Scotland Project Leader Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Project Leader role in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry East of England England Glasgow Halifax Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds London Manchester North East North West Reading Scotland Slough South East South West Staines Surrey UK Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	98	114
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	5	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.213 %	0.260 %
Daily rates quoted	1	3
Average minimum daily rate	£200	£300
Average daily rate	£213	£313
% change on same period last year	-32.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£225	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£341
% change on same period last year	+2.21 %
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	£55.00	£30.71
% change on same period last year	+79.07 %
Job Titles Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	2344	3468
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.124 %	3.460 %
Daily rates quoted	538	682
Average minimum daily rate	£292	£300
Average daily rate	£317	£317
% change on same period last year	+0.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£341	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£355
% change on same period last year	+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	156	207
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.32	£19.42
Average hourly rate	£23.36	£20.57
% change on same period last year	+13.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.41	£21.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-7.31 %
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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 Project Leader across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles 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 Project Leader across the Scotland region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Leader 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 Project Leader 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
Glasgow	+12	3	-	-

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Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Project Leader in their job title 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 with Project Leader in their job title.

1 7 (63.64 %) Finance 2 4 (36.36 %) Java 3 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 3 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 2 (18.18 %) Primavera 3 2 (18.18 %) Mainframe 3 2 (18.18 %) Banking 4 1 (9.091 %) Retail 4 1 (9.091 %) Retail Banking 4 1 (9.091 %) WebSphere 4 1 (9.091 %) Service Delivery 4 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms 4 1 (9.091 %) Stakeholder Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Risk Assessment 4 1 (9.091 %) Project Management

4 1 (9.091 %) SLA 4 1 (9.091 %) RDF 4 1 (9.091 %) MS Project 4 1 (9.091 %) CSS 4 1 (9.091 %) ITIL

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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 that cited Project Leader in their job title 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 with Project Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (9.091 %) CSS 1 1 (9.091 %) WebSphere	Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) MS Project
General 1 7 (63.64 %) Finance 2 2 (18.18 %) Banking 3 1 (9.091 %) Retail 3 1 (9.091 %) Retail Banking 3 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms	Miscellaneous 1 2 (18.18 %) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 2 1 (9.091 %) RDF 2 1 (9.091 %) Project Management 2 1 (9.091 %) Service Delivery 2 1 (9.091 %) Stakeholder Management 2 1 (9.091 %) Risk Assessment 2 1 (9.091 %) ITIL	Programming Languages 1 4 (36.36 %) Java
Qualifications 1 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (9.091 %) SLA
Vendors 1 2 (18.18 %) Primavera