Scotland IT Governance Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Information Technology Governance skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Governance over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Technology Governance
Location Berkshire Bournemouth Brentford Bristol Canary Wharf City of London Devon Docklands, London Dorset Edinburgh England London Middlesex Newport Scotland South East South Wales South West Swansea Swindon UK Wales West Wales Wiltshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	103	123
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	2	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.167 %	0.274 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£369
% change on same period last year	-9.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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	-
Processes & Methodologies Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1198	1458
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.707 %	1.508 %
Daily rates quoted	282	359
Average minimum daily rate	£323	£326
Average daily rate	£348	£343
% change on same period last year	+1.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£373	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£370
% change on same period last year	+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	76	69
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.91	£22.92
Average hourly rate	£24.95	£24.39
% change on same period last year	+2.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.99	£25.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.30	£29.76
% change on same period last year	-1.54 %
IT Governance 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.

IT Governance
Demand Trend

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

IT Governance
Daily Rate Trend

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

IT Governance
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Governance within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
Edinburgh	+17	2	-	-

IT Governance UK

IT Governance
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing IT Governance 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 IT Governance.

1 7 (87.50 %) Finance 2 3 (37.50 %) MS Project 3 2 (25.00 %) Client/Server 3 2 (25.00 %) ISEB 3 2 (25.00 %) Mainframe 3 2 (25.00 %) Pensions 3 2 (25.00 %) MS Visio 4 1 (12.50 %) Data Modelling 4 1 (12.50 %) J2EE 4 1 (12.50 %) Degree 4 1 (12.50 %) COBIT 4 1 (12.50 %) Resource Management 4 1 (12.50 %) Fund Management 4 1 (12.50 %) Investment Management 4 1 (12.50 %) Data Protection

4 1 (12.50 %) Management Information System 4 1 (12.50 %) Education 4 1 (12.50 %) Freedom of Information 4 1 (12.50 %) SAN 4 1 (12.50 %) Middleware 4 1 (12.50 %) Project Management 4 1 (12.50 %) N-Tier 4 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel

IT Governance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing IT Governance 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 IT Governance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (12.50 %) J2EE 1 1 (12.50 %) Middleware	Applications 1 3 (37.50 %) MS Project 2 2 (25.00 %) MS Visio 3 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 1 (12.50 %) SAN	General 1 7 (87.50 %) Finance 2 2 (25.00 %) Pensions 3 1 (12.50 %) Education
Job Titles 1 2 (25.00 %) Architect 2 1 (12.50 %) Project Manager 2 1 (12.50 %) Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Storage Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Applications Architect	Miscellaneous 1 2 (25.00 %) Client/Server 1 2 (25.00 %) Mainframe 2 1 (12.50 %) Management Information System 2 1 (12.50 %) Freedom of Information 2 1 (12.50 %) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (12.50 %) Data Modelling 1 1 (12.50 %) Project Management 1 1 (12.50 %) Resource Management 1 1 (12.50 %) Fund Management 1 1 (12.50 %) Investment Management 1 1 (12.50 %) Data Protection	Qualifications 1 2 (25.00 %) ISEB 2 1 (12.50 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (12.50 %) COBIT