The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Junior in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Junior
Rank 55 50 66
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 8 11 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.869% 1.056% 0.458%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.922% 1.112% 0.490%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
Average daily rate £225 £310 £188
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.41% +65.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £145 £242 £151
10% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £322 £288
UK excluding London average daily rate £220 £250 £213
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -4.34%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £17.75 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-23.94% +10.93%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
868 989 1225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.25% 94.91% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 464 594
Average daily rate £390 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.84% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £456 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 29
Average hourly rate £13.93 £20.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.35% +30.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £9.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £32.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Junior
Scotland

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Junior Jobs Demand Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Junior Daily Rate Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Junior across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Edinburgh Junior Daily Rate Histogram

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Junior across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Junior Hourly Rate Trend

Junior
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Junior in their job title 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 with Junior in their job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
5 1 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
5 1 (10.00%) Lean Six Sigma
5 1 (10.00%) Investment Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
5 1 (10.00%) Extranet
5 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma
5 1 (10.00%) CRM
5 1 (10.00%) SQL
5 1 (10.00%) MS Project
5 1 (10.00%) MS Office
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Migration

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Junior in their job title 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 with Junior in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Project
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Extranet
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
4 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (10.00%) Investment Management
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
4 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma
4 1 (10.00%) CRM
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality