The first table below looks at the demand for Internet 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 Internet 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 Communications & Networking 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
Internet
Rank 91 70 97
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +27
Contract jobs citing Internet 29 38 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.188% 1.440% 0.675%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.28% 11.59% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 4
Average daily rate £330 £264 £369
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.11% -28.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £171 £128 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £358 £439
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £8.63 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -33.65%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -18.91%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
257 328 266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.53% 12.43% 9.453%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 134 75
Average daily rate £361 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.21% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £239 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £436 £420 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 31 26
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £22.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £35.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Internet
UK

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Glasgow -21 11 £360 +36.49%
Edinburgh -1 9 £135 -37.20%
Renfrewshire - 3 £425 -
Dundee +3 2 £225 -
Fife - 2 £323 -
Lanarkshire - 2 £250 -
Internet
UK

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 29 (43.94%) Windows
2 26 (39.39%) Microsoft
3 20 (30.30%) JavaScript
4 18 (27.27%) SQL Server
4 18 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 17 (25.76%) Windows 7
6 16 (24.24%) Active Directory
7 14 (21.21%) SQL
7 14 (21.21%) MS Exchange
8 13 (19.70%) .NET
8 13 (19.70%) MS Office
8 13 (19.70%) CSS
9 12 (18.18%) HTML
9 12 (18.18%) MS Excel
9 12 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
9 12 (18.18%) Intranet
10 11 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (16.67%) Security Cleared
10 11 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
11 10 (15.15%) Finance
11 10 (15.15%) Migration
11 10 (15.15%) Citrix
11 10 (15.15%) Apache
11 10 (15.15%) IIS
12 9 (13.64%) Oracle
12 9 (13.64%) Java
12 9 (13.64%) Windows XP
12 9 (13.64%) TCP/IP
12 9 (13.64%) Firewall
13 8 (12.12%) ASP.NET

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 13 (19.70%) .NET
1 13 (19.70%) CSS
2 12 (18.18%) HTML
3 8 (12.12%) ASP.NET
3 8 (12.12%) XML
4 7 (10.61%) HTML5
5 4 (6.061%) CSS3
5 4 (6.061%) .NET Framework
5 4 (6.061%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (3.030%) XML Schema
6 2 (3.030%) Web Services
7 1 (1.515%) ASP
7 1 (1.515%) XHTML
7 1 (1.515%) SAP XI
7 1 (1.515%) Google Maps API
7 1 (1.515%) jQuery
7 1 (1.515%) Apache Flex
7 1 (1.515%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 14 (21.21%) MS Exchange
2 10 (15.15%) Apache
2 10 (15.15%) IIS
3 6 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (9.091%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (9.091%) SharePoint
4 4 (6.061%) LiveLink
4 4 (6.061%) Tomcat
5 2 (3.030%) Captiva
5 2 (3.030%) Documentum
6 1 (1.515%) NetWeaver
6 1 (1.515%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 13 (19.70%) MS Office
2 12 (18.18%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.515%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.515%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.515%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.515%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (1.515%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.030%) assyst
2 1 (1.515%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 12 (18.18%) Intranet
2 9 (13.64%) TCP/IP
2 9 (13.64%) Firewall
3 6 (9.091%) DHCP
4 5 (7.576%) DNS
4 5 (7.576%) WAN
5 4 (6.061%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (6.061%) Wireless
5 4 (6.061%) Broadband
5 4 (6.061%) LAN
6 2 (3.030%) VLAN
6 2 (3.030%) LDAP
7 1 (1.515%) HTTP
7 1 (1.515%) MPLS
7 1 (1.515%) Extranet
7 1 (1.515%) VRRP
7 1 (1.515%) SAN
7 1 (1.515%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 11 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
3 6 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (6.061%) MongoDB
4 4 (6.061%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (4.545%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (3.030%) TOAD
6 2 (3.030%) RDBMS
6 2 (3.030%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.030%) MS Access
7 1 (1.515%) MySQL
7 1 (1.515%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (1.515%) GIS
7 1 (1.515%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (1.515%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 4 (6.061%) Git (software)
2 3 (4.545%) Axure RP
3 2 (3.030%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (3.030%) ProC
3 2 (3.030%) PVCS
3 2 (3.030%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.515%) MSI
4 1 (1.515%) InstallShield
General
1 10 (15.15%) Finance
2 6 (9.091%) Banking
2 6 (9.091%) Retail
3 2 (3.030%) Retail Banking
3 2 (3.030%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.515%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 20 (30.30%) Analyst
2 9 (13.64%) Developer
3 8 (12.12%) Business Analyst
4 7 (10.61%) Project Manager
5 6 (9.091%) IT Support
5 6 (9.091%) Support Analyst
6 5 (7.576%) Web Developer
6 5 (7.576%) Team Leader
7 4 (6.061%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (6.061%) IT Administrator
7 4 (6.061%) Web Applications Developer
7 4 (6.061%) Support Team Leader
7 4 (6.061%) Business Manager
7 4 (6.061%) Business Project Manager
7 4 (6.061%) Applications Developer
7 4 (6.061%) Systems Support
7 4 (6.061%) Software Developer
7 4 (6.061%) Administrator
8 3 (4.545%) Desktop Support
8 3 (4.545%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.61%) RIA
2 4 (6.061%) Video on Demand
2 4 (6.061%) IPTV
2 4 (6.061%) Smartphone
2 4 (6.061%) Computer Science
2 4 (6.061%) Interactive TV
2 4 (6.061%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.545%) Mainframe
3 3 (4.545%) Cryptography
3 3 (4.545%) PKI
4 2 (3.030%) IVR
4 2 (3.030%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.515%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.515%) NHS
5 1 (1.515%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.515%) Handset
5 1 (1.515%) E-Learning
5 1 (1.515%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.515%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.515%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 29 (43.94%) Windows
2 18 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (25.76%) Windows 7
4 12 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (13.64%) Windows XP
6 7 (10.61%) Linux
7 4 (6.061%) UNIX
8 3 (4.545%) Windows Vista
9 2 (3.030%) AIX
10 1 (1.515%) Windows 2000
10 1 (1.515%) Windows NT
10 1 (1.515%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (1.515%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (15.15%) Migration
2 6 (9.091%) Content Management
2 6 (9.091%) ITIL
3 5 (7.576%) UML
3 5 (7.576%) Document Management
3 5 (7.576%) Software Testing
3 5 (7.576%) Use Case
3 5 (7.576%) BPMN
4 4 (6.061%) Web Application Development
4 4 (6.061%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (6.061%) Scrum
4 4 (6.061%) MVC
5 3 (4.545%) Service Delivery
5 3 (4.545%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (4.545%) Business Analysis
5 3 (4.545%) Incident Management
5 3 (4.545%) Security Architecture
5 3 (4.545%) User Stories
6 2 (3.030%) High Availability
6 2 (3.030%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 20 (30.30%) JavaScript
2 14 (21.21%) SQL
3 9 (13.64%) Java
4 4 (6.061%) Ruby
4 4 (6.061%) C#
5 3 (4.545%) PowerShell
6 2 (3.030%) C
6 2 (3.030%) VBScript
6 2 (3.030%) VB
6 2 (3.030%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.515%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.515%) ABAP
7 1 (1.515%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 11 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 11 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.576%) MCP
3 4 (6.061%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.061%) Degree
3 4 (6.061%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (3.030%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (3.030%) ISEB
5 1 (1.515%) HND
5 1 (1.515%) MCSE
5 1 (1.515%) MCSA
5 1 (1.515%) CCIE
5 1 (1.515%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.515%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.515%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.030%) QA
2 1 (1.515%) Data Quality
System Software
1 16 (24.24%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.091%) vSphere
3 1 (1.515%) MetaFrame
3 1 (1.515%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.515%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.515%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (9.091%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 5 (7.576%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (3.030%) SCCM
4 1 (1.515%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.515%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.515%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.15%) Citrix
3 9 (13.64%) Oracle
4 5 (7.576%) McAfee
4 5 (7.576%) Lumension
5 4 (6.061%) Kofax
5 4 (6.061%) Open Text
6 3 (4.545%) IBM
6 3 (4.545%) Adobe
6 3 (4.545%) HP
6 3 (4.545%) VMware
7 2 (3.030%) Google
7 2 (3.030%) Websense
8 1 (1.515%) SAP
8 1 (1.515%) Cisco
8 1 (1.515%) TIBCO
8 1 (1.515%) EMC
8 1 (1.515%) Nortel
8 1 (1.515%) Sun
8 1 (1.515%) Genesys