Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Investment Banking' in contract IT jobs within the Scotland region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Investment Banking over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInvestment Banking
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank9698
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads929
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.030 %
As % of the category below1.030 %2.063 %
Daily rates quoted29
Average minimum daily rate£325£379
Average daily rate£348£396
% change on same period last year-12.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£414
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£427
% change on same period last year-16.67 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£16.00
Average hourly rate-£18.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.25£25.75
% change on same period last year+60.19 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads8741406
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.246 %1.454 %
Daily rates quoted232295
Average minimum daily rate£309£334
Average daily rate£330£351
% change on same period last year-6.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£381
% change on same period last year+0.91 %
Hourly rates quoted3763
Average minimum hourly rate£29.96£24.11
Average hourly rate£30.84£26.38
% change on same period last year+16.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.72£28.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.97£26.66
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
Investment Banking UKInvestment Banking
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.

Investment Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Investment Banking across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Scotland Investment Banking Demand Trend

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Investment Banking Daily Rate Trend

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Investment Banking across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Scotland Investment Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Investment Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Investment Banking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
GlasgowUp+25£348-12.33 %
EdinburghUp+164--
Investment Banking UKInvestment Banking
UK

Investment Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking.

134 (100.00 %)Banking
211 (32.35 %)Finance
38 (23.53 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
38 (23.53 %)SQL
47 (20.59 %)Asset Management
56 (17.65 %)Java
56 (17.65 %).NET
65 (14.71 %)VB
74 (11.76 %)C#
83 (8.824 %)Oracle
83 (8.824 %)RAD
83 (8.824 %)Retail Banking
83 (8.824 %)Data Extraction
83 (8.824 %)Retail
83 (8.824 %)VB6
92 (5.882 %)Requirements Analysis
92 (5.882 %)Billing
92 (5.882 %)Oracle Reports
92 (5.882 %)XHTML
92 (5.882 %)UNIX
92 (5.882 %)TestDirector
92 (5.882 %)ASP.NET
92 (5.882 %)CSS
92 (5.882 %)VB.NET
92 (5.882 %)JavaScript
92 (5.882 %)MS Access
92 (5.882 %)Workflow
92 (5.882 %)GAP Analysis
92 (5.882 %)Back Office
92 (5.882 %)Programme Management

Investment Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (17.65 %).NET
22 (5.882 %)ASP.NET
22 (5.882 %)CSS
22 (5.882 %)XHTML
31 (2.941 %)FpML
31 (2.941 %)XML
31 (2.941 %)XSLT
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (5.882 %)CMS
21 (2.941 %)MQSeries
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.941 %)Salerio
11 (2.941 %)SunGard GMI
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (2.941 %)LDAP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (5.882 %)Oracle Reports
12 (5.882 %)MS Access
21 (2.941 %)RDBMS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (5.882 %)TestDirector
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
134 (100.00 %)Banking
211 (32.35 %)Finance
33 (8.824 %)Retail
33 (8.824 %)Retail Banking
42 (5.882 %)Billing
42 (5.882 %)Publishing
42 (5.882 %)Home Office
42 (5.882 %)Back Office
51 (2.941 %)Front Office
51 (2.941 %)Pensions
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (41.18 %)Analyst
211 (32.35 %)Business Analyst
39 (26.47 %)Developer
44 (11.76 %).NET Developer
52 (5.882 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
52 (5.882 %)Senior .NET Developer
52 (5.882 %)Project Manager
52 (5.882 %)Procurement Consultant
52 (5.882 %)VB.NET Developer
52 (5.882 %)Test Manager
52 (5.882 %)Consultant
52 (5.882 %)Senior Developer
61 (2.941 %)Analyst Programmer
61 (2.941 %)Programmer
61 (2.941 %)Support Analyst
61 (2.941 %)Technical Support
61 (2.941 %)Technical Analyst
61 (2.941 %)VB Developer
61 (2.941 %)SQL Developer
61 (2.941 %)Data Analyst
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (23.53 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
23 (8.824 %)Data Extraction
31 (2.941 %)AS400
31 (2.941 %)Derivative
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (5.882 %)UNIX
21 (2.941 %)Windows
21 (2.941 %)Solaris
21 (2.941 %)Windows XP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (20.59 %)Asset Management
23 (8.824 %)RAD
32 (5.882 %)Project Management
32 (5.882 %)Change Management
32 (5.882 %)GAP Analysis
32 (5.882 %)Workflow
32 (5.882 %)Programme Management
32 (5.882 %)Requirements Analysis
41 (2.941 %)Fund Management
41 (2.941 %)Agile Software Development
41 (2.941 %)Business Analysis
41 (2.941 %)Business Continuity
41 (2.941 %)Information Security
41 (2.941 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (2.941 %)Data Modelling
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (23.53 %)SQL
26 (17.65 %)Java
35 (14.71 %)VB
44 (11.76 %)C#
53 (8.824 %)VB6
62 (5.882 %)JavaScript
62 (5.882 %)VB.NET
71 (2.941 %)XQuery
71 (2.941 %)Shell Script
71 (2.941 %)RPG
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.941 %)ISEB
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.941 %)SLA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.941 %)Active Directory
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (8.824 %)Oracle
22 (5.882 %)RedDot
31 (2.941 %)CheckFree
31 (2.941 %)Sun
31 (2.941 %)SunGard
31 (2.941 %)VERITAS