Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

LinkHome Office
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank87123
Rank change on same period last yearUp+36
Matching contract IT job ads61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.833 %0.078 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£260-
Average daily rate£284-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£308-
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£440
% change on same period last year-26.25 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.50£27.50
% change on same period last year+50.90 %
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 %
Home Office UKHome Office
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.

Home Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Home Office across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Scotland Home Office Demand Trend

Home Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Home Office Daily Rate Trend

Home Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Home Office across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Scotland Home Office Daily Rate Histogram

Home Office
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Home Office Hourly Rate Trend

Home Office
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Home Office 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
GlasgowNew entry-6£284-
Home Office UKHome Office
UK

Home Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Home Office 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 Home Office.

111 (78.57 %)UNIX
27 (50.00 %)Java
36 (42.86 %)Oracle
36 (42.86 %)Sybase
36 (42.86 %)Informatica
45 (35.71 %)ClearCase
45 (35.71 %)Cognos
45 (35.71 %)AutoSys
54 (28.57 %)Shell Script
54 (28.57 %)RDBMS
54 (28.57 %)SQL
54 (28.57 %)VB
63 (21.43 %)Vignette
63 (21.43 %)ETL
63 (21.43 %)VB6
63 (21.43 %)WebSphere
63 (21.43 %)Investment Management
72 (14.29 %)Investment Banking
72 (14.29 %)Banking
72 (14.29 %)Asset Management
72 (14.29 %)Finance
72 (14.29 %)WebSphere MQ
72 (14.29 %)LDAP
72 (14.29 %)XML
72 (14.29 %)XSLT
72 (14.29 %)WebLogic
72 (14.29 %)Windows
72 (14.29 %)SQL Server
81 (7.143 %)C#
81 (7.143 %)C++

Home Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Home Office 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 Home Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (21.43 %)WebSphere
22 (14.29 %)XML
22 (14.29 %)XSLT
31 (7.143 %)Middleware
31 (7.143 %).NET
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (14.29 %)WebLogic
12 (14.29 %)WebSphere MQ
21 (7.143 %)WebLogic Portal
21 (7.143 %)GroupWise
21 (7.143 %)CMS
21 (7.143 %)Lotus Notes
21 (7.143 %)Apache
21 (7.143 %)MQSeries
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (14.29 %)LDAP
21 (7.143 %)VPN
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (28.57 %)RDBMS
23 (21.43 %)ETL
32 (14.29 %)SQL Server
41 (7.143 %)Datawarehouse
41 (7.143 %)ReportNet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (35.71 %)ClearCase
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (14.29 %)Finance
12 (14.29 %)Banking
12 (14.29 %)Investment Banking
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (57.14 %)Developer
23 (21.43 %)Analyst
23 (21.43 %)Informatica Developer
23 (21.43 %)Support Analyst
32 (14.29 %)Java Developer
32 (14.29 %)Desktop Support
41 (7.143 %)Desktop Analyst
41 (7.143 %)RAD Developer
41 (7.143 %)Systems Administrator
41 (7.143 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
41 (7.143 %)VB Developer
41 (7.143 %)Datawarehouse Developer
41 (7.143 %)SQL Developer
41 (7.143 %)Sybase Developer
41 (7.143 %)Lead Developer
41 (7.143 %)Administrator
41 (7.143 %)Desktop Support Analyst
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)Blackberry
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (78.57 %)UNIX
22 (14.29 %)Windows
31 (7.143 %)Solaris
31 (7.143 %)Windows XP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (21.43 %)Investment Management
22 (14.29 %)Asset Management
31 (7.143 %)Content Management
31 (7.143 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (7.143 %)RAD
31 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
31 (7.143 %)SOA
31 (7.143 %)Change Management
31 (7.143 %)Agile Software Development
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (50.00 %)Java
24 (28.57 %)SQL
24 (28.57 %)VB
24 (28.57 %)Shell Script
33 (21.43 %)VB6
41 (7.143 %)C#
41 (7.143 %)C++
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.143 %)SLA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (35.71 %)AutoSys
21 (7.143 %)ZENworks
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (42.86 %)Oracle
16 (42.86 %)Sybase
16 (42.86 %)Informatica
25 (35.71 %)Cognos
33 (21.43 %)Vignette
41 (7.143 %)SAP
41 (7.143 %)Novell
41 (7.143 %)VERITAS
41 (7.143 %)Lotus
41 (7.143 %)Microsoft
41 (7.143 %)Sun