The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Market Risk in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Market Risk over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Market Risk
Rank 116 - 113
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.164% - 0.036%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.670% - 0.255%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £450 - £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £575 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
+27.77% +12.50%
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
597 432 392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 24.48% 16.31% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 183 175
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £271 £195 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 35 17
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 £11.48 £12.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £32.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Market Risk
UK

Market Risk
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Market Risk Jobs Demand Trend

Market Risk
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Market Risk Daily Rate Trend

Market Risk
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Market Risk within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Glasgow - 4 £450 -
Market Risk
UK

Market Risk
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Market Risk 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 Market Risk.

1 7 (100.00%) Sybase
2 6 (85.71%) UNIX
3 5 (71.43%) Banking
4 4 (57.14%) Finance
5 3 (42.86%) Sybase IQ
5 3 (42.86%) Java
5 3 (42.86%) SQL
5 3 (42.86%) Solaris
5 3 (42.86%) Linux
5 3 (42.86%) Shell Script
5 3 (42.86%) Derivative
5 3 (42.86%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (14.29%) WPF
6 1 (14.29%) System Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (14.29%) C#
6 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (14.29%) .NET
6 1 (14.29%) Windows
6 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
6 1 (14.29%) Front Office
6 1 (14.29%) Risk Management

Market Risk
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Market Risk 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 Market Risk. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) WPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Sybase IQ
General
1 5 (71.43%) Banking
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Front Office
3 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (71.43%) Sybase Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Market Risk Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Derivative
1 3 (42.86%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) UNIX
2 3 (42.86%) Solaris
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
1 1 (14.29%) System Testing
1 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Java
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
1 3 (42.86%) Shell Script
2 1 (14.29%) C#
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Sybase
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