Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Canary Wharf region.

 Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank192321
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Down-2
Matching contract IT job ads611027
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf10.66 %5.128 %6.308 %
As % of the Application Development category29.33 %17.54 %24.32 %
Daily rates quoted23416
Average daily rate£550£518£500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.280 %+3.500 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£384£503£438
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£670£613£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£297£325
% change year-on-year
-3.030 %-8.760 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.630 %-15.38 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
20857111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf36.36 %29.23 %25.93 %
Daily rates quoted1142240
Average daily rate£550£500£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00 %+11.11 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£375£350
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£675£575£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %
.NET London.NET
London

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.

.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Canary Wharf .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing .NET across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Canary Wharf .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing .NET across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing .NET 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 .NET.

176 (88.37 %)C#
241 (47.67 %)Derivative
339 (45.35 %)Banking
438 (44.19 %)Investment Banking
532 (37.21 %)Front Office
630 (34.88 %)SQL
630 (34.88 %)Oracle
727 (31.40 %)VBA
825 (29.07 %)Equities
924 (27.91 %)Risk Management
1022 (25.58 %)Windows
1022 (25.58 %)SQL Server
1121 (24.42 %)Sybase
1121 (24.42 %)WPF
1220 (23.26 %)C++
1220 (23.26 %)Equity Derivative
1319 (22.09 %)Java
1417 (19.77 %)OO
1417 (19.77 %)Finance
1514 (16.28 %)UNIX
1613 (15.12 %)XML
1712 (13.95 %)WinForms
1712 (13.95 %)Spreadsheet
1811 (12.79 %)ASP.NET
1811 (12.79 %)OOD
1910 (11.63 %)Credit Derivative
1910 (11.63 %)Degree
209 (10.47 %)Fixed Income
209 (10.47 %)Client/Server
209 (10.47 %)TIBCO

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing .NET 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 .NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
121 (24.42 %)WPF
213 (15.12 %)XML
312 (13.95 %)WinForms
411 (12.79 %)ASP.NET
58 (9.302 %).NET Framework
65 (5.814 %)Middleware
73 (3.488 %)Web Services
73 (3.488 %)XSLT
73 (3.488 %)WCF
73 (3.488 %)LINQ
82 (2.326 %)Oracle Coherence
82 (2.326 %)Silverlight
82 (2.326 %)XML Messaging
82 (2.326 %)AJAX
82 (2.326 %)SOAP
82 (2.326 %)J2EE
91 (1.163 %)WSH
91 (1.163 %)DHTML
91 (1.163 %)HTML
91 (1.163 %)XSD
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
16 (6.977 %)TIBCO EMS
25 (5.814 %)SharePoint
33 (3.488 %)SharePoint Server 2007
42 (2.326 %)Rendezvous
51 (1.163 %)MQSeries
51 (1.163 %)IIS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (13.95 %)Spreadsheet
23 (3.488 %)MS Office
23 (3.488 %)InfoPath
31 (1.163 %)MS Excel
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (2.326 %)Algo Collateral
21 (1.163 %)Endur
21 (1.163 %)LongView
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (1.163 %)LDAP
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (25.58 %)SQL Server
25 (5.814 %)RDBMS
34 (4.651 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (3.488 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (3.488 %)SQL Server 2008
52 (2.326 %)Crystal Reports
61 (1.163 %)DTS
61 (1.163 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (1.163 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (1.163 %)Reference Data
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (9.302 %)NUnit
26 (6.977 %)Subversion
35 (5.814 %)ClearCase
35 (5.814 %)CruiseControl
35 (5.814 %)TeamCity
35 (5.814 %)NCover
43 (3.488 %)Visual Studio
51 (1.163 %)Team Foundation Server
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
139 (45.35 %)Banking
238 (44.19 %)Investment Banking
332 (37.21 %)Front Office
417 (19.77 %)Finance
55 (5.814 %)Back Office
63 (3.488 %)Legal
71 (1.163 %)Marketing
71 (1.163 %)Corporate Banking
71 (1.163 %)Financial Institution
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
175 (87.21 %)Developer
229 (33.72 %)C# Developer
311 (12.79 %)Analyst
410 (11.63 %).NET Developer
58 (9.302 %)Excel Developer
65 (5.814 %)Developer Analyst
65 (5.814 %)Senior Developer
65 (5.814 %)UI Developer
74 (4.651 %)GUI Developer
74 (4.651 %)Administrator
74 (4.651 %)Java Developer
83 (3.488 %)SharePoint Developer
83 (3.488 %)Excel VBA Developer
83 (3.488 %)VBA Developer
92 (2.326 %)C++/Java Developer
92 (2.326 %)Analyst Programmer
92 (2.326 %)Programmer
92 (2.326 %)Applications Developer
92 (2.326 %)Front Office Developer
92 (2.326 %)Senior Java Developer
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
141 (47.67 %)Derivative
225 (29.07 %)Equities
320 (23.26 %)Equity Derivative
410 (11.63 %)Credit Derivative
59 (10.47 %)Fixed Income
59 (10.47 %)Client/Server
68 (9.302 %)Multithreading
76 (6.977 %)Interest Rate Derivative
76 (6.977 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
82 (2.326 %)Contract for Difference
82 (2.326 %)Web 2.0
82 (2.326 %)DTCC
91 (1.163 %)N-Tier
91 (1.163 %)Statistics
91 (1.163 %)Management Information System
91 (1.163 %)Mathematics
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
122 (25.58 %)Windows
214 (16.28 %)UNIX
33 (3.488 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (2.326 %)Solaris
51 (1.163 %)Linux
51 (1.163 %)Windows Server 2008
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
124 (27.91 %)Risk Management
217 (19.77 %)OO
311 (12.79 %)OOD
46 (6.977 %)Configuration Management
55 (5.814 %)Technical Architecture
55 (5.814 %)TDD
64 (4.651 %)Unit Testing
64 (4.651 %)Migration
64 (4.651 %)RAD
73 (3.488 %)Business Analysis
73 (3.488 %)Data Management
73 (3.488 %)OOP
82 (2.326 %)Cash Management
82 (2.326 %)Electronic Trading
82 (2.326 %)Release Management
82 (2.326 %)Workflow
82 (2.326 %)Regression Testing
82 (2.326 %)Change Management
82 (2.326 %)Agile Software Development
82 (2.326 %)Asset Management
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
176 (88.37 %)C#
230 (34.88 %)SQL
327 (31.40 %)VBA
420 (23.26 %)C++
519 (22.09 %)Java
65 (5.814 %)C
65 (5.814 %)COBOL
73 (3.488 %)VB
82 (2.326 %)T-SQL
82 (2.326 %)JavaScript
91 (1.163 %)VC++
91 (1.163 %)Shell Script
91 (1.163 %)Perl
91 (1.163 %)PL/SQL
91 (1.163 %)VBScript
91 (1.163 %)VB.NET
91 (1.163 %)VB6
91 (1.163 %)XPath
91 (1.163 %)PowerShell
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (11.63 %)Degree
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.488 %)QA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.163 %)Active Directory
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
130 (34.88 %)Oracle
221 (24.42 %)Sybase
39 (10.47 %)TIBCO
45 (5.814 %)Infragistics
53 (3.488 %)Reuters
53 (3.488 %)Bloomberg
53 (3.488 %)Microsoft
62 (2.326 %)Algorithmics
62 (2.326 %)IBM
71 (1.163 %)OpenLink
71 (1.163 %)Linedata
71 (1.163 %)Charles River