The first table below looks at the demand for Project Governance 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 Project Governance over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Governance
Rank 54 62 71
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 3 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.366% 0.273% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.542% 0.409% 0.116%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £375 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £325 £318
% change year-on-year
+6.92% +2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
553 733 861
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 67.52% 66.82% 66.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 364 475
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 9
Average hourly rate £20.00 £24.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +50.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.07 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £32.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Project Governance
Scotland

Project Governance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Project Governance Jobs Demand Trend

Project Governance
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Project Governance Daily Rate Trend

Project Governance
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Project Governance 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 Project Governance.

1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
3 1 (25.00%) Front Arena
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (25.00%) MS Project
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management

Project Governance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Project Governance 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 Project Governance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) MS Project
2 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Front Arena
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management