The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Publishing 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 terms in our General 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
Publishing
Rank 111 97 106
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +9
Contract jobs citing Publishing 10 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.404% 0.299% 0.146%
As % of the General category 0.942% 0.551% 0.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
Average daily rate £396 £253 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+56.83% +44.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £365 £338
% change year-on-year
-10.27% +8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £13.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £16.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year
+3.03% -15.38%
All of the General Category
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1062 1451 1521
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 42.86% 54.22% 55.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 743 805
Average daily rate £389 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.06% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £479 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 30 19
Average hourly rate £14.00 £14.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.86 £9.90 £10.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.20 £33.50 £41.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Publishing
UK

Publishing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Publishing across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Scotland Publishing Jobs Demand Trend

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Publishing Daily Rate Trend

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Publishing Hourly Rate Trend

Publishing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Edinburgh +7 9 £396 +52.30%
Glasgow - 1 - -
Publishing
UK

Publishing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Publishing 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 Publishing.

1 7 (53.85%) Content Management
2 4 (30.77%) Intranet
2 4 (30.77%) CMS
2 4 (30.77%) Joomla!
2 4 (30.77%) Photoshop
2 4 (30.77%) Adobe
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Retail
3 3 (23.08%) Acrobat
3 3 (23.08%) MS Office
3 3 (23.08%) Web Design
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
4 2 (15.38%) CSS
4 2 (15.38%) HTML
4 2 (15.38%) Oracle
4 2 (15.38%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Investment Management
5 1 (7.692%) Data Architecture
5 1 (7.692%) HTML5
5 1 (7.692%) REST
5 1 (7.692%) Python
5 1 (7.692%) RSS
5 1 (7.692%) PMP
5 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
5 1 (7.692%) PHP
5 1 (7.692%) .NET

Publishing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Publishing 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 Publishing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) CSS
1 2 (15.38%) HTML
2 1 (7.692%) HTML5
2 1 (7.692%) REST
2 1 (7.692%) RSS
2 1 (7.692%) .NET
2 1 (7.692%) Web Services
2 1 (7.692%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) CMS
1 4 (30.77%) Joomla!
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Photoshop
2 3 (23.08%) Acrobat
2 3 (23.08%) MS Office
3 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Retail
3 1 (7.692%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Project Manager
2 1 (7.692%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (7.692%) Designer
2 1 (7.692%) Senior IT Project Manager
2 1 (7.692%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (7.692%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (7.692%) Technical Manager
2 1 (7.692%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (7.692%) Senior Manager
2 1 (7.692%) UI Designer
2 1 (7.692%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Content Management
2 3 (23.08%) Web Design
2 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Investment Management
4 1 (7.692%) Data Architecture
4 1 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Usability Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) Python
1 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.692%) PHP
1 1 (7.692%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) PMP
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Adobe
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle