Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT contracts within the Stirling region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below16.67 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£271£302
% change on same period last year-10.33 %
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£21.32£25.60
% change on same period last year-16.71 %
Stirling IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Stirling
Matching contract IT job ads68
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.009 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£375£213
Average daily rate£376£219
% change on same period last year+71.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£225
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£19.00
Average hourly rate-£19.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Applications Support ScotlandApplications Support
Scotland

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.

Applications Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Support across the Stirling region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Stirling Applications Support Demand Trend

Applications Support
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling region that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support in their job title.

11 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (50.00 %)Informatica
11 (50.00 %)LIMS
11 (50.00 %)GIS

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling region that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Stirling IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (50.00 %)GIS
Stirling IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)LIMS
Stirling IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
Stirling IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Stirling IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)Informatica