The first table below looks at the demand for Asset Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Asset Management over the 3 months to 20 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the City of London 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Asset Management
Rank 62 42 48
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +6
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 184 304 320
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 2.912% 3.893% 3.309%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.969% 5.437% 4.598%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 221 256
Average daily rate £500 £550 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £340 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £725 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £395 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.59% +12.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
Average hourly rate - £18.50 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -39.34%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £17.00 £16.10
% change year-on-year
-8.82% +5.59%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4636 5591 6959
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 73.37% 71.60% 71.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3487 4029 5165
Average daily rate £450 £463 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 97 95
Average hourly rate £41.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.40 £15.00 £14.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.50 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Asset Management
London

Asset Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Asset Management across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London Asset Management Jobs Demand Trend

Asset Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Asset Management across the City of London region.

City of London Asset Management Daily Rate Trend

Asset Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Asset Management across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

City of London Asset Management Daily Rate Histogram

Asset Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Asset Management across the City of London region.

City of London Asset Management Hourly Rate Trend

Asset Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Asset Management 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 Asset Management.

1 153 (39.03%) Finance
2 112 (28.57%) Investment Management
3 89 (22.70%) Banking
4 88 (22.45%) SQL
5 70 (17.86%) .NET
6 69 (17.60%) SQL Server
7 62 (15.82%) Investment Banking
8 55 (14.03%) C#
9 51 (13.01%) Front Office
10 49 (12.50%) Fund Management
11 44 (11.22%) Business Analysis
12 43 (10.97%) ASP.NET
13 40 (10.20%) thinkFolio
14 39 (9.949%) Project Management
15 38 (9.694%) Fixed Income
16 32 (8.163%) Derivative
17 31 (7.908%) VBA
18 30 (7.653%) Stakeholder Management
19 29 (7.398%) MVC
20 28 (7.143%) Java
21 27 (6.888%) Oracle
21 27 (6.888%) Cadis
22 26 (6.633%) Agile Software Development
23 24 (6.122%) Degree
23 24 (6.122%) Migration
24 23 (5.867%) MS Excel
24 23 (5.867%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
24 23 (5.867%) LatentZero
25 21 (5.357%) User Acceptance Testing
25 21 (5.357%) Microsoft

Asset Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Asset Management 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 Asset Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 70 (17.86%) .NET
2 43 (10.97%) ASP.NET
3 18 (4.592%) ASP.NET MVC
4 17 (4.337%) XML
5 12 (3.061%) Web Services
5 12 (3.061%) WPF
6 11 (2.806%) WCF
6 11 (2.806%) ASP
7 10 (2.551%) Spring
8 9 (2.296%) .NET Framework
8 9 (2.296%) jQuery
8 9 (2.296%) J2EE
9 8 (2.041%) HTML
9 8 (2.041%) WinForms
10 7 (1.786%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 7 (1.786%) LINQ
11 6 (1.531%) CSS
12 5 (1.276%) Struts
12 5 (1.276%) Hibernate
13 3 (0.765%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 8 (2.041%) SharePoint
1 8 (2.041%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (1.276%) SAS
2 5 (1.276%) IIS
3 3 (0.765%) Apache
3 3 (0.765%) MS Exchange
3 3 (0.765%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.510%) MQSeries
4 2 (0.510%) Lotus Notes
4 2 (0.510%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.510%) Confluence
4 2 (0.510%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.255%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.255%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.255%) Lync
5 1 (0.255%) Rendezvous
5 1 (0.255%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.255%) CMS
5 1 (0.255%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.255%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 23 (5.867%) MS Excel
2 12 (3.061%) MS Office
3 5 (1.276%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.765%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (0.765%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.255%) MS Project
5 1 (0.255%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 23 (5.867%) LatentZero
2 10 (2.551%) Eagle PACE
3 7 (1.786%) Minerva
4 6 (1.531%) Global One
5 5 (1.276%) Tesseract
5 5 (1.276%) Sentinel
5 5 (1.276%) Front Arena
6 3 (0.765%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.510%) Eagle STAR
7 2 (0.510%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.255%) MultiFonds
8 1 (0.255%) Capstone
8 1 (0.255%) Dynamics SL
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.786%) Intranet
2 4 (1.020%) SAN
3 3 (0.765%) Extranet
3 3 (0.765%) LAN
3 3 (0.765%) WAN
3 3 (0.765%) HTTP
4 2 (0.510%) LDAP
4 2 (0.510%) GSM
4 2 (0.510%) Firewall
5 1 (0.255%) Frame Relay
5 1 (0.255%) VLAN
5 1 (0.255%) VPLS
5 1 (0.255%) NAS
5 1 (0.255%) AMQP
5 1 (0.255%) FTP
5 1 (0.255%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.255%) VPN
5 1 (0.255%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (17.60%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.316%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (3.061%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (2.296%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (2.041%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.276%) RDBMS
6 5 (1.276%) MS Access
7 4 (1.020%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (1.020%) SQL Server 2012
8 3 (0.765%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.765%) MySQL
9 2 (0.510%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.510%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (0.510%) GIS
9 2 (0.510%) QlikView
9 2 (0.510%) BusinessObjects XI
9 2 (0.510%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.255%) Xcelsius
10 1 (0.255%) CorVu
10 1 (0.255%) DB2
Development Applications
1 18 (4.592%) Subversion
2 13 (3.316%) JIRA
3 11 (2.806%) TeamCity
3 11 (2.806%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.786%) JUnit
4 7 (1.786%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (1.531%) Eclipse
5 6 (1.531%) MSBuild
6 5 (1.276%) Selenium
6 5 (1.276%) Maven
7 4 (1.020%) Xcode
7 4 (1.020%) CruiseControl
8 3 (0.765%) FitNesse
8 3 (0.765%) MSTest
9 2 (0.510%) Hudson
9 2 (0.510%) NUnit
9 2 (0.510%) MSI
9 2 (0.510%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 1 (0.255%) Ant
10 1 (0.255%) Jenkins
General
1 153 (39.03%) Finance
2 89 (22.70%) Banking
3 62 (15.82%) Investment Banking
4 51 (13.01%) Front Office
5 17 (4.337%) Back Office
6 11 (2.806%) Retail
7 9 (2.296%) Financial Institution
8 6 (1.531%) Marketing
9 5 (1.276%) Legal
10 4 (1.020%) Publishing
11 3 (0.765%) Law
11 3 (0.765%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (0.765%) Private Banking
12 2 (0.510%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.510%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.510%) Games
12 2 (0.510%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 173 (44.13%) Analyst
2 117 (29.85%) Business Analyst
3 75 (19.13%) Developer
4 44 (11.22%) Project Manager
5 23 (5.867%) .NET Developer
6 17 (4.337%) Architect
7 16 (4.082%) Lead Business Analyst
8 15 (3.827%) C# Developer
9 14 (3.571%) Java Developer
9 14 (3.571%) Senior Analyst
9 14 (3.571%) Support Analyst
10 12 (3.061%) Test Analyst
11 10 (2.551%) Applications Support
11 10 (2.551%) Data Analyst
12 9 (2.296%) C# .NET Developer
13 8 (2.041%) ASP.NET Developer
13 8 (2.041%) Senior Business Analyst
13 8 (2.041%) Programme Manager
14 7 (1.786%) Applications Support Analyst
14 7 (1.786%) Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.694%) Fixed Income
2 32 (8.163%) Derivative
3 23 (5.867%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 18 (4.592%) Equities
5 9 (2.296%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.041%) Computer Science
7 7 (1.786%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.531%) iPad
9 4 (1.020%) iPhone
9 4 (1.020%) Mathematics
10 3 (0.765%) Mainframe
10 3 (0.765%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.765%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.765%) Kindle
10 3 (0.765%) SWIFT
11 2 (0.510%) SaaS
11 2 (0.510%) Reference Data
12 1 (0.255%) Data Extraction
12 1 (0.255%) Data Integration
12 1 (0.255%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.592%) UNIX
2 16 (4.082%) Windows
3 5 (1.276%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.020%) Windows 7
4 4 (1.020%) Linux
4 4 (1.020%) Windows XP
5 3 (0.765%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.510%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.510%) HPUX
7 1 (0.255%) Solaris
7 1 (0.255%) AIX
7 1 (0.255%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.255%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.255%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (28.57%) Investment Management
2 49 (12.50%) Fund Management
3 44 (11.22%) Business Analysis
4 39 (9.949%) Project Management
5 30 (7.653%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (7.398%) MVC
7 26 (6.633%) Agile Software Development
8 24 (6.122%) Migration
9 21 (5.357%) Change Management
9 21 (5.357%) User Acceptance Testing
10 20 (5.102%) Risk Management
10 20 (5.102%) TDD
11 19 (4.847%) Scrum
11 19 (4.847%) Wealth Management
12 17 (4.337%) Risk Analysis
13 16 (4.082%) Workflow
13 16 (4.082%) Continuous Integration
14 14 (3.571%) OO
15 13 (3.316%) Multithreading
16 12 (3.061%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 88 (22.45%) SQL
2 55 (14.03%) C#
3 31 (7.908%) VBA
4 28 (7.143%) Java
5 14 (3.571%) T-SQL
6 11 (2.806%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.786%) C++
7 7 (1.786%) Python
7 7 (1.786%) VB
8 6 (1.531%) MATLAB
8 6 (1.531%) PHP
9 5 (1.276%) Perl
10 4 (1.020%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.020%) Objective-C
10 4 (1.020%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.765%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.510%) Groovy
12 2 (0.510%) Scala
13 1 (0.255%) Ruby
13 1 (0.255%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (6.122%) Degree
2 5 (1.276%) CISSP
2 5 (1.276%) PMP
2 5 (1.276%) PMI Certification
3 4 (1.020%) CISM
4 2 (0.510%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.255%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.255%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.255%) CISA
5 1 (0.255%) HNC
5 1 (0.255%) MCSE
5 1 (0.255%) ISEB
5 1 (0.255%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.255%) CFA
5 1 (0.255%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.255%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.041%) ISO 9001
1 8 (2.041%) MiFID
2 5 (1.276%) QA
3 3 (0.765%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.510%) SLA
4 2 (0.510%) FATCA
5 1 (0.255%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.255%) COBIT
System Software
1 8 (2.041%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.020%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.510%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.255%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (2.041%) Control-M
2 3 (0.765%) SCCM
3 2 (0.510%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.510%) OpenView
4 1 (0.255%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.255%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (10.20%) thinkFolio
2 27 (6.888%) Cadis
2 27 (6.888%) Oracle
3 21 (5.357%) Microsoft
4 20 (5.102%) Charles River
5 14 (3.571%) Business Objects
6 8 (2.041%) Bloomberg
7 7 (1.786%) JBoss
8 6 (1.531%) StatPro
8 6 (1.531%) Calypso
8 6 (1.531%) VMware
9 5 (1.276%) Serena
9 5 (1.276%) IBM
9 5 (1.276%) SunGard
10 4 (1.020%) Sybase
10 4 (1.020%) Remedy
10 4 (1.020%) Salesforce.com
10 4 (1.020%) BI-SAM
10 4 (1.020%) SimCorp
11 3 (0.765%) Informatica
City of London
You will meet the following requirements: Strong core BA skills: Business Case Analysis, Requirements gathering, Gap Analysis and specification writing Investment Management or Asset Management background Experience of...
Orgtel
Rate: £425 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
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Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
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Rate: £500 - £550 per day
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City, London
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Rate: £450 - £550 per day
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Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
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City of London
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Rate: £500 - £550 per day
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City of London
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