Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3050
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads7980
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.127 %0.086 %
As % of the category below33.05 %28.07 %
Daily rates quoted415
Average minimum daily rate£350£330
Average daily rate£355£345
% change on same period last year+2.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£332
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Hourly rates quoted1322
Average minimum hourly rate£23.59£16.25
Average hourly rate£24.69£17.84
% change on same period last year+38.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.79£19.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.87£28.98
% change on same period last year-0.38 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads239285
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.384 %0.306 %
Daily rates quoted4365
Average minimum daily rate£261£286
Average daily rate£277£296
% change on same period last year-6.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£293£307
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£328
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted3044
Average minimum hourly rate£29.28£17.25
Average hourly rate£29.95£18.63
% change on same period last year+60.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.62£20.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.56£25.13
% change on same period last year+1.72 %
Degree UKDegree
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.

Degree
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Scotland Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Scotland Degree Hourly Rate Histogram

Degree
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree 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
AberdeenUp+1334--
GlasgowDown-313£367+1.77 %
DundeeUp+49--
EdinburghUp+85£300-22.58 %
FifeNew entry-2--
North LanarkshireNew entry-1--
West LothianDown-11£375-
Degree UKDegree
UK

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

130 (23.26 %)Chartered Engineer
225 (19.38 %)Oracle
318 (13.95 %)Linux
416 (12.40 %)C++
416 (12.40 %)Microsoft
514 (10.85 %)Windows
613 (10.08 %)HND
613 (10.08 %)Electric
712 (9.302 %)Computer Science
712 (9.302 %)Java
811 (8.527 %)UNIX
811 (8.527 %)JBoss
811 (8.527 %)Telecoms
811 (8.527 %)Finance
910 (7.752 %)SAP
108 (6.202 %)UMTS
108 (6.202 %)PRINCE2
108 (6.202 %)XML
108 (6.202 %)SQL Server
108 (6.202 %)J2EE
108 (6.202 %)Embedded Linux
108 (6.202 %)MBCS
117 (5.426 %)Asset Management
117 (5.426 %)Software Engineering
117 (5.426 %)SAP FI/CO
117 (5.426 %)SAP CO
117 (5.426 %)Apache
117 (5.426 %)MS Excel
117 (5.426 %)SAP FI
126 (4.651 %)HTTP

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (6.202 %)J2EE
18 (6.202 %)XML
26 (4.651 %)JMS
26 (4.651 %)WebSphere
26 (4.651 %).NET
26 (4.651 %)SOAP
34 (3.101 %)WebServices
43 (2.326 %)AJAX
52 (1.550 %)Spring
52 (1.550 %)HTML
52 (1.550 %)ASP
52 (1.550 %)ASP.NET
61 (0.775 %)EJB
61 (0.775 %)JSP
61 (0.775 %)Servlets
61 (0.775 %).NET Remoting
61 (0.775 %).NET Framework
61 (0.775 %)OLE
61 (0.775 %)Hibernate
61 (0.775 %)ActiveX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (8.527 %)JBoss
27 (5.426 %)Apache
36 (4.651 %)Tomcat
36 (4.651 %)Oracle HTTP Server
44 (3.101 %)Oracle BPEL
53 (2.326 %)WebLogic
62 (1.550 %)WebLogic Portal
71 (0.775 %)ArcGIS
71 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 2000
71 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 2003
71 (0.775 %)MS Exchange
71 (0.775 %)SAS
71 (0.775 %)Oracle 9iAS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (5.426 %)MS Excel
25 (3.876 %)FrameMaker
33 (2.326 %)MS Project
42 (1.550 %)MS Office
42 (1.550 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.550 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.775 %)ArcView
51 (0.775 %)SPSS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (5.426 %)SAP FI/CO
17 (5.426 %)SAP CO
17 (5.426 %)SAP FI
23 (2.326 %)Oracle EBS
23 (2.326 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.775 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.775 %)Dynamics NAV
31 (0.775 %)Dynamics GP
31 (0.775 %)SAP Business One
31 (0.775 %)Line 100
31 (0.775 %)Line 500
31 (0.775 %)CODA Dream
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (6.202 %)UMTS
26 (4.651 %)HTTP
26 (4.651 %)SSL
26 (4.651 %)Firewall
32 (1.550 %)LAN
32 (1.550 %)WAN
41 (0.775 %)DHCP
41 (0.775 %)DNS
41 (0.775 %)Intranet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (6.202 %)SQL Server
26 (4.651 %)Oracle 10g
35 (3.876 %)GIS
35 (3.876 %)Oracle 9i
44 (3.101 %)MySQL
53 (2.326 %)Data Mining
53 (2.326 %)RDBMS
62 (1.550 %)OLAP
62 (1.550 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (1.550 %)Oracle OLAP
71 (0.775 %)Oracle 11g
71 (0.775 %)Data Cleansing
71 (0.775 %)BusinessObjects
71 (0.775 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (0.775 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.775 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.775 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.775 %)Ingres
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.550 %)Rational Rose
21 (0.775 %)Eclipse
21 (0.775 %)WinRunner
21 (0.775 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (0.775 %)LoadRunner
21 (0.775 %)Ant
21 (0.775 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.775 %)Oracle Forms
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (10.08 %)Electric
211 (8.527 %)Telecoms
211 (8.527 %)Finance
36 (4.651 %)Education
43 (2.326 %)Banking
43 (2.326 %)Manufacturing
52 (1.550 %)Government
52 (1.550 %)Marketing
61 (0.775 %)Auditing
61 (0.775 %)Billing
61 (0.775 %)Corporate Banking
61 (0.775 %)Health
61 (0.775 %)Law
61 (0.775 %)Games
61 (0.775 %)Construction
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (8.527 %)Developer
111 (8.527 %)Consultant
29 (6.977 %)Software Engineer
38 (6.202 %)Analyst
47 (5.426 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
47 (5.426 %)SAP Consultant
56 (4.651 %)Software Developer
56 (4.651 %)Administrator
64 (3.101 %)DBA
64 (3.101 %)Support Engineer
64 (3.101 %)Java Developer
64 (3.101 %)SAP FI Consultant
64 (3.101 %)SAP CO Consultant
73 (2.326 %)J2EE Developer
73 (2.326 %)Programme Office Manager
73 (2.326 %)Systems Designer
73 (2.326 %)Project Manager
73 (2.326 %)Business Analyst
73 (2.326 %)Author
73 (2.326 %)Programme Manager
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (9.302 %)Computer Science
26 (4.651 %)Clustering
32 (1.550 %)N-Tier
41 (0.775 %)Management Information System
41 (0.775 %)Grid Computing
41 (0.775 %)CCTV
41 (0.775 %)Mathematics
41 (0.775 %)German Language
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (13.95 %)Linux
214 (10.85 %)Windows
311 (8.527 %)UNIX
48 (6.202 %)Embedded Linux
53 (2.326 %)Windows XP
62 (1.550 %)OS/2
62 (1.550 %)Windows 2000
62 (1.550 %)Windows NT
62 (1.550 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (0.775 %)Solaris
71 (0.775 %)Debian
71 (0.775 %)VMS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (6.202 %)PRINCE2
27 (5.426 %)Asset Management
27 (5.426 %)Software Engineering
36 (4.651 %)Load Balancing
36 (4.651 %)OO
44 (3.101 %)UML
44 (3.101 %)OOA/OOD
44 (3.101 %)BPEL
53 (2.326 %)ITIL
53 (2.326 %)Agile Software Development
53 (2.326 %)Workflow
53 (2.326 %)Project Management
53 (2.326 %)Business Analysis
53 (2.326 %)Use Case
53 (2.326 %)Test Scripting
53 (2.326 %)Financial Modelling
62 (1.550 %)Security Cleared
62 (1.550 %)Data Migration
62 (1.550 %)Software Testing
62 (1.550 %)Systems Analysis
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (12.40 %)C++
212 (9.302 %)Java
36 (4.651 %)SQL
45 (3.876 %)C
54 (3.101 %)C#
63 (2.326 %)DHTML
63 (2.326 %)VB
72 (1.550 %)VB.NET
72 (1.550 %)VBA
72 (1.550 %)VC++
72 (1.550 %)JavaScript
81 (0.775 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.775 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.775 %)Python
81 (0.775 %)Assembly Language
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (23.26 %)Chartered Engineer
213 (10.08 %)HND
38 (6.202 %)MBCS
45 (3.876 %)MCP
45 (3.876 %)Microsoft Certification
54 (3.101 %)HNC
54 (3.101 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
63 (2.326 %)ISEB
71 (0.775 %)Oracle Certification
71 (0.775 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.775 %)MBA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.550 %)SLA
21 (0.775 %)QA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (2.326 %)Active Directory
21 (0.775 %)Oracle RAC
21 (0.775 %)MSMQ
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (19.38 %)Oracle
216 (12.40 %)Microsoft
310 (7.752 %)SAP
45 (3.876 %)Adobe
52 (1.550 %)EMC
52 (1.550 %)Sybase
52 (1.550 %)ESRI
52 (1.550 %)SolidWorks
52 (1.550 %)ANSYS
52 (1.550 %)Red Hat
61 (0.775 %)CODA
61 (0.775 %)Sage
61 (0.775 %)Mapinfo
61 (0.775 %)Business Objects
61 (0.775 %)PeopleSoft
61 (0.775 %)Epicor
61 (0.775 %)Exchequer