The first table below looks at the demand for Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Analysis
Rank 45 46 38
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -8
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 17 18 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.872% 1.689% 2.703%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.673% 2.493% 4.196%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 17
Average daily rate £413 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £280 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £430 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.93 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.75 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-8.04% -11.22%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
636 722 858
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 70.04% 67.73% 64.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 344 456
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
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 £23.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.02% +34.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £13.76 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.25 £39.40 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Data Analysis
Scotland

Data Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Data Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Data Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Analysis across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Edinburgh Data Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Data Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Data Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis.

1 15 (53.57%) Finance
2 13 (46.43%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (35.71%) ETL
4 7 (25.00%) Banking
4 7 (25.00%) SQL
5 6 (21.43%) Data Modelling
5 6 (21.43%) Migration
5 6 (21.43%) Asset Management
5 6 (21.43%) Business Analysis
6 5 (17.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (17.86%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (17.86%) Data Migration
7 4 (14.29%) Visualisation
7 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 4 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (10.71%) Investment Management
8 3 (10.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (10.71%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (10.71%) Oracle
9 2 (7.143%) OLAP
9 2 (7.143%) Star Schema
9 2 (7.143%) Workflow
9 2 (7.143%) Project Management
9 2 (7.143%) Investment Banking
9 2 (7.143%) Retail
9 2 (7.143%) Data Management
10 1 (3.571%) Systems Analysis
10 1 (3.571%) Retail Banking
10 1 (3.571%) Project Planning

Data Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.571%) XSD
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (46.43%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (17.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (10.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (7.143%) OLAP
5 2 (7.143%) Star Schema
6 1 (3.571%) QlikView
6 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (3.571%) RDBMS
6 1 (3.571%) DTS
6 1 (3.571%) SQL Server
6 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (3.571%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 1 (3.571%) ERwin
General
1 15 (53.57%) Finance
2 7 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (7.143%) Investment Banking
3 2 (7.143%) Retail
4 1 (3.571%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Analyst
2 8 (28.57%) Data Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Architect
5 2 (7.143%) Business Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Performance Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Ab Initio Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Junior Business Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Data Modeller
6 1 (3.571%) Communications Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Data Administrator
6 1 (3.571%) Financial Business Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Visualisation
2 1 (3.571%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) ETL
2 6 (21.43%) Data Modelling
2 6 (21.43%) Migration
2 6 (21.43%) Asset Management
2 6 (21.43%) Business Analysis
3 5 (17.86%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (17.86%) Data Migration
4 3 (10.71%) Investment Management
4 3 (10.71%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.143%) Workflow
5 2 (7.143%) Project Management
5 2 (7.143%) Data Management
6 1 (3.571%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (3.571%) Project Planning
6 1 (3.571%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Test Scripting
6 1 (3.571%) Performance Management
6 1 (3.571%) UML
6 1 (3.571%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (3.571%) C
2 1 (3.571%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) Solvency II
1 1 (3.571%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
3 1 (3.571%) Ab Initio
3 1 (3.571%) Teradata
3 1 (3.571%) IBM
Edinburgh, Midlothian
You will need to have excellent Data Analysis, ETL, SQL, Data Mining and Documentation skills as you will be defining the data to map it from current state...
Aston Carter
Rate: £350 - £425 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013