The first table below looks at the demand for Software Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Packaging over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Application Development 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Packaging
Rank 121 104 104
Rank change year-on-year
-17 0
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 1 5 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.040% 0.189% 0.438%
As % of the Application Development category 0.122% 1.196% 2.182%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 7
Average daily rate - £410 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +49.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £319 £282
% change year-on-year
-1.17% +13.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -39.39%
All Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
820 418 550
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 33.17% 15.82% 20.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 184 289
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.09% +77.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.95 £27.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.70 £32.50 £21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Software Packaging
UK

Software Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Software Packaging Jobs Demand Trend

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Software Packaging Daily Rate Trend

Software Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Software Packaging Hourly Rate Trend

Software Packaging
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Packaging within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 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
Aberdeen - 1 - -
Software Packaging
UK

Software Packaging
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Software Packaging 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 Software Packaging.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Data Management
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) MS Office
3 2 (50.00%) X-Windows
4 1 (25.00%) InstallShield
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (25.00%) MSI
4 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Software Packaging 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 Software Packaging. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) X-Windows
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) InstallShield
1 1 (25.00%) MSI
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Project Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix