The first table below looks at the demand for LatentZero 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 LatentZero over the 3 months to 24 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 Business Applications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fidessa LatentZero
Rank 115 105 100
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -5
Contract jobs citing LatentZero 3 5 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.123% 0.188% 0.398%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.632% 3.311% 4.762%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 11
Average daily rate £675 £463 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.94% +15.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £613 £463 £400
% change year-on-year
+32.43% +15.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
114 151 231
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 4.674% 5.677% 8.360%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 84 122
Average daily rate £425 £435 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.29% +16.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £306 £253
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £600 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 11
Average hourly rate £12.50 £10.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
LatentZero
UK

LatentZero
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing LatentZero across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Scotland LatentZero Jobs Demand Trend

LatentZero
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland LatentZero Daily Rate Trend

LatentZero
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LatentZero within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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 -13 2 £675 +22.72%
LatentZero
UK

LatentZero
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing LatentZero 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 LatentZero.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Fidessa
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Sentinel
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Capstone

LatentZero
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing LatentZero 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 LatentZero. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Sentinel
2 1 (33.33%) Capstone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Fidessa Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Fidessa Support Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Support Consultant
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Fidessa