The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SCADA over the 3 months to 24 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 Miscellaneous 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Rank 96 - 108
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SCADA 22 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.902% - 0.109%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.595% - 0.765%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 0
Average daily rate £470 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £225 £350
% change year-on-year
+108.88% -35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £36.00 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.25 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+18.10% +16.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
612 447 392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 25.09% 16.80% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 188 170
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £197 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 35 19
Average hourly rate £15.77 £26.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.34% -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £11.40 £13.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £34.50 £161.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland SCADA Jobs Demand Trend

SCADA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland SCADA Daily Rate Trend

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SCADA across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland SCADA Daily Rate Histogram

SCADA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland SCADA Hourly Rate Trend

SCADA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Fife - 9 £434 -
Aberdeenshire - 4 £500 -
Glasgow - 2 - -
Aberdeen - 1 - -
Highlands - 1 £310 -
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SCADA 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 SCADA.

1 10 (34.48%) Telecoms
2 9 (31.03%) GSM
3 7 (24.14%) PSTN
3 7 (24.14%) Finance
4 6 (20.69%) Data Protection
5 5 (17.24%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (17.24%) PABX
5 5 (17.24%) C
5 5 (17.24%) Cisco
5 5 (17.24%) Siemens
5 5 (17.24%) CCTV
5 5 (17.24%) IP Telephony
6 4 (13.79%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (13.79%) Wonderware
6 4 (13.79%) Allen-Bradley
7 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (10.34%) Project Planning
8 2 (6.897%) Use Case
8 2 (6.897%) Firewall
8 2 (6.897%) Validation
8 2 (6.897%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (6.897%) Maximo
8 2 (6.897%) 3G
8 2 (6.897%) Data Modelling
8 2 (6.897%) GPRS
8 2 (6.897%) VSAT
8 2 (6.897%) Cyber Security
9 1 (3.448%) WinCC
9 1 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (3.448%) 21 CFR Part 11

SCADA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SCADA 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 SCADA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) WinCC
Business Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) GSM
2 7 (24.14%) PSTN
3 5 (17.24%) PABX
3 5 (17.24%) IP Telephony
4 2 (6.897%) Firewall
4 2 (6.897%) 3G
4 2 (6.897%) GPRS
4 2 (6.897%) VSAT
General
1 10 (34.48%) Telecoms
2 7 (24.14%) Finance
3 1 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Architect
2 6 (20.69%) Software Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Network Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Network Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Network Consultant
5 2 (6.897%) Computer Engineer
5 2 (6.897%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Validation Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) IT Architect
6 1 (3.448%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Video Conferencing
1 5 (17.24%) CCTV
2 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) Data Protection
2 4 (13.79%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (10.34%) Project Planning
4 2 (6.897%) Use Case
4 2 (6.897%) Validation
4 2 (6.897%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (6.897%) Data Modelling
4 2 (6.897%) Cyber Security
5 1 (3.448%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (3.448%) GAMP
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Cisco
1 5 (17.24%) Siemens
2 4 (13.79%) Wonderware
2 4 (13.79%) Allen-Bradley
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