Scotland GAP Analysis Contracts

This section looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chatham Chelmsford Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Luton Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Poole Reading Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	67	120
Rank change on same period last year	+53
Matching contract IT job ads	36	12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.047 %	0.013 %
As % of the category below	3.158 %	0.775 %
Daily rates quoted	18	0
Average minimum daily rate	£254	-
Average daily rate	£278	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£302	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£416	£402
% change on same period last year	+3.63 %
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	£20.63	£30.50
% change on same period last year	-32.37 %
Processes & Methodologies Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1140	1549
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.503 %	1.643 %
Daily rates quoted	282	319
Average minimum daily rate	£307	£322
Average daily rate	£328	£336
% change on same period last year	-2.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£349	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	84
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.58	£22.77
Average hourly rate	£21.09	£24.32
% change on same period last year	-13.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.61	£25.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.40	£30.19
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
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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 GAP Analysis across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies 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 GAP Analysis across the Scotland region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing GAP Analysis within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 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	+24	21	£317	-
Edinburgh	+20	12	£239	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing GAP Analysis 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 GAP Analysis.

1 20 (46.51 %) Stakeholder Management 2 19 (44.19 %) Finance 3 17 (39.53 %) CRM 4 15 (34.88 %) Business Analysis 5 12 (27.91 %) Lagan 6 6 (13.95 %) Change Management 7 4 (9.302 %) Six Sigma 7 4 (9.302 %) Project Management 7 4 (9.302 %) PRINCE2 8 3 (6.977 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 9 2 (4.651 %) ClearQuest 9 2 (4.651 %) MS Visio 9 2 (4.651 %) WINS 9 2 (4.651 %) SQL 9 2 (4.651 %) VB

9 2 (4.651 %) PVCS 9 2 (4.651 %) Degree 9 2 (4.651 %) CSQA 9 2 (4.651 %) QA 9 2 (4.651 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 9 2 (4.651 %) Banking 9 2 (4.651 %) Billing 9 2 (4.651 %) Information Management 10 1 (2.326 %) Scrum 10 1 (2.326 %) Information Security 10 1 (2.326 %) Investment Banking 10 1 (2.326 %) Insurance 10 1 (2.326 %) Requirements Analysis 10 1 (2.326 %) ISO27001 10 1 (2.326 %) User Acceptance Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing GAP Analysis 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 GAP Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (2.326 %) .NET 1 1 (2.326 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 1 (2.326 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 2 (4.651 %) MS Visio 2 1 (2.326 %) MS Project 2 1 (2.326 %) MS Office 2 1 (2.326 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 2 (4.651 %) WINS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.326 %) Oracle Reports 1 1 (2.326 %) MS Access 1 1 (2.326 %) BusinessObjects	Development Applications 1 2 (4.651 %) PVCS 1 2 (4.651 %) ClearQuest
General 1 19 (44.19 %) Finance 2 2 (4.651 %) Banking 2 2 (4.651 %) Billing 3 1 (2.326 %) Investment Banking 3 1 (2.326 %) Insurance 3 1 (2.326 %) Financial Institution	Job Titles 1 40 (93.02 %) Analyst 2 34 (79.07 %) Business Analyst 3 9 (20.93 %) CRM Business Analyst 4 2 (4.651 %) Process Analyst 4 2 (4.651 %) Project Analyst 5 1 (2.326 %) Change Analyst 5 1 (2.326 %) Junior Business Analyst 5 1 (2.326 %) Senior .NET Developer 5 1 (2.326 %) Senior Analyst 5 1 (2.326 %) .NET Developer 5 1 (2.326 %) Junior 5 1 (2.326 %) Developer 5 1 (2.326 %) Test Analyst 5 1 (2.326 %) Senior Developer 5 1 (2.326 %) Senior Business Analyst 5 1 (2.326 %) PeopleSoft Analyst 5 1 (2.326 %) Project Office Analyst 5 1 (2.326 %) Banking Business Analyst 5 1 (2.326 %) Business Test Analyst 5 1 (2.326 %) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.326 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 1 1 (2.326 %) Data Extraction	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (46.51 %) Stakeholder Management 2 17 (39.53 %) CRM 3 15 (34.88 %) Business Analysis 4 6 (13.95 %) Change Management 5 4 (9.302 %) Six Sigma 5 4 (9.302 %) Project Management 5 4 (9.302 %) PRINCE2 6 2 (4.651 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 6 2 (4.651 %) Information Management 7 1 (2.326 %) Scrum 7 1 (2.326 %) Information Security 7 1 (2.326 %) Requirements Analysis 7 1 (2.326 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 1 (2.326 %) Test Scripting 7 1 (2.326 %) RAD 7 1 (2.326 %) PRINCE 7 1 (2.326 %) Identity Management
Programming Languages 1 2 (4.651 %) SQL 1 2 (4.651 %) VB 2 1 (2.326 %) C# 2 1 (2.326 %) Java	Qualifications 1 2 (4.651 %) Degree 1 2 (4.651 %) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (6.977 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 2 (4.651 %) QA 3 1 (2.326 %) BS7799 3 1 (2.326 %) ISO27001	Vendors 1 12 (27.91 %) Lagan 2 1 (2.326 %) Oracle 2 1 (2.326 %) Business Objects 2 1 (2.326 %) PeopleSoft 2 1 (2.326 %) Microsoft