The first table below looks at the demand for Change Control 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 Change Control over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Control
Rank 100 81 96
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +15
Contract jobs citing Change Control 20 27 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.819% 1.023% 0.711%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.200% 1.591% 1.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 11
Average daily rate £386 £375 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.80% -18.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £267 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £505 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £31.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -9.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1666 1697 1890
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.25% 64.30% 67.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 859 860 974
Average daily rate £364 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.92% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £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 25 68 50
Average hourly rate £20.00 £24.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.30 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Change Control
UK

Change Control
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Change Control Jobs Demand Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Change Control Daily Rate Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Control across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland Change Control Daily Rate Histogram

Change Control
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Change Control Hourly Rate Trend

Change Control
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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 +8 11 £396 +0.25%
West Lothian -1 2 £360 -
Glasgow -30 2 £375 -6.25%
Aberdeen - 2 - -
Dundee +5 1 £140 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 - -
Change Control
UK

Change Control
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Change Control 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 Change Control.

1 17 (45.95%) Finance
2 10 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (24.32%) Project Management
3 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
4 8 (21.62%) Banking
5 7 (18.92%) MS Excel
6 5 (13.51%) Business Objects
6 5 (13.51%) MS Office
6 5 (13.51%) SAP
6 5 (13.51%) PRINCE2
7 4 (10.81%) SQL
7 4 (10.81%) Oracle
7 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (10.81%) Change Management
8 3 (8.108%) Financial Institution
8 3 (8.108%) Retail
8 3 (8.108%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (8.108%) Data Management
8 3 (8.108%) Business Analysis
8 3 (8.108%) MS PowerPoint
8 3 (8.108%) Project Planning
8 3 (8.108%) Degree
8 3 (8.108%) Portfolio Management
8 3 (8.108%) SIEM
8 3 (8.108%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (8.108%) Back Office
8 3 (8.108%) SAP BI
8 3 (8.108%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
8 3 (8.108%) Business Intelligence

Change Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Change Control 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 Change Control. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.405%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.703%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.703%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.405%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.703%) Apache
2 1 (2.703%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (18.92%) MS Excel
2 5 (13.51%) MS Office
3 3 (8.108%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (5.405%) MS Visio
4 2 (5.405%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.405%) SAP GTS
1 2 (5.405%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (5.405%) SmartPlant
2 1 (2.703%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.703%) SAP CCM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.405%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.703%) Wireless
2 1 (2.703%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (2.703%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (2.703%) H.323
2 1 (2.703%) SAN
2 1 (2.703%) Intranet
2 1 (2.703%) EIGRP
2 1 (2.703%) MGCP
2 1 (2.703%) BGP
2 1 (2.703%) LAN
2 1 (2.703%) VoIP
2 1 (2.703%) WAN
2 1 (2.703%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.108%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (8.108%) SAP BI
1 3 (8.108%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.405%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (5.405%) Oracle 9i
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (5.405%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 2 (5.405%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.703%) SAP BW
3 1 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.703%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (5.405%) Subversion
2 1 (2.703%) TortoiseSVN
2 1 (2.703%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.703%) TestDirector
2 1 (2.703%) RequisitePro
2 1 (2.703%) XDE
General
1 17 (45.95%) Finance
2 8 (21.62%) Banking
3 3 (8.108%) Financial Institution
3 3 (8.108%) Retail
3 3 (8.108%) Back Office
4 2 (5.405%) Advertising
5 1 (2.703%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.703%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (2.703%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Analyst
2 10 (27.03%) Project Manager
3 7 (18.92%) PMO Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Business Analyst
5 3 (8.108%) Security Engineer
5 3 (8.108%) IT Security Engineer
6 2 (5.405%) DBA
6 2 (5.405%) Developer
6 2 (5.405%) PMO Manager
6 2 (5.405%) Report Developer
6 2 (5.405%) IT Business Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) Oracle DBA
7 1 (2.703%) Project Coordinator
7 1 (2.703%) SAP Consultant
7 1 (2.703%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (2.703%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (2.703%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (2.703%) Business Project Manager
7 1 (2.703%) Data Analyst
7 1 (2.703%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Visualisation
1 2 (5.405%) Ergonomics
1 2 (5.405%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.703%) Clustering
2 1 (2.703%) FMCG
2 1 (2.703%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.108%) Windows
2 2 (5.405%) UNIX
2 2 (5.405%) Linux
3 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.703%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.703%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (24.32%) Project Management
3 5 (13.51%) PRINCE2
4 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (10.81%) Change Management
5 3 (8.108%) Data Management
5 3 (8.108%) Business Analysis
5 3 (8.108%) Project Planning
5 3 (8.108%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (8.108%) SIEM
5 3 (8.108%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (8.108%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (5.405%) ITIL
6 2 (5.405%) Configuration Management
6 2 (5.405%) Quality Management
6 2 (5.405%) Process Management
6 2 (5.405%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (5.405%) Investment Management
6 2 (5.405%) Validation
7 1 (2.703%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) SQL
2 1 (2.703%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (8.108%) Degree
2 2 (5.405%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.703%) PMP
3 1 (2.703%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.703%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.703%) CCIE
System Software
1 1 (2.703%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (2.703%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.703%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) Business Objects
2 5 (13.51%) SAP
3 4 (10.81%) Oracle
4 2 (5.405%) Citrix
5 1 (2.703%) VMware
5 1 (2.703%) Riverbed
5 1 (2.703%) Red Gate
5 1 (2.703%) Embarcadero
5 1 (2.703%) NCR
5 1 (2.703%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.703%) Remedy
5 1 (2.703%) Cisco
5 1 (2.703%) Sun
5 1 (2.703%) HP
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