The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Foreign Exchange (FX)
Rank 94 89 96
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 1 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.084% 0.310% 0.184%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.279% 0.885% 0.641%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 2
Average salary - £48,750 £48,750
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +11.11%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
358 452 468
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 29.98% 35.01% 28.68%
Number of salaries quoted 223 332 335
Average salary £42,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,400 £24,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Foreign Exchange (FX)
Scotland

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Edinburgh Foreign Exchange (FX) Jobs Demand Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Foreign Exchange (FX) Salary Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Foreign Exchange (FX).

1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 5 (100.00%) Bloomberg
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Front Office
2 3 (60.00%) Fixed Income
2 3 (60.00%) Equities
2 3 (60.00%) Charles River
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Reuters
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) Investment Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Derivative
2 3 (60.00%) Cadis
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Time Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Fund Accounting
3 2 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (40.00%) Hedge funds
3 2 (40.00%) MS Access
3 2 (40.00%) GAAP
3 2 (40.00%) Back Office
3 2 (40.00%) Workflow
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Foreign Exchange (FX). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MS Access
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Front Office
3 2 (40.00%) Back Office
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Platform Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Fixed Income
1 3 (60.00%) Equities
1 3 (60.00%) Derivative
2 2 (40.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Data Management
1 3 (60.00%) Investment Management
1 3 (60.00%) Data Management
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Time Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Fund Accounting
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GAAP
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Bloomberg
2 3 (60.00%) Charles River
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Reuters
2 3 (60.00%) Cadis