The first table below looks at the demand for STL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited STL over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Canary Wharf region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Standard Template Library (STL)
Rank 36 - 57
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing STL 15 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 3.886% - 0.777%
As % of the Application Development category 12.50% - 2.439%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 4
Average daily rate £650 - £484
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+28.90% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Application Development
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
120 124 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 31.09% 32.80% 31.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 78 135
Average daily rate £600 £525 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £400 £418
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
STL
London

STL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing STL across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Canary Wharf STL Jobs Demand Trend

STL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf STL Daily Rate Trend

STL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing STL across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Canary Wharf STL Daily Rate Histogram

STL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing STL 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 STL.

1 16 (100.00%) C++
1 16 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 13 (81.25%) SQL
2 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 13 (81.25%) Credit Risk
3 11 (68.75%) Front Office
4 9 (56.25%) Banking
4 9 (56.25%) Investment Banking
5 5 (31.25%) C#
6 4 (25.00%) Derivative
6 4 (25.00%) Basel III
6 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
6 4 (25.00%) Monte Carlo Method
6 4 (25.00%) Analytics
7 3 (18.75%) Multithreading
8 2 (12.50%) Build Forge
8 2 (12.50%) Hudson
8 2 (12.50%) Degree
8 2 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (12.50%) MVC
8 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
8 2 (12.50%) C
8 2 (12.50%) Java
8 2 (12.50%) VBA
8 2 (12.50%) CruiseControl
8 2 (12.50%) OOP
8 2 (12.50%) OO
9 1 (6.250%) Python
9 1 (6.250%) UNIX
9 1 (6.250%) Linux

STL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing STL 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 STL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Build Forge
1 2 (12.50%) Hudson
1 2 (12.50%) CruiseControl
General
1 11 (68.75%) Front Office
2 9 (56.25%) Banking
2 9 (56.25%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Developer
2 14 (87.50%) C++ Developer
3 11 (68.75%) Front Office Developer
4 9 (56.25%) Senior Developer
4 9 (56.25%) Senior C++ Developer
5 4 (25.00%) Credit Risk Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Excel Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (81.25%) Credit Risk
2 4 (25.00%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) UNIX
2 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 4 (25.00%) Analytics
2 3 (18.75%) Multithreading
3 2 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (12.50%) MVC
3 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 2 (12.50%) OOP
3 2 (12.50%) OO
4 1 (6.250%) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) C++
2 13 (81.25%) SQL
3 5 (31.25%) C#
4 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (12.50%) C
5 2 (12.50%) Java
5 2 (12.50%) VBA
6 1 (6.250%) Python
6 1 (6.250%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) Basel III