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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Reuters products and/or services in IT contracts within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Reuters over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReuters
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4248
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads56
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.006 %
As % of the category below2.392 %2.632 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£275£440
Average daily rate£338£440
% change on same period last year-23.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£215
% change on same period last year+39.53 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£30.00£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.65£27.50
% change on same period last year-50.36 %
Vendors Canary WharfVendors
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads209228
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.278 %0.234 %
Daily rates quoted9791
Average minimum daily rate£428£440
Average daily rate£449£457
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£471£473
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£357
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted1714
Average minimum hourly rate£39.82£29.23
Average hourly rate£40.22£30.99
% change on same period last year+29.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.63£32.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.18£25.11
% change on same period last year-7.68 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Reuters Group PLC.

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Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf Reuters Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Reuters Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Reuters Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

19 (47.37 %)Bloomberg
26 (31.58 %)Equities
26 (31.58 %)Finance
35 (26.32 %)Portware
35 (26.32 %)Problem Management
35 (26.32 %)Algorithmic Trading
35 (26.32 %)KDB
35 (26.32 %)Risk Management
35 (26.32 %)Fidessa
35 (26.32 %)MS Excel
43 (15.79 %)MS Office
43 (15.79 %)UNIX
43 (15.79 %)Shell Script
43 (15.79 %)Banking
43 (15.79 %)RMDS
43 (15.79 %)Investment Banking
52 (10.53 %)Telerate
52 (10.53 %)Front Office
52 (10.53 %)MS Project
52 (10.53 %)Tivoli
52 (10.53 %)Project Management
52 (10.53 %)Windows
52 (10.53 %)Perl
52 (10.53 %)Microsoft
52 (10.53 %)Resource Management
61 (5.263 %)Performance Management
61 (5.263 %)Office Communications Server
61 (5.263 %)Test Scripting
61 (5.263 %)MiFID
61 (5.263 %)Health

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
11 (5.263 %)J2EE
11 (5.263 %)J2SE
Application Platforms
11 (5.263 %)Lotus Notes
11 (5.263 %)MS Exchange
11 (5.263 %)Office Communications Server
Applications
15 (26.32 %)MS Excel
23 (15.79 %)MS Office
32 (10.53 %)MS Project
Business Applications
13 (15.79 %)RMDS
Communications & Networking
11 (5.263 %)TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
15 (26.32 %)KDB
21 (5.263 %)DTS
General
16 (31.58 %)Finance
23 (15.79 %)Banking
23 (15.79 %)Investment Banking
32 (10.53 %)Front Office
41 (5.263 %)Health
Job Titles
110 (52.63 %)Analyst
27 (36.84 %)Support Analyst
33 (15.79 %)Project Manager
42 (10.53 %)Development Manager
42 (10.53 %)Applications Support
42 (10.53 %)Release Manager
42 (10.53 %)Development Project Manager
51 (5.263 %)Desktop Analyst
51 (5.263 %)Financial Analyst
51 (5.263 %)Market Data Analyst
51 (5.263 %)Market Analyst
51 (5.263 %)Data Analyst
51 (5.263 %)Desktop Support Analyst
51 (5.263 %)Technical Support
51 (5.263 %)Tester
51 (5.263 %)Desktop Support
51 (5.263 %)Developer
Miscellaneous
16 (31.58 %)Equities
21 (5.263 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
13 (15.79 %)UNIX
22 (10.53 %)Windows
31 (5.263 %)Solaris
31 (5.263 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
15 (26.32 %)Risk Management
15 (26.32 %)Problem Management
15 (26.32 %)Algorithmic Trading
22 (10.53 %)Project Management
22 (10.53 %)Resource Management
31 (5.263 %)RDF
31 (5.263 %)Regression Testing
31 (5.263 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (5.263 %)Project Planning
31 (5.263 %)Technical Architecture
31 (5.263 %)Test Scripting
31 (5.263 %)Performance Management
Programming Languages
13 (15.79 %)Shell Script
22 (10.53 %)Perl
31 (5.263 %)SQL
31 (5.263 %)C#
31 (5.263 %)C++
31 (5.263 %)Java
31 (5.263 %)JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.263 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
11 (5.263 %)MiFID
System Software
11 (5.263 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
12 (10.53 %)Tivoli
Vendors
19 (47.37 %)Bloomberg
25 (26.32 %)Fidessa
25 (26.32 %)Portware
32 (10.53 %)Microsoft
32 (10.53 %)Telerate
41 (5.263 %)Lotus
41 (5.263 %)TIBCO
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