Scotland Contract for Difference Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Contract for Difference (CFD) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Contract for Difference over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Contract for Difference (CFD)
Location Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London England London Scotland UK	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	123
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.252 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£650
Average daily rate	-	£650
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£650
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£575
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	217	397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.349 %	0.426 %
Daily rates quoted	51	80
Average minimum daily rate	£276	£346
Average daily rate	£287	£366
% change on same period last year	-21.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£299	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£345
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	23	44
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.79	£16.85
Average hourly rate	£23.27	£17.74
% change on same period last year	+31.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.75	£18.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.41	£25.59
% change on same period last year	-0.69 %
Contract for Difference 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.

Contract for Difference
Demand Trend

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

Contract for Difference
Daily Rate Trend

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