Scotland X++ Contracts

This section looks at the demand for X++ 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 X++ over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

X++
Location Berkshire Cambridgeshire Darlington Durham East of England England Liverpool Manchester Merseyside North East North West Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland South East UK	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	119
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.012 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.989 %
Daily rates quoted	0	11
Average minimum daily rate	-	£336
Average daily rate	-	£366
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£395
UK excluding London average daily rate	£450	£403
% change on same period last year	+11.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Programming Languages Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	715	1213
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.944 %	1.208 %
Daily rates quoted	154	265
Average minimum daily rate	£307	£313
Average daily rate	£328	£329
% change on same period last year	-0.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£349	£344
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£335
% change on same period last year	-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	29	36
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.58	£29.13
Average hourly rate	£29.56	£31.20
% change on same period last year	-5.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.54	£33.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.47	£33.03
% change on same period last year	+1.31 %
X++ 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.

X++
Demand Trend

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

X++
Daily Rate Trend

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