The first table below looks at the demand for Basel II 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 Basel II over the 3 months to 17 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Basel II
Rank - 62 65
Contract jobs citing Basel II 0 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - 0.271% 0.299%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 5.172% 5.634%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £383 £400 £413
% change year-on-year
-4.37% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
30 58 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 3.704% 5.244% 5.302%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 27 34
Average daily rate £350 £320 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -28.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £225 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £422 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.07 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
Basel II
Scotland

Basel II
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Basel II across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Edinburgh Basel II Jobs Demand Trend

Basel II
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Basel II Daily Rate Trend

Basel II
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Basel II Hourly Rate Trend

Basel II
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Basel II 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 Basel II.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) MS Project
3 1 (33.33%) COM
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) MS Access
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

Basel II
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) COM
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Project
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MS Access
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Business Objects
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft