The first table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 23 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 Applications 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spreadsheets
Rank 115 105 107
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +2
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 5 3 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.205% 0.114% 0.320%
As % of the Applications category 1.838% 0.926% 2.980%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
Average daily rate £198 £236 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.40% -27.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £126 £215 £286
10% offered a daily rate of more than £334 £257 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £215 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
-28.33% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £9.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £13.00 £13.64
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -4.69%
All Applications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
272 324 302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 11.14% 12.28% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 156 150
Average daily rate £325 £300 £321
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -6.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £192 £140 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £401 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 27
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.47 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.28% +64.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £35.00 £19.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
Spreadsheet
UK

Spreadsheet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Spreadsheet Jobs Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Spreadsheet Daily Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland Spreadsheet Daily Rate Histogram

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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
Glasgow - 2 £198 -
Edinburgh +7 1 - -
Aberdeen - 1 £113 -
Spreadsheet
UK

Spreadsheet
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet.

1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Statistics
2 1 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) Google Maps API
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (16.67%) Data Entry
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) VBA
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) GIS
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (16.67%) GIS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Excel Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Excel VBA Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Data Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Access Developer
2 1 (16.67%) VBA Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) IT Risk Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Statistics
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Entry
2 1 (16.67%) Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Google