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This section looks at the demand for Market Risk 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 Market Risk over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMarket Risk
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3846
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads812
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.012 %
As % of the category below4.372 %5.063 %
Daily rates quoted511
Average minimum daily rate£460£350
Average daily rate£490£350
% change on same period last year+40.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£520£350
UK excluding London average daily rate-£450
% 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-
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads183237
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.241 %0.236 %
Daily rates quoted89118
Average minimum daily rate£503£472
Average daily rate£532£495
% change on same period last year+7.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£560£519
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted84
Average minimum hourly rate£38.48£15.29
Average hourly rate£38.91£16.71
% change on same period last year+132.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.35£18.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.25£28.69
% change on same period last year-11.97 %
Market Risk LondonMarket Risk
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.

Market Risk
Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf Market Risk Demand Trend

Market Risk
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Market Risk Daily Rate Trend

Market Risk
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Market Risk across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Canary Wharf Market Risk Daily Rate Histogram

Market Risk
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Market Risk Hourly Rate Trend

Market Risk
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Market Risk 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 Market Risk.

18 (72.73 %)Banking
27 (63.64 %)UNIX
36 (54.55 %)C++
36 (54.55 %)Investment Banking
45 (45.45 %)Java
54 (36.36 %)SQL
63 (27.27 %)Oracle
63 (27.27 %)OO
63 (27.27 %)Risk Management
63 (27.27 %)Finance
72 (18.18 %)Front Office
72 (18.18 %)Mathematics
72 (18.18 %)Derivative
72 (18.18 %)CORBA
72 (18.18 %)IONA
72 (18.18 %)Orbix
72 (18.18 %)Basel II
72 (18.18 %)Perl
72 (18.18 %)Sybase
72 (18.18 %)STL
72 (18.18 %)Credit Risk
72 (18.18 %)Monte Carlo Method
72 (18.18 %)Spring
81 (9.091 %)Black-Scholes
81 (9.091 %)User Acceptance Testing
81 (9.091 %)Multithreading
81 (9.091 %)Financial Modelling
81 (9.091 %)WebServices
81 (9.091 %)XML
81 (9.091 %)PRINCE2

Market Risk
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Market Risk 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 Market Risk. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (18.18 %)CORBA
12 (18.18 %)STL
12 (18.18 %)Spring
21 (9.091 %)WebServices
21 (9.091 %)XML
21 (9.091 %)JSP
21 (9.091 %)Servlets
21 (9.091 %)AJAX
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (9.091 %)SQL Server
11 (9.091 %)Oracle 9i
11 (9.091 %)BusinessObjects
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (72.73 %)Banking
26 (54.55 %)Investment Banking
33 (27.27 %)Finance
42 (18.18 %)Front Office
51 (9.091 %)Games
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (54.55 %)Developer
23 (27.27 %)Analyst
32 (18.18 %)C++ Developer
41 (9.091 %)Market Risk Business Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Architect
41 (9.091 %)Project Manager
41 (9.091 %)Business Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Applications Support Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Systems Developer
41 (9.091 %)SQL Developer
41 (9.091 %)PL/SQL Developer
41 (9.091 %)C++ Analyst Programmer
41 (9.091 %)C++ Programmer
41 (9.091 %)Risk Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Business Project Manager
41 (9.091 %)Analyst Programmer
41 (9.091 %)Programmer
41 (9.091 %)Support Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Applications Support
41 (9.091 %)Market Risk Analyst
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (18.18 %)Mathematics
12 (18.18 %)Derivative
12 (18.18 %)Credit Risk
21 (9.091 %)Multithreading
21 (9.091 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 (9.091 %)Interest Rate Derivative
21 (9.091 %)Statistics
21 (9.091 %)Credit Derivative
21 (9.091 %)Fixed Income
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (63.64 %)UNIX
21 (9.091 %)Windows
21 (9.091 %)Linux
21 (9.091 %)Windows XP
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (27.27 %)OO
13 (27.27 %)Risk Management
22 (18.18 %)Monte Carlo Method
31 (9.091 %)Black-Scholes
31 (9.091 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (9.091 %)Financial Modelling
31 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
31 (9.091 %)Project Management
31 (9.091 %)Disaster Recovery
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (54.55 %)C++
25 (45.45 %)Java
34 (36.36 %)SQL
42 (18.18 %)Perl
51 (9.091 %)PL/SQL
51 (9.091 %)VBA
51 (9.091 %)Shell Script
51 (9.091 %)C#
51 (9.091 %)AWK
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (9.091 %)Degree
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (18.18 %)Basel II
21 (9.091 %)SLA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (18.18 %)Orbix
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (9.091 %)AutoSys
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (27.27 %)Oracle
22 (18.18 %)IONA
22 (18.18 %)Sybase
31 (9.091 %)Business Objects
31 (9.091 %)Informatica