The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement 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 Continuous Improvement 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 91 95 70
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -25
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 27 15 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.107% 0.564% 1.520%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.613% 0.876% 2.265%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 24
Average daily rate £338 £423 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.11% -6.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £313 £336
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £440 £544
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £325 £388
% change year-on-year
+16.92% -16.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £25.00 £31.15
% change year-on-year
-3.99% -19.74%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1674 1713 1854
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.63% 64.40% 67.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 868 956
Average daily rate £365 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £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 67 50
Average hourly rate £20.00 £22.75 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.08% -24.16%
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 £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Continuous Improvement Jobs Demand Trend

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Continuous Improvement Daily Rate Trend

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Continuous Improvement Daily Rate Histogram

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Continuous Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Continuous Improvement
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement 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 -7 10 £325 -
West Lothian +4 7 £343 -19.41%
Edinburgh +5 4 £438 -2.23%
Fife - 4 £315 -
Aberdeen +2 1 - -
Dundee - 1 £140 -
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 17 (30.36%) Finance
2 14 (25.00%) SQL
3 13 (23.21%) Oracle
4 10 (17.86%) Project Management
4 10 (17.86%) QA
5 8 (14.29%) Java
5 8 (14.29%) Degree
6 6 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (10.71%) Windows
6 6 (10.71%) PL/SQL
7 5 (8.929%) MS Excel
7 5 (8.929%) SOA
7 5 (8.929%) Microsoft
7 5 (8.929%) Business Objects
7 5 (8.929%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (8.929%) Validation
7 5 (8.929%) Rational Application Developer
8 4 (7.143%) jQuery
8 4 (7.143%) Jenkins
8 4 (7.143%) Management Information System
8 4 (7.143%) Banking
8 4 (7.143%) Subversion
8 4 (7.143%) CruiseControl
8 4 (7.143%) Billing
8 4 (7.143%) MS Office
8 4 (7.143%) JavaScript
8 4 (7.143%) .NET
8 4 (7.143%) XML
8 4 (7.143%) PRINCE2
8 4 (7.143%) Middleware

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (7.143%) jQuery
1 4 (7.143%) .NET
1 4 (7.143%) XML
1 4 (7.143%) Middleware
2 3 (5.357%) XML Schema
2 3 (5.357%) CSS
2 3 (5.357%) J2EE
3 2 (3.571%) WebSphere
3 2 (3.571%) ASP
4 1 (1.786%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.786%) Web Services
4 1 (1.786%) XHTML
4 1 (1.786%) HTML
4 1 (1.786%) JSON
4 1 (1.786%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.786%) RESTful
4 1 (1.786%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.357%) Tomcat
1 3 (5.357%) WebLogic
1 3 (5.357%) GlassFish
1 3 (5.357%) Jetty
2 2 (3.571%) Lync
2 2 (3.571%) WordPress
2 2 (3.571%) SAS
2 2 (3.571%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.786%) Documentum
3 1 (1.786%) CMS
3 1 (1.786%) CICS
3 1 (1.786%) ESB
3 1 (1.786%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 5 (8.929%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.143%) MS Office
3 2 (3.571%) Office 365
4 1 (1.786%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.786%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.786%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.786%) Tridion
1 1 (1.786%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.357%) LAN
1 3 (5.357%) WAN
2 2 (3.571%) RTP
3 1 (1.786%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.357%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.571%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 2 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (3.571%) Oracle 9i
2 2 (3.571%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.786%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.786%) Star Schema
3 1 (1.786%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (1.786%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.786%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.786%) GIS
3 1 (1.786%) BODI
Development Applications
1 5 (8.929%) Rational Application Developer
2 4 (7.143%) Jenkins
2 4 (7.143%) Subversion
2 4 (7.143%) CruiseControl
3 3 (5.357%) Bugzilla
3 3 (5.357%) Trac
3 3 (5.357%) JIRA
3 3 (5.357%) FitNesse
3 3 (5.357%) Hudson
4 2 (3.571%) TestDirector
5 1 (1.786%) Ant
5 1 (1.786%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.786%) Selenium
5 1 (1.786%) Maven
5 1 (1.786%) StyleCop
5 1 (1.786%) MbUnit
5 1 (1.786%) Cucumber
General
1 17 (30.36%) Finance
2 4 (7.143%) Banking
2 4 (7.143%) Billing
3 3 (5.357%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.571%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.786%) Retail
5 1 (1.786%) Legal
5 1 (1.786%) Marketing
5 1 (1.786%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (19.64%) Project Manager
2 9 (16.07%) Analyst
3 7 (12.50%) Developer
4 4 (7.143%) Designer
4 4 (7.143%) Solutions Designer
4 4 (7.143%) Technical Manager
5 3 (5.357%) Telecoms Engineer
5 3 (5.357%) Team Leader
5 3 (5.357%) Field Engineer
5 3 (5.357%) Test Analyst
5 3 (5.357%) Consultant
5 3 (5.357%) Technical Project Manager
5 3 (5.357%) Business Analyst
5 3 (5.357%) Tester
6 2 (3.571%) Web Programmer
6 2 (3.571%) Report Developer
6 2 (3.571%) Architect
6 2 (3.571%) DBA
6 2 (3.571%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.571%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.143%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.357%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.571%) Visualisation
3 2 (3.571%) Ergonomics
4 1 (1.786%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.786%) VLE
4 1 (1.786%) CCTV
4 1 (1.786%) Open Source
4 1 (1.786%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.786%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.71%) Windows
2 3 (5.357%) Windows XP
2 3 (5.357%) UNIX
2 3 (5.357%) Solaris
2 3 (5.357%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.86%) Project Management
2 6 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (8.929%) SOA
3 5 (8.929%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (8.929%) Validation
4 4 (7.143%) PRINCE2
5 3 (5.357%) CRM
5 3 (5.357%) UML
5 3 (5.357%) Scrum
5 3 (5.357%) Service Delivery
5 3 (5.357%) User Stories
5 3 (5.357%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (5.357%) Software Testing
5 3 (5.357%) Data Analysis
5 3 (5.357%) eTOM
5 3 (5.357%) Performance Management
5 3 (5.357%) Release Management
5 3 (5.357%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (5.357%) Change Control
5 3 (5.357%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.00%) SQL
2 8 (14.29%) Java
3 6 (10.71%) PL/SQL
4 4 (7.143%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.357%) T-SQL
5 3 (5.357%) PHP
5 3 (5.357%) C#
5 3 (5.357%) XPath
6 1 (1.786%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (5.357%) HND
3 2 (3.571%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.571%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.571%) ISEB
3 2 (3.571%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.786%) MBA
4 1 (1.786%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.86%) QA
2 3 (5.357%) SLA
3 1 (1.786%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.571%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (1.786%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.571%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (23.21%) Oracle
2 5 (8.929%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.929%) Business Objects
3 3 (5.357%) Chordiant
3 3 (5.357%) Sybase
3 3 (5.357%) Genesys
4 2 (3.571%) HP
5 1 (1.786%) NCR
5 1 (1.786%) SAP
5 1 (1.786%) VMware
5 1 (1.786%) Teradata
5 1 (1.786%) Informatica
Glasgow, Scotland
You will be responsible for providing leadership, direction and motivation to multi-disciplined technical teams within a matrix managed environment, including planning & control, budgetary management, quality assurance and...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Rate: £300 - £360 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
You will be responsible for providing leadership, direction and motivation to multi-disciplined technical teams within a matrix managed environment, including planning & control, budgetary management, quality assurance and...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £360 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013