| Security Check (SC) Clearance |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 77 | 48 | 86 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -29 |  +38 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 30 | 18 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 0.770 % | 2.031 % | 0.635 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 9.494 % | 12.40 % | 6.897 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Average daily rate | £304 | £275 | £100 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £375 | £378 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 14 | 8 |
| Average hourly rate | £42.50 | £42.50 | £24.98 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.40 | £39.50 | £13.89 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.50 | £42.50 | £39.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £31.88 | £33.83 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 158 | 242 | 261 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 8.111 % | 16.38 % | 9.210 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 48 | 55 | 42 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £275 | £290 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £233 | £176 | £110 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £594 | £409 | £398 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 30 | 39 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £39.50 | £15.60 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.45 | £9.90 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £46.00 | £42.50 | £35.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.00 | £25.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SC Cleared across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
