The first table below looks at the demand for Business Transformation 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 Business Transformation over the 3 months to 22 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Transformation
Rank 110 95 94
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -1
Contract jobs citing Business Transformation 11 10 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.444% 0.374% 0.584%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.651% 0.581% 0.870%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 5
Average daily rate £308 £463 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.51% +23.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £470 £438
% change year-on-year
-9.68% +7.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £27.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+37.45% -17.91%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1689 1720 1840
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.16% 64.28% 67.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 870 873 954
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 68 49
Average hourly rate £20.50 £24.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.58% -17.24%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Transformation
UK

Business Transformation
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Transformation across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland Business Transformation Jobs Demand Trend

Business Transformation
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Business Transformation Daily Rate Trend

Business Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Transformation across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland Business Transformation Daily Rate Histogram

Business Transformation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Transformation within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Edinburgh +1 6 £300 -24.05%
Glasgow - 3 - -
Fife - 1 £315 -
Business Transformation
UK

Business Transformation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Business Transformation 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 Business Transformation.

1 9 (42.86%) Finance
1 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (28.57%) Project Management
2 6 (28.57%) Retail
2 6 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 5 (23.81%) Banking
4 4 (19.05%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (14.29%) Retail Banking
6 2 (9.524%) Programme Management
6 2 (9.524%) QA
6 2 (9.524%) Project Planning
6 2 (9.524%) Data Mapping
6 2 (9.524%) Change Management
6 2 (9.524%) Migration
6 2 (9.524%) SQL
6 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
6 2 (9.524%) UML
6 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (9.524%) Data Modelling
6 2 (9.524%) SAS
7 1 (4.762%) HTTP
7 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
7 1 (4.762%) ISEB
7 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (4.762%) Internet
7 1 (4.762%) CRM
7 1 (4.762%) MS Project
7 1 (4.762%) MS Office
7 1 (4.762%) Mainframe
7 1 (4.762%) Validation

Business Transformation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Business Transformation 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 Business Transformation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Project
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
1 1 (4.762%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.762%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) HTTP
1 1 (4.762%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (42.86%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Retail
3 5 (23.81%) Banking
4 3 (14.29%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Analyst
2 7 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 7 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (4.762%) Programme Manager
3 1 (4.762%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (4.762%) Test Analyst
3 1 (4.762%) Project Officer
3 1 (4.762%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (4.762%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (4.762%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (4.762%) Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Mainframe
1 1 (4.762%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (28.57%) Project Management
2 6 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 4 (19.05%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (9.524%) Programme Management
4 2 (9.524%) Project Planning
4 2 (9.524%) Data Mapping
4 2 (9.524%) Change Management
4 2 (9.524%) Migration
4 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
4 2 (9.524%) UML
4 2 (9.524%) Data Modelling
5 1 (4.762%) CRM
5 1 (4.762%) Validation
5 1 (4.762%) Supplier Management
5 1 (4.762%) Incident Management
5 1 (4.762%) Asset Management
5 1 (4.762%) Automated Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Waterfall
5 1 (4.762%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.762%) ISEB
1 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (4.762%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (4.762%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.524%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.762%) Microsoft