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

LinkCalypso
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank67100
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching contract IT job ads205104
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.272 %0.107 %
As % of the category below5.464 %3.104 %
Daily rates quoted14955
Average minimum daily rate£553£556
Average daily rate£605£578
% change on same period last year+4.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£657£599
UK excluding London average daily rate£1,050£550
% change on same period last year+90.90 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£37.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Vendors City of LondonVendors
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads37523351
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.982 %3.438 %
Daily rates quoted19521430
Average minimum daily rate£423£438
Average daily rate£455£466
% change on same period last year-2.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£487£493
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£357
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted165140
Average minimum hourly rate£23.84£20.14
Average hourly rate£25.62£21.69
% change on same period last year+18.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.41£23.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.18£25.11
% change on same period last year-7.68 %
Calypso LondonCalypso
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Calypso Technology.

Calypso
Demand Trend

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

City of London Calypso Demand Trend

Calypso
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Calypso Daily Rate Trend

Calypso
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Calypso across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

City of London Calypso Daily Rate Histogram

Calypso
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Calypso Hourly Rate Trend

Calypso
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Calypso 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 Calypso.

1177 (52.37 %)Java
2176 (52.07 %)Banking
3147 (43.49 %)Derivative
4144 (42.60 %)Back Office
5128 (37.87 %)Investment Banking
6113 (33.43 %)Fixed Income
7105 (31.07 %)UNIX
8101 (29.88 %)Oracle
985 (25.15 %)Finance
1065 (19.23 %)SQL
1159 (17.46 %)Front Office
1255 (16.27 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1354 (15.98 %)Murex
1446 (13.61 %)XML
1543 (12.72 %)Sybase
1640 (11.83 %)Shell Script
1739 (11.54 %)Credit Derivative
1823 (6.805 %)OO
1922 (6.509 %)Workflow
2021 (6.213 %)Summit
2119 (5.621 %)Windows
2218 (5.325 %)Perl
2317 (5.030 %)VBA
2317 (5.030 %)Equities
2416 (4.734 %)C++
2515 (4.438 %)Sophis
2515 (4.438 %)Agile Software Development
2614 (4.142 %)Interest Rate Derivative
2614 (4.142 %)Solaris
2614 (4.142 %)Financial Institution

Calypso
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Calypso 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 Calypso. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
146 (13.61 %)XML
211 (3.254 %)Java RMI
38 (2.367 %)XSLT
45 (1.479 %)Swing
45 (1.479 %)JDBC
45 (1.479 %)WebSphere
54 (1.183 %)FpML
63 (0.888 %)Hibernate
63 (0.888 %)Spring
63 (0.888 %)J2EE
72 (0.592 %)HTML
72 (0.592 %)CGI
81 (0.296 %)JAXB
81 (0.296 %)SAX
81 (0.296 %)SOAP
81 (0.296 %)Struts
81 (0.296 %)JMS
Application Platforms
15 (1.479 %)MQSeries
15 (1.479 %)WebSphere MQ
21 (0.296 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
12 (0.592 %)MS Office
21 (0.296 %)MS Project
Business Applications
121 (6.213 %)Summit
21 (0.296 %)FLEXCUBE
21 (0.296 %)Kondor+
21 (0.296 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
21 (0.296 %)AWD
21 (0.296 %)Advent Geneva
Database & Business Intelligence
112 (3.550 %)Oracle 8/8i
210 (2.959 %)RDBMS
38 (2.367 %)Oracle 10g
47 (2.071 %)SQL Server
52 (0.592 %)Data Mart
61 (0.296 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (0.296 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (0.296 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (0.296 %)Informix
61 (0.296 %)Oracle 9i
61 (0.296 %)Datawarehouse
61 (0.296 %)MySQL
Development Applications
111 (3.254 %)Ant
27 (2.071 %)CruiseControl
35 (1.479 %)Subversion
43 (0.888 %)JUnit
52 (0.592 %)Flash
52 (0.592 %)TestDirector
61 (0.296 %)Eclipse
General
1176 (52.07 %)Banking
2144 (42.60 %)Back Office
3128 (37.87 %)Investment Banking
485 (25.15 %)Finance
559 (17.46 %)Front Office
614 (4.142 %)Financial Institution
72 (0.592 %)International Banking
81 (0.296 %)Legal
81 (0.296 %)General Ledger
81 (0.296 %)Corporate Banking
81 (0.296 %)Retail
Job Titles
1176 (52.07 %)Developer
2137 (40.53 %)Calypso Developer
3118 (34.91 %)Analyst
494 (27.81 %)Business Analyst
566 (19.53 %)Java Developer
625 (7.396 %)Senior Developer
721 (6.213 %)Banking Business Analyst
816 (4.734 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
913 (3.846 %)DBA
913 (3.846 %)Oracle DBA
1011 (3.254 %)Front Office Developer
119 (2.663 %)Analyst Developer
128 (2.367 %)Release Engineer
137 (2.071 %)Murex Support
137 (2.071 %)Senior Java Developer
146 (1.775 %)Support Analyst
146 (1.775 %)Test Manager
146 (1.775 %)Test Analyst
155 (1.479 %)Project Manager
155 (1.479 %)Java Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1147 (43.49 %)Derivative
2113 (33.43 %)Fixed Income
355 (16.27 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
439 (11.54 %)Credit Derivative
517 (5.030 %)Equities
614 (4.142 %)Interest Rate Derivative
713 (3.846 %)Equity Derivative
88 (2.367 %)Asset Management
93 (0.888 %)Economics
93 (0.888 %)Grid Computing
93 (0.888 %)Contract for Difference
93 (0.888 %)Multithreading
102 (0.592 %)Fund Management
102 (0.592 %)Management Information System
111 (0.296 %)Exotic Derivative
111 (0.296 %)Credit Risk
111 (0.296 %)Market Risk
Operating Systems
1105 (31.07 %)UNIX
219 (5.621 %)Windows
314 (4.142 %)Solaris
412 (3.550 %)Linux
55 (1.479 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
123 (6.805 %)OO
222 (6.509 %)Workflow
315 (4.438 %)Agile Software Development
413 (3.846 %)Change Management
512 (3.550 %)Migration
610 (2.959 %)Business Analysis
79 (2.663 %)Release Management
88 (2.367 %)User Acceptance Testing
96 (1.775 %)Continuous Integration
96 (1.775 %)Data Mapping
105 (1.479 %)Time Management
105 (1.479 %)Technical Architecture
105 (1.479 %)Disaster Recovery
114 (1.183 %)Information Security
114 (1.183 %)UML
123 (0.888 %)Test Management
123 (0.888 %)System Testing
123 (0.888 %)Data Modelling
123 (0.888 %)Project Management
132 (0.592 %)Project Planning
Programming Languages
1177 (52.37 %)Java
265 (19.23 %)SQL
340 (11.83 %)Shell Script
418 (5.325 %)Perl
517 (5.030 %)VBA
616 (4.734 %)C++
79 (2.663 %)C
87 (2.071 %)Python
95 (1.479 %)VB
102 (0.592 %)PL/SQL
111 (0.296 %)Ada
111 (0.296 %)Transact-SQL
Qualifications
14 (1.183 %)ACCA
14 (1.183 %)CIMA
22 (0.592 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.479 %)QA
22 (0.592 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
22 (0.592 %)Basel II
System Software
11 (0.296 %)Active Directory
11 (0.296 %)Oracle RAC
Systems Management
112 (3.550 %)AutoSys
Vendors
1101 (29.88 %)Oracle
254 (15.98 %)Murex
343 (12.72 %)Sybase
415 (4.438 %)Sophis
55 (1.479 %)SeeBeyond
62 (0.592 %)Fidessa
62 (0.592 %)Microsoft
71 (0.296 %)GoldenSource
71 (0.296 %)Yolus
71 (0.296 %)Advent
71 (0.296 %)Wall Street Systems
71 (0.296 %)IBM
71 (0.296 %)Reuters
71 (0.296 %)Bloomberg
71 (0.296 %)Linedata
71 (0.296 %)Algorithmics
71 (0.296 %)CheckFree
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