Scotland GAAP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GAAP over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Location Berkshire Bracknell Bradford Buckinghamshire City of London Derby Derbyshire East Midlands England London Milton Keynes Scotland Slough South East 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	£21.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Quality Assurance & Compliance Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	69	120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.111 %	0.129 %
Daily rates quoted	20	25
Average minimum daily rate	£265	£270
Average daily rate	£277	£280
% change on same period last year	-1.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£289	£290
UK excluding London average daily rate	£370	£358
% change on same period last year	+3.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.25	£17.71
Average hourly rate	£18.00	£18.14
% change on same period last year	-0.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.75	£18.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.11	£23.27
% change on same period last year	+7.86 %
GAAP 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing GAAP across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance 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 GAAP across the Scotland region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 7 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00 %) MS Office 1 1 (100.00 %) ERP 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 1 (100.00 %) Sage 1 1 (100.00 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance 1 1 (100.00 %) Pensions

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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 GAAP 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 GAAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (100.00 %) MS Office	General 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance 1 1 (100.00 %) Pensions
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) ERP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (100.00 %) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 1 (100.00 %) Sage