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The table below looks at the demand for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CRM over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2882
Rank change on same period last yearUp+54
Matching contract IT job ads8342
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.133 %0.045 %
As % of the category below8.004 %3.061 %
Daily rates quoted2212
Average minimum daily rate£367£277
Average daily rate£389£297
% change on same period last year+30.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£411£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£399
% change on same period last year+0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£23.88
% change on same period last year+7.69 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads10371372
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.666 %1.473 %
Daily rates quoted246340
Average minimum daily rate£336£331
Average daily rate£364£344
% change on same period last year+5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted7891
Average minimum hourly rate£21.04£18.09
Average hourly rate£22.17£19.19
% change on same period last year+15.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.31£20.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
CRM UKCRM
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.

CRM
Demand Trend

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

Scotland CRM Demand Trend

CRM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland CRM Daily Rate Trend

CRM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CRM across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Scotland CRM Daily Rate Histogram

CRM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland CRM Hourly Rate Trend

CRM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CRM within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
GlasgowUp+2121£328-0.12 %
EdinburghUp+2510--
West LothianUp+46£328+79.45 %
South LanarkshireNew entry-1£233-
FifeNew entry-1£450-
CRM UKCRM
UK

CRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing CRM 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 CRM.

154 (27.00 %)Java
246 (23.00 %)Billing
342 (21.00 %)SOA
440 (20.00 %)Chordiant
535 (17.50 %)Agile Software Development
633 (16.50 %)Oracle
731 (15.50 %)SQL
828 (14.00 %)HP
925 (12.50 %)J2EE
1024 (12.00 %)Performance Testing
1122 (11.00 %)Finance
1122 (11.00 %)Migration
1219 (9.500 %)LoadRunner
1318 (9.000 %)Middleware
1318 (9.000 %)Data Modelling
1318 (9.000 %)PeopleSoft
1318 (9.000 %)UML
1417 (8.500 %)Stakeholder Management
1516 (8.000 %)Data Migration
1615 (7.500 %)eTOM
1714 (7.000 %)Project Management
1813 (6.500 %)PRINCE2
1813 (6.500 %)QuickTest Pro
1912 (6.000 %)ETL
1912 (6.000 %)GAP Analysis
1912 (6.000 %)Business Analysis
2011 (5.500 %)Marketing
2011 (5.500 %)Oracle CRM
2011 (5.500 %)Programme Management
2110 (5.000 %)PL/SQL

CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing CRM 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 CRM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (12.50 %)J2EE
218 (9.000 %)Middleware
38 (4.000 %)Oracle ADF
38 (4.000 %)WebSphere
43 (1.500 %).NET
43 (1.500 %)Spring
51 (0.500 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.500 %)WebServices
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (2.500 %)ESB
22 (1.000 %)Lotus Notes
22 (1.000 %)SharePoint
22 (1.000 %)BizTalk Server
31 (0.500 %)Oracle Workflow
31 (0.500 %)WPS
31 (0.500 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (2.000 %)MS Excel
22 (1.000 %)MS Office
31 (0.500 %)MS Project
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (5.500 %)Oracle CRM
28 (4.000 %)Oracle Financials
36 (3.000 %)Oracle EBS
45 (2.500 %)Dynamics CRM
54 (2.000 %)SAP CRM
63 (1.500 %)Microsoft CRM
72 (1.000 %)Pivotal CRM
72 (1.000 %)SAP HR
81 (0.500 %)Dynamics AX
81 (0.500 %)Academy Housing
81 (0.500 %)Navision
81 (0.500 %)Oracle 11i
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (1.000 %)Broadband
12 (1.000 %)BSS
21 (0.500 %)CTI
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (6.000 %)ETL
29 (4.500 %)Oracle Reports
37 (3.500 %)Oracle 10g
45 (2.500 %)RDBMS
54 (2.000 %)Oracle 9i
63 (1.500 %)Data Cleansing
72 (1.000 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.500 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.500 %)Data Mining
81 (0.500 %)Informix
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (9.500 %)LoadRunner
213 (6.500 %)QuickTest Pro
39 (4.500 %)Oracle Forms
45 (2.500 %)WinRunner
52 (1.000 %)Rational Rose
61 (0.500 %)PeopleTools
61 (0.500 %)ERwin
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
146 (23.00 %)Billing
222 (11.00 %)Finance
311 (5.500 %)Marketing
48 (4.000 %)Telecoms
56 (3.000 %)Pensions
65 (2.500 %)Education
73 (1.500 %)Banking
82 (1.000 %)Back Office
82 (1.000 %)Health
82 (1.000 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.500 %)Front Office
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
146 (23.00 %)Analyst
232 (16.00 %)Business Analyst
329 (14.50 %)Architect
329 (14.50 %)Consultant
426 (13.00 %)Tester
520 (10.00 %)Project Manager
617 (8.500 %)Performance Tester
712 (6.000 %)Data Architect
712 (6.000 %)CRM Consultant
712 (6.000 %)Developer
811 (5.500 %)PeopleSoft Consultant
811 (5.500 %)Systems Designer
910 (5.000 %)CRM Business Analyst
106 (3.000 %)Solutions Architect
106 (3.000 %)Test Consultant
115 (2.500 %)Oracle CRM Consultant
115 (2.500 %)Oracle Consultant
115 (2.500 %)Senior Tester
115 (2.500 %)Data Migration Analyst
115 (2.500 %)Data Analyst
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (1.000 %)Life Science
21 (0.500 %)Data Integration
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (1.500 %)UNIX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
142 (21.00 %)SOA
235 (17.50 %)Agile Software Development
324 (12.00 %)Performance Testing
422 (11.00 %)Migration
518 (9.000 %)Data Modelling
518 (9.000 %)UML
617 (8.500 %)Stakeholder Management
716 (8.000 %)Data Migration
815 (7.500 %)eTOM
914 (7.000 %)Project Management
1013 (6.500 %)PRINCE2
1112 (6.000 %)GAP Analysis
1112 (6.000 %)Business Analysis
1211 (5.500 %)Programme Management
138 (4.000 %)Internet Marketing
145 (2.500 %)Workflow
154 (2.000 %)Six Sigma
154 (2.000 %)ERP
154 (2.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
154 (2.000 %)Data Analysis
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
154 (27.00 %)Java
231 (15.50 %)SQL
310 (5.000 %)PL/SQL
43 (1.500 %)C#
43 (1.500 %)PeopleCode
52 (1.000 %)C
61 (0.500 %)Shell Script
61 (0.500 %)VB.NET
61 (0.500 %)C++
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (4.000 %)ISEB
24 (2.000 %)PRINCE2 Certification
33 (1.500 %)MBCS
33 (1.500 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (1.500 %)MCP
42 (1.000 %)Degree
51 (0.500 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.000 %)QA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (3.500 %)OpenView
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
140 (20.00 %)Chordiant
233 (16.50 %)Oracle
328 (14.00 %)HP
418 (9.000 %)PeopleSoft
59 (4.500 %)Informatica
59 (4.500 %)Microsoft
68 (4.000 %)Lagan
77 (3.500 %)SAP
86 (3.000 %)IBM
86 (3.000 %)Ab Initio
93 (1.500 %)Genesys
102 (1.000 %)Siebel
102 (1.000 %)Business Objects
102 (1.000 %)Lotus
111 (0.500 %)Northgate
111 (0.500 %)Civica