The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Statistics in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Statistics over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Statistics
Rank 111 99 105
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +6
Contract jobs citing Statistics 8 10 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.319% 0.372% 0.246%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.372% 2.110% 1.823%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 1
Average daily rate £450 £190 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+136.84% -55.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £280 £285
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -1.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +68.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £16.00 £14.07
% change year-on-year
+21.87% +13.71%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
583 474 384
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 23.28% 17.63% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 203 162
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £224 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 42 21
Average hourly rate £15.14 £26.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.78% -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.27 £12.00 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.20 £32.50 £173.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Statistics
UK

Statistics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Statistics Jobs Demand Trend

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Statistics Daily Rate Trend

Statistics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Statistics across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland Statistics Daily Rate Histogram

Statistics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Statistics Hourly Rate Trend

Statistics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Glasgow -13 6 £450 - 1
Edinburgh -2 1 £173 -6.48% 4
West Lothian - - - -
Highlands - - - -
Statistics
UK

Statistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Statistics 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 Statistics.

1 5 (50.00%) SQL
1 5 (50.00%) T-SQL
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (50.00%) OLTP
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Advertising
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) CMS
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Economics
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (10.00%) Google
3 1 (10.00%) Pay per click
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Research
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (10.00%) Copywriting
3 1 (10.00%) Google Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Drupal
3 1 (10.00%) Umbraco
3 1 (10.00%) Investment Management

Statistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Statistics 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 Statistics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
1 1 (10.00%) Drupal
1 1 (10.00%) Umbraco
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (50.00%) OLTP
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
2 1 (10.00%) Advertising
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Statistical Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Procurement Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) IT Procurement Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Server Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Business Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Economics
1 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (10.00%) Copywriting
1 1 (10.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (10.00%) Data Management
1 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (10.00%) Pay per click
1 1 (10.00%) Operations Research
1 1 (10.00%) Investment Management
1 1 (10.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (10.00%) SEO
1 1 (10.00%) Analytics
1 1 (10.00%) Fund Accounting
1 1 (10.00%) Online Marketing
1 1 (10.00%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
1 5 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Google
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Adobe
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