The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Investment Banking over the 3 months to 23 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 General category for the Stirling 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Investment Banking
Rank 6 6 17
Rank change year-on-year
0 +11
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 27 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 23.89% 24.32% 3.571%
As % of the General category 34.18% 30.00% 4.110%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 1
Average daily rate £375 £275 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -42.10%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £390 £375
% change year-on-year
+8.97% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £22.00 £69.00
% change year-on-year
-31.81% -68.11%
All of the General Category
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
79 30 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 69.91% 81.08% 86.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 15 48
Average daily rate £375 £315 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -25.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £344
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £525 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Investment Banking
Scotland

Investment Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Investment Banking across the Stirling region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Stirling Investment Banking Jobs Demand Trend

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Stirling Investment Banking Daily Rate Trend

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Investment Banking across the Stirling region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Stirling Investment Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Investment Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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.

1 27 (100.00%) Banking
2 15 (55.56%) SQL
3 13 (48.15%) XML
4 10 (37.04%) MS Visio
5 8 (29.63%) Back Office
5 8 (29.63%) UML
5 8 (29.63%) Use Case
6 7 (25.93%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (25.93%) MiFID
6 7 (25.93%) TOAD
6 7 (25.93%) HP
6 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
6 7 (25.93%) Finance
7 6 (22.22%) Workflow
7 6 (22.22%) Process Management
7 6 (22.22%) Java
7 6 (22.22%) Reference Data
7 6 (22.22%) Pega
7 6 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (18.52%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (18.52%) Oracle
8 5 (18.52%) XML Messaging
9 4 (14.81%) PMP
9 4 (14.81%) PMI Certification
9 4 (14.81%) QuickTest Pro
9 4 (14.81%) Business Analysis
10 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
10 3 (11.11%) Java SE
10 3 (11.11%) Unit Testing
10 3 (11.11%) Oracle 11g

Investment Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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.

Application Development
1 13 (48.15%) XML
2 5 (18.52%) XML Messaging
3 3 (11.11%) Java SE
3 3 (11.11%) Struts
4 2 (7.407%) JSP
4 2 (7.407%) Hibernate
4 2 (7.407%) WebSphere
4 2 (7.407%) Spring
5 1 (3.704%) Java EE
5 1 (3.704%) .NET
5 1 (3.704%) Web Services
5 1 (3.704%) XSD
5 1 (3.704%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.407%) MQSeries
1 2 (7.407%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (3.704%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (37.04%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.704%) MS Project
2 1 (3.704%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) TOAD
1 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (7.407%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.704%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (7.407%) Selenium
General
1 27 (100.00%) Banking
2 8 (29.63%) Back Office
3 7 (25.93%) Finance
4 2 (7.407%) Front Office
5 1 (3.704%) Billing
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Business Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Technical Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Technical Business Analyst
4 7 (25.93%) Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Test Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Java Developer
6 2 (7.407%) Resource Manager
6 2 (7.407%) Automation Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) IT Business Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Portfolio Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Banking Business Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Automation Test Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) PMO Manager
7 1 (3.704%) RAD Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Test Automation Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Development Specialist
7 1 (3.704%) Developer Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Reference Data
2 2 (7.407%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.704%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.704%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) UNIX
2 2 (7.407%) Linux
3 1 (3.704%) Windows
3 1 (3.704%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) UML
1 8 (29.63%) Use Case
2 7 (25.93%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (22.22%) Workflow
3 6 (22.22%) Process Management
4 5 (18.52%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (14.81%) Business Analysis
6 3 (11.11%) Unit Testing
6 3 (11.11%) Project Management
6 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2
7 2 (7.407%) RAD
7 2 (7.407%) ETL
7 2 (7.407%) Test Scripting
7 2 (7.407%) System Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Automated Testing
8 1 (3.704%) Fund Management
8 1 (3.704%) Test Automation
8 1 (3.704%) Asset Management
8 1 (3.704%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) SQL
2 6 (22.22%) Java
3 1 (3.704%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) PMP
1 4 (14.81%) PMI Certification
2 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.704%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.704%) Degree
3 1 (3.704%) MBA
3 1 (3.704%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) MiFID
2 1 (3.704%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (7.407%) Control-M
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) HP
2 6 (22.22%) Pega
3 5 (18.52%) Oracle
4 3 (11.11%) Cadis
4 3 (11.11%) Sybase
4 3 (11.11%) IBM
5 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
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