The first table below looks at the demand for Analytics skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analytics over the 3 months to 17 June 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Edinburgh 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analytics
Rank 55 55 52
Rank change year-on-year
0 -3
Contract jobs citing Analytics 6 8 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.651% 0.753% 1.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.929% 1.116% 1.645%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 7
Average daily rate £402 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.21% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £375 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £424 £375 £630
UK excluding London average daily rate £342 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-8.93% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £18.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+75.67% -17.77%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
646 717 851
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 70.14% 67.45% 65.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 339 455
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £528
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 8
Average hourly rate £19.50 £24.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +37.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £13.02 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.25 £40.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Analytics
Scotland

Analytics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Analytics across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Edinburgh Analytics Jobs Demand Trend

Analytics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Analytics Daily Rate Trend

Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Analytics across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Analytics Hourly Rate Trend

Analytics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Analytics 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 Analytics.

1 7 (43.75%) Finance
1 7 (43.75%) Marketing
2 5 (31.25%) Project Management
2 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
2 5 (31.25%) PHP
2 5 (31.25%) Oracle
2 5 (31.25%) CSS
3 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 4 (25.00%) HTML
3 4 (25.00%) WebTrends
3 4 (25.00%) Service Management
3 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (25.00%) MySQL
3 4 (25.00%) Google
3 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 4 (25.00%) jQuery
3 4 (25.00%) Google Analytics
3 4 (25.00%) Drupal
4 3 (18.75%) Performance Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Web Analytics
4 3 (18.75%) ETL
5 2 (12.50%) Broadband
5 2 (12.50%) ProC
5 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
5 2 (12.50%) Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 2 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (12.50%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (12.50%) Oracle iProcurement

Analytics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Analytics 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 Analytics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (31.25%) CSS
2 4 (25.00%) HTML
2 4 (25.00%) jQuery
3 1 (6.250%) .NET
3 1 (6.250%) Web Services
3 1 (6.250%) XML
3 1 (6.250%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (6.250%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) Drupal
2 1 (6.250%) SAS
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) WebTrends
1 4 (25.00%) Google Analytics
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle iProcurement
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) MySQL
2 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (6.250%) TOAD
3 1 (6.250%) RDBMS
3 1 (6.250%) Star Schema
3 1 (6.250%) QlikView
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) ProC
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
1 7 (43.75%) Marketing
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (6.250%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) Procurement Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) Developer
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Communications Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) Designer
3 1 (6.250%) OBIEE Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) PeopleSoft Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) IT Architect
3 1 (6.250%) VBA Developer
3 1 (6.250%) E-Business Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Excel Developer
3 1 (6.250%) Excel VBA Developer
3 1 (6.250%) MI Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Credit Risk Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 1 (6.250%) Architect
3 1 (6.250%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.250%) Credit Risk
2 1 (6.250%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Project Management
2 4 (25.00%) Service Management
2 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) ETL
3 3 (18.75%) Performance Improvement
3 3 (18.75%) Web Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
5 1 (6.250%) ITIL
5 1 (6.250%) CRM
5 1 (6.250%) Web Design
5 1 (6.250%) Data Management
5 1 (6.250%) Data Analysis
5 1 (6.250%) Software Engineering
5 1 (6.250%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (6.250%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.250%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
1 5 (31.25%) PHP
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (6.250%) VBA
3 1 (6.250%) Ruby
3 1 (6.250%) R
3 1 (6.250%) PL/SQL
3 1 (6.250%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Oracle
2 4 (25.00%) Google
3 1 (6.250%) Business Objects
3 1 (6.250%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (6.250%) Informatica