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This section looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts within the Canary Wharf region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2746
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads2219
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.029 %0.019 %
As % of the category below57.89 %41.30 %
Daily rates quoted413
Average minimum daily rate£475£504
Average daily rate£475£517
% change on same period last year-8.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£475£531
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£302
% change on same period last year+16.98 %
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£27.35£31.46
% change on same period last year-13.08 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads3846
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.046 %
Daily rates quoted824
Average minimum daily rate£542£426
Average daily rate£551£439
% change on same period last year+25.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£560£452
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£330
% change on same period last year+0.64 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£24.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£26.00£37.50
% change on same period last year-30.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.62£25.85
% change on same period last year-4.74 %
Degree LondonDegree
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.

Degree
Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Canary Wharf Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Degree 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 Degree.

113 (37.14 %)Front Office
211 (31.43 %)Finance
310 (28.57 %)UNIX
49 (25.71 %)C++
49 (25.71 %)Equities
49 (25.71 %)Derivative
58 (22.86 %)Java
58 (22.86 %)SQL
66 (17.14 %)SQL Server
66 (17.14 %)Linux
66 (17.14 %)Computer Science
75 (14.29 %)VBA
75 (14.29 %)C#
84 (11.43 %)Risk Management
84 (11.43 %)Internet
84 (11.43 %)STL
84 (11.43 %)Ant
84 (11.43 %)JMS
84 (11.43 %)J2SE
84 (11.43 %)Investment Banking
84 (11.43 %)Banking
84 (11.43 %)FIX Protocol
84 (11.43 %)Mathematics
84 (11.43 %)Electronic Trading
93 (8.571 %)Algorithmic Trading
93 (8.571 %)ServiceCenter
93 (8.571 %)Multithreading
93 (8.571 %)Equity Derivative
93 (8.571 %)Incident Management
93 (8.571 %)ION Trading

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Degree 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 Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (11.43 %)J2SE
14 (11.43 %)JMS
14 (11.43 %)STL
14 (11.43 %)FIX Protocol
22 (5.714 %)XML
22 (5.714 %)Swing
22 (5.714 %)HTML
22 (5.714 %).NET
31 (2.857 %)JSP
31 (2.857 %)Servlets
31 (2.857 %)Spring
31 (2.857 %)AJAX
31 (2.857 %)Java SE
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (5.714 %)SharePoint
12 (5.714 %)SAS
12 (5.714 %)CMS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.857 %)MS Excel
11 (2.857 %)Spreadsheet
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.857 %)SAP HR
11 (2.857 %)SAP ERP
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (11.43 %)Internet
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (17.14 %)SQL Server
22 (5.714 %)OLAP
22 (5.714 %)Datawarehouse
22 (5.714 %)Oracle OLAP
31 (2.857 %)BusinessObjects
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (11.43 %)Ant
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (37.14 %)Front Office
211 (31.43 %)Finance
34 (11.43 %)Banking
34 (11.43 %)Investment Banking
42 (5.714 %)Government
51 (2.857 %)Publishing
51 (2.857 %)Education
51 (2.857 %)Marketing
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (57.14 %)Developer
27 (20.00 %)Senior Developer
35 (14.29 %)Consultant
35 (14.29 %)Analyst
35 (14.29 %)Java Developer
35 (14.29 %)Senior Java Developer
44 (11.43 %)C++ Developer
53 (8.571 %)Information Security Consultant
53 (8.571 %)Security Consultant
62 (5.714 %)Administrator
62 (5.714 %)Applications Support Analyst
62 (5.714 %)SQL Developer
62 (5.714 %)Architect
62 (5.714 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
62 (5.714 %)Front Office Developer
62 (5.714 %)Support Analyst
62 (5.714 %)Applications Support
62 (5.714 %)Business Analyst
62 (5.714 %)Web Administrator
62 (5.714 %)SAS Consultant
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (25.71 %)Equities
19 (25.71 %)Derivative
26 (17.14 %)Computer Science
34 (11.43 %)Mathematics
43 (8.571 %)Fixed Income
43 (8.571 %)Equity Derivative
43 (8.571 %)Multithreading
52 (5.714 %)Swaptions
61 (2.857 %)Market Risk
61 (2.857 %)Physics
61 (2.857 %)Client/Server
61 (2.857 %)Interest Rate Derivative
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (28.57 %)UNIX
26 (17.14 %)Linux
33 (8.571 %)Windows
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (11.43 %)Risk Management
14 (11.43 %)Electronic Trading
23 (8.571 %)Information Security
23 (8.571 %)Incident Management
23 (8.571 %)Algorithmic Trading
23 (8.571 %)ITIL
23 (8.571 %)OO
32 (5.714 %)Business Intelligence
32 (5.714 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (5.714 %)Migration
32 (5.714 %)Content Management
41 (2.857 %)Workflow
41 (2.857 %)Change Management
41 (2.857 %)ERP
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (25.71 %)C++
28 (22.86 %)Java
28 (22.86 %)SQL
35 (14.29 %)VBA
35 (14.29 %)C#
41 (2.857 %)Shell Script
41 (2.857 %)Perl
41 (2.857 %)PL/SQL
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (8.571 %)CISSP
21 (2.857 %)MBA
21 (2.857 %)PhD
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.857 %)QA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (8.571 %)OpenView
13 (8.571 %)ServiceCenter
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (8.571 %)Oracle
13 (8.571 %)HP
13 (8.571 %)ION Trading
22 (5.714 %)Tradeweb
22 (5.714 %)Cognizant
31 (2.857 %)Bloomberg
31 (2.857 %)Business Objects
31 (2.857 %)SAP
31 (2.857 %)Microsoft