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This section looks at the demand for Unified Modeling Language (UML) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UML over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnified Modeling Language (UML)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7779
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads2349
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.050 %
As % of the category below2.085 %3.063 %
Daily rates quoted919
Average minimum daily rate£342£366
Average daily rate£369£384
% change on same period last year-3.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£401
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£364
% change on same period last year+5.92 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.05£34.62
% change on same period last year+9.89 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads11031600
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.470 %1.619 %
Daily rates quoted285344
Average minimum daily rate£297£324
Average daily rate£319£339
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted5269
Average minimum hourly rate£20.71£24.82
Average hourly rate£22.79£26.42
% change on same period last year-13.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.87£28.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
UML UKUML
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.

UML
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing UML across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland UML Demand Trend

UML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Scotland UML Daily Rate Histogram

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
West LothianDown-16£355+18.33 %
GlasgowDown-165£400+6.15 %
EdinburghUp+23--
UML UKUML
UK

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing UML 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 UML.

124 (34.78 %)Finance
223 (33.33 %)Use Case
316 (23.19 %)Business Analysis
316 (23.19 %)Data Modelling
415 (21.74 %)Rational Rose
514 (20.29 %)Java
613 (18.84 %)CRM
712 (17.39 %)SOA
811 (15.94 %)Billing
811 (15.94 %)Requirements Management
910 (14.49 %)Casewise
910 (14.49 %)WebServices
910 (14.49 %)OO
109 (13.04 %)C#
109 (13.04 %)Oracle
109 (13.04 %)SQL Server
109 (13.04 %)BPEL
118 (11.59 %).NET
118 (11.59 %)J2EE
118 (11.59 %)Degree
127 (10.14 %)SQL
127 (10.14 %)XML
127 (10.14 %)RUP
136 (8.696 %)C++
136 (8.696 %)Agile Software Development
136 (8.696 %)WebSphere
145 (7.246 %)BPMN
145 (7.246 %)Banking
145 (7.246 %)Systems Analysis
145 (7.246 %)Visual Studio

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing UML 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 UML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (14.49 %)WebServices
28 (11.59 %).NET
28 (11.59 %)J2EE
37 (10.14 %)XML
46 (8.696 %)WebSphere
55 (7.246 %)ASP.NET
64 (5.797 %)HTML
64 (5.797 %)Hibernate
73 (4.348 %)TopLink
73 (4.348 %)Spring
73 (4.348 %).NET Framework
73 (4.348 %)Java RMI
82 (2.899 %)Swing
82 (2.899 %)JSP
82 (2.899 %)SOAP
82 (2.899 %)SWT
82 (2.899 %)WinForms
82 (2.899 %)AJAX
91 (1.449 %)BREW
91 (1.449 %).NET Remoting
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (1.449 %)WebLogic
11 (1.449 %)JBoss
11 (1.449 %)WebSphere MQ
11 (1.449 %)WebLogic Portal
11 (1.449 %)ArcGIS
11 (1.449 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (4.348 %)MS Excel
13 (4.348 %)MS Visio
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (2.899 %)Staffware
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.449 %)HTTP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (13.04 %)SQL Server
24 (5.797 %)Crystal Reports
33 (4.348 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
42 (2.899 %)RDBMS
42 (2.899 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (1.449 %)GIS
51 (1.449 %)MySQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (21.74 %)Rational Rose
25 (7.246 %)Visual Studio
33 (4.348 %)Eclipse
42 (2.899 %)PowerBuilder
42 (2.899 %)ClearQuest
42 (2.899 %)ClearCase
42 (2.899 %)Subversion
51 (1.449 %)Selenium
51 (1.449 %)Oracle Designer/2000
51 (1.449 %)Log4j
51 (1.449 %)NUnit
51 (1.449 %)JUnit
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (34.78 %)Finance
211 (15.94 %)Billing
35 (7.246 %)Banking
42 (2.899 %)Telecoms
51 (1.449 %)Investment Banking
51 (1.449 %)Education
51 (1.449 %)Health
51 (1.449 %)3D Graphics
51 (1.449 %)Games
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
146 (66.67 %)Analyst
242 (60.87 %)Business Analyst
315 (21.74 %)Developer
46 (8.696 %)Technical Analyst
46 (8.696 %)Technical Business Analyst
55 (7.246 %)UML Business Analyst
55 (7.246 %)Java Developer
64 (5.797 %).NET Developer
73 (4.348 %)Systems Designer
73 (4.348 %)Architect
73 (4.348 %)Financial Business Analyst
73 (4.348 %)Billing Analyst
73 (4.348 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
82 (2.899 %).NET Team Leader
82 (2.899 %)Team Leader
82 (2.899 %)Systems Architect
82 (2.899 %)Software Engineer
82 (2.899 %)Consultant
82 (2.899 %)Senior Developer
82 (2.899 %)Senior Business Analyst
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (4.348 %)Derivative
13 (4.348 %)Interest Rate Derivative
21 (1.449 %)Computer Science
21 (1.449 %)Data Integration
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (5.797 %)Windows
23 (4.348 %)UNIX
31 (1.449 %)Solaris
31 (1.449 %)Linux
31 (1.449 %)Windows Mobile
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
123 (33.33 %)Use Case
216 (23.19 %)Business Analysis
216 (23.19 %)Data Modelling
313 (18.84 %)CRM
412 (17.39 %)SOA
511 (15.94 %)Requirements Management
610 (14.49 %)OO
79 (13.04 %)BPEL
87 (10.14 %)RUP
96 (8.696 %)Agile Software Development
105 (7.246 %)OOD
105 (7.246 %)BPMN
105 (7.246 %)Systems Analysis
114 (5.797 %)Web Development
114 (5.797 %)Requirements Analysis
114 (5.797 %)OOA/OOD
114 (5.797 %)Stakeholder Management
123 (4.348 %)BPR
123 (4.348 %)Security Cleared
132 (2.899 %)Unit Testing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (20.29 %)Java
29 (13.04 %)C#
37 (10.14 %)SQL
46 (8.696 %)C++
53 (4.348 %)C
62 (2.899 %)VB.NET
62 (2.899 %)VBA
71 (1.449 %)XPath
71 (1.449 %)Transact-SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (11.59 %)Degree
22 (2.899 %)MCDBA
22 (2.899 %)PhD
22 (2.899 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (1.449 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (1.449 %)ITIL Certification
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.449 %)QA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (2.899 %)Active Directory
21 (1.449 %)MSMQ
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (14.49 %)Casewise
29 (13.04 %)Oracle
35 (7.246 %)Microsoft
43 (4.348 %)Chordiant
52 (2.899 %)Sybase
52 (2.899 %)Anite
61 (1.449 %)Motorola
61 (1.449 %)Nokia
61 (1.449 %)SAP
61 (1.449 %)Symbian
61 (1.449 %)IBM
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