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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7672
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads2457
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.058 %
As % of the category below2.176 %3.563 %
Daily rates quoted46
Average minimum daily rate£255£403
Average daily rate£293£412
% change on same period last year-28.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£421
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£364
% change on same period last year-4.38 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£26.67
Average hourly rate-£30.83
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.61£33.71
% change on same period last year+11.56 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads11031600
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.470 %1.619 %
Daily rates quoted285344
Average minimum daily rate£297£324
Average daily rate£319£339
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted5269
Average minimum hourly rate£20.71£24.82
Average hourly rate£22.79£26.42
% change on same period last year-13.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.87£28.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

Scotland OO Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland OO Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OO across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Scotland OO Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland OO Hourly Rate Trend

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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 OO within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 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.

LocationRank 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
EdinburghUp+49£307-38.66 %
GlasgowDown-65--
AberdeenUp+24--
West LothianNew entry-2£250-
LanarkshireDown-11--
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UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing OO 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 OO.

130 (41.67 %).NET
225 (34.72 %)C#
323 (31.94 %)Java
419 (26.39 %)ASP.NET
518 (25.00 %)SQL
617 (23.61 %)XML
715 (20.83 %)WebServices
814 (19.44 %)Windows
814 (19.44 %)SQL Server
911 (15.28 %)Oracle
911 (15.28 %)OOD
1010 (13.89 %)Microsoft
1010 (13.89 %)UML
119 (12.50 %)Finance
119 (12.50 %)Unit Testing
128 (11.11 %)Continuous Integration
128 (11.11 %)Internet
128 (11.11 %)PHP
128 (11.11 %)HTML
137 (9.722 %)Transact-SQL
137 (9.722 %)VB
137 (9.722 %)CSS
137 (9.722 %)OOP
137 (9.722 %)ASP.NET 2.0
137 (9.722 %)SharePoint Server 2007
137 (9.722 %)WCF
146 (8.333 %)Banking
146 (8.333 %)UNIX
146 (8.333 %)VB.NET
146 (8.333 %)MySQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing OO 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 OO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (41.67 %).NET
219 (26.39 %)ASP.NET
317 (23.61 %)XML
415 (20.83 %)WebServices
58 (11.11 %)HTML
67 (9.722 %)CSS
67 (9.722 %)WCF
67 (9.722 %)ASP.NET 2.0
75 (6.944 %)J2EE
75 (6.944 %).NET Framework
84 (5.556 %)AJAX
93 (4.167 %)WebSphere
93 (4.167 %)SOAP
93 (4.167 %)XSL
93 (4.167 %)XSLT
93 (4.167 %)JMS
102 (2.778 %)ASP
102 (2.778 %)FpML
102 (2.778 %)SAP Smart Forms
102 (2.778 %)BAPI
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (9.722 %)SharePoint Server 2007
24 (5.556 %)SharePoint
24 (5.556 %)BizTalk Server
32 (2.778 %)Tomcat
32 (2.778 %)MQSeries
41 (1.389 %)ColdFusion MX
41 (1.389 %)WebLogic
41 (1.389 %)JBoss
41 (1.389 %)WebLogic Portal
41 (1.389 %)ArcGIS
41 (1.389 %)ColdFusion
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (6.944 %)MS Visio
21 (1.389 %)MS Excel
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (2.778 %)SAP Oil and Gas
21 (1.389 %)Microsoft CRM
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (11.11 %)Internet
21 (1.389 %)FTP
21 (1.389 %)HTTP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (19.44 %)SQL Server
26 (8.333 %)MySQL
35 (6.944 %)RDBMS
44 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (5.556 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
44 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
53 (4.167 %)SQL Server Integration Services
53 (4.167 %)GIS
62 (2.778 %)Crystal Reports
71 (1.389 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
71 (1.389 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (6.944 %)Eclipse
24 (5.556 %)Visual Studio
32 (2.778 %)Flash
32 (2.778 %)Subversion
41 (1.389 %)JUnit
41 (1.389 %)NUnit
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (12.50 %)Finance
26 (8.333 %)Banking
33 (4.167 %)Retail
33 (4.167 %)Education
33 (4.167 %)Retail Banking
42 (2.778 %)Telecoms
51 (1.389 %)Government
51 (1.389 %)3D Graphics
51 (1.389 %)Games
51 (1.389 %)Investment Banking
51 (1.389 %)Pensions
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
153 (73.61 %)Developer
218 (25.00 %).NET Developer
311 (15.28 %)Java Developer
47 (9.722 %)Analyst
56 (8.333 %)Architect
65 (6.944 %)Senior Developer
65 (6.944 %)PHP Developer
65 (6.944 %)Enterprise Architect
65 (6.944 %)Applications Architect
74 (5.556 %)Business Analyst
83 (4.167 %)Software Developer
83 (4.167 %)Consultant
83 (4.167 %)C# Developer
92 (2.778 %)VB Developer
92 (2.778 %)Analyst Programmer
92 (2.778 %)Programmer
92 (2.778 %)Flash Developer
92 (2.778 %).NET Analyst Programmer
92 (2.778 %)ABAP Consultant
92 (2.778 %)SQL Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (5.556 %)Data Integration
23 (4.167 %)W3C
32 (2.778 %)Derivative
32 (2.778 %)Computer Science
41 (1.389 %)Management Information System
41 (1.389 %)Equities
41 (1.389 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (19.44 %)Windows
26 (8.333 %)UNIX
34 (5.556 %)Linux
42 (2.778 %)Windows Mobile
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (15.28 %)OOD
210 (13.89 %)UML
39 (12.50 %)Unit Testing
48 (11.11 %)Continuous Integration
57 (9.722 %)OOP
65 (6.944 %)E-Commerce
65 (6.944 %)Enterprise Architecture
74 (5.556 %)Agile Software Development
74 (5.556 %)SOA
74 (5.556 %)Business Analysis
83 (4.167 %)TDD
83 (4.167 %)RAD
83 (4.167 %)Software Engineering
92 (2.778 %)Web Development
92 (2.778 %)Use Case
92 (2.778 %)Project Management
92 (2.778 %)Data Modelling
92 (2.778 %)OOA/OOD
101 (1.389 %)Service Delivery
101 (1.389 %)Extreme Programming
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (34.72 %)C#
223 (31.94 %)Java
318 (25.00 %)SQL
48 (11.11 %)PHP
57 (9.722 %)Transact-SQL
57 (9.722 %)VB
66 (8.333 %)VB.NET
74 (5.556 %)C++
74 (5.556 %)Delphi
83 (4.167 %)XPath
92 (2.778 %)Groovy
92 (2.778 %)JavaScript
92 (2.778 %)Perl
92 (2.778 %)ABAP
92 (2.778 %)ActionScript
92 (2.778 %)XQuery
92 (2.778 %)SAPscript
92 (2.778 %)VB6
101 (1.389 %)PL/SQL
101 (1.389 %)C
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (2.778 %)Degree
21 (1.389 %)MCAD
21 (1.389 %)MCSD
21 (1.389 %)HND
21 (1.389 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.389 %)MCPD
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.389 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (5.556 %)Active Directory
21 (1.389 %)MSMQ
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (15.28 %)Oracle
210 (13.89 %)Microsoft
32 (2.778 %)SAP
41 (1.389 %)Symbian
41 (1.389 %)Sybase
41 (1.389 %)Adobe
41 (1.389 %)Macromedia
41 (1.389 %)Motorola
41 (1.389 %)Nokia
41 (1.389 %)PolarLake
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