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Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Foreign Exchange (FX)
Rank 58 97 104
Rank change year-on-year
+39 +7
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 69 9 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 2.714% 0.341% 0.215%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.66% 1.931% 1.579%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 4 3
Average daily rate £413 £150 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+175.00% -44.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £150 £234
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £154 £354
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £288 £400
% change year-on-year
+47.82% -28.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 592 466 380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 23.29% 17.66% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 197 156
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 42 21
Average hourly rate £15.14 £26.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.78% -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.27 £12.00 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.20 £32.50 £173.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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) Jobs Demand Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Trend

This 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)
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Scotland Foreign Exchange (FX) Daily Rate Histogram

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 20 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Glasgow +6 31 £500 +233.33% 2
Edinburgh -3 2 £650 -
Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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).

1 54 (63.53%) Multithreading
2 53 (62.35%) Java
3 38 (44.71%) Finance
4 36 (42.35%) TIBCO
5 34 (40.00%) Banking
6 26 (30.59%) C#
7 24 (28.24%) Degree
8 22 (25.88%) WPF
9 18 (21.18%) Apache Flex
10 17 (20.00%) HTML5
10 17 (20.00%) Front Office
11 16 (18.82%) Fixed Income
11 16 (18.82%) TDD
12 15 (17.65%) Spring
12 15 (17.65%) Hibernate
13 11 (12.94%) XML
14 10 (11.76%) Sybase
15 9 (10.59%) SQL
16 8 (9.412%) XSLT
16 8 (9.412%) UNIX
17 7 (8.235%) C++
18 6 (7.059%) Oracle
18 6 (7.059%) STL
18 6 (7.059%) Equities
18 6 (7.059%) Adobe
18 6 (7.059%) Boost C++ Libraries
19 5 (5.882%) Asset Management
19 5 (5.882%) Java EE
19 5 (5.882%) Linux
20 4 (4.706%) J2EE

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 22 (25.88%) WPF
2 18 (21.18%) Apache Flex
3 17 (20.00%) HTML5
4 15 (17.65%) Spring
4 15 (17.65%) Hibernate
5 11 (12.94%) XML
6 8 (9.412%) XSLT
7 6 (7.059%) STL
7 6 (7.059%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 5 (5.882%) Java EE
9 4 (4.706%) J2EE
9 4 (4.706%) JMS
9 4 (4.706%) Java SE
9 4 (4.706%) WebSphere
9 4 (4.706%) Apache CXF
10 3 (3.529%) JAXB
10 3 (3.529%) .NET
11 2 (2.353%) CSS
11 2 (2.353%) JSP
11 2 (2.353%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.353%) WebLogic
1 2 (2.353%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.176%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (1.176%) Murex MxG2000
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.176%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.529%) RDBMS
2 2 (2.353%) KDB
3 1 (1.176%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.176%) TOAD
3 1 (1.176%) SQLPlus
3 1 (1.176%) DB2
3 1 (1.176%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.353%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.176%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (1.176%) Aptana Studio
2 1 (1.176%) IntelliJ
2 1 (1.176%) ClearCase
General
1 38 (44.71%) Finance
2 34 (40.00%) Banking
3 17 (20.00%) Front Office
4 4 (4.706%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 65 (76.47%) Developer
2 37 (43.53%) Java Developer
3 22 (25.88%) C# Developer
4 15 (17.65%) Development Specialist
5 10 (11.76%) Front Office Developer
6 6 (7.059%) Senior Developer
6 6 (7.059%) C++ Developer
6 6 (7.059%) WPF Developer
7 5 (5.882%) Senior Java Developer
7 5 (5.882%) Analyst
8 3 (3.529%) Agile Test Analyst
8 3 (3.529%) Test Analyst
9 2 (2.353%) Business Analyst
10 1 (1.176%) Flex Developer
10 1 (1.176%) GUI Developer
10 1 (1.176%) Java/J2EE Developer
10 1 (1.176%) Senior C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.82%) Fixed Income
2 6 (7.059%) Equities
3 1 (1.176%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.412%) UNIX
2 5 (5.882%) Linux
3 3 (3.529%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (63.53%) Multithreading
2 16 (18.82%) TDD
3 5 (5.882%) Asset Management
4 4 (4.706%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (4.706%) Investment Management
5 3 (3.529%) Electronic Trading
5 3 (3.529%) Test Scripting
5 3 (3.529%) Software Testing
5 3 (3.529%) Business Analysis
5 3 (3.529%) OO
6 2 (2.353%) OOD
6 2 (2.353%) OOP
7 1 (1.176%) Data Transformation
7 1 (1.176%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (1.176%) Dependency Injection
7 1 (1.176%) Software Engineering
7 1 (1.176%) Business Development
7 1 (1.176%) OOA/OOD
7 1 (1.176%) SOA
7 1 (1.176%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (62.35%) Java
2 26 (30.59%) C#
3 9 (10.59%) SQL
4 7 (8.235%) C++
5 2 (2.353%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.353%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.353%) Python
6 1 (1.176%) Scala
6 1 (1.176%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.176%) Perl
Qualifications
1 24 (28.24%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (1.176%) Control-M
Vendors
1 36 (42.35%) TIBCO
2 10 (11.76%) Sybase
3 6 (7.059%) Oracle
3 6 (7.059%) Adobe
4 3 (3.529%) thinkFolio
4 3 (3.529%) Murex
5 2 (2.353%) JBoss
6 1 (1.176%) Sencha
6 1 (1.176%) IBM
6 1 (1.176%) MKS
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