The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning 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 Project Planning over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 83 80 72
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -8
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 36 29 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.438% 1.078% 1.404%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.080% 1.691% 2.134%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 25
Average daily rate £385 £343 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.40% -14.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £289 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £380 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
Average hourly rate £19.75 £35.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.57% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -25.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1731 1715 1874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 69.13% 63.78% 65.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 875 826 1002
Average daily rate £375 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 62 44
Average hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £28.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.83% -15.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Planning
UK

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Planning across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland Project Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh +3 19 £400 +13.87%
Glasgow -19 5 £415 +27.69% 7
West Lothian - - - -
West Dunbartonshire - - - -
Project Planning
UK

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Project Planning 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 Project Planning.

1 37 (64.91%) Finance
2 21 (36.84%) Project Management
3 13 (22.81%) MS Office
3 13 (22.81%) Banking
4 12 (21.05%) SharePoint
4 12 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (19.30%) Microsoft
5 11 (19.30%) PRINCE2
6 10 (17.54%) Change Management
7 9 (15.79%) MS Excel
8 7 (12.28%) Primavera
8 7 (12.28%) MS Project
8 7 (12.28%) Business Analysis
9 6 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
9 6 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (10.53%) Change Control
10 5 (8.772%) Resource Management
11 4 (7.018%) Earned Value Management
12 3 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (5.263%) Data Protection
12 3 (5.263%) SCADA
12 3 (5.263%) Programme Management
12 3 (5.263%) Risk Management
12 3 (5.263%) SQL
13 2 (3.509%) ITIL
13 2 (3.509%) Windows
13 2 (3.509%) Linux
13 2 (3.509%) PMP
13 2 (3.509%) PMI Certification

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Project Planning 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 Project Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 12 (21.05%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.754%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (1.754%) Alfresco
2 1 (1.754%) LiveLink
2 1 (1.754%) Documentum
Applications
1 13 (22.81%) MS Office
2 9 (15.79%) MS Excel
3 7 (12.28%) MS Project
4 6 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.754%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.754%) SAN
1 1 (1.754%) Intranet
1 1 (1.754%) Extranet
1 1 (1.754%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.754%) Sybase ASE
1 1 (1.754%) EDRMS
General
1 37 (64.91%) Finance
2 13 (22.81%) Banking
3 2 (3.509%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.754%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.754%) Marketing
4 1 (1.754%) Retail
4 1 (1.754%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.754%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (28.07%) Project Manager
2 11 (19.30%) Analyst
3 6 (10.53%) PMO Analyst
4 5 (8.772%) Business Analyst
5 4 (7.018%) Project Planner
5 4 (7.018%) Data Analyst
5 4 (7.018%) Business Data Analyst
5 4 (7.018%) Business Manager
6 3 (5.263%) PMO Manager
6 3 (5.263%) Change Manager
6 3 (5.263%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (5.263%) Resource Manager
6 3 (5.263%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 3 (5.263%) Architect
7 2 (3.509%) Programme Manager
7 2 (3.509%) Network Architect
7 2 (3.509%) Business Project Manager
7 2 (3.509%) Business Change Manager
7 2 (3.509%) SharePoint Project Manager
8 1 (1.754%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (5.263%) SCADA
2 1 (1.754%) iSeries
2 1 (1.754%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.754%) Fixed Income
2 1 (1.754%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.509%) Windows
1 2 (3.509%) Linux
2 1 (1.754%) Windows 7
2 1 (1.754%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.84%) Project Management
2 12 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (19.30%) PRINCE2
4 10 (17.54%) Change Management
5 7 (12.28%) Business Analysis
6 6 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (10.53%) Change Control
7 5 (8.772%) Resource Management
8 4 (7.018%) Earned Value Management
9 3 (5.263%) Data Protection
9 3 (5.263%) Programme Management
9 3 (5.263%) Risk Management
10 2 (3.509%) ITIL
10 2 (3.509%) Critical Path Analysis
11 1 (1.754%) Requirements Management
11 1 (1.754%) Document Management
11 1 (1.754%) Data Analysis
11 1 (1.754%) Asset Management
11 1 (1.754%) Knowledge Management
11 1 (1.754%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.263%) SQL
2 1 (1.754%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (3.509%) PMP
2 2 (3.509%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.509%) Degree
3 1 (1.754%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.754%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.754%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.509%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.28%) Primavera
3 2 (3.509%) Planview
4 1 (1.754%) Citrix
4 1 (1.754%) Oracle
4 1 (1.754%) Sybase
Scotland
Candidate: A Background in engineering with an engineering degree or equivalent Experience of managing projects at the development stage (wayleaves, LPA's etc) Significant experience in managing a...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Rate: £280 - £380 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Conduction of Site Surveys Producing documentation deliverables Production of calculations and participation in design Input into project planning as part of the project team, Plan budget and coordinate...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Posted: 17 June 2013
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