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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Great Plains skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Great Plains over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Great Plains
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank100-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.575 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£421£346
% change on same period last year+21.68 %
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-£24.80
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads174247
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.245 %0.250 %
Daily rates quoted2455
Average minimum daily rate£387£349
Average daily rate£406£376
% change on same period last year+8.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£423
% change on same period last year+4.89 %
Hourly rates quoted38
Average minimum hourly rate£19.00£23.50
Average hourly rate£19.43£24.83
% change on same period last year-21.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.86£26.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.75£28.14
% change on same period last year-12.03 %
Great Plains UKGreat Plains
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.

Great Plains
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Great Plains across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Scotland Great Plains Demand Trend

Great Plains
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Great Plains across the Scotland region.

Scotland Great Plains Daily Rate Trend

Great Plains
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Great Plains within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
GlasgowNew entry-1--
Great Plains UKGreat Plains
UK

Great Plains
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Great Plains 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 Great Plains.

11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)SAP
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 11i
11 (50.00 %)ERP
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)Axapta
11 (50.00 %)Navision
11 (50.00 %)Baan
11 (50.00 %)Sage
11 (50.00 %)Intranet
11 (50.00 %)Internet
11 (50.00 %)Extranet
11 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (50.00 %)MAXIMO
11 (50.00 %)Problem Management
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

Great Plains
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Great Plains 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 Great Plains. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 11i
11 (50.00 %)Axapta
11 (50.00 %)Navision
11 (50.00 %)MAXIMO
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)Intranet
11 (50.00 %)Internet
11 (50.00 %)Extranet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Support Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Applications Support
11 (50.00 %)Applications Support Engineer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)ERP
11 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (50.00 %)Problem Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)SAP
11 (50.00 %)Baan
11 (50.00 %)Sage