The first table below looks at the demand for X-Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited X-Windows 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 of the Application Development 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
X-Windows
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing X-Windows 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.082% - -
As % of the Application Development category 0.250% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £283 £320 £200
% change year-on-year
-11.71% +60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
800 412 556
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 32.80% 15.49% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 177 288
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £210 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 4
Average hourly rate £43.25 £31.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.51% +77.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.50 £27.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £32.50 £21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
X-Windows
UK

X-Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland X-Windows Jobs Demand Trend

X-Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland X-Windows Daily Rate Trend

X-Windows
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing X-Windows 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
Glasgow - 2 £450 -
X-Windows
UK

X-Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing X-Windows 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 X-Windows.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
3 2 (50.00%) Data Management
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Software Packaging
3 2 (50.00%) SCCM
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) IBM
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (25.00%) AIX
4 1 (25.00%) Solaris
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) EMC
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (25.00%) SAN
4 1 (25.00%) Tivoli
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Sun
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Symmetrix DMX
4 1 (25.00%) WebSphere

X-Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing X-Windows 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 X-Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) Software Packaging
2 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) AIX
4 1 (25.00%) Solaris
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) EMC
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Sun
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