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (61.11%) Wireless
2 8 (44.44%) 3G
3 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
4 6 (33.33%) Windows
4 6 (33.33%) VPN
4 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 6 (33.33%) Smartphone
5 5 (27.78%) SCCM
5 5 (27.78%) SCOM
5 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (27.78%) IPv6
5 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (22.22%) Internet
6 4 (22.22%) HTML
6 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 4 (22.22%) Smartcard
6 4 (22.22%) Linux
6 4 (22.22%) MVC
6 4 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (22.22%) Scrum
6 4 (22.22%) Retail
6 4 (22.22%) Interactive TV
6 4 (22.22%) Ruby
6 4 (22.22%) Video on Demand
6 4 (22.22%) HTML5
6 4 (22.22%) Git (software)
6 4 (22.22%) CSS
6 4 (22.22%) Ruby on Rails
6 4 (22.22%) IPTV
6 4 (22.22%) MongoDB

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (22.22%) HTML
1 4 (22.22%) HTML5
1 4 (22.22%) CSS
1 4 (22.22%) Ruby on Rails
1 4 (22.22%) CSS3
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Visio
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (61.11%) Wireless
2 8 (44.44%) 3G
3 6 (33.33%) VPN
4 5 (27.78%) IPv6
5 4 (22.22%) Internet
5 4 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Git (software)
General
1 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 2 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (5.556%) Banking
4 1 (5.556%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Designer
2 4 (22.22%) Software Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Web Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Applications Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Web Applications Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Communications Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Smartphone
2 4 (22.22%) Smartcard
2 4 (22.22%) Interactive TV
2 4 (22.22%) Video on Demand
2 4 (22.22%) IPTV
3 2 (11.11%) Photography
4 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) MVC
1 4 (22.22%) Scrum
1 4 (22.22%) Web Application Development
2 2 (11.11%) Analytics
2 2 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.556%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (5.556%) UML
3 1 (5.556%) CRM
3 1 (5.556%) Use Case
3 1 (5.556%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 4 (22.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) SCCM
1 5 (27.78%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft