The first table below looks at the demand for Portfolio Management 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 Portfolio Management 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
Portfolio Management
Rank 54 61 68
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +7
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 2 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.247% 0.362% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.364% 0.541% 0.114%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £750 £320 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+134.37% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £405 £400
% change year-on-year
+8.58% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -39.62%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
550 740 881
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 67.90% 66.91% 65.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 373 484
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £488 £549
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 9
Average hourly rate £19.50 £25.75 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.27% +60.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £14.37 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.35 £32.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Portfolio Management
Scotland

Portfolio Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Portfolio Management across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Edinburgh Portfolio Management Jobs Demand Trend

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Portfolio Management Daily Rate Trend

Portfolio Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Portfolio Management Hourly Rate Trend

Portfolio Management
Top 9 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Primavera
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management

Portfolio Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Primavera