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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Scotland region.

 Banking
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank41110
Rank change year-on-year
Up+7Down-1
Matching contract IT job ads286120252
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland14.68 %8.125 %8.892 %
As % of the General category29.18 %21.94 %23.91 %
Daily rates quoted1174187
Average daily rate£335£375£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.66 %+7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£228£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£520
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£400£400
% change year-on-year
-6.250 %-
Hourly rates quoted120
Average hourly rate£190.00£21.50-
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+783.72 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£16.44£16.50
% change year-on-year
+21.67 %-0.370 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
9805471054
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland50.31 %37.03 %37.19 %
Daily rates quoted341128278
Average daily rate£325£359£348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.400 %+3.230 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£205£210£215
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted261541
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£16.00£8.30
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£47.50£43.75£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Banking UKBanking
UK

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.

Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Banking across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Scotland Banking Demand Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Banking across the Scotland region.

Scotland Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Scotland Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Banking across the Scotland region.

Scotland Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghNo change0176£350-10.25 %
GlasgowUp+2567£300+10.09 %
StirlingNew entry-3£413-
AberdeenshireNew entry-1--
InverclydeNew entry-1£250-
Banking UKBanking
UK

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Banking 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 Banking.

1280 (55.89 %)Finance
2127 (25.35 %)Retail
3116 (23.15 %)Retail Banking
483 (16.57 %)Stakeholder Management
562 (12.38 %)Investment Banking
647 (9.381 %)Business Analysis
745 (8.982 %)SQL
844 (8.782 %)UNIX
941 (8.184 %)Java
1039 (7.784 %)Migration
1134 (6.786 %)Oracle
1134 (6.786 %)Insurance
1134 (6.786 %)Pensions
1230 (5.988 %)Change Management
1329 (5.788 %)Project Management
1424 (4.790 %)ISEB
1424 (4.790 %)Data Analysis
1522 (4.391 %)User Acceptance Testing
1522 (4.391 %)PRINCE2
1621 (4.192 %)XML
1621 (4.192 %).NET
1720 (3.992 %)MS Project
1819 (3.792 %)Sybase
1918 (3.593 %)MS Excel
2017 (3.393 %)Microsoft
2116 (3.194 %)TestDirector
2116 (3.194 %)MS Office
2116 (3.194 %)Derivative
2215 (2.994 %)C#
2215 (2.994 %)Equities

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Banking 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 Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
121 (4.192 %)XML
121 (4.192 %).NET
213 (2.595 %)WebSphere
36 (1.198 %)ASP.NET
36 (1.198 %)JMS
36 (1.198 %)XSLT
36 (1.198 %)Spring
45 (0.998 %)Middleware
45 (0.998 %)J2EE
54 (0.798 %)XML Messaging
54 (0.798 %)HTML
54 (0.798 %)JDBC
54 (0.798 %)OOXML
63 (0.599 %)SAX
63 (0.599 %)XML Schema
63 (0.599 %)DOM
63 (0.599 %)FpML
72 (0.399 %)CSS
72 (0.399 %)Spring.NET
72 (0.399 %)ASP.NET MVC
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (2.794 %)SAS
28 (1.597 %)ESB
36 (1.198 %)Mule
45 (0.998 %)AquaLogic
45 (0.998 %)SharePoint
45 (0.998 %)MQSeries
54 (0.798 %)Tomcat
63 (0.599 %)WebSphere Portal
72 (0.399 %)CMS
72 (0.399 %)JCAPS
81 (0.200 %)Sonic ESB
81 (0.200 %)SonicMQ
81 (0.200 %)WebSphere MQ
81 (0.200 %)WebLogic
81 (0.200 %)IIS
81 (0.200 %)WebSphere Application Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
120 (3.992 %)MS Project
218 (3.593 %)MS Excel
316 (3.194 %)MS Office
414 (2.794 %)MS Visio
511 (2.196 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.399 %)Photoshop
62 (0.399 %)CA Clarity
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.399 %)SAP Payroll
12 (0.399 %)InvestOne
12 (0.399 %)Oracle General Ledger
21 (0.200 %)Oracle Financials
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (0.798 %)Internet
22 (0.399 %)ATM
31 (0.200 %)SAN
31 (0.200 %)FTP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (2.395 %)Datawarehouse
210 (1.996 %)Reference Data
39 (1.796 %)SQL Server
48 (1.597 %)RDBMS
56 (1.198 %)ETL
56 (1.198 %)BusinessObjects
65 (0.998 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
73 (0.599 %)Oracle 10g
73 (0.599 %)DataStage
73 (0.599 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (0.599 %)Oracle 9i
73 (0.599 %)DB2
82 (0.399 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.200 %)Data Cleansing
91 (0.200 %)Oracle BI EE
91 (0.200 %)Base SAS
91 (0.200 %)Oracle 11g
91 (0.200 %)SQL Server 2005
91 (0.200 %)Sybase ASE
91 (0.200 %)SQL Server 2000
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
116 (3.194 %)TestDirector
27 (1.397 %)QuickTest Pro
36 (1.198 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
45 (0.998 %)Visual Studio
54 (0.798 %)LoadRunner
63 (0.599 %)JUnit
72 (0.399 %)PowerBuilder
72 (0.399 %)WinRunner
72 (0.399 %)RequisitePro
72 (0.399 %)Eclipse
72 (0.399 %)Subversion
72 (0.399 %)FrontPage
81 (0.200 %)FlexUnit
81 (0.200 %)Flex Builder
81 (0.200 %)ReSharper
81 (0.200 %)ERwin
81 (0.200 %)ClearCase
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1280 (55.89 %)Finance
2127 (25.35 %)Retail
3116 (23.15 %)Retail Banking
462 (12.38 %)Investment Banking
534 (6.786 %)Insurance
534 (6.786 %)Pensions
611 (2.196 %)Home Office
79 (1.796 %)Advertising
88 (1.597 %)Corporate Banking
96 (1.198 %)Financial Institution
105 (0.998 %)Health
114 (0.798 %)Back Office
114 (0.798 %)International Banking
123 (0.599 %)Wholesale Banking
123 (0.599 %)Legal
123 (0.599 %)Front Office
132 (0.399 %)Online Banking
132 (0.399 %)Marketing
141 (0.200 %)Private Banking
141 (0.200 %)General Ledger
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1223 (44.51 %)Analyst
2137 (27.35 %)Business Analyst
364 (12.77 %)Project Manager
449 (9.780 %)Developer
529 (5.788 %)Architect
627 (5.389 %)Programme Manager
627 (5.389 %)Test Analyst
725 (4.990 %)Senior Analyst
822 (4.391 %)Banking Business Analyst
917 (3.393 %)Test Manager
1013 (2.595 %)Senior Business Analyst
1013 (2.595 %)Senior Manager
1112 (2.395 %)Risk Analyst
1112 (2.395 %)Data Analyst
1112 (2.395 %)Java Developer
1210 (1.996 %)PMO Analyst
1210 (1.996 %)Business Manager
1210 (1.996 %)Solutions Architect
1210 (1.996 %)Change Analyst
139 (1.796 %)Consultant
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
116 (3.194 %)Derivative
215 (2.994 %)Equities
36 (1.198 %)IVR
36 (1.198 %)Fixed Income
44 (0.798 %)AS400
44 (0.798 %)Credit Risk
44 (0.798 %)Data Integration
53 (0.599 %)iSeries
53 (0.599 %)Mainframe
53 (0.599 %)Client/Server
62 (0.399 %)Smartcard
62 (0.399 %)Chip and PIN
62 (0.399 %)PKI
71 (0.200 %)Multithreading
71 (0.200 %)Market Risk
71 (0.200 %)Equity Derivative
71 (0.200 %)Dutch Language
71 (0.200 %)PDA
71 (0.200 %)Tandem
71 (0.200 %)N-Tier
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
144 (8.782 %)UNIX
213 (2.595 %)Windows
36 (1.198 %)AIX
36 (1.198 %)Solaris
42 (0.399 %)Linux
51 (0.200 %)zOS
51 (0.200 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.200 %)Windows XP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
183 (16.57 %)Stakeholder Management
247 (9.381 %)Business Analysis
339 (7.784 %)Migration
430 (5.988 %)Change Management
529 (5.788 %)Project Management
624 (4.790 %)Data Analysis
722 (4.391 %)User Acceptance Testing
722 (4.391 %)PRINCE2
814 (2.794 %)GAP Analysis
912 (2.395 %)Data Migration
1011 (2.196 %)Programme Management
1011 (2.196 %)Investment Management
1011 (2.196 %)Project Planning
1110 (1.996 %)Test Management
1110 (1.996 %)SOA
128 (1.597 %)Risk Management
128 (1.597 %)Configuration Management
128 (1.597 %)Test Scripting
128 (1.597 %)Asset Management
128 (1.597 %)Data Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
145 (8.982 %)SQL
241 (8.184 %)Java
315 (2.994 %)C#
410 (1.996 %)VB
58 (1.597 %)C
58 (1.597 %)Perl
67 (1.397 %)Shell Script
67 (1.397 %)VB.NET
76 (1.198 %)VB6
85 (0.998 %)JavaScript
94 (0.798 %)AWK
94 (0.798 %)PL/SQL
103 (0.599 %)XQuery
103 (0.599 %)C++
112 (0.399 %)RPG
112 (0.399 %)VBA
121 (0.200 %)ActionScript 3.0
121 (0.200 %)SAS Macro
121 (0.200 %)COBOL
121 (0.200 %)ActionScript
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
124 (4.790 %)ISEB
27 (1.397 %)Degree
34 (0.798 %)PRINCE2 Certification
42 (0.399 %)ISTQB
51 (0.200 %)APMP
51 (0.200 %)Security Cleared
51 (0.200 %)MOS
51 (0.200 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.200 %)MCP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.597 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
23 (0.599 %)QA
23 (0.599 %)Basel II
31 (0.200 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.200 %)SLA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.399 %)Active Directory
12 (0.399 %)Oracle RAC
21 (0.200 %)Veritas Cluster Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (1.996 %)HP Quality Center
23 (0.599 %)BMC PATROL
31 (0.200 %)EMC NetWorker
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
134 (6.786 %)Oracle
219 (3.792 %)Sybase
317 (3.393 %)Microsoft
412 (2.395 %)IBM
510 (1.996 %)Planview
68 (1.597 %)GL TRADE
76 (1.198 %)Business Objects
85 (0.998 %)SmartStream
85 (0.998 %)Chordiant
85 (0.998 %)Cognos
94 (0.798 %)Nortel
94 (0.798 %)Avaya
94 (0.798 %)Genesys
103 (0.599 %)Casewise
103 (0.599 %)MicroStrategy
103 (0.599 %)BMC
103 (0.599 %)PolarLake
103 (0.599 %)SAP
112 (0.399 %)Fiorano
112 (0.399 %)Remedy