Scotland Graduate Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Graduate in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Barnsley Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Coventry Derby Derbyshire East Midlands East of England England Filton Glasgow Gloucestershire Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wembley West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	91	121
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	2	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.105 %	0.096 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£165	£164
% change on same period last year	+0.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£7.00
Average hourly rate	-	£9.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£10.29	£14.43
% change on same period last year	-28.73 %
Job Titles Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1897	3133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.048 %	3.365 %
Daily rates quoted	429	610
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£317
Average daily rate	£335	£332
% change on same period last year	+0.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£358	£348
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	166	273
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.72	£18.41
Average hourly rate	£22.91	£19.62
% change on same period last year	+16.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.10	£20.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Graduate 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate 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.

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	+17	2	-	-

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Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Graduate 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 Graduate in their job title.

1 2 (100.00 %) HND 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 2000 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows XP 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows Server 2003

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Graduate 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 Graduate in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 2000 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows XP 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows Server 2003

Qualifications 1 2 (100.00 %) HND