Scotland Microsoft CRM Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft CRM 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 Microsoft CRM over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Bedfordshire Berkshire Bolton Bristol Buckinghamshire City of London Croydon East of England England Essex Glasgow Hampshire High Wycombe London Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes North West Oxford Oxfordshire Scotland South East South West Southampton Thames Valley UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wetherby Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	102	127
Rank change on same period last year	+25
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.595 %	0.408 %
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	£415	£350
% change on same period last year	+18.43 %
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	£29.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Business Applications Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	168	245
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.239 %	0.247 %
Daily rates quoted	25	53
Average minimum daily rate	£383	£349
Average daily rate	£401	£377
% change on same period last year	+6.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£419	£405
UK excluding London average daily rate	£444	£421
% change on same period last year	+5.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.00	£23.50
Average hourly rate	£19.43	£24.83
% change on same period last year	-21.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.86	£26.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.83	£28.18
% change on same period last year	-15.43 %
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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 Microsoft CRM across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications 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 Microsoft CRM across the Scotland region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft CRM within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 7 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
Glasgow	+18	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Microsoft CRM 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 Microsoft CRM.

1 3 (100.00 %) SharePoint 1 3 (100.00 %) Microsoft 2 2 (66.67 %) Windows 2 2 (66.67 %) WebServices 3 1 (33.33 %) XML 3 1 (33.33 %) XSLT 3 1 (33.33 %) OOP 3 1 (33.33 %) OO 3 1 (33.33 %) CRM 3 1 (33.33 %) Windows XP 3 1 (33.33 %) MS Exchange 3 1 (33.33 %) Data Modelling 3 1 (33.33 %) LAN 3 1 (33.33 %) WAN 3 1 (33.33 %) Cisco

3 1 (33.33 %) PHP 3 1 (33.33 %) SQL 3 1 (33.33 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (33.33 %) .NET 3 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server 3 1 (33.33 %) IIS 3 1 (33.33 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (33.33 %) SOAP 3 1 (33.33 %) Citrix 3 1 (33.33 %) MetaFrame 3 1 (33.33 %) Cisco Certification 3 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (33.33 %) Navision 3 1 (33.33 %) BizTalk Server 3 1 (33.33 %) Windows Server 2003

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Microsoft CRM 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 Microsoft CRM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (66.67 %) WebServices 2 1 (33.33 %) XML 2 1 (33.33 %) XSLT 2 1 (33.33 %) .NET 2 1 (33.33 %) ASP.NET 2 1 (33.33 %) SOAP	Application Platforms 1 3 (100.00 %) SharePoint 2 1 (33.33 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (33.33 %) BizTalk Server 2 1 (33.33 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 1 (33.33 %) IIS
Business Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) Navision 1 1 (33.33 %) Dynamics CRM 1 1 (33.33 %) Dynamics AX	Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) LAN 1 1 (33.33 %) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server Integration Services	Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Systems Engineer 1 1 (33.33 %) Support Engineer 1 1 (33.33 %) Applications Support 1 1 (33.33 %) Applications Support Engineer
Operating Systems 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows XP 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) OOP 1 1 (33.33 %) OO 1 1 (33.33 %) CRM 1 1 (33.33 %) Data Modelling 1 1 (33.33 %) Service Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) PHP 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL 1 1 (33.33 %) Transact-SQL 1 1 (33.33 %) XPath	Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) Cisco Certification 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft Certification
System Software 1 1 (33.33 %) MetaFrame	Vendors 1 3 (100.00 %) Microsoft 2 1 (33.33 %) Citrix 2 1 (33.33 %) Cisco