The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited General Ledger over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Scotland region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Ledger
Rank 117 97 102
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +5
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 3 8 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.123% 0.302% 0.428%
As % of the General category 0.290% 0.556% 0.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 6
Average daily rate - £360 £373
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.35%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £394 £395
% change year-on-year
+7.93% -0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 - £17.50
All of the General Category
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1036 1440 1542
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 42.48% 54.36% 54.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 743 811
Average daily rate £380 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £476 £527
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 30 21
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.52 £10.25 £9.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.90 £35.00 £41.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
General Ledger
UK

General Ledger
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing General Ledger across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Scotland General Ledger Jobs Demand Trend

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland General Ledger Daily Rate Trend

General Ledger
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing General Ledger within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Edinburgh +7 2 - -
Glasgow -22 1 - -
General Ledger
UK

General Ledger
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing General Ledger 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 General Ledger.

1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Teradata
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) VSAM
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) TSYS
2 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) DB2
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Discoverer

General Ledger
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing General Ledger 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 General Ledger. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) DB2
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) VSAM
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Teradata
1 1 (33.33%) TSYS