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The table below looks at the demand for Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol skills within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FIX Protocol over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4453
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below2.439 %3.390 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£450
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£525
% change on same period last year-42.85 %
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, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads82118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.116 %0.119 %
Daily rates quoted3753
Average minimum daily rate£393£461
Average daily rate£408£479
% change on same period last year-14.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£497
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£15.33
Average hourly rate£22.00£16.67
% change on same period last year+32.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£31.98
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
FIX Protocol LondonFIX Protocol
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.

FIX Protocol
Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf FIX Protocol Demand Trend

FIX Protocol
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf FIX Protocol Daily Rate Trend

FIX Protocol
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing FIX Protocol 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 FIX Protocol.

19 (90.00 %)UNIX
19 (90.00 %)Front Office
19 (90.00 %)Equities
28 (80.00 %)Java
28 (80.00 %)Linux
28 (80.00 %)Ant
35 (50.00 %)Perl
44 (40.00 %)JMS
44 (40.00 %)Finance
44 (40.00 %)J2SE
44 (40.00 %)Subversion
44 (40.00 %)Degree
44 (40.00 %)Computer Science
52 (20.00 %)Cognizant
52 (20.00 %)Swing
61 (10.00 %)VC++
61 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
61 (10.00 %)Microsoft
61 (10.00 %)Fidessa
61 (10.00 %)SQL
61 (10.00 %)VB
61 (10.00 %)Windows
61 (10.00 %)C#
61 (10.00 %)C++
61 (10.00 %)Client/Server
61 (10.00 %)Algorithmic Trading

FIX Protocol
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing FIX Protocol 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 FIX Protocol. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (40.00 %)J2SE
14 (40.00 %)JMS
22 (20.00 %)Swing
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (80.00 %)Ant
24 (40.00 %)Subversion
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (90.00 %)Front Office
24 (40.00 %)Finance
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Developer
14 (40.00 %)Senior Developer
22 (20.00 %)Java Developer
22 (20.00 %)Senior Java Developer
31 (10.00 %)Support Engineer
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (90.00 %)Equities
24 (40.00 %)Computer Science
31 (10.00 %)Client/Server
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (90.00 %)UNIX
28 (80.00 %)Linux
31 (10.00 %)Windows
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)Algorithmic Trading
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (80.00 %)Java
25 (50.00 %)Perl
31 (10.00 %)SQL
31 (10.00 %)VB
31 (10.00 %)VC++
31 (10.00 %)C#
31 (10.00 %)C++
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (40.00 %)Degree
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Cognizant
21 (10.00 %)Microsoft
21 (10.00 %)Fidessa