The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Dell products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dell over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Dell, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dell
Rank 117 99 111
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +12
Contract jobs citing Dell 5 10 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.202% 0.378% 0.183%
As % of the Vendors category 0.446% 0.967% 0.422%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
Average daily rate £425 £250 £105
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% +138.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £15.58 £15.38
% change year-on-year
-2.08% +1.30%
All Vendors
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1122 1034 1185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.39% 39.12% 43.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 461 511
Average daily rate £365 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 52 55
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +51.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.85 £10.00 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £33.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Dell
UK

Dell
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Dell across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Scotland Dell Jobs Demand Trend

Dell
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Dell Daily Rate Trend

Dell
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Dell Hourly Rate Trend

Dell
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dell within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 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
Glasgow -17 3 £425 +70.00%
Edinburgh +8 1 - -
Dell
UK

Dell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Dell 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 Dell.

1 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
3 8 (50.00%) Citrix
3 8 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 7 (43.75%) HP
4 7 (43.75%) VMware
5 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (31.25%) Windows 7
7 4 (25.00%) IBM
7 4 (25.00%) Symantec
7 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
8 3 (18.75%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (18.75%) MQSeries
8 3 (18.75%) AIX
8 3 (18.75%) Solaris
8 3 (18.75%) Linux
8 3 (18.75%) Oracle
8 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
8 3 (18.75%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (18.75%) MS Office
8 3 (18.75%) EMC
8 3 (18.75%) Red Hat
8 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (18.75%) WebSphere MQ
8 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (18.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (18.75%) XenApp
8 3 (18.75%) XenDesktop
8 3 (18.75%) Altiris

Dell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Dell 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 Dell. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) MQSeries
1 3 (18.75%) WebSphere Application Server
1 3 (18.75%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (12.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
3 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
3 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (18.75%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle 8/8i
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Architect
1 3 (18.75%) Designer
1 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Designer
1 3 (18.75%) 3rd Line Support
1 3 (18.75%) Field Engineer
1 3 (18.75%) Technical Specialist
1 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Architect
1 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Support
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Support
3 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Citrix Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (31.25%) Windows 7
4 3 (18.75%) AIX
4 3 (18.75%) Solaris
4 3 (18.75%) Linux
4 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (18.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Time Management
2 1 (6.250%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) MCSE
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.250%) MCTS
2 1 (6.250%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (18.75%) XenApp
2 3 (18.75%) XenDesktop
2 3 (18.75%) VMware ESX
3 1 (6.250%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Tivoli
1 1 (6.250%) Backup Exec
1 1 (6.250%) SCCM
1 1 (6.250%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 8 (50.00%) Citrix
3 7 (43.75%) HP
3 7 (43.75%) VMware
4 4 (25.00%) IBM
4 4 (25.00%) Symantec
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle
5 3 (18.75%) EMC
5 3 (18.75%) Red Hat
5 3 (18.75%) Altiris
6 2 (12.50%) CommVault
7 1 (6.250%) Cisco