The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fixed Income in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Fixed Income over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fixed Income
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Fixed Income 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
+15.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £23.50 -
% change year-on-year
-27.65% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
143 149 193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 17.65% 13.47% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 65 75
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £486 £526
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
Average hourly rate £12.42 £12.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.50% -11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Fixed Income
Scotland

Fixed Income
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Fixed Income Jobs Demand Trend

Fixed Income
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Fixed Income Daily Rate Trend

Fixed Income
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income.

1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cadis
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Charles River

Fixed Income
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
General
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (50.00%) C++/C# Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Charles River
1 1 (50.00%) Cadis