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This section looks at the demand for Exotic Derivatives 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 Exotic Derivative over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExotic Derivatives
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank209181
Rank change on same period last yearDown-28
Matching contract IT job ads1718
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.540 %0.661 %
Daily rates quoted117
Average minimum daily rate£636£664
Average daily rate£702£700
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£768£736
UK excluding London average daily rate-£500
% 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--
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads31502722
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.157 %2.711 %
Daily rates quoted19461275
Average minimum daily rate£473£495
Average daily rate£520£538
% change on same period last year-3.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£568£581
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted5748
Average minimum hourly rate£18.91£23.53
Average hourly rate£20.29£24.83
% change on same period last year-18.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.68£26.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.25£28.69
% change on same period last year-11.97 %
Exotic Derivative LondonExotic Derivative
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.

Exotic Derivative
Demand Trend

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

City of London Exotic Derivative Demand Trend

Exotic Derivative
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Exotic Derivative Daily Rate Trend

Exotic Derivative
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exotic Derivative across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

City of London Exotic Derivative Daily Rate Histogram

Exotic Derivative
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Exotic Derivative 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 Exotic Derivative.

126 (92.86 %)Derivative
219 (67.86 %)Banking
313 (46.43 %)Front Office
410 (35.71 %)Investment Banking
59 (32.14 %)Project Management
59 (32.14 %)C#
67 (25.00 %).NET
76 (21.43 %)Java
76 (21.43 %)VBA
85 (17.86 %)SQL Server
85 (17.86 %)User Acceptance Testing
94 (14.29 %)C++
94 (14.29 %)Risk Management
94 (14.29 %)Interest Rate Derivative
94 (14.29 %)Migration
94 (14.29 %)Fixed Income
94 (14.29 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
94 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
103 (10.71 %)Summit
103 (10.71 %)Equity Derivative
103 (10.71 %)Workflow
103 (10.71 %)Finance
103 (10.71 %)Oracle
103 (10.71 %)System Testing
112 (7.143 %)Credit Risk
112 (7.143 %)Sybase
112 (7.143 %)ITIL Certification
112 (7.143 %)ITIL
112 (7.143 %)Windows
112 (7.143 %)RAD

Exotic Derivative
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (25.00 %).NET
21 (3.571 %)WinForms
21 (3.571 %)STL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (7.143 %)Oracle Workflow
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (7.143 %)MS Excel
21 (3.571 %)Spreadsheet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (10.71 %)Summit
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (17.86 %)SQL Server
22 (7.143 %)MS Access
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.571 %)Eclipse
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
119 (67.86 %)Banking
213 (46.43 %)Front Office
310 (35.71 %)Investment Banking
43 (10.71 %)Finance
52 (7.143 %)Back Office
61 (3.571 %)Education
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (35.71 %)Developer
29 (32.14 %)Project Manager
37 (25.00 %)Analyst
44 (14.29 %)Support Analyst
53 (10.71 %)VBA Developer
53 (10.71 %)Java Developer
53 (10.71 %)Business Analyst
62 (7.143 %)Excel VBA Developer
62 (7.143 %)Senior Business Analyst
62 (7.143 %)Excel Developer
62 (7.143 %).NET Developer
62 (7.143 %)C++ Developer
62 (7.143 %)C# Developer
62 (7.143 %)Senior Analyst
71 (3.571 %)Server Support Analyst
71 (3.571 %)Server Analyst
71 (3.571 %)Quant Developer
71 (3.571 %)Programme Manager
71 (3.571 %)Front Office Developer
71 (3.571 %)Server Support
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (92.86 %)Derivative
24 (14.29 %)Interest Rate Derivative
24 (14.29 %)Fixed Income
24 (14.29 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
33 (10.71 %)Equity Derivative
42 (7.143 %)Credit Risk
51 (3.571 %)Grid Computing
51 (3.571 %)Equities
51 (3.571 %)Credit Derivative
51 (3.571 %)Market Risk
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (7.143 %)Windows
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (32.14 %)Project Management
25 (17.86 %)User Acceptance Testing
34 (14.29 %)Risk Management
34 (14.29 %)Migration
34 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
43 (10.71 %)Workflow
43 (10.71 %)System Testing
52 (7.143 %)ITIL
52 (7.143 %)RAD
52 (7.143 %)Project Planning
61 (3.571 %)Scrum
61 (3.571 %)Stakeholder Management
61 (3.571 %)Business Analysis
61 (3.571 %)Asset Management
61 (3.571 %)Business Development
61 (3.571 %)Requirements Analysis
61 (3.571 %)Regression Testing
61 (3.571 %)UML
61 (3.571 %)Use Case
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (32.14 %)C#
26 (21.43 %)Java
26 (21.43 %)VBA
34 (14.29 %)C++
41 (3.571 %)VB6
41 (3.571 %)VB
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (7.143 %)ITIL Certification
12 (7.143 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.571 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (10.71 %)Oracle
22 (7.143 %)Sybase
31 (3.571 %)Microsoft