The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equities in IT contracts advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Equities 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Belfast region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Equities
Rank - 15 44
Contract jobs citing Equities 0 13 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast - 8.333% 1.488%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 35.14% 7.246%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 5
Average daily rate - £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £375
% change year-on-year
- +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 - £11.00
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Belfast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
47 37 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 22.38% 23.72% 20.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 10 16
Average daily rate £300 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £12.42 - £12.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Equities
County Antrim

Equities
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Equities across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Belfast Equities Jobs Demand Trend

Equities
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Equities across the Belfast region.

Belfast Equities Daily Rate Trend

Equities
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Equities 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Equities.

1 6 (85.71%) Fixed Income
2 5 (71.43%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (71.43%) WebLogic
2 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Derivative
2 5 (71.43%) WebSphere
2 5 (71.43%) Java EE
2 5 (71.43%) Degree
3 4 (57.14%) Banking
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (42.86%) Progress Apama
4 3 (42.86%) HTML
5 2 (28.57%) Data Mining
5 2 (28.57%) OLAP
5 2 (28.57%) Project Management
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (14.29%) Sybase ASE
6 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
6 1 (14.29%) C++
6 1 (14.29%) Linux
6 1 (14.29%) Sybase

Equities
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Equities also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Equities. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) WebSphere
1 5 (71.43%) Java EE
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) WebLogic
2 3 (42.86%) Progress Apama
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (28.57%) OLAP
3 2 (28.57%) Data Mining
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
4 1 (14.29%) Sybase ASE
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C++ Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Sybase DBA
3 1 (14.29%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Fixed Income
2 5 (71.43%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Java
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Sybase