The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cadis products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cadis 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Cadis.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cadis
Rank 49 56 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing Cadis 7 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.864% 0.814% -
As % of the Vendors category 2.422% 2.550% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £625 £475 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £500 £405
% change year-on-year
-15.00% +23.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
289 353 441
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 35.68% 31.92% 32.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 154 176
Average daily rate £375 £356 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £518 £445 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 18
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +4.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.29 £14.75 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £70.00 £23.75 £21.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cadis
Scotland

Cadis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Cadis Jobs Demand Trend

Cadis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Cadis Daily Rate Trend

Cadis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (66.67%) Finance
1 6 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 5 (55.56%) Banking
2 5 (55.56%) Investment Banking
3 4 (44.44%) Investment Management
3 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) Front Office
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 3 (33.33%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (22.22%) Fund Management
5 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Supplier Management
5 2 (22.22%) Data Management
5 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
5 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
5 2 (22.22%) ETL
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) PMI
5 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
6 1 (11.11%) Thin Client
6 1 (11.11%) Charles River
6 1 (11.11%) ISEB
6 1 (11.11%) .NET
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
6 1 (11.11%) XML
6 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 1 (11.11%) UML

Cadis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
1 1 (11.11%) XML
1 1 (11.11%) Silverlight
1 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 2
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
1 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (11.11%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) NUnit
1 1 (11.11%) Subversion
1 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (11.11%) MSTest
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 5 (55.56%) Banking
2 5 (55.56%) Investment Banking
3 4 (44.44%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) PMI
2 1 (11.11%) Thin Client
2 1 (11.11%) Fixed Income
2 1 (11.11%) Fat Client
2 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Investment Management
3 2 (22.22%) Data Management
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Supplier Management
3 2 (22.22%) Fund Management
3 2 (22.22%) ETL
3 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
4 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) MVC
4 1 (11.11%) Workflow
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) TDD
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 1 (11.11%) UML
4 1 (11.11%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
3 1 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
3 1 (11.11%) ISEB
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Charles River
2 1 (11.11%) thinkFolio
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