The first table below looks at the demand for Degree 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 Degree over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Canary Wharf 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 23 27 22
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -5
Contract jobs citing Degree 23 27 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 6.725% 6.959% 8.222%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.16% 50.94% 71.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 30
Average daily rate £600 £550 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £466 £448
10% offered a daily rate of more than £602 £625 £605
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -14.28%
All Qualifications
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
37 53 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 10.82% 13.66% 11.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 44 44
Average daily rate £588 £550 £515
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.81% +6.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £342 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £585 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
Degree
London

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Canary Wharf Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 18 June 2013, 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.

1 25 (48.08%) C#
2 22 (42.31%) Multithreading
3 21 (40.38%) Finance
4 19 (36.54%) Banking
5 18 (34.62%) C++
6 17 (32.69%) VBA
7 16 (30.77%) Computer Science
8 15 (28.85%) SQL Server
9 13 (25.00%) OO
9 13 (25.00%) Mathematics
10 12 (23.08%) .NET
10 12 (23.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (21.15%) Microsoft
11 11 (21.15%) Investment Banking
11 11 (21.15%) Software Engineering
11 11 (21.15%) Derivative
11 11 (21.15%) Physics
12 9 (17.31%) WCF
12 9 (17.31%) XML
13 8 (15.38%) XSLT
13 8 (15.38%) Java
13 8 (15.38%) Front Office
14 7 (13.46%) Agile Software Development
14 7 (13.46%) SQL
14 7 (13.46%) MS Excel
14 7 (13.46%) Market Risk
14 7 (13.46%) Team Foundation Server
15 6 (11.54%) Capacity Planning
15 6 (11.54%) WPF
15 6 (11.54%) Technical Architecture

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 12 (23.08%) .NET
2 9 (17.31%) XML
2 9 (17.31%) WCF
3 8 (15.38%) XSLT
4 6 (11.54%) WPF
5 5 (9.615%) .NET Framework
6 4 (7.692%) HTML
7 3 (5.769%) Silverlight
8 2 (3.846%) jQuery
8 2 (3.846%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 2 (3.846%) ASP.NET
8 2 (3.846%) JSON
8 2 (3.846%) STL
8 2 (3.846%) WinForms
9 1 (1.923%) NHibernate
9 1 (1.923%) WebSphere
9 1 (1.923%) Web Services
9 1 (1.923%) DCOM
9 1 (1.923%) SOAP
9 1 (1.923%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.692%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.846%) CMS
2 2 (3.846%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.923%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.923%) IIS
3 1 (1.923%) Apache
3 1 (1.923%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (1.923%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.923%) GemFire
Applications
1 7 (13.46%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.923%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.923%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.923%) PowerPivot
2 1 (1.923%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.846%) Google Analytics
1 2 (3.846%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.923%) HTTP
1 1 (1.923%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.923%) SSL
1 1 (1.923%) Internet
1 1 (1.923%) 3G
1 1 (1.923%) RTP
1 1 (1.923%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (28.85%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.692%) MS Access
3 3 (5.769%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (5.769%) KDB
4 2 (3.846%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.846%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.923%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.923%) ReportNet
5 1 (1.923%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.923%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.923%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (1.923%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.923%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (9.615%) JIRA
2 5 (9.615%) LLVM
3 4 (7.692%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
4 3 (5.769%) TeamCity
5 2 (3.846%) CruiseControl
5 2 (3.846%) Build Forge
5 2 (3.846%) Hudson
6 1 (1.923%) Rational Rose
6 1 (1.923%) Maven
General
1 21 (40.38%) Finance
2 19 (36.54%) Banking
3 11 (21.15%) Investment Banking
4 8 (15.38%) Front Office
5 4 (7.692%) Retail
6 3 (5.769%) Marketing
7 2 (3.846%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.923%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.923%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.923%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (67.31%) Developer
2 17 (32.69%) C# Developer
3 7 (13.46%) Analyst
4 6 (11.54%) Front Office Developer
4 6 (11.54%) Excel Developer
5 5 (9.615%) SQL Server Developer
5 5 (9.615%) Quantitative Developer
5 5 (9.615%) C++ Developer
5 5 (9.615%) Excel VBA Developer
5 5 (9.615%) SQL Developer
5 5 (9.615%) VBA Developer
5 5 (9.615%) C++ Quantitative Developer
6 3 (5.769%) Lead SQL Server Developer
6 3 (5.769%) Real Time Engineer
6 3 (5.769%) Lead Developer
6 3 (5.769%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.846%) Junior
7 2 (3.846%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.846%) Senior Developer
7 2 (3.846%) C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 13 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 12 (23.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (21.15%) Physics
4 11 (21.15%) Derivative
5 7 (13.46%) Market Risk
6 4 (7.692%) Credit Risk
7 3 (5.769%) Management Information System
7 3 (5.769%) N-Tier
8 2 (3.846%) Economics
9 1 (1.923%) Grid Computing
9 1 (1.923%) Social Media
9 1 (1.923%) Digital Media
9 1 (1.923%) Mobile Banking
9 1 (1.923%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Windows
1 6 (11.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (42.31%) Multithreading
2 13 (25.00%) OO
3 11 (21.15%) Software Engineering
4 7 (13.46%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (11.54%) Technical Architecture
5 6 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (11.54%) Capacity Planning
6 5 (9.615%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (9.615%) Unit Testing
6 5 (9.615%) Risk Management
7 4 (7.692%) RAD
7 4 (7.692%) Project Management
7 4 (7.692%) TDD
7 4 (7.692%) Business Analysis
7 4 (7.692%) Use Case
8 3 (5.769%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (5.769%) System Testing
8 3 (5.769%) Change Management
9 2 (3.846%) OOP
9 2 (3.846%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 25 (48.08%) C#
2 18 (34.62%) C++
3 17 (32.69%) VBA
4 8 (15.38%) Java
5 7 (13.46%) SQL
6 5 (9.615%) VC++
7 4 (7.692%) VBScript
7 4 (7.692%) VB
7 4 (7.692%) VB6
8 3 (5.769%) Haskell
8 3 (5.769%) F#
9 2 (3.846%) C
9 2 (3.846%) Python
10 1 (1.923%) Assembly Language
10 1 (1.923%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.923%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.923%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (9.615%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.846%) QA
2 1 (1.923%) FATCA
System Software
1 1 (1.923%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.769%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.692%) Perforce
3 3 (5.769%) Oracle
4 2 (3.846%) Google
4 2 (3.846%) Unica
5 1 (1.923%) DataSynapse
5 1 (1.923%) Infragistics
5 1 (1.923%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.923%) SAP
5 1 (1.923%) Cognos
5 1 (1.923%) IBM