Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in contract IT jobs within the Scotland region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank80118
Rank change on same period last yearUp+38
Matching contract IT job ads136
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.006 %
As % of the category below1.806 %0.469 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£333-
Average daily rate£349-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£365-
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£354
% change on same period last year-11.25 %
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£16.82£20.17
% change on same period last year-16.61 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads7201278
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.157 %1.372 %
Daily rates quoted205266
Average minimum daily rate£330£353
Average daily rate£353£368
% change on same period last year-4.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£378
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted3465
Average minimum hourly rate£28.93£22.03
Average hourly rate£30.06£23.19
% change on same period last year+29.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.20£24.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£26.62
% change on same period last year+2.74 %
Games UKGames
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.

Games
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Games Demand Trend

Games
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games 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
EdinburghNew entry-7£433-
GlasgowUp+173£95-
AberdeenNew entry-1--
Games UKGames
UK

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

113 (59.09 %)J2ME
212 (54.55 %)Java
38 (36.36 %)Telecoms
44 (18.18 %)OO
44 (18.18 %)C++
44 (18.18 %)J2EE
53 (13.64 %)Finance
53 (13.64 %)3D Graphics
53 (13.64 %)Marketing
62 (9.091 %)Spring
62 (9.091 %)Hibernate
62 (9.091 %).NET
62 (9.091 %)Eclipse
62 (9.091 %)C
62 (9.091 %)C#
62 (9.091 %)SQL
62 (9.091 %)Oracle
71 (4.545 %)DB2
71 (4.545 %)Ant
71 (4.545 %)SAP
71 (4.545 %)ASP.NET
71 (4.545 %)XML
71 (4.545 %)XSLT
71 (4.545 %)OOP
71 (4.545 %)VB
71 (4.545 %)VB.NET
71 (4.545 %)JavaScript
71 (4.545 %)Perl
71 (4.545 %)PHP
71 (4.545 %)WAP

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (59.09 %)J2ME
24 (18.18 %)J2EE
32 (9.091 %)Hibernate
32 (9.091 %)Spring
32 (9.091 %).NET
41 (4.545 %)JSF
41 (4.545 %)BREW
41 (4.545 %)JBoss Seam
41 (4.545 %)NetBeans
41 (4.545 %)WAP
41 (4.545 %)ASP.NET
41 (4.545 %)XML
41 (4.545 %)XSLT
41 (4.545 %)CORBA
41 (4.545 %)XHTML
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.545 %)SharePoint
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.545 %)Intranet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.545 %)MySQL
11 (4.545 %)DB2
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (9.091 %)Eclipse
21 (4.545 %)Ant
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (36.36 %)Telecoms
23 (13.64 %)Finance
23 (13.64 %)Marketing
23 (13.64 %)3D Graphics
31 (4.545 %)Mobile Games
31 (4.545 %)Retail
31 (4.545 %)Pensions
31 (4.545 %)Health
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (68.18 %)Developer
28 (36.36 %)Java Developer
32 (9.091 %)C++ Developer
32 (9.091 %)J2EE Developer
41 (4.545 %)Senior J2EE Developer
41 (4.545 %)Senior Java Developer
41 (4.545 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
41 (4.545 %)Java/J2EE Developer
41 (4.545 %)Solutions Architect
41 (4.545 %)Senior Developer
41 (4.545 %)Games Developer
41 (4.545 %)Architect
41 (4.545 %)Project Manager
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.545 %)EPoS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (18.18 %)OO
21 (4.545 %)Project Management
21 (4.545 %)Agile Software Development
21 (4.545 %)TDD
21 (4.545 %)Web Development
21 (4.545 %)OOP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (54.55 %)Java
24 (18.18 %)C++
32 (9.091 %)C
32 (9.091 %)C#
32 (9.091 %)SQL
41 (4.545 %)VB
41 (4.545 %)VB.NET
41 (4.545 %)VB6
41 (4.545 %)JavaScript
41 (4.545 %)Perl
41 (4.545 %)PHP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.545 %)Degree
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (9.091 %)Oracle
21 (4.545 %)SAP
21 (4.545 %)TIBCO