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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Report Writer (SQR) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQR over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Report Writer (SQR)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank98124
Rank change on same period last yearUp+26
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.413 %0.342 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£450
Average daily rate-£450
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£508£367
% change on same period last year+38.63 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£19.00
Average hourly rate-£20.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£20.75
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads7271170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.024 %1.182 %
Daily rates quoted146264
Average minimum daily rate£307£311
Average daily rate£327£327
% change on same period last year-0.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted3656
Average minimum hourly rate£28.15£28.53
Average hourly rate£30.57£29.67
% change on same period last year+3.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.00£30.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
SQR UKSQR
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQR
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQR across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Scotland SQR Demand Trend

SQR
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland SQR Daily Rate Trend

SQR
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland SQR Hourly Rate Trend

SQR
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQR within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghUp+153--
SQR UKSQR
UK

SQR
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SQR 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 SQR.

14 (100.00 %)PeopleSoft
23 (75.00 %)PeopleCode
23 (75.00 %)Finance
31 (25.00 %)PeopleSoft HRMS

SQR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SQR 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 SQR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (25.00 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Finance
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Developer
13 (75.00 %)PeopleSoft Developer
21 (25.00 %)PeopleSoft Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Business Analyst
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)PeopleCode
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)PeopleSoft