Banking Contracts in Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Banking Scotland / Edinburgh
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	3	2	2
Rank change year-on-year	-1	0
Contract jobs citing Banking	265	396	543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh	22.03%	29.20%	37.32%
As % of the General category	43.95%	49.50%	57.16%
Number of daily rates quoted	122	188	255
Median daily rate	£398	£424	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-6.25%	+13.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£250	£300	£286
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£550	£497
UK excluding London median daily rate	£413	£410	£400
% change year-on-year	+0.60%	+2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	0
Median hourly rate	-	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£13.00	£9.82	£10.44
% change year-on-year	+32.45%	-5.98%

Banking is in the common skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for common skills.

General Skills Edinburgh
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills	603	800	950
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh	50.12%	59.00%	65.29%
Number of daily rates quoted	356	413	483
Median daily rate	£400	£425	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-5.88%	+13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£250	£300	£285
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£538	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£400
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	1	6
Median hourly rate	£9.65	£40.00	£10.30
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-75.87%	+288.34%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£30.00	£25.00	£22.50
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	+11.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Edinburgh citing Banking as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the General category.

Job vacancy trend for Banking in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Banking in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate trend for Banking in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Banking in Edinburgh over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Banking in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Banking in Edinburgh

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Banking also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the Edinburgh region with a requirement for Banking.

1	172 (40.19%)	Finance
2	111 (25.93%)	Retail
3	100 (23.36%)	Retail Banking
4	71 (16.59%)	Stakeholder Management
5	52 (12.15%)	Migration
6	49 (11.45%)	Agile Software Development
7	41 (9.58%)	SQL
8	37 (8.64%)	User Acceptance Testing
9	34 (7.94%)	Business Analysis
10	28 (6.54%)	Linux
10	28 (6.54%)	Splunk
11	27 (6.31%)	Analytical Skills
11	27 (6.31%)	SAS
12	26 (6.07%)	Oracle
13	25 (5.84%)	Windows

13	25 (5.84%)	Project Management
13	25 (5.84%)	SIEM
14	23 (5.37%)	Java
15	22 (5.14%)	Analytics
16	21 (4.91%)	Microsoft Excel
17	20 (4.67%)	Scrum
18	18 (4.21%)	Teradata
18	18 (4.21%)	Unix
18	18 (4.21%)	JavaScript
19	17 (3.97%)	Microsoft
19	17 (3.97%)	Law
19	17 (3.97%)	Data Analysis
19	17 (3.97%)	Defect Management
20	16 (3.74%)	Credit Risk
20	16 (3.74%)	Test Scripting

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Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	27 (6.31%)	SAS
2	11 (2.57%)	WebSphere
3	8 (1.87%)	SharePoint
4	7 (1.64%)	WebSphere Portal
5	6 (1.40%)	FileNet
6	4 (0.93%)	IIS
7	2 (0.47%)	Apache
7	2 (0.47%)	Apache Airflow
7	2 (0.47%)	Apache Spark
7	2 (0.47%)	CMS
7	2 (0.47%)	OpenStack
7	2 (0.47%)	WebSphere Application Server
8	1 (0.23%)	Apache Pig
8	1 (0.23%)	CICS
8	1 (0.23%)	IBM HTTP Server
8	1 (0.23%)	SharePoint 2013
8	1 (0.23%)	Tomcat

Applications
1	21 (4.91%)	Microsoft Excel
2	9 (2.10%)	Microsoft Office
2	9 (2.10%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	7 (1.64%)	MS Visio
4	2 (0.47%)	Microsoft Project

Business Applications
1	2 (0.47%)	Pega PRPC
1	2 (0.47%)	thinkFolio
2	1 (0.23%)	BusinessWorks
2	1 (0.23%)	HFM
2	1 (0.23%)	Loan IQ
2	1 (0.23%)	MultiFonds
2	1 (0.23%)	Payment Gateway

Cloud Services
1	16 (3.74%)	Amazon AWS
2	10 (2.34%)	Microsoft Azure
3	3 (0.70%)	Sauce Labs
4	2 (0.47%)	Amazon S3
4	2 (0.47%)	BrowserStack
4	2 (0.47%)	IBM Blueworks
5	1 (0.23%)	GitHub
5	1 (0.23%)	IaaS
5	1 (0.23%)	Office 365
5	1 (0.23%)	OpenShift
5	1 (0.23%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	9 (2.10%)	Firewall
2	6 (1.40%)	Internet
3	5 (1.17%)	SSL
4	4 (0.93%)	SAN
5	3 (0.70%)	VLAN
6	2 (0.47%)	DMZ
6	2 (0.47%)	EIGRP
6	2 (0.47%)	HTTP
6	2 (0.47%)	Intrusion Detection
6	2 (0.47%)	LAN
6	2 (0.47%)	NAS
6	2 (0.47%)	TCP/IP
6	2 (0.47%)	WAN
7	1 (0.23%)	ATM
7	1 (0.23%)	FTP
7	1 (0.23%)	Intranet
7	1 (0.23%)	LDAP
7	1 (0.23%)	SMS
7	1 (0.23%)	SNA
7	1 (0.23%)	VPN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	16 (3.74%)	Data Warehouse
1	16 (3.74%)	SQL Server
2	12 (2.80%)	Big Data
2	12 (2.80%)	Hadoop
3	7 (1.64%)	Enterprise Data Warehouse
3	7 (1.64%)	RDBMS
3	7 (1.64%)	Relational Database
4	5 (1.17%)	Data Mining
5	4 (0.93%)	Apache Hive
5	4 (0.93%)	Data Lake
5	4 (0.93%)	HBase
5	4 (0.93%)	OLAP
5	4 (0.93%)	SQL Server Integration Services
6	3 (0.70%)	Apache Cassandra
6	3 (0.70%)	DB2
6	3 (0.70%)	Oracle Database
7	2 (0.47%)	MOLAP
7	2 (0.47%)	MongoDB
7	2 (0.47%)	PowerCenter
7	2 (0.47%)	SQL Server 2000

Development Applications
1	7 (1.64%)	Jenkins
2	6 (1.40%)	Cucumber
2	6 (1.40%)	Selenium
3	5 (1.17%)	JUnit
3	5 (1.17%)	Mockito
4	4 (0.93%)	Appium
4	4 (0.93%)	JIRA
4	4 (0.93%)	jMock
5	3 (0.70%)	Git (software)
5	3 (0.70%)	IBM UrbanCode
6	2 (0.47%)	Dreamweaver
6	2 (0.47%)	Maven
6	2 (0.47%)	SoapUI
6	2 (0.47%)	Sonatype Nexus
6	2 (0.47%)	Subversion
6	2 (0.47%)	TeamCity
6	2 (0.47%)	WebDriver
7	1 (0.23%)	Artifactory
7	1 (0.23%)	Grunt
7	1 (0.23%)	Hudson

General
1	172 (40.19%)	Finance
2	111 (25.93%)	Retail
3	100 (23.36%)	Retail Banking
4	17 (3.97%)	Law
5	9 (2.10%)	Investment Banking
6	8 (1.87%)	Legal
7	3 (0.70%)	Telecoms
8	2 (0.47%)	Back Office
8	2 (0.47%)	Billing
8	2 (0.47%)	Financial Institution
8	2 (0.47%)	Marketing
8	2 (0.47%)	Military
8	2 (0.47%)	Spanish Language
9	1 (0.23%)	Advertising
9	1 (0.23%)	French Language
9	1 (0.23%)	Front Office
9	1 (0.23%)	General Ledger
9	1 (0.23%)	German Language
9	1 (0.23%)	Italian Language
9	1 (0.23%)	Private Banking

Job Titles
1	163 (38.08%)	Analyst
2	61 (14.25%)	Business Analyst
3	50 (11.68%)	Project Manager
4	40 (9.35%)	Developer
5	30 (7.01%)	Senior Analyst
5	30 (7.01%)	Test Analyst
6	25 (5.84%)	Consultant
7	19 (4.44%)	Data Analyst
7	19 (4.44%)	Security Consultant
8	16 (3.74%)	Banking Analyst
8	16 (3.74%)	Senior Business Analyst
9	14 (3.27%)	Architect
9	14 (3.27%)	SIEM Consultant
10	12 (2.80%)	Credit Analyst
11	10 (2.34%)	IT Manager
11	10 (2.34%)	Security Engineer
11	10 (2.34%)	Splunk Consultant
12	8 (1.87%)	DBA
12	8 (1.87%)	Risk Analyst
12	8 (1.87%)	Test Manager

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	15 (3.50%)	HTML
2	10 (2.34%)	.NET
2	10 (2.34%)	CSS
3	8 (1.87%)	Web Services
4	7 (1.64%)	Node.js
5	6 (1.40%)	SOAP
5	6 (1.40%)	XML
6	5 (1.17%)	ASP.NET
6	5 (1.17%)	Hibernate
6	5 (1.17%)	Spring
7	4 (0.93%)	HTML5
7	4 (0.93%)	J2EE
7	4 (0.93%)	jQuery
7	4 (0.93%)	Spring MVC
8	3 (0.70%)	Java EE
8	3 (0.70%)	JSP
8	3 (0.70%)	JSR 286
8	3 (0.70%)	Kafka
8	3 (0.70%)	Middleware
8	3 (0.70%)	RESTful

Miscellaneous
1	27 (6.31%)	Analytical Skills
2	16 (3.74%)	Credit Risk
3	15 (3.50%)	Mainframe
4	12 (2.80%)	Data Centre
5	6 (1.40%)	Market Risk
5	6 (1.40%)	Mobile App
6	5 (1.17%)	Management Information System
6	5 (1.17%)	Online Banking
6	5 (1.17%)	PKI
6	5 (1.17%)	User Experience
7	4 (0.93%)	Computer Science
8	3 (0.70%)	Clustering
8	3 (0.70%)	Data Structures
8	3 (0.70%)	Taxonomies
8	3 (0.70%)	Virtual Team
9	2 (0.47%)	Cyber Attack
9	2 (0.47%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
9	2 (0.47%)	Greenfield Project
9	2 (0.47%)	OTC Derivatives
9	2 (0.47%)	SWIFT

Operating Systems
1	28 (6.54%)	Linux
2	25 (5.84%)	Windows
3	18 (4.21%)	Unix
4	14 (3.27%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	3 (0.70%)	Android
5	3 (0.70%)	zOS
6	2 (0.47%)	Apple iOS
6	2 (0.47%)	Windows Server
7	1 (0.23%)	Debian
7	1 (0.23%)	MVS
7	1 (0.23%)	OpenVMS
7	1 (0.23%)	Solaris
7	1 (0.23%)	Windows 10
7	1 (0.23%)	Windows Server 2003
7	1 (0.23%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	71 (16.59%)	Stakeholder Management
2	52 (12.15%)	Migration
3	49 (11.45%)	Agile Software Development
4	37 (8.64%)	User Acceptance Testing
5	34 (7.94%)	Business Analysis
6	25 (5.84%)	Project Management
6	25 (5.84%)	SIEM
7	22 (5.14%)	Analytics
8	20 (4.67%)	Scrum
9	17 (3.97%)	Data Analysis
9	17 (3.97%)	Defect Management
10	16 (3.74%)	ETL
10	16 (3.74%)	Test Scripting
11	15 (3.50%)	Change Management
12	14 (3.27%)	Data Management
12	14 (3.27%)	Programme Delivery
13	12 (2.80%)	Cybersecurity
14	11 (2.57%)	Capacity Planning
14	11 (2.57%)	Stakeholder Engagement
14	11 (2.57%)	Workflow

Programming Languages
1	41 (9.58%)	SQL
2	23 (5.37%)	Java
3	18 (4.21%)	JavaScript
4	14 (3.27%)	VBA
5	11 (2.57%)	Perl
5	11 (2.57%)	Python
6	7 (1.64%)	VB
7	5 (1.17%)	Delphi
8	4 (0.93%)	Bash Shell
8	4 (0.93%)	C#
9	3 (0.70%)	JCL
9	3 (0.70%)	R
9	3 (0.70%)	T-SQL
10	2 (0.47%)	PL/SQL
10	2 (0.47%)	PowerShell
10	2 (0.47%)	Ruby
10	2 (0.47%)	Scala
10	2 (0.47%)	Shell Script
10	2 (0.47%)	VB.NET
10	2 (0.47%)	VBScript

Qualifications
1	7 (1.64%)	ISEB
1	7 (1.64%)	ISTQB
2	6 (1.40%)	Degree
3	2 (0.47%)	CIMA
3	2 (0.47%)	CISM
3	2 (0.47%)	CISSP
4	1 (0.23%)	Computer Science Degree
4	1 (0.23%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
4	1 (0.23%)	MCDBA
4	1 (0.23%)	MCITP
4	1 (0.23%)	Microsoft Certification
4	1 (0.23%)	PRINCE2 Certification
4	1 (0.23%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	14 (3.27%)	Data Quality
2	8 (1.87%)	PMO
2	8 (1.87%)	QA
3	4 (0.93%)	IFRS
4	3 (0.70%)	GDPR
4	3 (0.70%)	IFRS 9
5	2 (0.47%)	FATCA
6	1 (0.23%)	COBIT
6	1 (0.23%)	COREP
6	1 (0.23%)	CRD IV
6	1 (0.23%)	FINREP
6	1 (0.23%)	ISO/IEC 27001
6	1 (0.23%)	MiFID
6	1 (0.23%)	SEPA
6	1 (0.23%)	SLA

System Software
1	3 (0.70%)	ProxySG
2	2 (0.47%)	HDFS
2	2 (0.47%)	NFS
2	2 (0.47%)	SRDF
2	2 (0.47%)	Veritas Cluster Server
2	2 (0.47%)	VMware ESXi
3	1 (0.23%)	Apache Flume
3	1 (0.23%)	Docker
3	1 (0.23%)	Oracle RAC
3	1 (0.23%)	Time Sharing Option
3	1 (0.23%)	vSphere

Systems Management
1	10 (2.34%)	Ansible
1	10 (2.34%)	Opscode Chef
1	10 (2.34%)	Puppet
2	5 (1.17%)	HP Quality Center
3	3 (0.70%)	CA Service Virtualization
3	3 (0.70%)	QRadar
3	3 (0.70%)	SCCM
3	3 (0.70%)	TeamSite
3	3 (0.70%)	vRealize
4	2 (0.47%)	Hadoop YARN
4	2 (0.47%)	Oozie
4	2 (0.47%)	vCenter Server
5	1 (0.23%)	Business Desktop Deployment
5	1 (0.23%)	Data Guard
5	1 (0.23%)	FlexNet
5	1 (0.23%)	NetBackup
5	1 (0.23%)	Oracle RMAN
5	1 (0.23%)	SCOM

Vendors
1	28 (6.54%)	Splunk
2	26 (6.07%)	Oracle
3	18 (4.21%)	Teradata
4	17 (3.97%)	Microsoft
5	13 (3.04%)	IBM
6	10 (2.34%)	Red Hat
7	9 (2.10%)	Cloudera
8	6 (1.40%)	CA
8	6 (1.40%)	Cisco
8	6 (1.40%)	Informatica
9	4 (0.93%)	CyberArk
9	4 (0.93%)	McAfee
9	4 (0.93%)	Planview
9	4 (0.93%)	TIBCO
10	3 (0.70%)	Blue Coat
10	3 (0.70%)	EMC
10	3 (0.70%)	HP
10	3 (0.70%)	Pega
10	3 (0.70%)	ServiceNow
10	3 (0.70%)	TSYS