The first table below looks at the demand for High Availability skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited High Availability over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
High Availability
Rank - 105 105
Contract jobs citing High Availability 0 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland - 0.114% 0.391%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.177% 0.582%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £570 £370 £398
% change year-on-year
+54.05% -6.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- +30.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1666 1697 1890
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.25% 64.30% 67.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 859 860 974
Average daily rate £364 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.92% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 68 50
Average hourly rate £20.00 £24.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.30 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
High Availability
UK

High Availability
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing High Availability across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland High Availability Jobs Demand Trend

High Availability
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland High Availability Daily Rate Trend

High Availability
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing High Availability 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 High Availability.

1 5 (71.43%) WebLogic
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 4 (57.14%) Clustering
2 4 (57.14%) Essbase
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (28.57%) Hyperion
4 2 (28.57%) Informatica
4 2 (28.57%) Internet
4 2 (28.57%) DHCP
4 2 (28.57%) IIS
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) VMware
4 2 (28.57%) PKI
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (14.29%) JBoss
5 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
5 1 (14.29%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (14.29%) TIBCO
5 1 (14.29%) MPLS
5 1 (14.29%) Finance

High Availability
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing High Availability 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 High Availability. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) WebLogic
2 2 (28.57%) IIS
3 1 (14.29%) WebLogic Portal
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Essbase
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Clustering
2 2 (28.57%) PKI
3 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Hyperion
2 2 (28.57%) Informatica
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) JBoss
3 1 (14.29%) TIBCO