The first table below looks at the demand for Basel II skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Basel II over the 3 months to 24 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Glasgow 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Basel II
Rank 73 55 -
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -
Contract jobs citing Basel II 3 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.322% 0.889% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.478% 14.58% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 0
Average daily rate £250 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £391 £400 £413
% change year-on-year
-2.18% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
67 48 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 7.181% 6.099% 3.458%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 26 14
Average daily rate £275 £338 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.51% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £405 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
Average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
Basel II
Scotland

Basel II
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Basel II across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Glasgow Basel II Jobs Demand Trend

Basel II
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Basel II Daily Rate Trend

Basel II
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Basel II 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 Basel II.

1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) COBIT
2 3 (75.00%) QlikView
2 3 (75.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (75.00%) CRISC
2 3 (75.00%) CISA
2 3 (75.00%) CISM
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) VBA
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (25.00%) Basel III

Basel II
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Basel II 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 Basel II. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) QlikView
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CRISC
1 3 (75.00%) CISA
1 3 (75.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) COBIT
1 3 (75.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (25.00%) Basel III