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This section looks at the demand for Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IMAP over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank101-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.687 %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£275£200
% change on same period last year+37.50 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads291428
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.388 %0.427 %
Daily rates quoted7482
Average minimum daily rate£292£354
Average daily rate£320£364
% change on same period last year-12.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted2034
Average minimum hourly rate£22.90£17.99
Average hourly rate£24.13£19.06
% change on same period last year+26.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.36£20.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
IMAP UKIMAP
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.

IMAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IMAP across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Scotland IMAP Demand Trend

IMAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland IMAP Daily Rate Trend

IMAP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IMAP within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
West LothianNew entry-1--
IMAP UKIMAP
UK

IMAP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing IMAP 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 IMAP.

12 (100.00 %)LDAP
21 (50.00 %)SMTP
21 (50.00 %)HTTP
21 (50.00 %)SNMP
21 (50.00 %)SSL
21 (50.00 %)Sun
21 (50.00 %)Health
21 (50.00 %)Network Load Balancing
21 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (50.00 %)AIX
21 (50.00 %)Solaris
21 (50.00 %)Lotus Domino

IMAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing IMAP 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 IMAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Lotus Domino
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)LDAP
21 (50.00 %)SMTP
21 (50.00 %)HTTP
21 (50.00 %)SNMP
21 (50.00 %)SSL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Health
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Administrator
11 (50.00 %)Server Specialist
11 (50.00 %)Domino Administrator
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)AIX
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Network Load Balancing
11 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Sun