The first table below looks at the demand for ArcGIS 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 ArcGIS over the 3 months to 23 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 Platforms 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ESRI ArcGIS
Rank 54 64 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.244% 0.092% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.361% 0.654% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £313 £348
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -10.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £14.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.13 £15.00 -
% change year-on-year
-19.16% -
All Application Platforms
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
147 153 165
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 17.90% 14.08% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 60 59
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £430 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 4
Average hourly rate £20.00 £13.75 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.45% -21.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.40 £11.75 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £14.00 £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
ArcGIS
Scotland

ArcGIS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ArcGIS across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Edinburgh ArcGIS Jobs Demand Trend

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh ArcGIS Daily Rate Trend

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh ArcGIS Hourly Rate Trend

ArcGIS
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing ArcGIS 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 ArcGIS.

1 5 (100.00%) ESRI
2 3 (60.00%) GIS
3 2 (40.00%) Data Conversion
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Python
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) Data Integration

ArcGIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing ArcGIS 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 ArcGIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) GIS
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) GIS Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Database Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Conversion
2 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) ESRI