The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Leader role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical Leader in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Technical Lead
Rank 114 103 104
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 4 7 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.164% 0.263% 0.253%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.177% 0.281% 0.269%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.11 £25.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+52.44% -33.33%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2264 2495 2599
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.82% 93.80% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1098 1214 1273
Average daily rate £355 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.41% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £453 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 110 100
Average hourly rate £14.50 £21.50 £15.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.55% +39.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.60 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Leader
UK

Technical Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Technical Leader Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Technical Leader Daily Rate Trend

Technical Leader
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Technical Leader Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Leader
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader 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
Edinburgh +5 2 - -
Glasgow -13 2 - -
Technical Leader
UK

Technical Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Technical Leader in their job title 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 with Technical Leader in their job title.

1 10 (52.63%) Oracle
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 9 (47.37%) Windows
3 7 (36.84%) Linux
3 7 (36.84%) HP
4 6 (31.58%) Project Management
4 6 (31.58%) Thin Client
4 6 (31.58%) Incident Management
4 6 (31.58%) Problem Management
4 6 (31.58%) Fat Client
4 6 (31.58%) ITIL
5 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
6 3 (15.79%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (15.79%) Banking
7 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.53%) Taleo
7 2 (10.53%) IPsec
7 2 (10.53%) SQL
7 2 (10.53%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (10.53%) SAP
7 2 (10.53%) SSL
7 2 (10.53%) ERP
7 2 (10.53%) IBM
7 2 (10.53%) SAN
7 2 (10.53%) CA
7 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
7 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
8 1 (5.263%) Data Architecture
8 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (5.263%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Technical Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Technical Leader in their job title 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 with Technical Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) HTML5
1 1 (5.263%) REST
1 1 (5.263%) Web Services
1 1 (5.263%) XML
1 1 (5.263%) .NET
1 1 (5.263%) RSS
1 1 (5.263%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (10.53%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) IPsec
1 2 (10.53%) SSL
1 2 (10.53%) SAN
2 1 (5.263%) HTTP
2 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.263%) Firewall
2 1 (5.263%) Internet
2 1 (5.263%) VRRP
2 1 (5.263%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (5.263%) InterSystems Cache
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Banking
3 1 (5.263%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Thin Client
1 6 (31.58%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.263%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.263%) Smartphone
2 1 (5.263%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 9 (47.37%) Windows
2 7 (36.84%) Linux
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.263%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (5.263%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
3 1 (5.263%) AIX
3 1 (5.263%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Project Management
1 6 (31.58%) Incident Management
1 6 (31.58%) Problem Management
1 6 (31.58%) ITIL
2 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (10.53%) ERP
3 1 (5.263%) Data Architecture
3 1 (5.263%) Database Caching
3 1 (5.263%) Service Management
3 1 (5.263%) Workflow
3 1 (5.263%) Migration
3 1 (5.263%) Web Development
3 1 (5.263%) Performance Management
3 1 (5.263%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.263%) PHP
2 1 (5.263%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.263%) Python
2 1 (5.263%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) CCIE
2 1 (5.263%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) Oracle
2 7 (36.84%) HP
3 2 (10.53%) PeopleSoft
3 2 (10.53%) SAP
3 2 (10.53%) IBM
3 2 (10.53%) CA
4 1 (5.263%) Nokia
4 1 (5.263%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.263%) Sun
4 1 (5.263%) Cisco
4 1 (5.263%) InterSystems
4 1 (5.263%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.263%) EMC
4 1 (5.263%) Brocade