The first table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 18 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 of the 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spreadsheets
Rank 62 57 59
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +2
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 1 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.108% 0.377% 0.675%
As % of the Applications category 1.563% 3.810% 5.590%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
Average daily rate - £344 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.48%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £13.05 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+30.26% +4.40%
All Applications
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
64 105 161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 6.919% 9.887% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 55 83
Average daily rate £310 £309 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.40% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £131 £187 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £396 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £304 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.88% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 9
Average hourly rate £20.00 £13.45 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.69% -5.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.11 £12.14 £9.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £24.00 £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
Spreadsheet
Scotland

Spreadsheet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Spreadsheet Jobs Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Spreadsheet Daily Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet.

1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Google Maps API
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (100.00%) Data Entry
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Google Maps API
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BI EE
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Entry
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
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