The first table below looks at the demand for Data Management 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 Data Management 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
Data Management
Rank 96 88 90
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +2
Contract jobs citing Data Management 24 20 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.983% 0.758% 0.924%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.441% 1.179% 1.376%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 14
Average daily rate £375 £413 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +26.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £300 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £506
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.93 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £32.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-53.07% +18.18%
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%
Data Management
UK

Data Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Data Management Jobs Demand Trend

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Data Management Daily Rate Trend

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Scotland Data Management Daily Rate Histogram

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Data Management Hourly Rate Trend

Data Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Management 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
Aberdeen +2 7 £275 -38.88%
Edinburgh +9 6 £375 -
Glasgow -23 4 £350 -
Stirling - 3 £425 -
Fife -2 2 £315 -
Data Management
UK

Data Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (29.63%) Finance
2 13 (24.07%) Degree
3 11 (20.37%) SQL
4 10 (18.52%) SQL Server
5 9 (16.67%) Windows
6 8 (14.81%) SAP
6 8 (14.81%) Project Management
6 8 (14.81%) Telecoms
6 8 (14.81%) Banking
6 8 (14.81%) Test Scripting
7 7 (12.96%) SAP GTS
7 7 (12.96%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 7 (12.96%) WAN
7 7 (12.96%) Cisco
7 7 (12.96%) Citrix
7 7 (12.96%) Oracle
7 7 (12.96%) LAN
8 6 (11.11%) VoIP
8 6 (11.11%) SharePoint
8 6 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (11.11%) CCIE
8 6 (11.11%) VPN
8 6 (11.11%) H.323
8 6 (11.11%) BGP
8 6 (11.11%) EIGRP
8 6 (11.11%) MGCP
8 6 (11.11%) Remedy
8 6 (11.11%) IP Telephony
8 6 (11.11%) Wireless

Data Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (7.407%) .NET
1 4 (7.407%) WebSphere
2 3 (5.556%) Software Packaging
2 3 (5.556%) XML
2 3 (5.556%) XSL
3 2 (3.704%) X-Windows
3 2 (3.704%) MDX
4 1 (1.852%) SAP PI
4 1 (1.852%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 6 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.556%) WebSphere MQ
3 2 (3.704%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.852%) Jetty
4 1 (1.852%) ArcGIS
4 1 (1.852%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 5 (9.259%) MS Office
2 4 (7.407%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.852%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.852%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.852%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (12.96%) SAP GTS
1 7 (12.96%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 6 (11.11%) SAP CCM
3 1 (1.852%) SmartPlant
3 1 (1.852%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (1.852%) JDE World
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.96%) WAN
1 7 (12.96%) LAN
2 6 (11.11%) VoIP
2 6 (11.11%) VPN
2 6 (11.11%) H.323
2 6 (11.11%) BGP
2 6 (11.11%) EIGRP
2 6 (11.11%) MGCP
2 6 (11.11%) IP Telephony
2 6 (11.11%) Wireless
2 6 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.852%) VSAT
3 1 (1.852%) VLAN
3 1 (1.852%) Firewall
3 1 (1.852%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.52%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (9.259%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (7.407%) Data Mining
5 3 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (3.704%) OLAP
6 2 (3.704%) DTS
6 2 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (3.704%) GIS
6 2 (3.704%) Oracle OLAP
6 2 (3.704%) QlikView
6 2 (3.704%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (3.704%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (3.704%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (1.852%) OpenWorks
7 1 (1.852%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (1.852%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (1.852%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.852%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (1.852%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 3 (5.556%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (5.556%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.704%) Selenium
3 1 (1.852%) TestComplete
3 1 (1.852%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.852%) MSI
General
1 16 (29.63%) Finance
2 8 (14.81%) Telecoms
2 8 (14.81%) Banking
3 3 (5.556%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.704%) Advertising
4 2 (3.704%) Front Office
4 2 (3.704%) Marketing
5 1 (1.852%) Private Banking
5 1 (1.852%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.852%) Legal
5 1 (1.852%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.852%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (38.89%) Analyst
2 8 (14.81%) Business Analyst
3 6 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
3 6 (11.11%) Developer
3 6 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 5 (9.259%) Test Analyst
4 5 (9.259%) Data Analyst
4 5 (9.259%) Data Manager
5 3 (5.556%) IT Business Analyst
5 3 (5.556%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.556%) Software Developer
6 2 (3.704%) Coordinator
6 2 (3.704%) Project Analyst
6 2 (3.704%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (3.704%) Consultant
6 2 (3.704%) Senior Manager
6 2 (3.704%) Process Analyst
6 2 (3.704%) Excel Developer
7 1 (1.852%) Middle Office Analyst
7 1 (1.852%) Business Solution Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.407%) Management Information System
1 4 (7.407%) Computer Science
2 2 (3.704%) Data Conversion
2 2 (3.704%) Data Integration
2 2 (3.704%) Taxonomies
2 2 (3.704%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.852%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.852%) Smart Meter
3 1 (1.852%) CCTV
3 1 (1.852%) Derivative
3 1 (1.852%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (1.852%) Statistics
3 1 (1.852%) Streaming Video
3 1 (1.852%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.67%) Windows
2 5 (9.259%) Windows 7
3 3 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (5.556%) Windows XP
3 3 (5.556%) Linux
4 2 (3.704%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.852%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (14.81%) Project Management
1 8 (14.81%) Test Scripting
2 6 (11.11%) Business Analysis
2 6 (11.11%) Time Management
3 5 (9.259%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (9.259%) ETL
4 4 (7.407%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (7.407%) Data Analysis
4 4 (7.407%) Automated Testing
4 4 (7.407%) Master Data Management
5 3 (5.556%) Metadata Management
5 3 (5.556%) Change Control
5 3 (5.556%) Investment Management
5 3 (5.556%) Financial Modelling
5 3 (5.556%) Workflow
5 3 (5.556%) Migration
5 3 (5.556%) Asset Management
5 3 (5.556%) Data Modelling
5 3 (5.556%) ITIL
6 2 (3.704%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.37%) SQL
2 5 (9.259%) T-SQL
3 4 (7.407%) C#
4 3 (5.556%) XPath
4 3 (5.556%) XQuery
5 2 (3.704%) VB
6 1 (1.852%) VBA
6 1 (1.852%) C++
6 1 (1.852%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (24.07%) Degree
2 6 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (11.11%) CCIE
3 5 (9.259%) CCNP
4 2 (3.704%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.852%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.852%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.704%) QA
2 1 (1.852%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.852%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.556%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.852%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.556%) SCCM
1 3 (5.556%) Control-M
Vendors
1 8 (14.81%) SAP
2 7 (12.96%) Cisco
2 7 (12.96%) Citrix
2 7 (12.96%) Oracle
3 6 (11.11%) Remedy
3 6 (11.11%) Riverbed
4 5 (9.259%) Cadis
4 5 (9.259%) Microsoft
5 4 (7.407%) IBM
6 3 (5.556%) HP
6 3 (5.556%) Informatica
6 3 (5.556%) Business Objects
7 2 (3.704%) Trillium
7 2 (3.704%) DataFlux
8 1 (1.852%) VMware
8 1 (1.852%) JD Edwards
8 1 (1.852%) Charles River
8 1 (1.852%) Sybase
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