The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Derivative 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
Derivatives
Rank 59 56 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Contract jobs citing Derivative 3 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.330% 0.750% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.069% 5.517% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £725 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £383
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year
-24.44% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
145 145 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 15.97% 13.60% 14.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 60 65
Average daily rate £375 £350 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -15.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £180 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £485 £534
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 5
Average hourly rate £12.42 £28.79 £23.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.86% +23.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.96 £13.67 £7.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.88 £40.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Derivative
Scotland

Derivative
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Derivative Jobs Demand Trend

Derivative
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Derivative Daily Rate Trend

Derivative
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Derivative Hourly Rate Trend

Derivative
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
3 1 (25.00%) FMCG
3 1 (25.00%) Cadis
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Back Office
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (25.00%) Charles River
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Retail

Derivative
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Back Office
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Equity Derivative
1 1 (25.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cadis
1 1 (25.00%) Charles River