The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Fidessa products and/or services 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 Fidessa over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Fidessa Group plc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fidessa
Rank 181 205 190
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -15
Contract jobs citing Fidessa 18 14 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.283% 0.178% 0.552%
As % of the Vendors category 0.627% 0.422% 1.310%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 29
Average daily rate £513 £500 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.55% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £300 £553
10% offered a daily rate of more than £598 £600 £680
UK excluding London average daily rate £675 - £338
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2870 3315 4200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 45.18% 42.11% 42.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2036 2269 2905
Average daily rate £430 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 99 131
Average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £21.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% -6.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £93.00 £39.20 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Fidessa
London

Fidessa
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Fidessa across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

City of London Fidessa Jobs Demand Trend

Fidessa
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Fidessa Daily Rate Trend

Fidessa
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fidessa across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Fidessa Daily Rate Histogram

Fidessa
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Fidessa Hourly Rate Trend

Fidessa
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Fidessa 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 Fidessa.

1 11 (44.00%) Front Office
1 11 (44.00%) Equities
1 11 (44.00%) Banking
2 7 (28.00%) Investment Banking
2 7 (28.00%) Finance
2 7 (28.00%) C#
3 5 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 5 (20.00%) WPF
3 5 (20.00%) LINQ
3 5 (20.00%) Bloomberg
3 5 (20.00%) SQL
4 4 (16.00%) .NET
4 4 (16.00%) ION Trading
4 4 (16.00%) Electronic Trading
5 3 (12.00%) ION MarketView
5 3 (12.00%) Windows
5 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (12.00%) Reuters
5 3 (12.00%) Project Management
6 2 (8.000%) UNIX
6 2 (8.000%) Windows XP
6 2 (8.000%) Data Modelling
6 2 (8.000%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (8.000%) Murex
6 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
6 2 (8.000%) LatentZero
6 2 (8.000%) TDD
6 2 (8.000%) Automated Testing
6 2 (8.000%) Retail
6 2 (8.000%) Back Office

Fidessa
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Fidessa 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 Fidessa. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (20.00%) WPF
1 5 (20.00%) LINQ
2 4 (16.00%) .NET
3 2 (8.000%) WCF
4 1 (4.000%) .NET Framework
4 1 (4.000%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) Confluence
1 1 (4.000%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) ION MarketView
2 2 (8.000%) LatentZero
3 1 (4.000%) Summit
3 1 (4.000%) Capstone
3 1 (4.000%) Tesseract
3 1 (4.000%) Minerva
3 1 (4.000%) Sentinel
3 1 (4.000%) Endur
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) JIRA
1 1 (4.000%) Selenium
1 1 (4.000%) Subversion
1 1 (4.000%) ClearCase
General
1 11 (44.00%) Front Office
1 11 (44.00%) Banking
2 7 (28.00%) Investment Banking
2 7 (28.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.000%) Retail
3 2 (8.000%) Back Office
4 1 (4.000%) French Language
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) C# Developer
2 7 (28.00%) Business Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Support Analyst
3 6 (24.00%) Fidessa Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Fidessa Business Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) .NET Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Applications Support
5 2 (8.000%) Trade Floor Support Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (4.000%) C++/C# Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Fidessa Support Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) WPF Developer
6 1 (4.000%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Configuration Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (4.000%) Applications Support Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Summit Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (44.00%) Equities
2 2 (8.000%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (8.000%) Derivative
3 1 (4.000%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (4.000%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.000%) Fixed Income
3 1 (4.000%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.000%) Blackberry
3 1 (4.000%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.000%) UNIX
2 2 (8.000%) Windows XP
3 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.000%) Solaris
3 1 (4.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (16.00%) Electronic Trading
3 3 (12.00%) Project Management
4 2 (8.000%) Data Modelling
4 2 (8.000%) TDD
4 2 (8.000%) Automated Testing
4 2 (8.000%) Workflow
4 2 (8.000%) Test Automation
5 1 (4.000%) Operations Management
5 1 (4.000%) Fund Management
5 1 (4.000%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.000%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (4.000%) Change Control
5 1 (4.000%) Investment Management
5 1 (4.000%) Time Management
5 1 (4.000%) Change Management
5 1 (4.000%) Information Security
5 1 (4.000%) Asset Management
5 1 (4.000%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) C#
2 5 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.000%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.000%) VB
3 1 (4.000%) VBA
3 1 (4.000%) C++
3 1 (4.000%) Java
3 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Bloomberg
2 4 (16.00%) ION Trading
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) Reuters
4 2 (8.000%) Murex
4 2 (8.000%) Tradeweb
5 1 (4.000%) thinkFolio
5 1 (4.000%) Citrix
5 1 (4.000%) Lotus
5 1 (4.000%) Red Hat
5 1 (4.000%) OpenLink
City of London
Fidessa Analyst / PM - Banking - London - Up to £600pd Our client, an investment bank, are currently looking for a Fidessa Analyst / PM to work in their London office, on...
Orgtel
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
Fidessa Analyst/PM - Banking - London - Our investment bank client is currently looking for a Fidessa Analyst/PM to work in their London office, on a long-term contract...
IT Human Resources
Rate: £600 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
My client, a top tier investment bank requires an experienced Fidessa Business Analyst with some Project Management experience to join their London team on the Cash Equity Fidessa...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013