Scotland Internet Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Internet skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Aylesbury Barking Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cwmbran Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kegworth Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Moreton-in-Marsh Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rugby Scotland Scottish Borders Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wareham Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wilmslow Wiltshire Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	63	70
Rank change on same period last year	+7
Matching contract IT job ads	40	64
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.053 %	0.068 %
As % of the category below	12.74 %	13.14 %
Daily rates quoted	15	11
Average minimum daily rate	£239	£205
Average daily rate	£255	£222
% change on same period last year	+15.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£271	£238
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.89 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.50	£22.46
Average hourly rate	£15.00	£25.38
% change on same period last year	-40.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.50	£28.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.91	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-10.81 %
Communications & Networking Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	314	487
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.414 %	0.517 %
Daily rates quoted	65	86
Average minimum daily rate	£275	£343
Average daily rate	£299	£353
% change on same period last year	-15.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£322	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	29	37
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.28	£21.52
Average hourly rate	£26.45	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+11.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.62	£25.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.53
% change on same period last year	-10.35 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Internet within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Glasgow	+8	15	£313	-8.53 %
Edinburgh	+2	10	£235	+11.57 %
Aberdeen	+5	6	£234	-
East Lothian	-	1	-	-
Scottish Borders	-	1	-	-
Highlands	-	1	-	-
Renfrewshire	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 28 (28.57 %) SQL 2 25 (25.51 %) SQL Server 3 24 (24.49 %) XML 4 20 (20.41 %) .NET 4 20 (20.41 %) HTML 4 20 (20.41 %) Microsoft 5 17 (17.35 %) JavaScript 5 17 (17.35 %) Windows 6 16 (16.33 %) WebServices 6 16 (16.33 %) Java 6 16 (16.33 %) Banking 7 15 (15.31 %) Oracle 7 15 (15.31 %) Intranet 8 14 (14.29 %) Transact-SQL 9 13 (13.27 %) Cisco

10 12 (12.24 %) ASP.NET 10 12 (12.24 %) Unix 10 12 (12.24 %) Finance 11 11 (11.22 %) Online Banking 11 11 (11.22 %) Adobe 11 11 (11.22 %) SQL Server 2000 12 10 (10.20 %) CSS 12 10 (10.20 %) JSP 12 10 (10.20 %) MS Office 12 10 (10.20 %) VB 12 10 (10.20 %) Sybase 12 10 (10.20 %) Spring 12 10 (10.20 %) Adobe Flex 12 10 (10.20 %) RIA 13 9 (9.184 %) TDD

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 24 (24.49 %) XML 2 20 (20.41 %) HTML 2 20 (20.41 %) .NET 3 16 (16.33 %) WebServices 4 12 (12.24 %) ASP.NET 5 10 (10.20 %) CSS 5 10 (10.20 %) JSP 5 10 (10.20 %) Spring 5 10 (10.20 %) Adobe Flex 6 8 (8.163 %) AJAX 6 8 (8.163 %) J2EE 7 6 (6.122 %) XSL 8 4 (4.082 %) XHTML 8 4 (4.082 %) WebSphere 8 4 (4.082 %) .NET Framework 8 4 (4.082 %) ASP 8 4 (4.082 %) SOAP 9 2 (2.041 %) Hibernate 10 1 (1.020 %) WinForms 10 1 (1.020 %) ArcObjects	Application Platforms 1 7 (7.143 %) MS Exchange 2 6 (6.122 %) SharePoint 3 5 (5.102 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 4 (4.082 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 4 (4.082 %) IIS 4 4 (4.082 %) BizTalk Server 5 3 (3.061 %) Content Management Server 5 3 (3.061 %) CMS 5 3 (3.061 %) ColdFusion 5 3 (3.061 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 2 (2.041 %) Office Project Server 6 2 (2.041 %) Oracle HTTP Server 6 2 (2.041 %) Apache 6 2 (2.041 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 2 (2.041 %) IBM HTTP Server 7 1 (1.020 %) ArcSDE 7 1 (1.020 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 1 (1.020 %) GroupWise 7 1 (1.020 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 1 (1.020 %) ArcGIS
Applications 1 10 (10.20 %) MS Office 2 3 (3.061 %) MS Excel 3 2 (2.041 %) Photoshop 4 1 (1.020 %) Fireworks 4 1 (1.020 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 2 (2.041 %) MAXIMO 1 2 (2.041 %) SAP PM 2 1 (1.020 %) Great Plains 2 1 (1.020 %) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking 1 15 (15.31 %) Intranet 2 9 (9.184 %) Extranet 3 8 (8.163 %) MPLS 3 8 (8.163 %) VoIP 3 8 (8.163 %) Firewall 4 7 (7.143 %) BGP 5 6 (6.122 %) IPCC 6 4 (4.082 %) EIGRP 6 4 (4.082 %) DHCP 6 4 (4.082 %) DNS 7 3 (3.061 %) TCP/IP 8 2 (2.041 %) HTTP 8 2 (2.041 %) IP Telephony 9 1 (1.020 %) Cisco IPT 9 1 (1.020 %) Network Security 9 1 (1.020 %) 3G 9 1 (1.020 %) VPN 9 1 (1.020 %) WAN 9 1 (1.020 %) ADSL 9 1 (1.020 %) ISDN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 25 (25.51 %) SQL Server 2 11 (11.22 %) SQL Server 2000 3 5 (5.102 %) SQL Server 2005 3 5 (5.102 %) RDBMS 4 4 (4.082 %) Oracle 10g 5 3 (3.061 %) BusinessObjects 5 3 (3.061 %) Oracle Reports 5 3 (3.061 %) Oracle 9i 6 2 (2.041 %) SQLPlus 6 2 (2.041 %) DB2 7 1 (1.020 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 1 (1.020 %) SQL Server 7 7 1 (1.020 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 5 (5.102 %) Ant 2 3 (3.061 %) TestDirector 2 3 (3.061 %) NUnit 3 2 (2.041 %) CruiseControl 3 2 (2.041 %) ClearCase 3 2 (2.041 %) Dreamweaver 4 1 (1.020 %) InterDev 4 1 (1.020 %) FrontPage	General 1 16 (16.33 %) Banking 2 12 (12.24 %) Finance 3 11 (11.22 %) Online Banking 4 7 (7.143 %) Games 5 4 (4.082 %) Pensions 5 4 (4.082 %) Publishing 6 2 (2.041 %) Government 6 2 (2.041 %) Retail 6 2 (2.041 %) Insurance 7 1 (1.020 %) Local Government 7 1 (1.020 %) Billing 7 1 (1.020 %) Telecoms 7 1 (1.020 %) Retail Banking 7 1 (1.020 %) Private Banking
Job Titles 1 35 (35.71 %) Developer 2 18 (18.37 %) Analyst 3 8 (8.163 %) Web Developer 3 8 (8.163 %) Consultant 4 7 (7.143 %) Java Developer 5 6 (6.122 %) Support Engineer 5 6 (6.122 %) Software Developer 5 6 (6.122 %) Flex Developer 6 5 (5.102 %) Applications Developer 6 5 (5.102 %) Analyst Programmer 6 5 (5.102 %) Programmer 6 5 (5.102 %) Senior Analyst 6 5 (5.102 %) .NET Developer 7 4 (4.082 %) Test Analyst 7 4 (4.082 %) Senior Test Analyst 7 4 (4.082 %) Cisco Engineer 7 4 (4.082 %) SharePoint Consultant 8 3 (3.061 %) Cisco Network Engineer 8 3 (3.061 %) Oracle Analyst Programmer 8 3 (3.061 %) Web Designer	Miscellaneous 1 10 (10.20 %) RIA 2 2 (2.041 %) Mainframe 2 2 (2.041 %) Asset Management 2 2 (2.041 %) Taxonomies 2 2 (2.041 %) Copywriting 3 1 (1.020 %) Client/Server 3 1 (1.020 %) NHS 3 1 (1.020 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 17 (17.35 %) Windows 2 12 (12.24 %) Unix 3 4 (4.082 %) Solaris 4 3 (3.061 %) Windows 2000 4 3 (3.061 %) Windows NT 5 2 (2.041 %) Windows XP 5 2 (2.041 %) Windows Server 2003 5 2 (2.041 %) Windows Vista 6 1 (1.020 %) Windows Mobile 6 1 (1.020 %) Linux 6 1 (1.020 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (9.184 %) Workflow 1 9 (9.184 %) TDD 2 7 (7.143 %) Pair Programming 2 7 (7.143 %) Extreme Programming 2 7 (7.143 %) OO 3 6 (6.122 %) RAD 3 6 (6.122 %) Web Design 4 5 (5.102 %) ITIL 5 4 (4.082 %) OOD 5 4 (4.082 %) CRM 5 4 (4.082 %) Service Management 6 3 (3.061 %) E-Commerce 6 3 (3.061 %) Agile Software Development 7 2 (2.041 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 2 (2.041 %) Information Management 7 2 (2.041 %) Business Analysis 7 2 (2.041 %) Load Balancing 7 2 (2.041 %) Wealth Management 8 1 (1.020 %) Problem Management 8 1 (1.020 %) Matrix Management
Programming Languages 1 28 (28.57 %) SQL 2 17 (17.35 %) JavaScript 3 16 (16.33 %) Java 4 14 (14.29 %) Transact-SQL 5 10 (10.20 %) VB 6 7 (7.143 %) Delphi 7 5 (5.102 %) C# 7 5 (5.102 %) Ruby 8 4 (4.082 %) VB.NET 9 2 (2.041 %) PL/SQL 9 2 (2.041 %) C++ 9 2 (2.041 %) VBScript 10 1 (1.020 %) PHP 10 1 (1.020 %) Shell Script 10 1 (1.020 %) VB6	Qualifications 1 5 (5.102 %) ISEB 1 5 (5.102 %) Cisco Certification 2 4 (4.082 %) CCVP 3 3 (3.061 %) CCNP 4 2 (2.041 %) Microsoft Certification 5 1 (1.020 %) MCAD 5 1 (1.020 %) MCSD 5 1 (1.020 %) MCSE 5 1 (1.020 %) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.020 %) SLA	System Software 1 9 (9.184 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 8 (8.163 %) CiscoWorks 2 4 (4.082 %) MIMEsweeper 3 3 (3.061 %) MOM 4 1 (1.020 %) BMC PATROL 4 1 (1.020 %) Tivoli 4 1 (1.020 %) DameWare	Vendors 1 20 (20.41 %) Microsoft 2 15 (15.31 %) Oracle 3 13 (13.27 %) Cisco 4 11 (11.22 %) Adobe 5 10 (10.20 %) Sybase 6 5 (5.102 %) HP 7 3 (3.061 %) IBM 7 3 (3.061 %) NetApp 7 3 (3.061 %) Business Objects 7 3 (3.061 %) SAP 7 3 (3.061 %) Capita 8 2 (2.041 %) Northgate 8 2 (2.041 %) McAfee Security 8 2 (2.041 %) Macromedia 8 2 (2.041 %) Sun 8 2 (2.041 %) Dell 9 1 (1.020 %) Nortel 9 1 (1.020 %) Citrix 9 1 (1.020 %) BMC 9 1 (1.020 %) Red Hat