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This section looks at the demand for Electronic Trading skills within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Electronic Trading over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Trading
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3652
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads112
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.002 %
As % of the category below4.297 %0.823 %
Daily rates quoted90
Average minimum daily rate£561-
Average daily rate£564-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£567-
UK excluding London average daily rate-£425
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
Processes & Methodologies Canary WharfProcesses & Methodologies
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads256243
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.340 %0.249 %
Daily rates quoted144107
Average minimum daily rate£434£437
Average daily rate£453£459
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£472£481
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£375
% change on same period last year+1.52 %
Hourly rates quoted118
Average minimum hourly rate£39.29£22.45
Average hourly rate£40.09£24.45
% change on same period last year+63.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.88£26.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.43£30.35
% change on same period last year-3.02 %
Electronic Trading LondonElectronic Trading
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.

Electronic Trading
Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf Electronic Trading Demand Trend

Electronic Trading
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Electronic Trading Daily Rate Trend

Electronic Trading
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Electronic Trading across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Canary Wharf Electronic Trading Daily Rate Histogram

Electronic Trading
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Electronic Trading 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 Electronic Trading.

117 (70.83 %)Front Office
212 (50.00 %)Derivative
311 (45.83 %)Finance
410 (41.67 %)C++
59 (37.50 %)Equity Derivative
59 (37.50 %)Fixed Income
67 (29.17 %)C#
76 (25.00 %)Equities
85 (20.83 %)Windows
85 (20.83 %)VBA
94 (16.67 %)SQL
94 (16.67 %)Banking
94 (16.67 %)Software Testing
103 (12.50 %)Degree
103 (12.50 %)MarketView
103 (12.50 %)ION Trading
103 (12.50 %)Investment Banking
103 (12.50 %)Java
112 (8.333 %)Linux
112 (8.333 %)LAN
112 (8.333 %)WAN
112 (8.333 %)VPN
112 (8.333 %)Cisco
112 (8.333 %)CiscoWorks
112 (8.333 %)Juniper
112 (8.333 %)BMC
112 (8.333 %)BMC PATROL
112 (8.333 %)Bloomberg
112 (8.333 %)OSPF
112 (8.333 %)BGP

Electronic Trading
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Electronic Trading 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 Electronic Trading. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11 (4.167 %).NET
11 (4.167 %)ASP
11 (4.167 %)Struts
11 (4.167 %)XML
Application Platforms
11 (4.167 %)WebLogic
Business Applications
13 (12.50 %)MarketView
Communications & Networking
12 (8.333 %)LAN
12 (8.333 %)WAN
12 (8.333 %)VPN
12 (8.333 %)OSPF
12 (8.333 %)BGP
12 (8.333 %)Firewall
General
117 (70.83 %)Front Office
211 (45.83 %)Finance
34 (16.67 %)Banking
43 (12.50 %)Investment Banking
51 (4.167 %)Private Banking
51 (4.167 %)Marketing
51 (4.167 %)Back Office
Job Titles
112 (50.00 %)Developer
27 (29.17 %)C++ Developer
35 (20.83 %)Project Manager
35 (20.83 %)Senior Developer
44 (16.67 %)Senior C++ Developer
53 (12.50 %)Business Analyst
53 (12.50 %)Analyst
53 (12.50 %)Front Office Developer
62 (8.333 %)Java Developer
62 (8.333 %)Support Specialist
62 (8.333 %)Network Specialist
62 (8.333 %)Network Support
62 (8.333 %)Network Support Specialist
71 (4.167 %)Senior Java Developer
71 (4.167 %)Senior Infrastructure Manager
71 (4.167 %)Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
71 (4.167 %)Senior Project Manager
71 (4.167 %)Project Analyst
71 (4.167 %)Sybase Developer
71 (4.167 %)Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
112 (50.00 %)Derivative
29 (37.50 %)Equity Derivative
29 (37.50 %)Fixed Income
36 (25.00 %)Equities
42 (8.333 %)Mathematics
51 (4.167 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
51 (4.167 %)Asset Management
51 (4.167 %)VAX
Operating Systems
15 (20.83 %)Windows
22 (8.333 %)Linux
22 (8.333 %)UNIX
31 (4.167 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
14 (16.67 %)Software Testing
22 (8.333 %)Test Scripting
31 (4.167 %)PRINCE2
31 (4.167 %)Project Management
31 (4.167 %)Migration
31 (4.167 %)Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
110 (41.67 %)C++
27 (29.17 %)C#
35 (20.83 %)VBA
44 (16.67 %)SQL
53 (12.50 %)Java
Qualifications
13 (12.50 %)Degree
21 (4.167 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (8.333 %)QA
21 (4.167 %)SLA
Systems Management
12 (8.333 %)CiscoWorks
12 (8.333 %)BMC PATROL
Vendors
13 (12.50 %)ION Trading
22 (8.333 %)Juniper
22 (8.333 %)BMC
22 (8.333 %)Bloomberg
22 (8.333 %)Cisco
22 (8.333 %)eSpeed
31 (4.167 %)Sybase
31 (4.167 %)IBM
31 (4.167 %)Remedy
31 (4.167 %)Fujitsu
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