Scotland MicroStrategy Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of MicroStrategy products and/or services in IT contracts within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MicroStrategy over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire City of London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Hampshire Hertfordshire London Reading Scotland South East UK Watford	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	99	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	4	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.316 %	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	£336	£399
% change on same period last year	-15.80 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1267	1628
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.689 %	1.624 %
Daily rates quoted	257	300
Average minimum daily rate	£316	£300
Average daily rate	£339	£317
% change on same period last year	+6.98 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£333
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£359
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	95	116
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.19	£19.23
Average hourly rate	£21.42	£20.26
% change on same period last year	+5.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.65	£21.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.10	£24.81
% change on same period last year	-2.85 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within MicroStrategy, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MicroStrategy across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors 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 MicroStrategy 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 jobs citing MicroStrategy within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 29 August 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	-	4	-	-

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing MicroStrategy 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 MicroStrategy.

1 7 (100.00 %) COBOL 1 7 (100.00 %) DB2 2 6 (85.71 %) Mainframe 3 5 (71.43 %) Finance 3 5 (71.43 %) SQL 4 4 (57.14 %) JSP 5 3 (42.86 %) Easytrieve 6 2 (28.57 %) Pensions 6 2 (28.57 %) IBM 7 1 (14.29 %) DataStage 7 1 (14.29 %) Telon 7 1 (14.29 %) JCL 7 1 (14.29 %) Configuration Management 7 1 (14.29 %) Financial Institution 7 1 (14.29 %) Datawarehouse

7 1 (14.29 %) E-Commerce 7 1 (14.29 %) ETL 7 1 (14.29 %) PVCS 7 1 (14.29 %) IBM Mainframe 7 1 (14.29 %) Data Integration 7 1 (14.29 %) Migration

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing MicroStrategy 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 MicroStrategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (57.14 %) JSP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (100.00 %) DB2 2 3 (42.86 %) Easytrieve 3 1 (14.29 %) Datawarehouse 3 1 (14.29 %) ETL 3 1 (14.29 %) DataStage
Development Applications 1 1 (14.29 %) PVCS 1 1 (14.29 %) Telon	General 1 5 (71.43 %) Finance 2 2 (28.57 %) Pensions 3 1 (14.29 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 6 (85.71 %) Analyst 1 6 (85.71 %) Analyst Programmer 1 6 (85.71 %) Programmer 2 3 (42.86 %) Mainframe Analyst Programmer 2 3 (42.86 %) Mainframe Programmer 3 1 (14.29 %) Developer 3 1 (14.29 %) Senior Analyst 3 1 (14.29 %) Senior Analyst Programmer 3 1 (14.29 %) Mainframe Developer 3 1 (14.29 %) Senior Programmer	Miscellaneous 1 6 (85.71 %) Mainframe 2 1 (14.29 %) IBM Mainframe 2 1 (14.29 %) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (14.29 %) E-Commerce 1 1 (14.29 %) Configuration Management 1 1 (14.29 %) Migration	Programming Languages 1 7 (100.00 %) COBOL 2 5 (71.43 %) SQL 3 1 (14.29 %) JCL
Vendors 1 2 (28.57 %) IBM