Scotland Project Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Management 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 Project Management over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Andover Aylesbury Baldock Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Bicester Billingham Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Darwen Deeside Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Erskine Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Fife Flintshire Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenford Guildford Hackney Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highland Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hove Huddersfield Inverness Ipswich Isle of Wight Jersey Kent Kidlington Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewisham Lincolnshire Liverpool Liversedge London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stirlingshire Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallingford Walsall Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wetherby Whyteleafe Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	16	15
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	160	209
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.205 %	0.235 %
As % of the category below	13.48 %	16.06 %
Daily rates quoted	43	45
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£324
Average daily rate	£382	£345
% change on same period last year	+10.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£365
UK excluding London average daily rate	£398	£387
% change on same period last year	+2.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.80	£62.17
Average hourly rate	£29.50	£64.17
% change on same period last year	-54.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.20	£66.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.17	£29.75
% change on same period last year	-8.66 %
Processes & Methodologies Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1187	1301
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.523 %	1.462 %
Daily rates quoted	300	278
Average minimum daily rate	£327	£314
Average daily rate	£345	£329
% change on same period last year	+4.79 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£344
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£375
% change on same period last year	+2.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	53	71
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.67	£28.35
Average hourly rate	£25.56	£29.94
% change on same period last year	-14.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.45	£31.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.72	£29.49
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Project Management across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Project Management 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 Project Management across the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Project Management across the Scotland region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	Edinburgh	+4	64	£377	+23.63 %
2	Glasgow	-7	44	£383	+3.89 %
3	Aberdeen	+1	23	£290	-
4	Stirling	-	3	£315	-
5	Fife	+10	1	-	-
5	Midlothian	-	1	-	-
5	Highland	-3	1	-	-
5	Renfrewshire	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Project Management also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Project Management.

1 94 (31.13 %) Finance 2 80 (26.49 %) PRINCE2 3 32 (10.60 %) Banking 4 29 (9.603 %) Stakeholder Management 5 28 (9.272 %) Business Analysis 6 24 (7.947 %) MS Project 7 23 (7.616 %) MS Office 7 23 (7.616 %) Degree 8 21 (6.954 %) Change Management 9 17 (5.629 %) Oracle 9 17 (5.629 %) Microsoft 10 16 (5.298 %) MS Excel 11 15 (4.967 %) ITIL 11 15 (4.967 %) Pensions 11 15 (4.967 %) Migration

12 14 (4.636 %) PRINCE2 Certification 12 14 (4.636 %) Management Information System 13 13 (4.305 %) PRINCE 13 13 (4.305 %) SAP 14 12 (3.974 %) Project Planning 14 12 (3.974 %) Test Management 15 11 (3.642 %) .NET 15 11 (3.642 %) SQL 16 10 (3.311 %) Asset Management 17 9 (2.980 %) Data Management 17 9 (2.980 %) Electric 17 9 (2.980 %) Health 17 9 (2.980 %) Service Management 18 8 (2.649 %) Mainframe 18 8 (2.649 %) SharePoint

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Project Management also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 11 (3.642 %) .NET 2 7 (2.318 %) XML 3 6 (1.987 %) ASP 4 5 (1.656 %) ASP.NET 4 5 (1.656 %) XSLT 4 5 (1.656 %) JMS 5 4 (1.325 %) WebServices 6 2 (0.662 %) FpML 7 1 (0.331 %) Saxon XSLT 7 1 (0.331 %) WebSphere 7 1 (0.331 %) Middleware 7 1 (0.331 %) XSL	Application Platforms 1 8 (2.649 %) SharePoint 2 6 (1.987 %) LiveLink 3 5 (1.656 %) MQSeries 4 1 (0.331 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 24 (7.947 %) MS Project 2 23 (7.616 %) MS Office 3 16 (5.298 %) MS Excel 4 6 (1.987 %) MS PowerPoint 5 2 (0.662 %) MS Visio 6 1 (0.331 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 7 (2.318 %) SAP R/3 2 3 (0.993 %) Temenos Globus 2 3 (0.993 %) Temenos T24 3 2 (0.662 %) SunGard Vivista 4 1 (0.331 %) PeopleSoft Financials 4 1 (0.331 %) SAP Oil and Gas 4 1 (0.331 %) Misys Equation 4 1 (0.331 %) HiInvest 4 1 (0.331 %) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking 1 8 (2.649 %) WAN 2 6 (1.987 %) LAN 3 4 (1.325 %) VPN 4 3 (0.993 %) Intranet 5 2 (0.662 %) TETRA 6 1 (0.331 %) FTP 6 1 (0.331 %) Internet 6 1 (0.331 %) MPLS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (2.318 %) SQL Server 2 3 (0.993 %) Datawarehouse 2 3 (0.993 %) SAP BW 3 2 (0.662 %) Data Cleansing 4 1 (0.331 %) Reference Data 4 1 (0.331 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.331 %) SAP BI 4 1 (0.331 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.331 %) DB2 UDB 4 1 (0.331 %) RDBMS 4 1 (0.331 %) DB2 4 1 (0.331 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 2 (0.662 %) Oracle APEX	General 1 94 (31.13 %) Finance 2 32 (10.60 %) Banking 3 15 (4.967 %) Pensions 4 9 (2.980 %) Electric 4 9 (2.980 %) Health 5 8 (2.649 %) Government 6 6 (1.987 %) Financial Institution 6 6 (1.987 %) Retail 6 6 (1.987 %) Investment Banking 7 5 (1.656 %) Insurance 7 5 (1.656 %) Telecoms 7 5 (1.656 %) Front Office 8 3 (0.993 %) Aerospace 8 3 (0.993 %) Construction 8 3 (0.993 %) Manufacturing 8 3 (0.993 %) Retail Banking 9 2 (0.662 %) Military 9 2 (0.662 %) Back Office 9 2 (0.662 %) Legal 10 1 (0.331 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 150 (49.67 %) Project Manager 2 43 (14.24 %) Analyst 3 26 (8.609 %) Business Analyst 4 18 (5.960 %) Coordinator 5 17 (5.629 %) Consultant 6 15 (4.967 %) Project Coordinator 7 12 (3.974 %) Test Manager 8 9 (2.980 %) Technical Project Manager 8 9 (2.980 %) Programme Manager 8 9 (2.980 %) Infrastructure Manager 8 9 (2.980 %) Technical Manager 9 7 (2.318 %) SAP Consultant 9 7 (2.318 %) Developer 9 7 (2.318 %) IT Manager 9 7 (2.318 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 9 7 (2.318 %) Administrator 10 6 (1.987 %) Project Analyst 10 6 (1.987 %) IT Project Manager 10 6 (1.987 %) Business Project Manager 10 6 (1.987 %) Environment Manager	Miscellaneous 1 14 (4.636 %) Management Information System 2 10 (3.311 %) Asset Management 3 8 (2.649 %) Mainframe 4 7 (2.318 %) Derivative 5 5 (1.656 %) Computer Science 6 3 (0.993 %) SCADA 6 3 (0.993 %) Thin Client 6 3 (0.993 %) Fat Client 7 2 (0.662 %) Video Conferencing 7 2 (0.662 %) Data Integration 7 2 (0.662 %) ASIC 7 2 (0.662 %) Client/Server 7 2 (0.662 %) CCTV 7 2 (0.662 %) Credit Derivative 8 1 (0.331 %) e-Health 8 1 (0.331 %) Russian Language 8 1 (0.331 %) PMI 8 1 (0.331 %) NHS 8 1 (0.331 %) W3C 8 1 (0.331 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 5 (1.656 %) Unix 2 2 (0.662 %) Windows 2 2 (0.662 %) Linux 3 1 (0.331 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (0.331 %) AIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 80 (26.49 %) PRINCE2 2 29 (9.603 %) Stakeholder Management 3 28 (9.272 %) Business Analysis 4 21 (6.954 %) Change Management 5 15 (4.967 %) Migration 5 15 (4.967 %) ITIL 6 13 (4.305 %) PRINCE 7 12 (3.974 %) Project Planning 7 12 (3.974 %) Test Management 8 9 (2.980 %) Service Management 8 9 (2.980 %) Data Management 9 7 (2.318 %) Business Continuity 9 7 (2.318 %) Data Modelling 10 6 (1.987 %) Release Management 10 6 (1.987 %) Requirements Analysis 10 6 (1.987 %) Supplier Management 11 5 (1.656 %) Resource Management 11 5 (1.656 %) Enterprise Data Management 11 5 (1.656 %) ITSM 11 5 (1.656 %) Risk Management
Programming Languages 1 11 (3.642 %) SQL 2 7 (2.318 %) Java 3 5 (1.656 %) XQuery 3 5 (1.656 %) XPath 4 2 (0.662 %) VB 5 1 (0.331 %) VBA 5 1 (0.331 %) C 5 1 (0.331 %) C# 5 1 (0.331 %) COBOL	Qualifications 1 23 (7.616 %) Degree 2 14 (4.636 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 4 (1.325 %) ITIL Certification 3 4 (1.325 %) ISEB 4 3 (0.993 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 3 (0.993 %) Chartered Engineer 4 3 (0.993 %) ISTQB 5 2 (0.662 %) ISEB Practitioner 5 2 (0.662 %) CIPD 5 2 (0.662 %) HND 6 1 (0.331 %) Postgraduate 6 1 (0.331 %) CCSP 6 1 (0.331 %) CCNP 6 1 (0.331 %) CCNA 6 1 (0.331 %) PMI Certification 6 1 (0.331 %) MBA 6 1 (0.331 %) CCSA 6 1 (0.331 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (0.331 %) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.325 %) QA 2 2 (0.662 %) ISO9000 3 1 (0.331 %) ISO9001 3 1 (0.331 %) GMP	Systems Management 1 1 (0.331 %) OpenView 1 1 (0.331 %) ServiceCenter
Vendors 1 17 (5.629 %) Oracle 1 17 (5.629 %) Microsoft 2 13 (4.305 %) SAP 3 7 (2.318 %) Dell 4 4 (1.325 %) Citrix 5 3 (0.993 %) PeopleSoft 5 3 (0.993 %) Progress 5 3 (0.993 %) Misys 5 3 (0.993 %) Temenos 5 3 (0.993 %) Calypso 6 2 (0.662 %) SunGard 6 2 (0.662 %) Cisco 6 2 (0.662 %) Agresso 7 1 (0.331 %) PolarLake 7 1 (0.331 %) Charles River 7 1 (0.331 %) Algorithmics 7 1 (0.331 %) Stellent 7 1 (0.331 %) VMware 7 1 (0.331 %) LatentZero 7 1 (0.331 %) GoldenSource