Scotland RedDot Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of RedDot products and/or services in IT contracts within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RedDot over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Brighton City of London East Sussex England Glasgow Kingston Upon Thames Leeds London Manchester Middlesex North West Scotland Solihull South East Surrey Twickenham UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	80	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	20	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.027 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	1.692 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	7	0
Average minimum daily rate	£316	-
Average daily rate	£319	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£323	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£309	£425
% change on same period last year	-27.20 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1182	1581
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.576 %	1.600 %
Daily rates quoted	220	300
Average minimum daily rate	£311	£297
Average daily rate	£333	£310
% change on same period last year	+7.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£323
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£359
% change on same period last year	-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	75	111
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.47	£18.48
Average hourly rate	£22.97	£19.43
% change on same period last year	+18.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.47	£20.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.25	£24.99
% change on same period last year	-6.94 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within RedDot Solutions.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing RedDot across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors 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 RedDot 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 RedDot across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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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 RedDot within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 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	-	19	£314	-

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing RedDot 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 RedDot.

1 24 (92.31 %) CSS 2 23 (88.46 %) JavaScript 2 23 (88.46 %) CMS 3 21 (80.77 %) XHTML 4 20 (76.92 %) Java 5 11 (42.31 %) Finance 6 7 (26.92 %) Publishing 6 7 (26.92 %) Workflow 7 5 (19.23 %) Content Management 8 3 (11.54 %) Banking 9 2 (7.692 %) Wealth Management 9 2 (7.692 %) Investment Banking 10 1 (3.846 %) Spring

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing RedDot 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 RedDot. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 24 (92.31 %) CSS 2 21 (80.77 %) XHTML 3 1 (3.846 %) Spring	Application Platforms 1 23 (88.46 %) CMS
General 1 11 (42.31 %) Finance 2 7 (26.92 %) Publishing 3 3 (11.54 %) Banking 4 2 (7.692 %) Investment Banking	Job Titles 1 24 (92.31 %) Developer 2 3 (11.54 %) Web Developer 3 2 (7.692 %) Systems Developer 4 1 (3.846 %) Developer Analyst 4 1 (3.846 %) Web Editor 4 1 (3.846 %) Java Web Developer 4 1 (3.846 %) Web Content Editor 4 1 (3.846 %) Content Editor 4 1 (3.846 %) Analyst Programmer 4 1 (3.846 %) Programmer 4 1 (3.846 %) Java Developer 4 1 (3.846 %) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (26.92 %) Workflow 2 5 (19.23 %) Content Management 3 2 (7.692 %) Wealth Management	Programming Languages 1 23 (88.46 %) JavaScript 2 20 (76.92 %) Java