Scotland Line 50 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Sage Line 50 skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Line 50 over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Sage Line 50
Location England Leeds London Manchester North West Scotland UK West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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	-	£375
% change on same period last year	-
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	£12.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Business Applications Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	170	220
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.230 %	0.217 %
Daily rates quoted	28	40
Average minimum daily rate	£376	£347
Average daily rate	£399	£380
% change on same period last year	+5.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£422	£412
UK excluding London average daily rate	£443	£425
% change on same period last year	+4.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£9.00	£22.80
Average hourly rate	£10.50	£24.10
% change on same period last year	-56.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£12.00	£25.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.03	£26.50
% change on same period last year	+5.75 %
Line 50 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.

Line 50
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Line 50 across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Line 50
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Line 50 across the Scotland region.