The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited General Ledger over the 3 months to 22 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 General 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Ledger
Rank 53 54 66
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +12
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 2 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.242% 0.362% 0.386%
As % of the General category 0.518% 0.525% 0.546%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £320 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -14.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £384 £393
% change year-on-year
+10.74% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 - £17.50
All of the General Category
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
386 762 916
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 46.73% 69.02% 70.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 384 483
Average daily rate £425 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £265 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 7
Average hourly rate £11.00 £12.27 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.35% -27.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £7.50 £10.00 £9.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £30.20 £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
General Ledger
Scotland

General Ledger
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh General Ledger Jobs Demand Trend

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh General Ledger Daily Rate Trend

General Ledger
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing General Ledger 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 General Ledger.

1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Teradata
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) VSAM
1 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (50.00%) TSYS
1 1 (50.00%) DB2
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse

General Ledger
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing General Ledger 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 General Ledger. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) DB2
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) VSAM
1 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Teradata
1 1 (50.00%) TSYS