The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equities in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Equities 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Equities
Rank 105 103 103
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Contract jobs citing Equities 13 7 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.533% 0.263% 0.290%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.124% 1.566% 2.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 8
Average daily rate £425 £525 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.04% +44.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £480 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £525 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £17.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 - £11.00
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
612 447 392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 25.09% 16.80% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 188 170
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £197 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 35 19
Average hourly rate £15.77 £26.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.34% -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £11.40 £13.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £34.50 £161.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Equities
UK

Equities
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Equities Jobs Demand Trend

Equities
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Equities Daily Rate Trend

Equities
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Equities across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Equities Daily Rate Histogram

Equities
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Equities Hourly Rate Trend

Equities
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Equities within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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 -8 5 - -
Glasgow - 3 £425 -
Equities
UK

Equities
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Equities 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 Equities.

1 13 (61.90%) Finance
2 10 (47.62%) Derivative
2 10 (47.62%) SQL
3 8 (38.10%) Java
4 6 (28.57%) TDD
4 6 (28.57%) XML
5 5 (23.81%) T-SQL
5 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
5 5 (23.81%) DTS
5 5 (23.81%) Data Mining
5 5 (23.81%) ETL
5 5 (23.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (23.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (23.81%) Data Analysis
5 5 (23.81%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (23.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (23.81%) XPath
5 5 (23.81%) Waterfall
5 5 (23.81%) BDD
5 5 (23.81%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (23.81%) Cadis
6 4 (19.05%) Fixed Income
6 4 (19.05%) UNIX
6 4 (19.05%) Linux
7 3 (14.29%) Perl
7 3 (14.29%) C#
7 3 (14.29%) Python
7 3 (14.29%) Spring
7 3 (14.29%) Software Testing
7 3 (14.29%) Asset Management

Equities
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (28.57%) XML
2 3 (14.29%) Spring
2 3 (14.29%) Silverlight
3 2 (9.524%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (4.762%) J2SE
4 1 (4.762%) JMS
4 1 (4.762%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) Oracle Coherence
1 1 (4.762%) GemFire
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Project
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.762%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
1 5 (23.81%) DTS
1 5 (23.81%) Data Mining
1 5 (23.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (23.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (23.81%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (9.524%) KDB
3 2 (9.524%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) JUnit
2 1 (4.762%) JIRA
General
1 13 (61.90%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Front Office
2 1 (4.762%) Billing
2 1 (4.762%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Developer
2 7 (33.33%) Analyst
3 6 (28.57%) Java Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Agile Test Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) C# Developer
5 1 (4.762%) UNIX Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) UNIX Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Market Data Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Market Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Market Data Support Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) WPF Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Derivative
2 5 (23.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (19.05%) Fixed Income
4 1 (4.762%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) UNIX
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 1 (4.762%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) TDD
2 5 (23.81%) ETL
2 5 (23.81%) Data Analysis
2 5 (23.81%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (23.81%) Waterfall
2 5 (23.81%) BDD
3 3 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 3 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 3 (14.29%) Investment Management
3 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 2 (9.524%) Multithreading
5 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.762%) OO
5 1 (4.762%) Project Management
5 1 (4.762%) CRM
5 1 (4.762%) Data Modelling
5 1 (4.762%) SOA
5 1 (4.762%) Validation
5 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.762%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) SQL
2 8 (38.10%) Java
3 5 (23.81%) T-SQL
3 5 (23.81%) XPath
4 3 (14.29%) Perl
4 3 (14.29%) C#
4 3 (14.29%) Python
5 2 (9.524%) Shell Script
5 2 (9.524%) C++
6 1 (4.762%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (4.762%) PMP
1 1 (4.762%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.762%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Cadis
2 3 (14.29%) thinkFolio
3 1 (4.762%) Sybase
3 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.762%) Reuters
3 1 (4.762%) Bloomberg