Scotland FreeHand Contracts

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

Macromedia FreeHand
Location Cheshire Chester England London North West Scotland South West South Yorkshire UK West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
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	£20.00	£20.91
% change on same period last year	-4.35 %
Applications Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	194	345
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.312 %	0.370 %
Daily rates quoted	49	53
Average minimum daily rate	£267	£233
Average daily rate	£284	£247
% change on same period last year	+14.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£301	£261
UK excluding London average daily rate	£306	£275
% change on same period last year	+11.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	34	59
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.71	£21.84
Average hourly rate	£15.48	£23.06
% change on same period last year	-32.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.26	£24.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.14	£19.14
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
FreeHand 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.

FreeHand
Demand Trend

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

FreeHand
Hourly Rate Trend

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