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Market Insight Issue 4 | February 2011
Pieces falling into place for
Scotland’s IT market
Market Insight | February 2011 | P2
It seems the atrocious weather seen in December did little
to dampen the spirit of Scotland's IT market. With quarter 4
notorious for being the quietest of the four the market
continued to improve as the total number of permanent
Scottish IT vacancies advertised grew by 2.2%).
As indicated by the Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs the
market as a whole received a massive lift in December in
particular as the demand for permanent staff grew at the
quickest pace in 7 months². Contract staff were also seen to
be much more highly sought after with the demand
increasing at the fastest rate since 2007.
The looming public sector cuts do continue to hang a dark
cloud over Scotland’s economy however there’s also plenty
of reason to be cheerful such as the news of the recent
announcement that online retailer Amazon are to create 950
jobs in the country. Money is also being spent with Scottish
Enterprise grants of £12.3 million helping protect more than
1300 jobs in the last quarter³.
Some reference does have to be made to the financial
sector which has continued to prosper over the last period
with a wide range of IT hires seen right across the board. In
both areas of permanent and contract IT a financial
background has continued to be the most desired by
employers as a result.
1 JobAdsWatch - www.jobadswatch.co.uk
2 Scottish job survey shows market continues to improve - http://bbc.in/hwyORn
3 Grants secured more than 1300 Scottish jobs at end of last year - http://bit.ly/iaIetb
“Demand for permanent staff grows
at the quickest pace in 7 months”
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Impact on Salaries & Contract Rates
Scotland’s average IT salary seen a slight decrease
of 4.8% in the past 6 months however it continues
to remain well above the £30k mark.
Apart from Glasgow which increased by 6% each of
the major cities seen a modest reduction in
permanent IT salaries with Aberdeen the hardest
hit. Dundee remains as the lowest paying city.
The average contract rate also reduced slightly,
this time by 5.5%, however both Edinburgh and
Glasgow seen an increase in rates.
Figure 1: Top 5 average IT salaries by location
A background in finance does continue to be the most sought after upon analysis of the top five most used terms in Scottish based IT adverts, however there’s been very little change in the last two quarters. Notably, SQL Server does make an appearance and .Net rises one
place to number three in permanent roles. Contract skills remained the same with the exception of Business Analyst and Developer trading places.
Scotland’s Top 5 Permanent IT Skills
1. Finance
2. Developer
3. .Net
4. Analyst
5. SQL Server
Scotland’s Top 5 Contract IT Skills
1. Finance
2. Analyst
3. Banking
4. Business Analyst
5. Developer
The majority of salaries increased with the remainder staying the same. Most notable was the fact that no salary rates dropped in the last half of the year. The largest increase was seen in the category
of ‘Executive Management’ (13.1%) which as expected is the highest paying of the categories overall. Software & Web Development remained as the second highest with a 4.9% salary increase.
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Figure 2: Averages salaries per IT job category
Information provided by IT Jobs Watch
Market Insight | February 2011 | P3
Figure 3: Scotland’s top 5 IT skills
Scotland's Average IT salaries per location
Average salary (per annum)
Average contract rate (per day)
Glasgow £38,973 £335
Aberdeen £34,101 £301
Edinburgh £39,042 £342
Scotland Average £34,849 £312
Dundee £27,281 £268
Information provided by IT Jobs Watch
Scotland’s IT Salary & Rate Guide
Software & Web Development Average Salary (excluding bonus) Average Contract (charge per day)
Solutions Architect £60,000 (+ 9.1%) £450 - £550 (+)
Product Manager £50,000 (+ 11.1%) £375 - £425 (+)
Applications Developer £36,000 (-) £350 - £400 (+)
Web Developer £33,000 (-) £300 - £325 (-)
Oracle Database Developer £35,000 (-) £300 - £325 (+)
SQL Database Developer £33,500 (+ 4.7%) £250 - £300 (-)
Executive Management Average Salary (excluding bonus) Average Contract (charge per day)
CEO £70,000 (+7.7%) £800 (+)
CIO/CTO £65,000 (+18.2%) £650 - £700 (+)
IT Director £44,000 (+13.6%) £400 - £450 (-)
IT Manager £35,000 (+14.3%) £300 - £350 (-)
Shown below is the current market rate for those positions within the full spectrum of Information Technology
from Graduate to Executive level.
Figure 4: Average Scottish IT salaries
Infrastructure & Support Average Salary (excluding bonus) Average Contract (charge per day)
Technical Architect £45,000 (-) £300 - £350 (+)
Service Delivery Manager £38,000 (-) £250 - £300 (-)
Server Support Analyst (3rd line) £32,000 (+ 6.7%) £200 - £325 (+)
Desktop/Network Support (2nd Line) £25,000 ( + 4%) £110 - £150 (-)
Helpdesk Analyst (1st Line Support) £18,000 (-) £80 - £110 (-)
IT Projects & Business Analysis Average Salary (excluding bonus) Average Contract (charge per day)
Programme Manager £48,000 (-) £350 - £400 (-)
Project Manager £45,000 (-) £300 - £350 (+)
ERP & CRM Consultant £40,000 (-) £350 - £400 (-)
Business Analyst £38,000 (-) £350 - £450 (+)
Technical Author £35,000 (-) £200 - £250 (-)
Tester £33,000 (-) £210 - £270 (-)
IT Sales Average Salary (excluding bonus) Average Contract (charge per day)
Commercial Manager £50,000 (+ 11.1%) £300 - £350 (-)
Channel/Sales Manager £40,000 (+ 11.1%) £250 - £325 (-)
New Business Development £38,000 (-) £250 - £300 (-)
Inside Sales £28,000 (-) £200 - £250 (-)
Lead Generation £25,000 (-) £150 - £200 (-)
Account Executive £28,000 (-) £150 - £200 (+)
Information provided by 9-20 recruitment
Digital Marketing Average Salary (excluding bonus) Average Contract (charge per day)
Head of Marketing £40,000 (+ 5.3%) £300 - £350 (-)
E-Marketing Executive £28,000 (-) £175 - £225 (-)
SEO Account Manager £32,000 (-) £200 - £250 (-)
Graduates Average Salary (excluding bonus) Average Contract (charge per day)
Business Analyst £18,000 (+ 12.5%) £100 - £125 (-)
Software Developer £22,000 (+ 5.3%) £100 - £150 (+)
Infrastructure & Support £16,000 (+ 14.3%) £50 - £80 (-)
Sales & Marketing £16,500 (+ 3.1%) £75 - £100 (-)
Market Insight | February 2011 | P4
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Impact on Supply & Demand
Whilst there’s been a marked improvement in the
demand for IT staff there’s also been an increase in
the supply of candidates actively or passively
looking for work. Particularly the area of Software
and Web Development which seen the number of
available candidates increase by 18%.
Quarter 4 seen yet another, albeit slight rise in
the number of IT vacancies with permanent
vacancies increasing by 2.2% and contract roles
by 6.4%.
The year on year figures look far more promising,
permanent roles in particular, with an increase of
10.6% seen in those advertised in the last 12
months.
The category of Software & Web Development also
seen the largest increase of available contract
candidates as the total number grew by 12% in the
last two quarters. However the category of Business
Analysis currently has the most available.
Market Insight | February 2011 | P5
Figure 6: Permanent IT staff availability
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Figure 7: Contract IT staff availability
Information provided by Job Ads Watch
Figure 5: Amount of Scottish based IT jobs advertised
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