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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in contract IT jobs within the Edinburgh region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads379395
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.486 %0.444 %
As % of the category below70.06 %68.46 %
Daily rates quoted9554
Average minimum daily rate£342£334
Average daily rate£358£346
% change on same period last year+3.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£389£389
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted25
Average minimum hourly rate£22.50£53.00
Average hourly rate£23.00£53.90
% change on same period last year-57.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.50£54.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.38£28.22
% change on same period last year-13.60 %
General EdinburghGeneral
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads541577
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.694 %0.648 %
Daily rates quoted142107
Average minimum daily rate£346£307
Average daily rate£365£319
% change on same period last year+14.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£372
% change on same period last year+4.63 %
Hourly rates quoted311
Average minimum hourly rate£22.50£34.92
Average hourly rate£23.00£36.31
% change on same period last year-36.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.50£37.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.74£26.10
% change on same period last year-1.35 %
Finance ScotlandFinance
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Finance
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Finance across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Edinburgh Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the Edinburgh region over the past 3 months.

Edinburgh Finance Daily Rate Histogram

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Finance across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Finance also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Finance.

1129 (17.53 %)Banking
294 (12.77 %)Financial Institution
390 (12.23 %)Pensions
482 (11.14 %)Mainframe
562 (8.424 %)TestDirector
657 (7.745 %)Oracle
657 (7.745 %)Unix
756 (7.609 %)Project Management
851 (6.929 %)Windows
948 (6.522 %)DB2
948 (6.522 %)SQL
1047 (6.386 %)Retail
1146 (6.250 %)Stakeholder Management
1241 (5.571 %)Java
1339 (5.299 %).NET
1437 (5.027 %)COBOL
1536 (4.891 %)User Acceptance Testing
1635 (4.755 %)SQL Server
1734 (4.620 %)Insurance
1833 (4.484 %)Microsoft
1932 (4.348 %)IBM
2031 (4.212 %)XML
2031 (4.212 %)Business Analysis
2130 (4.076 %)AIX
2130 (4.076 %)MS Office
2228 (3.804 %)PRINCE2
2327 (3.668 %)MS Project
2426 (3.533 %)ITIL
2426 (3.533 %)ISEB
2524 (3.261 %)WebSphere

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Finance also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Finance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
139 (5.299 %).NET
231 (4.212 %)XML
324 (3.261 %)WebSphere
423 (3.125 %)J2EE
514 (1.902 %)Middleware
613 (1.766 %)HTML
712 (1.630 %)ASP.NET
712 (1.630 %)CSS
712 (1.630 %)XSLT
810 (1.359 %)Struts
99 (1.223 %)WebServices
99 (1.223 %)JSP
107 (0.951 %)SOAP
107 (0.951 %)ASP
107 (0.951 %)XSL
107 (0.951 %)WSDL
116 (0.815 %)ASP.NET 2.0
125 (0.679 %)Hibernate
134 (0.543 %).NET Framework
134 (0.543 %)FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
18 (1.087 %)CICS
18 (1.087 %)Exchange Server 2000
26 (0.815 %)IIS
35 (0.679 %)SAS
44 (0.543 %)ESB
53 (0.408 %)SharePoint
53 (0.408 %)MS Exchange
53 (0.408 %)Lotus Notes
62 (0.272 %)Apache
62 (0.272 %)MTS
62 (0.272 %)Exchange Server 2003
62 (0.272 %)WebSphere MQ
62 (0.272 %)IBM HTTP Server
62 (0.272 %)Oracle HTTP Server
71 (0.136 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (0.136 %)Exchange Server 2007
71 (0.136 %)JBoss
71 (0.136 %)Oracle 9iAS
Applications
130 (4.076 %)MS Office
227 (3.668 %)MS Project
322 (2.989 %)MS Excel
48 (1.087 %)MS Visio
55 (0.679 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.136 %)Photoshop
61 (0.136 %)AutoCAD
Business Applications
15 (0.679 %)Temenos Globus
15 (0.679 %)Temenos T24
22 (0.272 %)Oracle Financials
22 (0.272 %)HiPortfolio
31 (0.136 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.136 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.136 %)Misys Equation
31 (0.136 %)Misys Midas
31 (0.136 %)Siebel Analytics
Communications & Networking
19 (1.223 %)TCP/IP
28 (1.087 %)SAN
37 (0.951 %)Internet
37 (0.951 %)SMS
44 (0.543 %)Intranet
53 (0.408 %)Firewall
53 (0.408 %)FTP
53 (0.408 %)PBX
62 (0.272 %)HTTP
62 (0.272 %)SNA
62 (0.272 %)DNS
62 (0.272 %)Connectrix
62 (0.272 %)Network Security
71 (0.136 %)Intrusion Detection
71 (0.136 %)Extranet
71 (0.136 %)DAB
71 (0.136 %)WINS
71 (0.136 %)LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
148 (6.522 %)DB2
235 (4.755 %)SQL Server
320 (2.717 %)BusinessObjects
417 (2.310 %)Datawarehouse
513 (1.766 %)SQL Server 2005
611 (1.495 %)SQL Server 2000
79 (1.223 %)MS Access
88 (1.087 %)SQLPlus
97 (0.951 %)TOAD
97 (0.951 %)Oracle Reports
106 (0.815 %)Oracle BI EE
115 (0.679 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
115 (0.679 %)DataStage
124 (0.543 %)Easytrieve
124 (0.543 %)ETL
124 (0.543 %)Oracle 9i
124 (0.543 %)SQL Server Integration Services
133 (0.408 %)Data Cleansing
142 (0.272 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
142 (0.272 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
162 (8.424 %)TestDirector
216 (2.174 %)ClearCase
313 (1.766 %)PVCS
48 (1.087 %)Telon
56 (0.815 %)CruiseControl
65 (0.679 %)JUnit
65 (0.679 %)Visual Studio
74 (0.543 %)QuickTest Pro
74 (0.543 %)LoadRunner
83 (0.408 %)ClearQuest
83 (0.408 %)XPEDITER
83 (0.408 %)Ant
83 (0.408 %)FrontPage
92 (0.272 %)InterDev
92 (0.272 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
92 (0.272 %)Eclipse
92 (0.272 %)WinRunner
92 (0.272 %)XMLSpy
101 (0.136 %)JMeter
101 (0.136 %)Log4j
General
1129 (17.53 %)Banking
294 (12.77 %)Financial Institution
390 (12.23 %)Pensions
447 (6.386 %)Retail
534 (4.620 %)Insurance
619 (2.582 %)Retail Banking
76 (0.815 %)Front Office
84 (0.543 %)Publishing
93 (0.408 %)Back Office
93 (0.408 %)Telecoms
93 (0.408 %)Investment Banking
102 (0.272 %)Health
102 (0.272 %)Auditing
111 (0.136 %)Legal
111 (0.136 %)Corporate Banking
111 (0.136 %)International Banking
111 (0.136 %)General Ledger
111 (0.136 %)Education
Job Titles
1285 (38.72 %)Analyst
2117 (15.90 %)Project Manager
387 (11.82 %)Business Analyst
474 (10.05 %)Developer
541 (5.571 %)Test Analyst
632 (4.348 %)Consultant
729 (3.940 %)Programmer
827 (3.668 %)Systems Analyst
926 (3.533 %)Test Manager
1022 (2.989 %)Coordinator
1119 (2.582 %)Architect
1119 (2.582 %)Analyst Programmer
1218 (2.446 %)Senior Analyst
1218 (2.446 %)Technical Analyst
1317 (2.310 %)Administrator
1416 (2.174 %)Business Project Manager
1416 (2.174 %)Business Manager
1515 (2.038 %)Java Developer
1515 (2.038 %)Infrastructure Manager
1614 (1.902 %).NET Developer
Miscellaneous
182 (11.14 %)Mainframe
217 (2.310 %)Asset Management
315 (2.038 %)Client/Server
48 (1.087 %)IBM Mainframe
57 (0.951 %)Blackberry
66 (0.815 %)Data Protection Act
66 (0.815 %)Management Information System
74 (0.543 %)Statistics
83 (0.408 %)IVR
83 (0.408 %)Derivative
83 (0.408 %)N-Tier
83 (0.408 %)APACS
92 (0.272 %)CLARiiON
92 (0.272 %)Symmetrix
92 (0.272 %)Multithreading
92 (0.272 %)Fund Management
92 (0.272 %)Data Integration
101 (0.136 %)Celerra
101 (0.136 %)EMC Centera
101 (0.136 %)Clustering
Operating Systems
157 (7.745 %)Unix
251 (6.929 %)Windows
330 (4.076 %)AIX
420 (2.717 %)Solaris
514 (1.902 %)Windows Server 2003
613 (1.766 %)Windows NT
711 (1.495 %)Windows XP
88 (1.087 %)HPUX
96 (0.815 %)Windows 2000
104 (0.543 %)NetWare
112 (0.272 %)OS/390
112 (0.272 %)zOS
121 (0.136 %)MVS
121 (0.136 %)VMS
121 (0.136 %)OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
156 (7.609 %)Project Management
246 (6.250 %)Stakeholder Management
336 (4.891 %)User Acceptance Testing
431 (4.212 %)Business Analysis
528 (3.804 %)PRINCE2
626 (3.533 %)ITIL
724 (3.261 %)Test Scripting
820 (2.717 %)Change Management
918 (2.446 %)Configuration Management
918 (2.446 %)Investment Management
1016 (2.174 %)Agile Software Development
1016 (2.174 %)Project Planning
1115 (2.038 %)Data Management
1115 (2.038 %)Migration
1115 (2.038 %)E-Commerce
1115 (2.038 %)Risk Management
1214 (1.902 %)CRM
1312 (1.630 %)Service Management
1312 (1.630 %)Business Intelligence
1410 (1.359 %)Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
148 (6.522 %)SQL
241 (5.571 %)Java
337 (5.027 %)COBOL
422 (2.989 %)C#
422 (2.989 %)JCL
521 (2.853 %)Shell Script
613 (1.766 %)JavaScript
78 (1.087 %)C++
78 (1.087 %)C
87 (0.951 %)PL/SQL
87 (0.951 %)VB
94 (0.543 %)VBA
94 (0.543 %)REXX
103 (0.408 %)VB.NET
112 (0.272 %)VBScript
121 (0.136 %)XPath
121 (0.136 %)RPG
Qualifications
126 (3.533 %)ISEB
28 (1.087 %)MCSE
28 (1.087 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (1.087 %)ITIL Certification
28 (1.087 %)Degree
34 (0.543 %)PRINCE2 Certification
42 (0.272 %)CCSE
42 (0.272 %)CNA
42 (0.272 %)CNE
42 (0.272 %)Novell Certification
42 (0.272 %)CCIE
42 (0.272 %)Cisco Certification
51 (0.136 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
51 (0.136 %)ACCA
51 (0.136 %)CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
113 (1.766 %)QA
211 (1.495 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
36 (0.815 %)SLA
43 (0.408 %)BS7799
43 (0.408 %)ISO27001
51 (0.136 %)COBIT
51 (0.136 %)Basel II
System Software
117 (2.310 %)Active Directory
22 (0.272 %)VMware Workstation
22 (0.272 %)Oracle RMAN
22 (0.272 %)NDS
22 (0.272 %)Novell eDirectory
31 (0.136 %)PowerConvert
31 (0.136 %)NetBackup
31 (0.136 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
15 (0.679 %)Legato
23 (0.408 %)Tivoli
32 (0.272 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
32 (0.272 %)BMC PATROL
41 (0.136 %)ARCserve
41 (0.136 %)AllFusion Endevor
41 (0.136 %)OMEGAMON
41 (0.136 %)EMC NetWorker
41 (0.136 %)ServiceCenter
41 (0.136 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
157 (7.745 %)Oracle
233 (4.484 %)Microsoft
332 (4.348 %)IBM
420 (2.717 %)Business Objects
510 (1.359 %)EMC
68 (1.087 %)HP
68 (1.087 %)Citrix
77 (0.951 %)Remedy
85 (0.679 %)VMware
85 (0.679 %)BMC
85 (0.679 %)Novell
85 (0.679 %)VERITAS
85 (0.679 %)Temenos
85 (0.679 %)Sybase
85 (0.679 %)Cisco
94 (0.543 %)Sun
94 (0.543 %)Dell
94 (0.543 %)thinkFolio
103 (0.408 %)Planview
103 (0.408 %)NetApp
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