Scotland Matrix Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Matrix Management skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Matrix Management over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bicester Bournemouth Brighton Bristol Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newbury North West North Yorkshire Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Reading Scotland Shropshire Slough South East South West Southend-on-Sea Staines Surrey Swindon Telford UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	98	118
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	5	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.015 %
As % of the category below	0.439 %	0.904 %
Daily rates quoted	2	5
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£293
Average daily rate	£275	£315
% change on same period last year	-12.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£337
UK excluding London average daily rate	£425	£431
% change on same period last year	-1.48 %
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	£35.75	£36.00
% change on same period last year	-0.69 %
Processes & Methodologies Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1140	1549
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.503 %	1.643 %
Daily rates quoted	282	319
Average minimum daily rate	£307	£322
Average daily rate	£328	£336
% change on same period last year	-2.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£349	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	84
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.58	£22.77
Average hourly rate	£21.09	£24.32
% change on same period last year	-13.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.61	£25.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.40	£30.19
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Matrix Management within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 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	+1	3	£225	-32.22 %
Glasgow	+10	1	£325	+41.30 %

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Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Matrix Management 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 Matrix Management.

1 7 (63.64 %) Finance 2 6 (54.55 %) PRINCE2 3 3 (27.27 %) Stakeholder Management 3 3 (27.27 %) Banking 3 3 (27.27 %) Pensions 4 2 (18.18 %) Retail Banking 4 2 (18.18 %) Retail 4 2 (18.18 %) Project Management 4 2 (18.18 %) RAD 4 2 (18.18 %) Client/Server 4 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 1 (9.091 %) TestDirector 5 1 (9.091 %) Internet 5 1 (9.091 %) 3G 5 1 (9.091 %) GPRS

5 1 (9.091 %) Process Management 5 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms 5 1 (9.091 %) ITIL 5 1 (9.091 %) Project Planning 5 1 (9.091 %) Performance Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Matrix Management 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 Matrix Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (9.091 %) GPRS 1 1 (9.091 %) Internet 1 1 (9.091 %) 3G	Development Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) TestDirector
General 1 7 (63.64 %) Finance 2 3 (27.27 %) Banking 2 3 (27.27 %) Pensions 3 2 (18.18 %) Retail Banking 3 2 (18.18 %) Retail 4 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 6 (54.55 %) Project Manager 2 3 (27.27 %) Programme Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Test Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) IT Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Test Team Leader 3 1 (9.091 %) Team Leader 3 1 (9.091 %) IT Project Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous 1 2 (18.18 %) Client/Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (54.55 %) PRINCE2 2 3 (27.27 %) Stakeholder Management 3 2 (18.18 %) RAD 3 2 (18.18 %) Project Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Process Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Project Planning 4 1 (9.091 %) Performance Testing 4 1 (9.091 %) ITIL
Qualifications 1 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 Certification