Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'General Ledger' 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 General Ledger over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeneral Ledger
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank92123
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.139 %0.078 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£600
Average daily rate-£700
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£800
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£442
% change on same period last year-30.77 %
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£28.68-
% change on same period last year-
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 %
General Ledger UKGeneral Ledger
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.

General Ledger
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend

The 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 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-1--
General Ledger UKGeneral Ledger
UK

General Ledger
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

117 (89.47 %)Finance
216 (84.21 %)Oracle
314 (73.68 %)Oracle Financials
48 (42.11 %)Banking
56 (31.58 %)User Acceptance Testing
56 (31.58 %)Business Objects
56 (31.58 %)PVCS
56 (31.58 %)Datawarehouse
56 (31.58 %)BusinessObjects
64 (21.05 %)Mainframe
64 (21.05 %)Test Scripting
72 (10.53 %)Project Management
72 (10.53 %)Retail
72 (10.53 %)Dynamics AX
72 (10.53 %)Axapta
72 (10.53 %)Microsoft
72 (10.53 %)MS Excel
81 (5.263 %)Oracle EBS
81 (5.263 %)LoadRunner
81 (5.263 %)Pensions
81 (5.263 %)Retail Banking
81 (5.263 %)Oracle 11g
81 (5.263 %)Insurance
81 (5.263 %)Business Analysis
81 (5.263 %)Performance Testing
81 (5.263 %)Stress Testing
81 (5.263 %)Volume Testing

General Ledger
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.53 %)MS Excel
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (73.68 %)Oracle Financials
22 (10.53 %)Axapta
22 (10.53 %)Dynamics AX
31 (5.263 %)Oracle EBS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (31.58 %)Datawarehouse
16 (31.58 %)BusinessObjects
21 (5.263 %)Oracle 11g
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (31.58 %)PVCS
21 (5.263 %)LoadRunner
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (89.47 %)Finance
28 (42.11 %)Banking
32 (10.53 %)Retail
41 (5.263 %)Insurance
41 (5.263 %)Pensions
41 (5.263 %)Retail Banking
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (68.42 %)Analyst
29 (47.37 %)Test Analyst
34 (21.05 %)Business Analyst
42 (10.53 %)Tester
42 (10.53 %)Consultant
51 (5.263 %)Functional Consultant
51 (5.263 %)Performance Tester
51 (5.263 %)Team Leader
51 (5.263 %)Oracle Consultant
51 (5.263 %)Oracle Functional Consultant
51 (5.263 %)Applications Tester
51 (5.263 %)Axapta Consultant
51 (5.263 %)Oracle Team Leader
51 (5.263 %)Dynamics AX Consultant
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (21.05 %)Mainframe
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (31.58 %)User Acceptance Testing
24 (21.05 %)Test Scripting
32 (10.53 %)Project Management
41 (5.263 %)Business Analysis
41 (5.263 %)Performance Testing
41 (5.263 %)Stress Testing
41 (5.263 %)Volume Testing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (84.21 %)Oracle
26 (31.58 %)Business Objects
32 (10.53 %)Microsoft