The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cadis products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cadis 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 Vendors for the Scotland 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Cadis.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cadis
Rank 89 94 114
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +20
Contract jobs citing Cadis 33 15 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.335% 0.568% 0.073%
As % of the Vendors category 2.941% 1.451% 0.169%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 0
Average daily rate £425 £488 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.82% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £500 £405
% change year-on-year
-15.04% +23.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1122 1034 1185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.39% 39.12% 43.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 461 511
Average daily rate £365 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 52 55
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +51.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.85 £10.00 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £33.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Cadis
UK

Cadis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cadis across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Scotland Cadis Jobs Demand Trend

Cadis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Cadis Daily Rate Trend

Cadis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cadis across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Scotland Cadis Daily Rate Histogram

Cadis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cadis within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Stirling - 16 £425 -
Edinburgh +6 7 £625 +31.57%
Cadis
UK

Cadis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Cadis 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 Cadis.

1 23 (65.71%) SQL Server
2 19 (54.29%) Finance
3 18 (51.43%) Banking
4 17 (48.57%) SQL
5 15 (42.86%) Investment Banking
6 12 (34.29%) XML
7 11 (31.43%) Test Scripting
8 10 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
8 10 (28.57%) ETL
9 8 (22.86%) Data Mining
9 8 (22.86%) T-SQL
9 8 (22.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (22.86%) Asset Management
9 8 (22.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (22.86%) Data Analysis
10 7 (20.00%) DTS
10 7 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
11 6 (17.14%) IBM
11 6 (17.14%) HP
11 6 (17.14%) TDD
11 6 (17.14%) Investment Management
11 6 (17.14%) WebSphere
12 5 (14.29%) XPath
12 5 (14.29%) Silverlight
12 5 (14.29%) Waterfall
12 5 (14.29%) BDD
12 5 (14.29%) Data Management
12 5 (14.29%) Derivative
12 5 (14.29%) Equities
12 5 (14.29%) C#

Cadis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (34.29%) XML
2 6 (17.14%) WebSphere
3 5 (14.29%) Silverlight
3 5 (14.29%) .NET
4 2 (5.714%) XSD
4 2 (5.714%) XSLT
5 1 (2.857%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.857%) ASP.NET MVC 2
5 1 (2.857%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (14.29%) WebSphere MQ
2 3 (8.571%) MQSeries
3 1 (2.857%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (8.571%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.857%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Eagle PACE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (65.71%) SQL Server
2 10 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (22.86%) Data Mining
3 8 (22.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (22.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (20.00%) DTS
5 3 (8.571%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (5.714%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 7 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (11.43%) Selenium
3 1 (2.857%) MSTest
3 1 (2.857%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.857%) Subversion
3 1 (2.857%) NUnit
General
1 19 (54.29%) Finance
2 18 (51.43%) Banking
3 15 (42.86%) Investment Banking
4 4 (11.43%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 14 (40.00%) Analyst
2 13 (37.14%) Test Analyst
2 13 (37.14%) Developer
3 4 (11.43%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.571%) Development Specialist
5 1 (2.857%) Automation Analyst
5 1 (2.857%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (2.857%) Automated Test Analyst
5 1 (2.857%) Test Automation Analyst
5 1 (2.857%) Manual Test Analyst
5 1 (2.857%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (2.857%) C# Developer
5 1 (2.857%) Senior Manager
5 1 (2.857%) Programmer
5 1 (2.857%) Business Analyst
5 1 (2.857%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (2.857%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (2.857%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Derivative
1 5 (14.29%) Equities
2 2 (5.714%) PMI
3 1 (2.857%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.857%) Data Integration
3 1 (2.857%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.857%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.571%) UNIX
1 3 (8.571%) Windows
1 3 (8.571%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) Test Scripting
2 10 (28.57%) ETL
3 8 (22.86%) Asset Management
3 8 (22.86%) Data Analysis
4 6 (17.14%) TDD
4 6 (17.14%) Investment Management
5 5 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 5 (14.29%) BDD
5 5 (14.29%) Data Management
6 4 (11.43%) Project Management
6 4 (11.43%) Automated Testing
7 3 (8.571%) Data Modelling
8 2 (5.714%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (5.714%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (5.714%) Business Analysis
8 2 (5.714%) Supplier Management
8 2 (5.714%) Manual Testing
8 2 (5.714%) Fund Management
8 2 (5.714%) Unit Testing
9 1 (2.857%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (48.57%) SQL
2 8 (22.86%) T-SQL
3 5 (14.29%) XPath
3 5 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (8.571%) Degree
2 2 (5.714%) ISEB
2 2 (5.714%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.857%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) Control-M
2 3 (8.571%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) IBM
1 6 (17.14%) HP
2 2 (5.714%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.714%) thinkFolio
3 1 (2.857%) Charles River
Stirling, Scotland
manual", "sql", "banking", "agile", test, "testing", "tester", "cadis" Test Analyst NeededStriling Tier 1 bank £450/day My client a Global Tier 1 Bank in Scotland is looking for...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Test Lead, Scotland, Investment Banking, £400-450 per day A leading banking client in Edinburgh urgently requires a Test Lead, to work on a 6-month rolling contract...
Orgtel
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013