The first table below looks at the demand for Information Management 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 Information Management over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Management
Rank 109 102 95
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -7
Contract jobs citing Information Management 10 7 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.399% 0.260% 0.597%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.578% 0.408% 0.907%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 13
Average daily rate £330 £450 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.77% +47.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £450 £276
10% offered a daily rate of more than £346 £450 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £375 £315
% change year-on-year
+1.66% +19.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.68 £23.40
% change year-on-year
+2.37% -41.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1731 1715 1874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 69.13% 63.78% 65.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 875 826 1002
Average daily rate £375 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 62 44
Average hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £28.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.83% -15.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Information Management
UK

Information Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Information Management Jobs Demand Trend

Information Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Information Management Daily Rate Trend

Information Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Information Management Hourly Rate Trend

Information Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Management within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Aberdeen +4 9 £350 -22.22% 1
Glasgow - 1 £309 -
Stirling - - - -
Edinburgh - - - - 1
Information Management
UK

Information Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Information Management 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 Information Management.

1 8 (50.00%) Project Management
2 7 (43.75%) SharePoint
2 7 (43.75%) LiveLink
2 7 (43.75%) Document Management
3 6 (37.50%) Content Management
3 6 (37.50%) Business Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
5 2 (12.50%) Degree
5 2 (12.50%) Oracle
5 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
5 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
5 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (6.250%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
6 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (6.250%) ISTQB
6 1 (6.250%) Marketing
6 1 (6.250%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (6.250%) ISEB
6 1 (6.250%) PMP
6 1 (6.250%) PMI Certification
6 1 (6.250%) Informatica
6 1 (6.250%) NHS
6 1 (6.250%) iSOFT
6 1 (6.250%) Internet
6 1 (6.250%) BCP
6 1 (6.250%) LIMS
6 1 (6.250%) Data Mining
6 1 (6.250%) ETL
6 1 (6.250%) MS Project

Information Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Information Management 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 Information Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
1 1 (6.250%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (43.75%) SharePoint
1 7 (43.75%) LiveLink
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Project
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
1 1 (6.250%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (6.250%) Data Mining
2 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (6.250%) GIS
General
1 1 (6.250%) Marketing
1 1 (6.250%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Analyst
2 9 (56.25%) Business Analyst
3 8 (50.00%) Project Manager
4 5 (31.25%) Project Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Information Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Business Project Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Business Manager
6 1 (6.250%) Oracle Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Junior Programmer
6 1 (6.250%) Coordinator
6 1 (6.250%) Trainer
6 1 (6.250%) Junior
6 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Project Engineer
6 1 (6.250%) Information Manager
6 1 (6.250%) Test Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) Programmer
6 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
6 1 (6.250%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.250%) NHS
2 1 (6.250%) LIMS
2 1 (6.250%) RIA
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Project Management
2 7 (43.75%) Document Management
3 6 (37.50%) Content Management
3 6 (37.50%) Business Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.250%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
5 1 (6.250%) BCP
5 1 (6.250%) ETL
5 1 (6.250%) ITIL
5 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
5 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.250%) ERP
5 1 (6.250%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
5 1 (6.250%) Manual Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Performance Management
5 1 (6.250%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) C#
1 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.250%) ISEB
2 1 (6.250%) PMP
2 1 (6.250%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (6.250%) Informatica
2 1 (6.250%) iSOFT
2 1 (6.250%) Cognos
2 1 (6.250%) ESRI