Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 10 December 2018

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 10 December 2018 with a comparison to the same period in 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.

Problem-Solving
Scotland > Edinburgh
6 months to
10 Dec 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 39 31 26
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 126 148 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.42% 5.09% 5.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.02% 5.92% 6.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 74 60
Edinburgh median daily rate £390 £381 £375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +2.30% +1.67% -6.25%
10th Percentile £301 £285 £203
90th Percentile £525 £500 £478
Scotland median daily rate £375 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 5
Edinburgh median hourly rate £44.13 £31.00 £30.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +42.34% +1.64% +84.85%
10th Percentile £28.38 £30.50 £13.30
90th Percentile £47.06 £31.50 £43.00
Scotland median hourly rate £32.00 £20.75 £16.16
% change year-on-year +54.22% +28.42% +19.69%

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,512 2,498 1,698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.11% 85.93% 85.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,261 1,449 995
Edinburgh median daily rate £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +6.25% +0.13% +2.44%
10th Percentile £263 £263 £258
90th Percentile £575 £550 £525
Scotland median daily rate £400 £390 £363
% change year-on-year +2.56% +7.59% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 19 31
Edinburgh median hourly rate £17.50 £21.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -16.67% -16.00% +51.52%
10th Percentile £11.07 £11.23 £14.25
90th Percentile £44.41 £35.00 £52.00
Scotland median hourly rate £24.00 £23.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.23% +10.71% +5.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Edinburgh

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Edinburgh

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 10 December 2018.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Edinburgh

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Edinburgh

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 10 December 2018.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 10 December 2018, IT contractor jobs citing Problem-Solving also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region with a requirement for Problem-Solving.

1 50 (39.68%) Agile Software Development
2 37 (29.37%) Finance
3 31 (24.60%) Banking
3 31 (24.60%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (17.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (16.67%) JavaScript
6 20 (15.87%) Scrum
7 18 (14.29%) Windows
8 16 (12.70%) HTML
8 16 (12.70%) Java
8 16 (12.70%) Project Management
9 15 (11.90%) Microsoft
10 14 (11.11%) Front End Development
11 13 (10.32%) Linux
11 13 (10.32%) CSS
11 13 (10.32%) Degree
12 12 (9.52%) Git (software)
13 11 (8.73%) RESTful
13 11 (8.73%) Software Engineering
14 10 (7.94%) .NET
14 10 (7.94%) Test Automation
14 10 (7.94%) User Experience
14 10 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (7.14%) Wireframes
15 9 (7.14%) BDD
15 9 (7.14%) SQL Server
15 9 (7.14%) Active Directory
15 9 (7.14%) JSON
15 9 (7.14%) JIRA
15 9 (7.14%) QA

Problem-Solving
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
1 4 (3.17%) Apache
1 4 (3.17%) nginx
1 4 (3.17%) SharePoint
1 4 (3.17%) Tomcat
2 3 (2.38%) Confluence
2 3 (2.38%) SAS
3 2 (1.59%) MS Exchange
3 2 (1.59%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.79%) Blackboard Learn
4 1 (0.79%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.79%) Moodle
4 1 (0.79%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.59%) InVision
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.59%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.79%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.79%) EViews
3 1 (0.79%) OmniGraffle
3 1 (0.79%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.79%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) assyst
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.79%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.56%) Amazon AWS
2 6 (4.76%) npm
3 3 (2.38%) Office 365
4 2 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Azure
4 2 (1.59%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.79%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.79%) GitHub
5 1 (0.79%) SaaS
5 1 (0.79%) Serverless
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.56%) Firewall
2 5 (3.97%) DNS
3 4 (3.17%) DSL
3 4 (3.17%) SSL
4 2 (1.59%) SAN
5 1 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.79%) DHCP
5 1 (0.79%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.79%) LAN
5 1 (0.79%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.79%) SMS
5 1 (0.79%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.38%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.59%) Base SAS
4 2 (1.59%) Big Data
4 2 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.59%) DB2
4 2 (1.59%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.59%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.59%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.79%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.79%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.79%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.79%) GIS
5 1 (0.79%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (9.52%) Git (software)
2 9 (7.14%) JIRA
3 6 (4.76%) Subversion
3 6 (4.76%) webpack
4 5 (3.97%) Jenkins
5 4 (3.17%) Artifactory
5 4 (3.17%) Axure RP
5 4 (3.17%) GitLab
6 2 (1.59%) Balsamiq Mockups
6 2 (1.59%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.79%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.79%) Hudson
7 1 (0.79%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.79%) Introscope
7 1 (0.79%) JMeter
7 1 (0.79%) JSUnit
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.79%) Selenium
7 1 (0.79%) WebDriver
General
1 37 (29.37%) Finance
2 31 (24.60%) Banking
3 3 (2.38%) Legal
3 3 (2.38%) Retail
3 3 (2.38%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.59%) Electronics
4 2 (1.59%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.59%) Law
5 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.79%) Marketing
5 1 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (25.40%) Developer
2 23 (18.25%) Analyst
3 7 (5.56%) Business Analyst
3 7 (5.56%) React Developer
4 6 (4.76%) Project Manager
4 6 (4.76%) Scrum Master
5 5 (3.97%) Architect
5 5 (3.97%) Consultant
5 5 (3.97%) Full Stack Developer
5 5 (3.97%) IT Support
5 5 (3.97%) Web Developer
6 4 (3.17%) Administrator
6 4 (3.17%) Designer
6 4 (3.17%) Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 4 (3.17%) Python Developer
6 4 (3.17%) Test Engineer
7 3 (2.38%) .NET Developer
7 3 (2.38%) Senior Developer
7 3 (2.38%) Software Engineer
7 3 (2.38%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.70%) HTML
2 13 (10.32%) CSS
3 11 (8.73%) RESTful
4 10 (7.94%) .NET
5 9 (7.14%) JSON
6 8 (6.35%) AngularJS
6 8 (6.35%) HTML5
6 8 (6.35%) React
7 7 (5.56%) Web Services
8 6 (4.76%) CSS3
8 6 (4.76%) DOM
8 6 (4.76%) Immutable.js
8 6 (4.76%) Redux
8 6 (4.76%) XML
9 5 (3.97%) ASP.NET
9 5 (3.97%) REST
10 4 (3.17%) GraphQL
10 4 (3.17%) LDAP
11 3 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (2.38%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 31 (24.60%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (7.94%) User Experience
3 6 (4.76%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.17%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.59%) Blog
5 2 (1.59%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.59%) VLE
6 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.79%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.79%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.79%) Clustering
6 1 (0.79%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.79%) iPad
6 1 (0.79%) iPhone
6 1 (0.79%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.79%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 18 (14.29%) Windows
2 13 (10.32%) Linux
3 5 (3.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.17%) Solaris
4 4 (3.17%) Unix
4 4 (3.17%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.59%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.79%) AIX
6 1 (0.79%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.79%) VMS
6 1 (0.79%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (39.68%) Agile Software Development
2 22 (17.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (15.87%) Scrum
4 16 (12.70%) Project Management
5 14 (11.11%) Front End Development
6 11 (8.73%) Software Engineering
7 10 (7.94%) Test Automation
8 9 (7.14%) BDD
8 9 (7.14%) Wireframes
9 8 (6.35%) Kanban
10 7 (5.56%) Asset Management
10 7 (5.56%) Benchmarking
10 7 (5.56%) Business Transformation
10 7 (5.56%) ITIL
10 7 (5.56%) Risk Management
11 6 (4.76%) Analytics
11 6 (4.76%) Decision-Making
11 6 (4.76%) DOM Manipulation/Scripting
11 6 (4.76%) SDLC
11 6 (4.76%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 16 (12.70%) Java
3 8 (6.35%) Python
3 8 (6.35%) SQL
4 6 (4.76%) C#
5 4 (3.17%) Bash Shell
6 3 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.59%) Java 8
7 2 (1.59%) PHP
7 2 (1.59%) Ruby
7 2 (1.59%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.59%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.59%) VBA
8 1 (0.79%) C
8 1 (0.79%) C++
8 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.79%) R
8 1 (0.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (10.32%) Degree
2 4 (3.17%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.79%) CCNA
4 1 (0.79%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.79%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.79%) Postgraduate
4 1 (0.79%) VCAP
4 1 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.14%) QA
2 4 (3.17%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (2.38%) IFRS
4 2 (1.59%) PMO
5 1 (0.79%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.76%) Docker
3 5 (3.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.38%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.79%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (0.79%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (0.79%) Firmware
6 1 (0.79%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.79%) NFS
6 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.79%) vSphere
6 1 (0.79%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (5.56%) Ansible
2 6 (4.76%) Puppet
3 4 (3.17%) Oracle ZFS
3 4 (3.17%) Prometheus
3 4 (3.17%) Red Hat Satellite
3 4 (3.17%) Xymon
4 3 (2.38%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.59%) SCCM
6 1 (0.79%) CA Service Virtualization
6 1 (0.79%) CA Wily
6 1 (0.79%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.79%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.79%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (0.79%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.79%) vMotion
6 1 (0.79%) vRealize
Vendors
1 15 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.56%) VMware
3 5 (3.97%) Oracle
3 5 (3.97%) Red Hat
4 4 (3.17%) Ab Initio
4 4 (3.17%) Citrix
4 4 (3.17%) IBM
5 3 (2.38%) Adobe
6 2 (1.59%) CA
6 2 (1.59%) NetApp
7 1 (0.79%) Altiris
7 1 (0.79%) Blackboard
7 1 (0.79%) Brocade
7 1 (0.79%) Charles River
7 1 (0.79%) Facebook
7 1 (0.79%) Informatica
7 1 (0.79%) Sony
7 1 (0.79%) Teradata
7 1 (0.79%) Twitter
7 1 (0.79%) Xamarin