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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Publishing' in contract IT jobs within the Scotland region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Publishing over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPublishing
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank95110
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads813
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.738 %0.843 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£203£300
Average daily rate£236£350
% change on same period last year-32.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£270£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£291£315
% change on same period last year-7.57 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£12.63-
Average hourly rate£13.83-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.04-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.09£22.91
% change on same period last year+22.62 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads10841542
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.445 %1.538 %
Daily rates quoted293374
Average minimum daily rate£303£315
Average daily rate£325£335
% change on same period last year-3.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted4042
Average minimum hourly rate£23.10£32.40
Average hourly rate£24.76£34.92
% change on same period last year-29.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.41£37.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£27.25
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Publishing UKPublishing
UK

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.

Publishing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Publishing across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Scotland Publishing Demand Trend

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Publishing across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Scotland Publishing Daily Rate Histogram

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Publishing across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Scotland Publishing Hourly Rate Histogram

Publishing
Contract Locations

This section 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 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.

LocationRank 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
EdinburghUp+84£236-32.50 %
AberdeenNew entry-3--
East LothianNew entry-1--
Publishing UKPublishing
UK

Publishing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

118 (75.00 %)CSS
215 (62.50 %)JavaScript
312 (50.00 %)HTML
410 (41.67 %)XHTML
59 (37.50 %)ASP
68 (33.33 %)XML
77 (29.17 %)Java
77 (29.17 %)Workflow
77 (29.17 %)CMS
77 (29.17 %)RedDot
86 (25.00 %)Finance
86 (25.00 %)Intranet
86 (25.00 %).NET
86 (25.00 %)Banking
86 (25.00 %)FrontPage
95 (20.83 %)ASP.NET
95 (20.83 %)VBScript
104 (16.67 %)SQL
104 (16.67 %)Internet
104 (16.67 %)Content Management
104 (16.67 %)Web Development
113 (12.50 %)Dreamweaver
113 (12.50 %)Photoshop
113 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
122 (8.333 %)XSL
122 (8.333 %)VB
122 (8.333 %)VB.NET
122 (8.333 %)VBA
122 (8.333 %)Microsoft
122 (8.333 %)Adobe

Publishing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (75.00 %)CSS
212 (50.00 %)HTML
310 (41.67 %)XHTML
49 (37.50 %)ASP
58 (33.33 %)XML
66 (25.00 %).NET
75 (20.83 %)ASP.NET
82 (8.333 %)XSL
91 (4.167 %)XSLT
91 (4.167 %)Spring
91 (4.167 %)AJAX
91 (4.167 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (29.17 %)CMS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (12.50 %)Photoshop
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (25.00 %)Intranet
24 (16.67 %)Internet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (25.00 %)FrontPage
23 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
23 (12.50 %)Dreamweaver
31 (4.167 %)InterDev
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (25.00 %)Finance
16 (25.00 %)Banking
22 (8.333 %)Retail
22 (8.333 %)Investment Banking
22 (8.333 %)Retail Banking
31 (4.167 %)Marketing
31 (4.167 %)Pensions
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (50.00 %)Developer
26 (25.00 %)Web Developer
32 (8.333 %)Analyst
32 (8.333 %)Systems Developer
32 (8.333 %).NET Developer
41 (4.167 %)C# Developer
41 (4.167 %)Web Designer
41 (4.167 %).NET Web Developer
41 (4.167 %)Developer Analyst
41 (4.167 %)C# Web Developer
41 (4.167 %)Systems Analyst
41 (4.167 %)Analyst Programmer
41 (4.167 %)Programmer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (4.167 %)Windows
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (29.17 %)Workflow
24 (16.67 %)Content Management
24 (16.67 %)Web Development
32 (8.333 %)Information Management
41 (4.167 %)Systems Analysis
41 (4.167 %)Migration
41 (4.167 %)Web Design
41 (4.167 %)Data Mapping
41 (4.167 %)E-Commerce
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (62.50 %)JavaScript
27 (29.17 %)Java
35 (20.83 %)VBScript
44 (16.67 %)SQL
52 (8.333 %)C#
52 (8.333 %)VB
52 (8.333 %)VB.NET
52 (8.333 %)VBA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (29.17 %)RedDot
22 (8.333 %)Microsoft
22 (8.333 %)Adobe
31 (4.167 %)Stellent