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

LinkOpen Text LiveLink
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank-126
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.193 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£210
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£277
% change on same period last year+9.56 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£32.50
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads275518
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.372 %0.511 %
Daily rates quoted5162
Average minimum daily rate£346£294
Average daily rate£368£316
% change on same period last year+16.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£344
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Hourly rates quoted1943
Average minimum hourly rate£27.92£19.88
Average hourly rate£28.83£21.50
% change on same period last year+34.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.74£23.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.63£24.38
% change on same period last year+5.11 %
LiveLink UKLiveLink
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.

LiveLink
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LiveLink across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Scotland LiveLink Demand Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland LiveLink Daily Rate Trend

LiveLink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland LiveLink Hourly Rate Trend

LiveLink
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink.

19 (52.94 %)SQL
28 (47.06 %).NET
37 (41.18 %)Oracle
37 (41.18 %)SharePoint
37 (41.18 %)Data Management
37 (41.18 %)Enterprise Data Management
46 (35.29 %)Business Analysis
46 (35.29 %)SQL Server
46 (35.29 %)ASP
46 (35.29 %)ASP.NET
46 (35.29 %)ITIL
55 (29.41 %)Project Management
55 (29.41 %)Management Information System
62 (11.76 %)Microsoft
71 (5.882 %)Open Text
71 (5.882 %)MS Exchange
71 (5.882 %)Banking
71 (5.882 %)Information Management

LiveLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (47.06 %).NET
26 (35.29 %)ASP
26 (35.29 %)ASP.NET
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (41.18 %)SharePoint
21 (5.882 %)MS Exchange
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (35.29 %)SQL Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.882 %)Banking
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (41.18 %)Analyst
26 (35.29 %)Applications Support
35 (29.41 %)Applications Support Engineer
35 (29.41 %)Support Engineer
43 (17.65 %)Developer
43 (17.65 %)Consultant
52 (11.76 %)Support Analyst
61 (5.882 %)Technical Analyst
61 (5.882 %)Analyst Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (29.41 %)Management Information System
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (41.18 %)Data Management
17 (41.18 %)Enterprise Data Management
26 (35.29 %)Business Analysis
26 (35.29 %)ITIL
35 (29.41 %)Project Management
41 (5.882 %)Information Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (52.94 %)SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (41.18 %)Oracle
22 (11.76 %)Microsoft
31 (5.882 %)Open Text