The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Reuters products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Reuters 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 Vendors for the Edinburgh region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Reuters Group PLC.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reuters
Rank 88 - 95
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Reuters 4 0 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.378% - 0.389%
As % of the Vendors category 0.887% - 1.070%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
Average salary - - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £41,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-15.15% +3.12%
All Vendors
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
451 579 561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 42.67% 43.21% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 292 430 407
Average salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,150 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Reuters
Scotland

Reuters
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Reuters across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Edinburgh Reuters Jobs Demand Trend

Reuters
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Reuters across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Reuters Salary Trend

Reuters
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Reuters 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 Reuters.

1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Bloomberg
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (75.00%) Fund Accounting
2 3 (75.00%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (50.00%) Time Management
3 2 (50.00%) Data Validation
3 2 (50.00%) Hedge funds
3 2 (50.00%) MS Access
3 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 2 (50.00%) GAAP
3 2 (50.00%) Back Office
4 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Front Office
4 1 (25.00%) Fixed Income
4 1 (25.00%) Equities
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) ISEB
4 1 (25.00%) Charles River
4 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Data Management
4 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Derivative
4 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Data Management

Reuters
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Reuters 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 Reuters. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MS Access
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Back Office
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) UAT Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) UAT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (50.00%) Hedge funds
3 1 (25.00%) Fixed Income
3 1 (25.00%) Equities
3 1 (25.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Fund Accounting
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GAAP
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Bloomberg
2 1 (25.00%) Charles River
2 1 (25.00%) Cadis
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft