The first table below looks at the demand for Data Migration 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 Migration over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Migration
Rank 41 51 33
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -18
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 16 12 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.921% 1.104% 2.780%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.802% 1.651% 4.201%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 17
Average daily rate £425 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £265 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £407 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £380 £360
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.89 £41.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-61.72% +10.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
571 727 857
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 68.55% 66.88% 66.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 362 465
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £246 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £27.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% +57.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.88 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.45 £39.00 £43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Data Migration
Scotland

Data Migration
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Data Migration Jobs Demand Trend

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Data Migration Daily Rate Trend

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Migration across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Edinburgh Data Migration Daily Rate Histogram

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Data Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Data Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Data Migration 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 Migration.

1 23 (100.00%) Migration
2 11 (47.83%) Banking
3 10 (43.48%) Finance
4 9 (39.13%) ETL
5 7 (30.43%) SQL
6 6 (26.09%) Data Analysis
7 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (17.39%) Business Analysis
9 3 (13.04%) Data Mapping
9 3 (13.04%) Oracle
9 3 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (13.04%) Project Management
10 2 (8.696%) Novell
10 2 (8.696%) SAS
10 2 (8.696%) Active Directory
10 2 (8.696%) MS Exchange
10 2 (8.696%) SQL Server
10 2 (8.696%) T-SQL
10 2 (8.696%) Blackberry
10 2 (8.696%) NetBackup
10 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (8.696%) Fund Accounting
10 2 (8.696%) Retail Banking
10 2 (8.696%) Retail
10 2 (8.696%) PureDisk
11 1 (4.348%) Waterfall
11 1 (4.348%) Kimball Methodology
11 1 (4.348%) Inmon Methodology
11 1 (4.348%) Data Transformation
11 1 (4.348%) VSAM

Data Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Data Migration 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 Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.696%) SAS
1 2 (8.696%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.348%) CMS
2 1 (4.348%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.348%) Data Mining
3 1 (4.348%) DTS
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 11 (47.83%) Banking
2 10 (43.48%) Finance
3 2 (8.696%) Retail Banking
3 2 (8.696%) Retail
4 1 (4.348%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Data Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Data Architect
4 2 (8.696%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Consultant
4 2 (8.696%) Project Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) PeopleSoft Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) ETL Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Exchange Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Ab Initio Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Business Architect
5 1 (4.348%) Storage Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.348%) SQL Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Messaging Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Mainframe Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.348%) VSAM
2 1 (4.348%) Learning Management System
2 1 (4.348%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Migration
2 9 (39.13%) ETL
3 6 (26.09%) Data Analysis
4 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (17.39%) Business Analysis
6 3 (13.04%) Data Mapping
6 3 (13.04%) Project Management
7 2 (8.696%) Fund Accounting
8 1 (4.348%) Waterfall
8 1 (4.348%) Kimball Methodology
8 1 (4.348%) Inmon Methodology
8 1 (4.348%) Data Transformation
8 1 (4.348%) Validation
8 1 (4.348%) Web Development
8 1 (4.348%) Investment Management
8 1 (4.348%) Data Validation
8 1 (4.348%) Supplier Management
8 1 (4.348%) Data Architecture
8 1 (4.348%) Change Management
8 1 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 2 (8.696%) T-SQL
System Software
1 2 (8.696%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.348%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) NetBackup
1 2 (8.696%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle
2 2 (8.696%) Novell
3 1 (4.348%) Ab Initio
3 1 (4.348%) PeopleSoft
Edinburgh, Scotland
Will have experience of working on major programmes of work within banking sector, worked on data migration projects to demanding timescales, undertaking detailed business analysis and design, engaging...
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
This will be a fixed term contract for 6-12 months*** You will need to have: Performing Data migration in financial services Experience of working within preservation of...
Sanderson
Rate: £25000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
This will be a fixed term contract for 6-12 months*** You will need to have: Performing Data migration in financial services Experience of working within preservation of...
Sanderson
Rate: £24000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013