Scotland PeopleSoft Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of PeopleSoft 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 job ads that have cited PeopleSoft over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bradford Brighton Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cannock City of London Docklands, London Dorking Dundee East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Hayes Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kingston Upon Thames Leeds London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes North East North Wales North West Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surrey UK Wakefield Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	84	93
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	19	39
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.025 %	0.041 %
As % of the category below	1.538 %	2.515 %
Daily rates quoted	6	3
Average minimum daily rate	£429	£267
Average daily rate	£465	£303
% change on same period last year	+53.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£500	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£388	£426
% change on same period last year	-8.78 %
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	-	£36.88
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1235	1551
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.629 %	1.645 %
Daily rates quoted	229	315
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£303
Average daily rate	£334	£315
% change on same period last year	+6.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£327
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£356
% change on same period last year	+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	82	111
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.66	£20.36
Average hourly rate	£22.21	£21.71
% change on same period last year	+2.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.77	£23.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.91	£25.10
% change on same period last year	-8.72 %
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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 PeopleSoft, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PeopleSoft 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 PeopleSoft across the Scotland region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PeopleSoft across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PeopleSoft 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 PeopleSoft 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	+13	12	£498	+42.14 %
Dundee	+4	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 13 (29.55 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 2 10 (22.73 %) Finance 3 9 (20.45 %) Oracle 4 8 (18.18 %) SQL 5 6 (13.64 %) Project Management 6 5 (11.36 %) MS Excel 6 5 (11.36 %) CRM 7 4 (9.091 %) PeopleSoft Financials 7 4 (9.091 %) Microsoft 7 4 (9.091 %) XML 8 3 (6.818 %) PeopleTools 8 3 (6.818 %) MS Office 8 3 (6.818 %) PVCS 8 3 (6.818 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 3 (6.818 %) Workflow

9 2 (4.545 %) BusinessObjects 9 2 (4.545 %) TOAD 9 2 (4.545 %) TestDirector 9 2 (4.545 %) VB 9 2 (4.545 %) Business Objects 9 2 (4.545 %) PeopleCode 9 2 (4.545 %) Migration 9 2 (4.545 %) Oracle CRM 9 2 (4.545 %) Oracle Applications 9 2 (4.545 %) Business Analysis 9 2 (4.545 %) MS PowerPoint 10 1 (2.273 %) Billing 10 1 (2.273 %) VB6 10 1 (2.273 %) Kronos 10 1 (2.273 %) SQR

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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 PeopleSoft 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 PeopleSoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (9.091 %) XML	Applications 1 5 (11.36 %) MS Excel 2 3 (6.818 %) MS Office 3 2 (4.545 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (2.273 %) MS Project 4 1 (2.273 %) MS Visio
Business Applications 1 13 (29.55 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 2 4 (9.091 %) PeopleSoft Financials 3 2 (4.545 %) Oracle CRM 3 2 (4.545 %) Oracle Applications	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (4.545 %) TOAD 1 2 (4.545 %) BusinessObjects 2 1 (2.273 %) SQL Server 7 2 1 (2.273 %) SQL Server 2 1 (2.273 %) DB2 2 1 (2.273 %) Crystal Reports 2 1 (2.273 %) Oracle Reports 2 1 (2.273 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 1 (2.273 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 3 (6.818 %) PVCS 1 3 (6.818 %) PeopleTools 2 2 (4.545 %) TestDirector 3 1 (2.273 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 10 (22.73 %) Finance 2 1 (2.273 %) Billing
Job Titles 1 21 (47.73 %) Analyst 2 17 (38.64 %) PeopleSoft Analyst 3 12 (27.27 %) Business Analyst 4 11 (25.00 %) Developer 5 9 (20.45 %) PeopleSoft Developer 6 6 (13.64 %) PeopleSoft Support 7 5 (11.36 %) Consultant 7 5 (11.36 %) Support Analyst 8 4 (9.091 %) PeopleSoft Consultant 8 4 (9.091 %) PeopleSoft Support Analyst 9 3 (6.818 %) Functional Consultant 9 3 (6.818 %) Test Analyst 10 2 (4.545 %) Oracle DBA 11 1 (2.273 %) Applications Support Analyst 11 1 (2.273 %) VB Developer 11 1 (2.273 %) Oracle Consultant 11 1 (2.273 %) Project Manager 11 1 (2.273 %) Applications Support 11 1 (2.273 %) Support Consultant 11 1 (2.273 %) DBA	Operating Systems 1 1 (2.273 %) Unix 1 1 (2.273 %) Windows 1 1 (2.273 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (13.64 %) Project Management 2 5 (11.36 %) CRM 3 3 (6.818 %) Workflow 3 3 (6.818 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 2 (4.545 %) Migration 4 2 (4.545 %) Business Analysis 5 1 (2.273 %) BPEL 5 1 (2.273 %) System Testing 5 1 (2.273 %) Performance Management 5 1 (2.273 %) ERP 5 1 (2.273 %) Data Modelling 5 1 (2.273 %) GAP Analysis 5 1 (2.273 %) E-Procurement	Programming Languages 1 8 (18.18 %) SQL 2 2 (4.545 %) VB 2 2 (4.545 %) PeopleCode 3 1 (2.273 %) SQR 3 1 (2.273 %) VB6
Qualifications 1 1 (2.273 %) MCAD 1 1 (2.273 %) MCSD 1 1 (2.273 %) Microsoft Certification	Vendors 1 9 (20.45 %) Oracle 2 4 (9.091 %) Microsoft 3 2 (4.545 %) Business Objects 4 1 (2.273 %) Informatica 4 1 (2.273 %) Kronos