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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Commerce (eCommerce) 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 E-Commerce over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Commerce (eCommerce)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank67100
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching contract IT job ads2624
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.026 %
As % of the category below2.507 %1.749 %
Daily rates quoted84
Average minimum daily rate£334£353
Average daily rate£370£365
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£378
% change on same period last year+2.39 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.53£34.37
% change on same period last year-19.89 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads10371372
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.666 %1.473 %
Daily rates quoted246340
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 quoted7891
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 %
E-Commerce UKE-Commerce
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.

E-Commerce
Demand Trend

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

Scotland E-Commerce Demand Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland E-Commerce Daily Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Scotland E-Commerce Daily Rate Histogram

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland E-Commerce Hourly Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Commerce 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
EdinburghUp+2318£325+8.33 %
GlasgowUp+196£331-14.23 %
E-Commerce UKE-Commerce
UK

E-Commerce
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

128 (63.64 %)Finance
211 (25.00 %)Banking
38 (18.18 %)Mainframe
38 (18.18 %)C#
38 (18.18 %).NET
47 (15.91 %)WebSphere
56 (13.64 %)Java
56 (13.64 %)ASP.NET
56 (13.64 %)B2B
56 (13.64 %)TestDirector
65 (11.36 %)OO
74 (9.091 %)WebServices
74 (9.091 %)UNIX
74 (9.091 %)JavaScript
74 (9.091 %)MQSeries
74 (9.091 %)MS Visio
74 (9.091 %)Data Modelling
74 (9.091 %)WebSphere MQ
74 (9.091 %)Pensions
83 (6.818 %)Retail
83 (6.818 %)Business Analysis
83 (6.818 %)Retail Banking
83 (6.818 %)Financial Institution
83 (6.818 %)Middleware
83 (6.818 %)IBM
83 (6.818 %)ASP
83 (6.818 %)SQL
83 (6.818 %)SQL Server
83 (6.818 %)WebLogic
83 (6.818 %)HTML

E-Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (18.18 %).NET
27 (15.91 %)WebSphere
36 (13.64 %)ASP.NET
44 (9.091 %)WebServices
53 (6.818 %)XML
53 (6.818 %)CSS
53 (6.818 %)ASP
53 (6.818 %)HTML
53 (6.818 %)Middleware
62 (4.545 %)XHTML
62 (4.545 %)EDI
71 (2.273 %)XSLT
71 (2.273 %)JSP
71 (2.273 %)Hibernate
71 (2.273 %)Spring
71 (2.273 %)AJAX
71 (2.273 %).NET Framework
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (9.091 %)MQSeries
14 (9.091 %)WebSphere MQ
23 (6.818 %)WebLogic
32 (4.545 %)IIS
32 (4.545 %)Apache
41 (2.273 %)BizTalk Server
41 (2.273 %)Site Server
41 (2.273 %)CMS
41 (2.273 %)IBM HTTP Server
41 (2.273 %)ESB
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (9.091 %)MS Visio
21 (2.273 %)DOC1
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.273 %)AWD
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (2.273 %)LDAP
11 (2.273 %)TCP/IP
11 (2.273 %)Internet
11 (2.273 %)Firewall
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (6.818 %)SQL Server
22 (4.545 %)Datawarehouse
22 (4.545 %)ReportNet
22 (4.545 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.273 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (2.273 %)DB2
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (13.64 %)TestDirector
21 (2.273 %)Visual Studio
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (63.64 %)Finance
211 (25.00 %)Banking
34 (9.091 %)Pensions
43 (6.818 %)Retail Banking
43 (6.818 %)Retail
43 (6.818 %)Financial Institution
51 (2.273 %)Home Office
51 (2.273 %)Online Banking
51 (2.273 %)Marketing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (43.18 %)Architect
212 (27.27 %)Analyst
38 (18.18 %)Test Analyst
38 (18.18 %)Developer
47 (15.91 %).NET Developer
47 (15.91 %)C# Developer
54 (9.091 %)ASP.NET Developer
54 (9.091 %)Administrator
54 (9.091 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
63 (6.818 %)Systems Administrator
63 (6.818 %)Business Analyst
63 (6.818 %)Infrastructure Architect
63 (6.818 %)Senior Analyst
72 (4.545 %)Web Developer
72 (4.545 %)Senior Test Analyst
72 (4.545 %)C# Web Developer
72 (4.545 %).NET Web Developer
81 (2.273 %)HTML Developer
81 (2.273 %)Network Architect
81 (2.273 %)Financial Business Analyst
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (18.18 %)Mainframe
22 (4.545 %)Client/Server
31 (2.273 %)W3C
31 (2.273 %)Clustering
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (9.091 %)UNIX
22 (4.545 %)Windows
31 (2.273 %)Solaris
31 (2.273 %)Windows 2000
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (13.64 %)B2B
25 (11.36 %)OO
34 (9.091 %)Data Modelling
43 (6.818 %)Business Analysis
52 (4.545 %)Investment Management
52 (4.545 %)Fund Management
52 (4.545 %)Wealth Management
52 (4.545 %)SOA
52 (4.545 %)Web Design
52 (4.545 %)Identity Management
52 (4.545 %)Content Management
52 (4.545 %)Network Design
61 (2.273 %)Penetration Testing
61 (2.273 %)Scrum
61 (2.273 %)Extreme Programming
61 (2.273 %)Agile Software Development
61 (2.273 %)TDD
61 (2.273 %)Pair Programming
61 (2.273 %)OOP
61 (2.273 %)Project Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (18.18 %)C#
26 (13.64 %)Java
34 (9.091 %)JavaScript
43 (6.818 %)SQL
52 (4.545 %)DHTML
61 (2.273 %)Transact-SQL
61 (2.273 %)VB
61 (2.273 %)Shell Script
61 (2.273 %)VB6
61 (2.273 %)Perl
61 (2.273 %)PHP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.273 %)SLA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.273 %)ISA Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (6.818 %)IBM
22 (4.545 %)Vignette
22 (4.545 %)Cognos
22 (4.545 %)Sun
31 (2.273 %)Oracle
31 (2.273 %)Microsoft