The first table below looks at the demand for Front Arena 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 Front Arena 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 of the Business Applications 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
SunGard Front Arena
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Front Arena 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.123% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 3.571% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
28 41 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 3.457% 3.707% 4.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 32
Average daily rate £425 £365 £419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.43% -12.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £539
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
Front Arena
Scotland

Front Arena
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Front Arena Jobs Demand Trend

Front Arena
Top 5 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking

Front Arena
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance