The first table below looks at the demand for the GIS Technician role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GIS Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIS Technician
Rank 115 108 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Contract jobs requiring a GIS Technician 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.160% 0.037% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.173% 0.040% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £9.25 £10.50 £9.50
% change year-on-year
-11.90% +10.52%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2314 2507 2650
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.41% 93.23% 93.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1088 1164 1341
Average daily rate £353 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 107 95
Average hourly rate £14.00 £18.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.32% +12.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.33 £10.99 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.40 £32.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
GIS Technician
UK

GIS Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland GIS Technician Jobs Demand Trend

GIS Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland GIS Technician Hourly Rate Trend

GIS Technician
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited GIS Technician in their job title 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 with GIS Technician in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) CAD
1 6 (100.00%) GIS
1 6 (100.00%) HND
1 6 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 6 (100.00%) Workflow
1 6 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 6 (100.00%) Workflow Management
1 6 (100.00%) Data Entry
2 4 (66.67%) Cramer
2 4 (66.67%) SLA
2 4 (66.67%) ArcGIS

GIS Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited GIS Technician in their job title 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 with GIS Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 6 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) CAD
1 6 (100.00%) Workflow
1 6 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 6 (100.00%) Workflow Management
1 6 (100.00%) Data Entry
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Cramer
Glasgow, Scotland
Maintaining Data integrity of the Systems * Adherence to drafting and data entry standards * Updating workflow management system and in house web application... Familiarity with Microsoft Excel 3... Preferable...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £9 - £9.50 per hour
Posted: 7 June 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Maintaining Data integrity of the Systems *Adherence to drafting and data entry standards *Updating workflow management system and in house web application... 2.Preferable work experience operating CAD...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £9.00 - £9.50 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013