Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Intranet 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 Intranet over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Scotland region.

 Intranet
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank806186
Rank change year-on-year
Down-19Up+25
Matching contract IT job ads121718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland0.616 %1.151 %0.635 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category10.43 %7.727 %6.143 %
Daily rates quoted865
Average daily rate£215£320£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.96 %+6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£210£240£195
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£268£400£319
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£320£300
% change year-on-year
-14.06 %+6.660 %
Hourly rates quoted102
Average hourly rate£16.50-£13.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.75£20.00£17.50
% change year-on-year
-31.25 %+14.28 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
115220293
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland5.903 %14.90 %10.34 %
Daily rates quoted375765
Average daily rate£265£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.66 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£210£180£150
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£475£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted52926
Average hourly rate£15.50£40.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-61.25 %+77.77 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£17.40£11.21
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.50£42.50£34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
Intranet UKIntranet
UK

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.

Intranet
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Intranet Demand Trend

Intranet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Intranet Daily Rate Trend

Intranet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Intranet Hourly Rate Trend

Intranet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Intranet within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
GlasgowDown-77£210-47.50 %
EdinburghDown-204£320-
AberdeenUp+11--
Intranet UKIntranet
UK

Intranet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Intranet 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 Intranet.

120 (54.05 %)HTML
219 (51.35 %)CSS
318 (48.65 %)JavaScript
414 (37.84 %)XML
513 (35.14 %)Oracle
612 (32.43 %)Internet
710 (27.03 %)SharePoint
89 (24.32 %)Microsoft
98 (21.62 %)SQL
107 (18.92 %)XHTML
107 (18.92 %)Web Design
107 (18.92 %)Government
116 (16.22 %)Content Management
116 (16.22 %).NET
125 (13.51 %)SQL Server
125 (13.51 %)C
125 (13.51 %)Visual Studio
125 (13.51 %)SQL Server 2005
125 (13.51 %)Finance
134 (10.81 %)AJAX
134 (10.81 %)Web Development
134 (10.81 %)RIA
134 (10.81 %)MS Office
134 (10.81 %)DHTML
134 (10.81 %)MS Excel
134 (10.81 %)Extranet
134 (10.81 %)W3C
134 (10.81 %)Project Management
143 (8.108 %)SQL Server 2000
143 (8.108 %)E-Commerce

Intranet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Intranet 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 Intranet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
120 (54.05 %)HTML
219 (51.35 %)CSS
314 (37.84 %)XML
47 (18.92 %)XHTML
56 (16.22 %).NET
64 (10.81 %)AJAX
64 (10.81 %)DHTML
73 (8.108 %)ASP
73 (8.108 %)ASP.NET
73 (8.108 %)XSLT
82 (5.405 %)JSON
82 (5.405 %)XSD
91 (2.703 %)WSDL
91 (2.703 %)SOAP
91 (2.703 %)Web Services
91 (2.703 %)Flash
91 (2.703 %)Spring
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
110 (27.03 %)SharePoint
22 (5.405 %)CMS
22 (5.405 %)MS Exchange
31 (2.703 %)IIS
31 (2.703 %)Exchange Server 2007
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (10.81 %)MS Office
14 (10.81 %)MS Excel
23 (8.108 %)Photoshop
31 (2.703 %)Acrobat
31 (2.703 %)MS Visio
31 (2.703 %)MS Project
31 (2.703 %)Adobe Captivate
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
112 (32.43 %)Internet
24 (10.81 %)Extranet
31 (2.703 %)TCP/IP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (13.51 %)SQL Server
15 (13.51 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (8.108 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (2.703 %)MySQL
31 (2.703 %)Oracle Reports
31 (2.703 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (2.703 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (2.703 %)SQL Server 2008
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (13.51 %)Visual Studio
22 (5.405 %)FrontPage
22 (5.405 %)Dreamweaver
31 (2.703 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (18.92 %)Government
25 (13.51 %)Finance
31 (2.703 %)Publishing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (37.84 %)Developer
114 (37.84 %)Designer
211 (29.73 %)Web Designer
35 (13.51 %)SharePoint Developer
44 (10.81 %)UI Designer
44 (10.81 %)Web Developer
53 (8.108 %)Analyst
53 (8.108 %)Business Analyst
53 (8.108 %)Intranet Developer
53 (8.108 %)Interface Designer
62 (5.405 %)IT Trainer
62 (5.405 %)Web Editor
62 (5.405 %)Trainer
71 (2.703 %)Architect
71 (2.703 %)Desktop Support
71 (2.703 %)Business Developer
71 (2.703 %)Consultant
71 (2.703 %)Server Support
71 (2.703 %)Senior Developer
71 (2.703 %)Support Engineer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (10.81 %)RIA
14 (10.81 %)W3C
21 (2.703 %)Taxonomies
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (5.405 %)UNIX
21 (2.703 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (2.703 %)Windows NT
21 (2.703 %)Windows XP
21 (2.703 %)Windows
21 (2.703 %)Windows 2000
21 (2.703 %)Windows Vista
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (18.92 %)Web Design
26 (16.22 %)Content Management
34 (10.81 %)Web Development
34 (10.81 %)Project Management
43 (8.108 %)E-Commerce
43 (8.108 %)Workflow
52 (5.405 %)Service Delivery
52 (5.405 %)OOP
52 (5.405 %)OO
61 (2.703 %)SOA
61 (2.703 %)RDF
61 (2.703 %)RAD
61 (2.703 %)Information Management
61 (2.703 %)Stakeholder Management
61 (2.703 %)Change Management
61 (2.703 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (2.703 %)System Testing
61 (2.703 %)Information Architecture
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (48.65 %)JavaScript
28 (21.62 %)SQL
35 (13.51 %)C
43 (8.108 %)PL/SQL
43 (8.108 %)Java
52 (5.405 %)VB.NET
52 (5.405 %)C#
52 (5.405 %)PHP
61 (2.703 %)T-SQL
61 (2.703 %)VB
61 (2.703 %)PHP5
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (5.405 %)Degree
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (2.703 %)Active Directory
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (35.14 %)Oracle
29 (24.32 %)Microsoft
31 (2.703 %)Adobe