The first table below looks at the demand for Fund Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Fund Management over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fund Management
Rank 113 99 102
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +3
Contract jobs citing Fund Management 8 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.323% 0.224% 0.292%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.474% 0.349% 0.435%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 5
Average daily rate £500 £525 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £513 £450
% change year-on-year
-12.19% +13.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1689 1720 1840
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.16% 64.28% 67.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 870 873 954
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 68 49
Average hourly rate £20.50 £24.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.58% -17.24%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Fund Management
UK

Fund Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Fund Management across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland Fund Management Jobs Demand Trend

Fund Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Fund Management Daily Rate Trend

Fund Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fund Management across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland Fund Management Daily Rate Histogram

Fund Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Fund Management Hourly Rate Trend

Fund Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fund Management within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Edinburgh +4 6 £525 -
Glasgow - 3 £500 -
Stirling - 1 - -
Fund Management
UK

Fund Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Fund Management 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 Fund Management.

1 12 (80.00%) Asset Management
2 9 (60.00%) Banking
3 7 (46.67%) Finance
3 7 (46.67%) Investment Banking
4 4 (26.67%) Business Analysis
5 3 (20.00%) Fund Accounting
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) Project Management
6 2 (13.33%) HiPortfolio
6 2 (13.33%) MS Office
6 2 (13.33%) thinkFolio
6 2 (13.33%) Degree
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (13.33%) Cadis
6 2 (13.33%) Investment Management
6 2 (13.33%) Supplier Management
6 2 (13.33%) MultiFonds
7 1 (6.667%) Data Analysis
7 1 (6.667%) Billing
7 1 (6.667%) Subversion
7 1 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (6.667%) Derivative
7 1 (6.667%) Web Development
7 1 (6.667%) Legal
7 1 (6.667%) Validation
7 1 (6.667%) Migration
7 1 (6.667%) Sentinel
7 1 (6.667%) FATCA
7 1 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (6.667%) Test Strategy

Fund Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Fund Management 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 Fund Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Office
2 1 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (6.667%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (6.667%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) HiPortfolio
1 2 (13.33%) MultiFonds
2 1 (6.667%) Sentinel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Subversion
1 1 (6.667%) TestDirector
General
1 9 (60.00%) Banking
2 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Investment Banking
3 1 (6.667%) Billing
3 1 (6.667%) Legal
3 1 (6.667%) Front Office
3 1 (6.667%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Analyst
2 8 (53.33%) Business Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Business Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Integration Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Designer
5 1 (6.667%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Change Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (6.667%) .NET Developer
5 1 (6.667%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Web Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Derivative
1 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.667%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Asset Management
2 4 (26.67%) Business Analysis
3 3 (20.00%) Fund Accounting
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (13.33%) Investment Management
4 2 (13.33%) Supplier Management
5 1 (6.667%) Data Analysis
5 1 (6.667%) Web Development
5 1 (6.667%) Validation
5 1 (6.667%) Migration
5 1 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.667%) Test Strategy
5 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Integration Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Change Management
5 1 (6.667%) Workflow
5 1 (6.667%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) C
1 1 (6.667%) C#
1 1 (6.667%) SQL
1 1 (6.667%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.667%) ISEB
2 1 (6.667%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) FATCA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) thinkFolio
1 2 (13.33%) Cadis
2 1 (6.667%) Siebel
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) HP
2 1 (6.667%) Charles River