The first table below looks at the demand for DMZ 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 DMZ over the 3 months to 24 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 Communications & Networking 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Rank - 107 -
Contract jobs citing DMZ 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland - 0.113% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.915% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £400 £450
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
254 328 262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.41% 12.33% 9.482%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 134 75
Average daily rate £358 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £239 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £420 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 29 26
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £22.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
DMZ
UK

DMZ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland DMZ Jobs Demand Trend

DMZ
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland DMZ Daily Rate Trend