Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Scotland region.

 Security Check (SC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank774886
Rank change year-on-year
Down-29Up+38
Matching contract IT job ads153018
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland0.770 %2.031 %0.635 %
As % of the Qualifications category9.494 %12.40 %6.897 %
Daily rates quoted413
Average daily rate£304£275£100
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.54 %+175.00 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£378
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-0.660 %
Hourly rates quoted5148
Average hourly rate£42.50£42.50£24.98
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+70.17 %
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
-13.72 %-5.770 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
158242261
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland8.111 %16.38 %9.210 %
Daily rates quoted485542
Average daily rate£320£275£290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.45 %-5.170 %
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
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted133039
Average hourly rate£22.50£39.50£15.60
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.03 %+153.20 %
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
-16.00 %-
SC Cleared UKSC Cleared
UK

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.

SC Cleared
Demand Trend

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.

Scotland SC Cleared Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Scotland SC Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
GlasgowDown-235£323+17.36 %
EdinburghDown-184--
HighlandsNew entry-1--
SC Cleared UKSC Cleared
UK

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SC Cleared 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 SC Cleared.

132 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
211 (34.38 %)Oracle
37 (21.88 %)MS Exchange
37 (21.88 %)Exchange Server 2007
46 (18.75 %)Oracle BPEL
46 (18.75 %)BPEL
46 (18.75 %)MMIC
46 (18.75 %)JDeveloper
46 (18.75 %)Informatica
46 (18.75 %)WebLogic
46 (18.75 %)CAD
54 (12.50 %)Validation
54 (12.50 %)Aerospace
54 (12.50 %)BC Cleared
62 (6.250 %)Oracle BI EE
62 (6.250 %)GIS
62 (6.250 %)PL/SQL
62 (6.250 %)SQL
62 (6.250 %)PowerCenter
62 (6.250 %)SOA
62 (6.250 %)ETL
62 (6.250 %)Microsoft
71 (3.125 %)Oracle 10g
71 (3.125 %)EPoS
71 (3.125 %)BusinessObjects
71 (3.125 %)Business Objects
71 (3.125 %)MS Project
71 (3.125 %)Web Services
71 (3.125 %)Windows
71 (3.125 %)MS Excel

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SC Cleared 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 SC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (3.125 %)Web Services
11 (3.125 %)WebCenter
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (21.88 %)MS Exchange
17 (21.88 %)Exchange Server 2007
26 (18.75 %)Oracle BPEL
26 (18.75 %)WebLogic
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (3.125 %)MS Project
11 (3.125 %)MS Excel
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (3.125 %)Oracle BPM
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (6.250 %)Oracle BI EE
12 (6.250 %)GIS
12 (6.250 %)PowerCenter
12 (6.250 %)ETL
21 (3.125 %)Oracle 10g
21 (3.125 %)BusinessObjects
21 (3.125 %)Oracle 11g
21 (3.125 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (18.75 %)JDeveloper
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (12.50 %)Aerospace
21 (3.125 %)Government
21 (3.125 %)Local Government
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (28.13 %)Developer
27 (21.88 %)Administrator
27 (21.88 %)Exchange Administrator
35 (15.63 %)Oracle Developer
44 (12.50 %)Design Engineer
53 (9.375 %)Informatica Developer
62 (6.250 %)Microwave Engineer
62 (6.250 %)RF Engineer
62 (6.250 %)Designer
62 (6.250 %)Field Engineer
62 (6.250 %)Consultant
71 (3.125 %)Field Service Engineer
71 (3.125 %)Project Manager
71 (3.125 %)Analyst
71 (3.125 %)Business Developer
71 (3.125 %)Business Objects Developer
71 (3.125 %)CRM Manager
71 (3.125 %)CRM Project Manager
71 (3.125 %)GIS Technician
71 (3.125 %)Security Engineer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (18.75 %)MMIC
21 (3.125 %)EPoS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (3.125 %)Windows
11 (3.125 %)Windows XP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (18.75 %)BPEL
16 (18.75 %)CAD
24 (12.50 %)Validation
32 (6.250 %)SOA
41 (3.125 %)CRM
41 (3.125 %)CMMI
41 (3.125 %)Incident Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (6.250 %)PL/SQL
12 (6.250 %)SQL
21 (3.125 %)C
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
132 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
24 (12.50 %)BC Cleared
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
111 (34.38 %)Oracle
26 (18.75 %)Informatica
32 (6.250 %)Microsoft
41 (3.125 %)Business Objects
41 (3.125 %)Primavera
41 (3.125 %)ESRI
41 (3.125 %)Onyx
41 (3.125 %)Lagan