Scotland Equities Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Equities skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Equities over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London England Glasgow London Scotland South East UK West Sussex Worthing	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	92	122
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	1	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.461 %	0.504 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£525
Average daily rate	-	£525
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£525
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£434
% change on same period last year	-17.06 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	217	397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.349 %	0.426 %
Daily rates quoted	51	80
Average minimum daily rate	£276	£346
Average daily rate	£287	£366
% change on same period last year	-21.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£299	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£345
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	23	44
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.79	£16.85
Average hourly rate	£23.27	£17.74
% change on same period last year	+31.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.75	£18.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.41	£25.59
% change on same period last year	-0.69 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Equities 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	-	1	-	-

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Top 3 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00 %) Java 1 1 (100.00 %) Swing 1 1 (100.00 %) Tomcat

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 1 (100.00 %) Swing	Application Platforms 1 1 (100.00 %) Tomcat
Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Developer 1 1 (100.00 %) Java Developer	Programming Languages 1 1 (100.00 %) Java