The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Economics 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 Economics over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Economics
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Economics 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 0.518% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.117% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £260 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
+21.62% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £52.50 - £49.00
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
179 155 370
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 46.37% 41.01% 71.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 99 295
Average daily rate £600 £550 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £475
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £42.50 - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Economics
London

Economics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf Economics Jobs Demand Trend

Economics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Economics Daily Rate Trend

Economics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Economics 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 Economics.

1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (50.00%) Market Risk
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Apache
3 1 (25.00%) Tomcat
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) B2C
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (25.00%) PowerPivot
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Credit Risk
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Retail

Economics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Economics 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 Economics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
1 1 (25.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) PowerPivot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior SQL Developer
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (50.00%) Market Risk
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (25.00%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (25.00%) Change Management
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (25.00%) CRM
1 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (25.00%) B2C
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Release Management
1 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle