Scotland E-Procurement Contracts

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

Electronic Procurement (eProcurement)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire City of London Dorset East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Ilford Lancashire Liverpool London Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Preston Scotland Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey Thames Valley UK West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	92	118
Rank change on same period last year	+26
Matching contract IT job ads	1	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	0.096 %	0.437 %
Daily rates quoted	1	3
Average minimum daily rate	£260	£325
Average daily rate	£280	£344
% change on same period last year	-18.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£363
UK excluding London average daily rate	£388	£404
% change on same period last year	-3.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.57	-
% change on same period last year	-
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 %
E-Procurement 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-Procurement
Demand Trend

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

E-Procurement
Daily Rate Trend

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

E-Procurement
Hourly Rate Trend

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

E-Procurement
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Procurement 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
Glasgow	+16	1	£280	-

E-Procurement UK

E-Procurement
Top 6 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00 %) Finance 2 1 (33.33 %) Oracle EBS 2 1 (33.33 %) Banking 2 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 2 1 (33.33 %) Oracle Financials 2 1 (33.33 %) Intranet

E-Procurement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle Financials 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle EBS	Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) Intranet
General 1 3 (100.00 %) Finance 2 1 (33.33 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Analyst 2 1 (33.33 %) Financial Analyst 2 1 (33.33 %) Business Analyst
Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle