The first table below looks at the demand for OpenStack skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenStack over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Scotland region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenStack
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenStack 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £375 -
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
441 401 455
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 17.80% 14.99% 16.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 163 208
Average daily rate £350 £325 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -2.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £428 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 18 16
Average hourly rate £15.77 £25.00 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.92% -18.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.48 £10.00 £16.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.05 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
OpenStack
UK