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The table below looks at the demand for Foreign Exchange (FX) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkForeign Exchange (FX)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank86122
Rank change on same period last yearUp+36
Matching contract IT job ads72
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.002 %
As % of the category below3.226 %0.504 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£475-
Average daily rate£500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£525-
UK excluding London average daily rate£519£436
% change on same period last year+18.96 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads217397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.349 %0.426 %
Daily rates quoted5180
Average minimum daily rate£276£346
Average daily rate£287£366
% change on same period last year-21.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£299£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£345
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted2344
Average minimum hourly rate£21.79£16.85
Average hourly rate£23.27£17.74
% change on same period last year+31.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.75£18.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.41£25.59
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
Foreign Exchange (FX) UKForeign Exchange (FX)
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Scotland Foreign Exchange (FX) Demand Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Scotland region.

Scotland Foreign Exchange (FX) Daily Rate Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Scotland region.

Scotland Foreign Exchange (FX) Hourly Rate Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghUp+275£500-
Foreign Exchange (FX) UKForeign Exchange (FX)
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX).

16 (66.67 %)Java
16 (66.67 %)Perl
16 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
16 (66.67 %)Actuate
16 (66.67 %)Shell Script
16 (66.67 %)Tumbleweed
25 (55.56 %)FTP
25 (55.56 %)HTTP
32 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
32 (22.22 %)RAD
32 (22.22 %)Oracle Reports
32 (22.22 %)MS Access
32 (22.22 %)SQL
32 (22.22 %)VB
32 (22.22 %).NET
32 (22.22 %)Oracle
32 (22.22 %)C#
32 (22.22 %)Data Extraction
32 (22.22 %)GAP Analysis
32 (22.22 %)Migration
32 (22.22 %)Banking
32 (22.22 %)Billing
32 (22.22 %)Investment Banking
32 (22.22 %)Requirements Analysis
41 (11.11 %)Integration Testing
41 (11.11 %)System Testing
41 (11.11 %)Investment Management
41 (11.11 %)Fixed Income
41 (11.11 %)Front Office
41 (11.11 %)Back Office

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (22.22 %).NET
12 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (55.56 %)FTP
15 (55.56 %)HTTP
21 (11.11 %)HTTPS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
22 (22.22 %)Oracle Reports
22 (22.22 %)MS Access
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Banking
12 (22.22 %)Billing
12 (22.22 %)Investment Banking
21 (11.11 %)Front Office
21 (11.11 %)Back Office
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (22.22 %)Developer
12 (22.22 %)Senior Developer
12 (22.22 %).NET Developer
12 (22.22 %)Senior .NET Developer
21 (11.11 %)Security Consultant
21 (11.11 %)Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Test Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Consultant
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)Data Extraction
21 (11.11 %)Fixed Income
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)RAD
12 (22.22 %)GAP Analysis
12 (22.22 %)Migration
12 (22.22 %)Requirements Analysis
21 (11.11 %)Integration Testing
21 (11.11 %)System Testing
21 (11.11 %)Investment Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (66.67 %)Java
16 (66.67 %)Perl
16 (66.67 %)Shell Script
22 (22.22 %)C#
22 (22.22 %)SQL
22 (22.22 %)VB
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (66.67 %)Actuate
16 (66.67 %)Tumbleweed
22 (22.22 %)Oracle