The first table below looks at the demand for E-business 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 E-business over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Business (eBusiness)
Rank - 63 72
Contract jobs citing E-business 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - 0.184% 0.152%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.275% 0.229%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £258
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £413 £460
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -10.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £55.00 £26.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+105.60% -37.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
559 727 873
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 68.09% 66.88% 66.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 362 475
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £249 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 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 £13.26 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.45 £38.00 £43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
E-business
Scotland

E-business
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh E-business Jobs Demand Trend

E-business
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh E-business Daily Rate Trend

E-business
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh E-business Hourly Rate Trend

E-business
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing E-business 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 E-business.

1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS

E-business
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing E-business 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 E-business. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Business Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Functional Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) E-Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) E-Business Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle