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The table below looks at the demand for Economics skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Economics over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEconomics
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank174177
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.182 %0.371 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£150£433
Average daily rate£225£451
% change on same period last year-50.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£470
UK excluding London average daily rate£475-
% 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£10.75£26.38
% change on same period last year-59.24 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads22012429
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.467 %2.603 %
Daily rates quoted12171097
Average minimum daily rate£455£513
Average daily rate£498£546
% change on same period last year-8.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£541£579
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted7756
Average minimum hourly rate£22.47£22.30
Average hourly rate£24.81£23.89
% change on same period last year+3.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.16£25.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Economics LondonEconomics
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.

Economics
Demand Trend

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

City of London Economics Demand Trend

Economics
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Economics Daily Rate Trend

Economics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Economics Hourly Rate Trend

Economics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Economics 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 Economics.

18 (57.14 %)Degree
18 (57.14 %)Market Risk
27 (50.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
36 (42.86 %)Finance
45 (35.71 %)Banking
45 (35.71 %)Data Analysis
54 (28.57 %)Investment Banking
54 (28.57 %)Front Office
54 (28.57 %)Mathematics
63 (21.43 %)Stress Testing
63 (21.43 %)Project Management
63 (21.43 %)MS Office
63 (21.43 %)MS Excel
63 (21.43 %)VBA
63 (21.43 %)Business Analysis
72 (14.29 %)Derivative
72 (14.29 %)Interest Rate Derivative
72 (14.29 %)Statistics
72 (14.29 %)Oracle
72 (14.29 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
72 (14.29 %)SQL
72 (14.29 %)Computer Science
81 (7.143 %)Physics
81 (7.143 %)Information Management
81 (7.143 %)System Testing
81 (7.143 %)Data Cleansing
81 (7.143 %)Quantitative Analysis
81 (7.143 %)Credit Risk
81 (7.143 %)SEO
81 (7.143 %)SPSS

Economics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Economics 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 Economics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)SAS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (21.43 %)MS Office
13 (21.43 %)MS Excel
21 (7.143 %)SPSS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (7.143 %)Summit
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server
11 (7.143 %)Data Cleansing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (42.86 %)Finance
25 (35.71 %)Banking
34 (28.57 %)Investment Banking
34 (28.57 %)Front Office
41 (7.143 %)Marketing
41 (7.143 %)Education
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (85.71 %)Analyst
28 (57.14 %)Business Analyst
37 (50.00 %)Market Risk Analyst
37 (50.00 %)Risk Analyst
37 (50.00 %)Market Analyst
46 (42.86 %)Market Risk Business Analyst
53 (21.43 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
62 (14.29 %)Tester
62 (14.29 %)Account Manager
71 (7.143 %)Report Analyst
71 (7.143 %)Senior Analyst
71 (7.143 %)Data Analyst
71 (7.143 %)Quantitative Analyst
71 (7.143 %)Marketing Analyst
71 (7.143 %)Senior Marketing Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (57.14 %)Market Risk
24 (28.57 %)Mathematics
32 (14.29 %)Computer Science
32 (14.29 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
32 (14.29 %)Derivative
32 (14.29 %)Interest Rate Derivative
32 (14.29 %)Statistics
41 (7.143 %)Fixed Income
41 (7.143 %)Credit Risk
41 (7.143 %)Physics
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (50.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
25 (35.71 %)Data Analysis
33 (21.43 %)Business Analysis
33 (21.43 %)Project Management
33 (21.43 %)Stress Testing
41 (7.143 %)System Testing
41 (7.143 %)CHAID
41 (7.143 %)SEO
41 (7.143 %)Validation
41 (7.143 %)Econometrics
41 (7.143 %)Information Management
41 (7.143 %)Pay per click
41 (7.143 %)Operations Research
41 (7.143 %)Project Planning
41 (7.143 %)Quantitative Analysis
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (21.43 %)VBA
22 (14.29 %)SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (57.14 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (14.29 %)Oracle
21 (7.143 %)Murex
21 (7.143 %)Calypso
21 (7.143 %)Netezza