Scotland Data Security Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Data Security 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 Data Security over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basildon Basingstoke Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Crawley East of England Edinburgh England Essex Hampshire Hertfordshire London Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes North West Peterborough Scotland Sheffield Shropshire South East South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Swansea Swindon Telford UK Wales West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	91	122
Rank change on same period last year	+31
Matching contract IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.193 %	0.146 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£551	£340
% change on same period last year	+62.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£25.00
Average hourly rate	-	£25.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.43	£25.00
% change on same period last year	+45.72 %
Processes & Methodologies Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1037	1372
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.666 %	1.473 %
Daily rates quoted	246	340
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 quoted	78	91
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 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 Data Security 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.

Location	Rank 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
Edinburgh	-	1	-	-
West Lothian	-	1	-	-

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Top 17 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (33.33 %) SQL 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 8/8i 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows NT 1 1 (33.33 %) HP 1 1 (33.33 %) Dell 1 1 (33.33 %) SAN 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows Server 2003 1 1 (33.33 %) Security Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Finance 1 1 (33.33 %) Firebird 1 1 (33.33 %) Programme Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Data Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Auditing

1 1 (33.33 %) HP Data Protector 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows 2000 Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 8/8i 1 1 (33.33 %) Firebird
General 1 1 (33.33 %) Finance 1 1 (33.33 %) Auditing	Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Business Analyst 1 1 (33.33 %) Analyst 1 1 (33.33 %) DBA 1 1 (33.33 %) Administrator 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle DBA 1 1 (33.33 %) Security Specialist
Operating Systems 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows NT 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows Server 2003 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) Security Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Programme Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Data Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL	Systems Management 1 1 (33.33 %) HP Data Protector
Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 1 1 (33.33 %) HP 1 1 (33.33 %) Dell