The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) 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
Foreign Exchange (FX)
Rank - 63 68
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - 0.181% 0.075%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 1.342% 0.518%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £300 £425
% change year-on-year
+41.66% -29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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%
Foreign Exchange (FX)
Scotland

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Foreign Exchange (FX) Jobs Demand Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Foreign Exchange (FX) Daily Rate Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Foreign Exchange (FX) Hourly Rate Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX).

1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) SAP FI

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP FI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP