The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Visualisation in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visualisation over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Visualisation
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 7 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.288% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.176% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £370 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
+28.57% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £23.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year
- -17.11%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
595 433 384
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 24.51% 16.31% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 183 171
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £272 £196 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 34 16
Average hourly rate £15.77 £26.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.34% -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £11.25 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £32.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
Visualisation
UK

Visualisation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Visualisation Jobs Demand Trend

Visualisation
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Visualisation Daily Rate Trend

Visualisation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visualisation within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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 - 4 £450 -
West Lothian - 2 £360 -
Renfrewshire - 1 £370 -
Visualisation
UK

Visualisation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Visualisation 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 Visualisation.

1 10 (76.92%) SQL
1 10 (76.92%) Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) Data Analysis
2 7 (53.85%) XML
3 6 (46.15%) CSS
3 6 (46.15%) Web Services
3 6 (46.15%) OO
3 6 (46.15%) Java
3 6 (46.15%) JavaScript
3 6 (46.15%) PL/SQL
3 6 (46.15%) Ajax
3 6 (46.15%) Statistical Analysis
3 6 (46.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (46.15%) JSON
3 6 (46.15%) jQuery
3 6 (46.15%) HTML5
3 6 (46.15%) Data Visualisation
3 6 (46.15%) Highcharts JS
3 6 (46.15%) Gephi
4 5 (38.46%) Web Application Development
4 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
5 4 (30.77%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
5 4 (30.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
7 2 (15.38%) OLAP
7 2 (15.38%) Business Objects
7 2 (15.38%) Validation
7 2 (15.38%) Investment Management
7 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement

Visualisation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (53.85%) XML
2 6 (46.15%) CSS
2 6 (46.15%) Web Services
2 6 (46.15%) JSON
2 6 (46.15%) jQuery
2 6 (46.15%) HTML5
2 6 (46.15%) Highcharts JS
2 6 (46.15%) Ajax
3 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
3 1 (7.692%) .NET
3 1 (7.692%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
1 1 (7.692%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Gephi
2 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
3 1 (7.692%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (30.77%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (15.38%) OLAP
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (15.38%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (7.692%) Hadoop
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Business Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Applications Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Report Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Data Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Build Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Java Web Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Java Applications Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Java Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Web Applications Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Ergonomics
2 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.692%) Cryptography
2 1 (7.692%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
1 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) Data Analysis
2 6 (46.15%) Statistical Analysis
2 6 (46.15%) OO
2 6 (46.15%) Data Visualisation
3 5 (38.46%) Web Application Development
4 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
5 2 (15.38%) Validation
5 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
5 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Investment Management
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Change Control
6 1 (7.692%) Security Architecture
6 1 (7.692%) Data Analytics
6 1 (7.692%) Analytics
6 1 (7.692%) Data Virtualisation
6 1 (7.692%) Document Management
6 1 (7.692%) Migration
6 1 (7.692%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) SQL
2 6 (46.15%) Java
2 6 (46.15%) JavaScript
2 6 (46.15%) PL/SQL
3 2 (15.38%) C#
4 1 (7.692%) VBScript
4 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
4 1 (7.692%) PowerShell
4 1 (7.692%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) MCP
1 1 (7.692%) MCSE
1 1 (7.692%) CISSP
1 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Business Objects