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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the Canary Wharf region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3049
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads168
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.008 %
As % of the category below6.400 %1.778 %
Daily rates quoted84
Average minimum daily rate£444£613
Average daily rate£481£656
% change on same period last year-26.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£519£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£388
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.98£29.73
% change on same period last year-19.35 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads250450
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.354 %0.456 %
Daily rates quoted121236
Average minimum daily rate£421£443
Average daily rate£441£462
% change on same period last year-4.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£461£480
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.58 %
Hourly rates quoted414
Average minimum hourly rate£13.20£18.65
Average hourly rate£15.30£20.55
% change on same period last year-25.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.40£22.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.07£26.79
% change on same period last year+4.77 %
Back Office LondonBack Office
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Back Office
Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf Back Office Demand Trend

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Back Office Daily Rate Trend

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Back Office across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Canary Wharf Back Office Daily Rate Histogram

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Back Office 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 Back Office.

118 (41.86 %)Banking
215 (34.88 %)Investment Banking
314 (32.56 %)Finance
412 (27.91 %)Derivative
511 (25.58 %)Java
610 (23.26 %)Change Management
78 (18.60 %)Financial Institution
78 (18.60 %)Front Office
78 (18.60 %)Sybase
78 (18.60 %)XML
78 (18.60 %)ITIL
87 (16.28 %)Calypso
87 (16.28 %)Remedy
87 (16.28 %)HP
87 (16.28 %)Compaq
87 (16.28 %)Dell
87 (16.28 %)EMC
87 (16.28 %)SAN
87 (16.28 %)VMware
87 (16.28 %)VMware ESX
87 (16.28 %)CLARiiON
87 (16.28 %)EMC Centera
87 (16.28 %)Celerra
87 (16.28 %)VMware Infrastructure
96 (13.95 %)Oracle
96 (13.95 %)SQL
105 (11.63 %)GL TRADE
105 (11.63 %)Equities
114 (9.302 %)Summit
114 (9.302 %)Fixed Income

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Back Office 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 Back Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (18.60 %)XML
24 (9.302 %)FpML
33 (6.977 %)JMS
33 (6.977 %)Middleware
33 (6.977 %)Struts
42 (4.651 %)WebServices
42 (4.651 %)J2EE
42 (4.651 %)EJB
42 (4.651 %)JDBC
42 (4.651 %)JSP
42 (4.651 %)Hibernate
42 (4.651 %)Spring
51 (2.326 %)SAP ALE
51 (2.326 %)BAPI
51 (2.326 %)SAP XI
51 (2.326 %)HTML
51 (2.326 %)EntireX
51 (2.326 %)MFC
51 (2.326 %)Swing
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (6.977 %)WebLogic
21 (2.326 %)Rendezvous
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (6.977 %)MS Visio
21 (2.326 %)Spreadsheet
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (9.302 %)Summit
22 (4.651 %)SunGard GMI
31 (2.326 %)SAP Oil and Gas
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (16.28 %)SAN
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (4.651 %)Reference Data
21 (2.326 %)Adabas
21 (2.326 %)ETL
21 (2.326 %)SAP BW
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (4.651 %)Ant
12 (4.651 %)ClearCase
12 (4.651 %)RequisitePro
21 (2.326 %)TestDirector
21 (2.326 %)Visual Studio
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (41.86 %)Banking
215 (34.88 %)Investment Banking
314 (32.56 %)Finance
48 (18.60 %)Financial Institution
48 (18.60 %)Front Office
51 (2.326 %)Legal
51 (2.326 %)Publishing
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (55.81 %)Analyst
215 (34.88 %)Business Analyst
37 (16.28 %)Storage Engineer
45 (11.63 %)Developer
54 (9.302 %)Java Developer
54 (9.302 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
63 (6.977 %)Technical Business Analyst
63 (6.977 %)Systems Analyst
63 (6.977 %)Consultant
63 (6.977 %)Analyst Programmer
63 (6.977 %)Programmer
63 (6.977 %)Data Analyst
72 (4.651 %)Oracle Developer
72 (4.651 %)Operations Analyst
72 (4.651 %)Technical Analyst
81 (2.326 %)Team Leader
81 (2.326 %)Sybase Developer
81 (2.326 %)Java Swing Developer
81 (2.326 %)SAP Analyst
81 (2.326 %)Excel Developer
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (27.91 %)Derivative
27 (16.28 %)CLARiiON
27 (16.28 %)EMC Centera
27 (16.28 %)Celerra
35 (11.63 %)Equities
44 (9.302 %)Fixed Income
44 (9.302 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
44 (9.302 %)Interest Rate Derivative
53 (6.977 %)Equity Derivative
53 (6.977 %)DTCC
53 (6.977 %)Credit Derivative
61 (2.326 %)Data Conversion
61 (2.326 %)Client/Server
61 (2.326 %)Mainframe
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (9.302 %)UNIX
22 (4.651 %)Solaris
31 (2.326 %)MVS
31 (2.326 %)Windows
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (23.26 %)Change Management
28 (18.60 %)ITIL
33 (6.977 %)OOD
33 (6.977 %)User Acceptance Testing
33 (6.977 %)Migration
42 (4.651 %)Asset Management
42 (4.651 %)PRINCE
42 (4.651 %)Project Management
42 (4.651 %)OOP
42 (4.651 %)OOA/OOD
42 (4.651 %)OO
42 (4.651 %)RUP
51 (2.326 %)Data Modelling
51 (2.326 %)PRINCE2
51 (2.326 %)UML
51 (2.326 %)Data Analysis
51 (2.326 %)Logistics
51 (2.326 %)Business Analysis
51 (2.326 %)Use Case
51 (2.326 %)Electronic Trading
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (25.58 %)Java
26 (13.95 %)SQL
33 (6.977 %)PL/SQL
42 (4.651 %)C#
42 (4.651 %)C++
42 (4.651 %)Shell Script
51 (2.326 %)NATURAL
51 (2.326 %)JCL
51 (2.326 %)VB6
51 (2.326 %)VB
51 (2.326 %)VBA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (4.651 %)QA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (16.28 %)VMware ESX
17 (16.28 %)VMware Infrastructure
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.326 %)TIBCO Hawk
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (18.60 %)Sybase
27 (16.28 %)HP
27 (16.28 %)Compaq
27 (16.28 %)Dell
27 (16.28 %)EMC
27 (16.28 %)Calypso
27 (16.28 %)Remedy
27 (16.28 %)VMware
36 (13.95 %)Oracle
45 (11.63 %)GL TRADE
52 (4.651 %)Thunderhead
52 (4.651 %)SunGard
52 (4.651 %)Microsoft
61 (2.326 %)SAP
61 (2.326 %)IBM
61 (2.326 %)TIBCO
61 (2.326 %)ION Trading