The first table below looks at the demand for CAD 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 CAD over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Rank 114 100 111
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +11
Contract jobs citing CAD 6 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.246% 0.189% 0.107%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.361% 0.292% 0.160%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £250 £225
% change year-on-year
+33.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
Average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -68.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £21.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+54.76% -20.75%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1663 1712 1877
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.18% 64.63% 66.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 863 879 976
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 £260 £225 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 64 50
Average hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% -20.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.40 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
CAD
UK

CAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland CAD Jobs Demand Trend

CAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland CAD Daily Rate Trend

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland CAD Hourly Rate Trend

CAD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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 -22 3 - -
Aberdeen - 3 £400 -
CAD
UK

CAD
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing CAD 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 CAD.

1 7 (87.50%) GIS
2 4 (50.00%) Network Planning
2 4 (50.00%) Workflow Management
2 4 (50.00%) Data Entry
2 4 (50.00%) HND
2 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (50.00%) Workflow
3 3 (37.50%) Cramer
3 3 (37.50%) SLA
3 3 (37.50%) ESRI
3 3 (37.50%) ArcGIS
4 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (12.50%) PDA
4 1 (12.50%) Java EE
4 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) J2ME
4 1 (12.50%) J2SE
4 1 (12.50%) C
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) XML

CAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing CAD 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 CAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) XML
1 1 (12.50%) J2ME
1 1 (12.50%) J2SE
1 1 (12.50%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) GIS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) GIS Technician
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Information Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Workflow
1 4 (50.00%) Network Planning
1 4 (50.00%) Workflow Management
1 4 (50.00%) Data Entry
2 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) ESRI
2 3 (37.50%) Cramer