Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Equities skills within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Equities over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEquities
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2827
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads824
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.026 %
As % of the category below8.791 %16.90 %
Daily rates quoted213
Average minimum daily rate£475£519
Average daily rate£513£535
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£434
% change on same period last year-17.06 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads91142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.147 %0.155 %
Daily rates quoted2983
Average minimum daily rate£444£508
Average daily rate£464£542
% change on same period last year-14.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£483£576
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£345
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.67
Average hourly rate-£25.67
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.44£25.60
% change on same period last year-0.62 %
Equities LondonEquities
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.

Equities
Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf Equities Demand Trend

Equities
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Equities Daily Rate Trend

Equities
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Equities Hourly Rate Trend

Equities
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Equities 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 Equities.

120 (43.48 %)Finance
218 (39.13 %)Front Office
314 (30.43 %)Banking
314 (30.43 %)Derivative
314 (30.43 %)C++
413 (28.26 %)Java
512 (26.09 %)Investment Banking
610 (21.74 %)SQL
79 (19.57 %)UNIX
88 (17.39 %)Linux
88 (17.39 %)Perl
88 (17.39 %)Electronic Trading
97 (15.22 %)Equity Derivative
106 (13.04 %)Windows
115 (10.87 %)C#
115 (10.87 %)Fidessa
115 (10.87 %)Fixed Income
124 (8.696 %)Back Office
124 (8.696 %)Software Testing
124 (8.696 %)Subversion
124 (8.696 %)Degree
124 (8.696 %)FIX Protocol
124 (8.696 %)Algorithmic Trading
124 (8.696 %)TIBCO
124 (8.696 %)J2EE
124 (8.696 %)Oracle
124 (8.696 %)Ant
133 (6.522 %)SQL Server
133 (6.522 %)Sybase
133 (6.522 %).NET

Equities
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Equities 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 Equities. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (8.696 %)J2EE
14 (8.696 %)FIX Protocol
23 (6.522 %).NET
23 (6.522 %)J2SE
32 (4.348 %)Middleware
32 (4.348 %)XML
32 (4.348 %)Swing
41 (2.174 %)Spring MVC
41 (2.174 %)Adobe Flex
41 (2.174 %)CORBA
41 (2.174 %)HTML
41 (2.174 %)ATL
41 (2.174 %)JSP
41 (2.174 %)Servlets
41 (2.174 %)MVC
41 (2.174 %)Hibernate
41 (2.174 %)JRules
41 (2.174 %)Spring
41 (2.174 %)JSF
41 (2.174 %)iBATIS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.174 %)WebLogic
11 (2.174 %)MQSeries
11 (2.174 %)Rendezvous
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.348 %)MS Excel
12 (4.348 %)MS Visio
21 (2.174 %)MS PowerPoint
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.174 %)BusinessWorks
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (2.174 %)Internet
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (6.522 %)SQL Server
22 (4.348 %)OLAP
31 (2.174 %)Crystal Reports
31 (2.174 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (2.174 %)ETL
31 (2.174 %)OLTP
31 (2.174 %)Oracle 10g
31 (2.174 %)BusinessObjects
31 (2.174 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (2.174 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.174 %)Oracle OLAP
31 (2.174 %)BusinessObjects XI
31 (2.174 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
31 (2.174 %)Reference Data
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (8.696 %)Ant
14 (8.696 %)Subversion
22 (4.348 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (2.174 %)ClearCase
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (43.48 %)Finance
218 (39.13 %)Front Office
314 (30.43 %)Banking
412 (26.09 %)Investment Banking
54 (8.696 %)Back Office
61 (2.174 %)Financial Institution
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (47.83 %)Developer
28 (17.39 %)Analyst
28 (17.39 %)C++ Developer
36 (13.04 %)Business Analyst
45 (10.87 %)Senior Developer
54 (8.696 %)Fidessa Developer
54 (8.696 %)Senior C++ Developer
63 (6.522 %)Java Developer
63 (6.522 %)C# Developer
63 (6.522 %)Project Manager
72 (4.348 %)Programmer
72 (4.348 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
72 (4.348 %)GUI Developer
81 (2.174 %)Equity Derivatives Business Analyst
81 (2.174 %)Business Intelligence Specialist
81 (2.174 %)RAD Developer
81 (2.174 %)Performance Manager
81 (2.174 %)Excel Developer
81 (2.174 %)Excel VBA Developer
81 (2.174 %)PMO Manager
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (30.43 %)Derivative
27 (15.22 %)Equity Derivative
35 (10.87 %)Fixed Income
43 (6.522 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
52 (4.348 %)Computer Science
61 (2.174 %)Client/Server
61 (2.174 %)Contract for Difference
61 (2.174 %)Mathematics
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (19.57 %)UNIX
28 (17.39 %)Linux
36 (13.04 %)Windows
41 (2.174 %)Solaris
41 (2.174 %)Windows NT
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (17.39 %)Electronic Trading
24 (8.696 %)Software Testing
24 (8.696 %)Algorithmic Trading
32 (4.348 %)Technical Architecture
32 (4.348 %)Change Management
32 (4.348 %)Business Analysis
32 (4.348 %)RAD
32 (4.348 %)Project Management
32 (4.348 %)Workflow
32 (4.348 %)Migration
41 (2.174 %)Information Security
41 (2.174 %)Data Analysis
41 (2.174 %)Process Management
41 (2.174 %)Business Intelligence
41 (2.174 %)OO
41 (2.174 %)Risk Management
41 (2.174 %)IT Governance
41 (2.174 %)Investment Management
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (30.43 %)C++
213 (28.26 %)Java
310 (21.74 %)SQL
48 (17.39 %)Perl
55 (10.87 %)C#
63 (6.522 %)VC++
71 (2.174 %)Python
71 (2.174 %)Tcl
71 (2.174 %)Shell Script
71 (2.174 %)Euclid
71 (2.174 %)C
71 (2.174 %)Transact-SQL
71 (2.174 %)VBA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (8.696 %)Degree
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (4.348 %)QA
21 (2.174 %)MiFID
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (10.87 %)Fidessa
24 (8.696 %)Oracle
24 (8.696 %)TIBCO
33 (6.522 %)Reuters
33 (6.522 %)Sybase
42 (4.348 %)Calypso
51 (2.174 %)ILOG
51 (2.174 %)Business Objects
51 (2.174 %)Microsoft
51 (2.174 %)Sun
51 (2.174 %)Bloomberg
51 (2.174 %)Thomson Financial