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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Compaq 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 Compaq over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCompaq
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank99126
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.154 %0.126 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£285£206
% change on same period last year+38.68 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£13.00£14.75
Average hourly rate£13.00£14.88
% change on same period last year-12.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£13.00£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.73£21.23
% change on same period last year-16.46 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads13001585
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.830 %1.602 %
Daily rates quoted269309
Average minimum daily rate£319£314
Average daily rate£341£333
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted110107
Average minimum hourly rate£21.33£19.14
Average hourly rate£22.21£20.18
% change on same period last year+10.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.09£21.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
Compaq UKCompaq
UK

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 Compaq.

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Demand Trend

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

Scotland Compaq Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Compaq Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Compaq Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Compaq within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank 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
GlasgowNew entry-1--
EdinburghUp+131£325-
Compaq UKCompaq
UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Compaq 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 Compaq.

17 (87.50 %)HP
25 (62.50 %)Dell
33 (37.50 %)Windows
33 (37.50 %)Windows 2000
42 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
42 (25.00 %)Active Directory
42 (25.00 %)VBScript
42 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (25.00 %)Tivoli
42 (25.00 %)Shell Script
51 (12.50 %)Remedy
51 (12.50 %)CONTROL-M
51 (12.50 %)Intel
51 (12.50 %)BMC
51 (12.50 %)VERITAS
51 (12.50 %)IIS
51 (12.50 %)Solaris
51 (12.50 %)OpenView
51 (12.50 %)IBM
51 (12.50 %)Financial Institution
51 (12.50 %)Finance
51 (12.50 %)VMware
51 (12.50 %)Clustering
51 (12.50 %)NetBackup
51 (12.50 %)Banking
51 (12.50 %)Retail
51 (12.50 %)Retail Banking
51 (12.50 %)Network Load Balancing
51 (12.50 %)Network Security
51 (12.50 %)HP AIS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Compaq 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 Compaq. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)IIS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (12.50 %)Network Security
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Financial Institution
11 (12.50 %)Finance
11 (12.50 %)Banking
11 (12.50 %)Retail
11 (12.50 %)Retail Banking
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Desktop Engineer
24 (50.00 %)Technical Engineer
24 (50.00 %)Desktop Support Engineer
24 (50.00 %)Technical Support Engineer
24 (50.00 %)Desktop Support
24 (50.00 %)Technical Support
24 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
32 (25.00 %)Analyst
32 (25.00 %)Technical Analyst
41 (12.50 %)Senior Technical Analyst
41 (12.50 %)Senior Analyst
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Clustering
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (37.50 %)Windows
13 (37.50 %)Windows 2000
22 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (12.50 %)Solaris
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)Network Load Balancing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)VBScript
12 (25.00 %)Shell Script
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)HP AIS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (25.00 %)Active Directory
21 (12.50 %)NetBackup
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (25.00 %)Tivoli
21 (12.50 %)CONTROL-M
21 (12.50 %)OpenView
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (87.50 %)HP
25 (62.50 %)Dell
31 (12.50 %)Intel
31 (12.50 %)BMC
31 (12.50 %)VERITAS
31 (12.50 %)Remedy
31 (12.50 %)VMware
31 (12.50 %)IBM