Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts in Scotland

Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 164 174
Rank change year-on-year +37 +10 -19
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.091% 0.071% 0.057%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.20% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £498 -
25th Percentile £519 £531 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £588 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.34% - -
75th Percentile £558 £644 -
90th Percentile - £678 -
UK median daily rate £775 £750 £725
% change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £43.00
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £64.25 £43.00
% change year-on-year +8.95% +49.42% -

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Foreign Exchange (FX) is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 720 1,022 1,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 32.88% 36.24% 33.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 698 825
10th Percentile £203 £236 £244
25th Percentile £374 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.45% +1.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £550
90th Percentile £653 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 24 24
10th Percentile £13.40 - £15.54
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £19.45
Median hourly rate £18.00 £13.40 £42.48
Median % change year-on-year +34.33% -68.45% -5.61%
75th Percentile £35.00 £25.72 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.30 £51.94 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.05%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in Scotland

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in Scotland

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in Scotland

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +36 2 £539 -8.34%
Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

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

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Burndown Charts
1 2 (100.00%) Component Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center