The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fixed Income
Rank 48 44 23
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -21
Contract jobs citing Fixed Income 234 298 606
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 3.451% 3.850% 6.053%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.84% 11.91% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 262 496
Average daily rate £550 £550 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £475
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £745 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.45% +15.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £22.00 -
% change year-on-year
-22.72% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2159 2503 3939
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.84% 32.33% 39.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1610 1949 3091
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £632 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 51 57
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.00 £21.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -1.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.30 £12.70 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £38.30 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Fixed Income
London

Fixed Income
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Fixed Income Jobs Demand Trend

Fixed Income
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Fixed Income Daily Rate Trend

Fixed Income
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fixed Income across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Fixed Income Daily Rate Histogram

Fixed Income
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Fixed Income Hourly Rate Trend

Fixed Income
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income.

1 205 (48.24%) Banking
2 165 (38.82%) Derivative
3 163 (38.35%) Finance
4 161 (37.88%) Front Office
5 157 (36.94%) Investment Banking
6 142 (33.41%) SQL
7 107 (25.18%) C#
8 94 (22.12%) Java
9 83 (19.53%) .NET
10 80 (18.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 75 (17.65%) SQL Server
12 64 (15.06%) Oracle
13 58 (13.65%) C++
14 55 (12.94%) Agile Software Development
15 52 (12.24%) Equities
16 50 (11.76%) Multithreading
17 48 (11.29%) XML
18 43 (10.12%) Degree
19 40 (9.412%) UNIX
20 39 (9.176%) Project Management
21 37 (8.706%) Business Analysis
21 37 (8.706%) Asset Management
22 34 (8.000%) Credit Derivative
23 33 (7.765%) Microsoft
24 30 (7.059%) OO
25 29 (6.824%) Windows
25 29 (6.824%) VBA
26 28 (6.588%) Python
26 28 (6.588%) TDD
26 28 (6.588%) WPF

Fixed Income
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 83 (19.53%) .NET
2 48 (11.29%) XML
3 28 (6.588%) WPF
4 24 (5.647%) WCF
5 18 (4.235%) Web Services
5 18 (4.235%) Middleware
6 14 (3.294%) WinForms
7 13 (3.059%) Spring
7 13 (3.059%) Rendezvous
7 13 (3.059%) ASP.NET
8 11 (2.588%) J2EE
8 11 (2.588%) STL
8 11 (2.588%) Swing
9 10 (2.353%) HTML
9 10 (2.353%) .NET Framework
10 9 (2.118%) Hibernate
11 8 (1.882%) MDX
12 7 (1.647%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 5 (1.176%) Ajax
13 5 (1.176%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 14 (3.294%) Oracle Coherence
2 8 (1.882%) MTS
3 7 (1.647%) MQSeries
4 6 (1.412%) WebLogic
5 5 (1.176%) Liferay
5 5 (1.176%) WebLogic Portal
5 5 (1.176%) Apache
6 3 (0.706%) Confluence
7 2 (0.471%) PowerExchange
8 1 (0.235%) ESB
8 1 (0.235%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.235%) Progress Apama
8 1 (0.235%) WebLogic Integration
8 1 (0.235%) IIS
8 1 (0.235%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 21 (4.941%) MS Excel
2 4 (0.941%) MS Project
2 4 (0.941%) MS Office
2 4 (0.941%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.941%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (0.706%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.235%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.235%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (4.000%) ION MarketView
2 11 (2.588%) RMDS
3 10 (2.353%) LatentZero
4 7 (1.647%) Summit
5 5 (1.176%) Capstone
6 4 (0.941%) Decalog
7 3 (0.706%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 2 (0.471%) LongView
8 2 (0.471%) Minerva
9 1 (0.235%) Kondor+
9 1 (0.235%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.235%) Adaptiv
9 1 (0.235%) Sentinel
9 1 (0.235%) Tesseract
9 1 (0.235%) Eagle PACE
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.353%) TCP/IP
1 10 (2.353%) Kerberos
2 7 (1.647%) HTTP
3 4 (0.941%) Internet
4 3 (0.706%) Intranet
5 2 (0.471%) Extranet
5 2 (0.471%) DNS
5 2 (0.471%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.471%) LAN
5 2 (0.471%) LDAP
6 1 (0.235%) AMQP
6 1 (0.235%) Firewall
6 1 (0.235%) SMTP
6 1 (0.235%) VPN
6 1 (0.235%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.471%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (3.059%) SQL Server 2008
4 12 (2.824%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (2.588%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (2.118%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 9 (2.118%) Oracle 8/8i
7 8 (1.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.882%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (0.941%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.941%) MS Access
8 4 (0.941%) Spotfire
8 4 (0.941%) Data Mart
9 3 (0.706%) QlikView
9 3 (0.706%) OLAP
9 3 (0.706%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.706%) SQL Server 2012
10 2 (0.471%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.471%) PowerCenter
10 2 (0.471%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 16 (3.765%) TeamCity
1 16 (3.765%) CruiseControl
2 9 (2.118%) Subversion
3 8 (1.882%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.647%) JIRA
5 6 (1.412%) Maven
6 5 (1.176%) QuickTest Pro
7 4 (0.941%) ClearCase
7 4 (0.941%) Git (software)
7 4 (0.941%) Selenium
8 3 (0.706%) JUnit
9 2 (0.471%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.471%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.471%) Hudson
9 2 (0.471%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.235%) ReSharper
10 1 (0.235%) NUnit
10 1 (0.235%) jMock
10 1 (0.235%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.235%) JProfiler
General
1 205 (48.24%) Banking
2 163 (38.35%) Finance
3 161 (37.88%) Front Office
4 157 (36.94%) Investment Banking
5 21 (4.941%) Back Office
6 11 (2.588%) Retail
7 6 (1.412%) Advertising
8 4 (0.941%) Telecoms
8 4 (0.941%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.706%) Legal
10 2 (0.471%) French Language
11 1 (0.235%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.235%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 169 (39.76%) Developer
2 149 (35.06%) Analyst
3 105 (24.71%) Business Analyst
4 54 (12.71%) Java Developer
5 46 (10.82%) C# Developer
6 32 (7.529%) Project Manager
7 31 (7.294%) C++ Developer
8 30 (7.059%) Senior Developer
9 20 (4.706%) Senior Java Developer
9 20 (4.706%) Banking Business Analyst
10 19 (4.471%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
11 16 (3.765%) Support Analyst
11 16 (3.765%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
12 14 (3.294%) .NET Developer
12 14 (3.294%) SQL Developer
13 13 (3.059%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (2.824%) Applications Support
15 11 (2.588%) C# .NET Developer
15 11 (2.588%) Quantitative Developer
16 10 (2.353%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 165 (38.82%) Derivative
2 80 (18.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 52 (12.24%) Equities
4 34 (8.000%) Credit Derivative
5 24 (5.647%) Market Risk
6 21 (4.941%) Credit Risk
7 20 (4.706%) Grid Computing
8 18 (4.235%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 13 (3.059%) Mathematics
10 12 (2.824%) Wiki
11 11 (2.588%) Computer Science
12 10 (2.353%) Reference Data
13 8 (1.882%) Physics
14 6 (1.412%) Equity Derivative
15 5 (1.176%) Economics
15 5 (1.176%) Open Source
15 5 (1.176%) Kindle
16 4 (0.941%) N-Tier
17 3 (0.706%) Contract for Difference
17 3 (0.706%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 40 (9.412%) UNIX
2 29 (6.824%) Windows
3 26 (6.118%) Linux
4 3 (0.706%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.471%) Solaris
5 2 (0.471%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.471%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.235%) SUSE
6 1 (0.235%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.235%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (12.94%) Agile Software Development
2 50 (11.76%) Multithreading
3 39 (9.176%) Project Management
4 37 (8.706%) Business Analysis
4 37 (8.706%) Asset Management
5 30 (7.059%) OO
6 28 (6.588%) TDD
6 28 (6.588%) Analytics
7 26 (6.118%) Investment Management
8 25 (5.882%) Risk Management
9 19 (4.471%) E-Commerce
10 17 (4.000%) Scrum
10 17 (4.000%) Electronic Trading
11 14 (3.294%) Portfolio Management
11 14 (3.294%) UML
11 14 (3.294%) Continuous Integration
12 13 (3.059%) Fund Management
12 13 (3.059%) BDD
13 12 (2.824%) Workflow
14 11 (2.588%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 142 (33.41%) SQL
2 107 (25.18%) C#
3 94 (22.12%) Java
4 58 (13.65%) C++
5 29 (6.824%) VBA
6 28 (6.588%) Python
7 19 (4.471%) C
8 16 (3.765%) VB
8 16 (3.765%) Perl
9 14 (3.294%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.647%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.412%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.941%) PHP
12 4 (0.941%) Scala
13 3 (0.706%) Korn
13 3 (0.706%) XAML
14 2 (0.471%) VC++
14 2 (0.471%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.471%) Jython
15 1 (0.235%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (10.12%) Degree
2 7 (1.647%) PhD
3 4 (0.941%) ISEB
4 3 (0.706%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.471%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (0.471%) PMP
5 2 (0.471%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (0.471%) CFA
5 2 (0.471%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.235%) APMP
6 1 (0.235%) CISA
6 1 (0.235%) CISM
6 1 (0.235%) MCSE
6 1 (0.235%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.235%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (0.235%) CCEA
6 1 (0.235%) CISSP
6 1 (0.235%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.471%) ISO 9001
1 19 (4.471%) QA
2 4 (0.941%) Basel III
3 3 (0.706%) Basel II
4 2 (0.471%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.235%) MiFID
5 1 (0.235%) COBIT
5 1 (0.235%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.235%) FATCA
System Software
1 3 (0.706%) OpenSSO
2 2 (0.471%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.235%) XenApp
3 1 (0.235%) VMware ESX
3 1 (0.235%) NFS
3 1 (0.235%) NDS
Systems Management
1 10 (2.353%) Control-M
1 10 (2.353%) CA SiteMinder
2 7 (1.647%) BladeLogic
2 7 (1.647%) Splunk
3 4 (0.941%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.235%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 64 (15.06%) Oracle
2 33 (7.765%) Microsoft
3 24 (5.647%) TIBCO
3 24 (5.647%) Bloomberg
4 23 (5.412%) thinkFolio
4 23 (5.412%) Sybase
5 18 (4.235%) Charles River
6 17 (4.000%) ION Trading
7 14 (3.294%) Reuters
8 13 (3.059%) Calypso
9 11 (2.588%) Tradeweb
10 10 (2.353%) CA
11 8 (1.882%) eSpeed
11 8 (1.882%) DataSynapse
12 7 (1.647%) MarketAxess
12 7 (1.647%) Cadis
13 6 (1.412%) DevExpress
14 5 (1.176%) Business Objects
14 5 (1.176%) Murex
15 4 (0.941%) Informatica
City of London
You will be speaking to the business - so an appreciation for Fixed Income and Credit product will be needed, however you will not be needed to SME in...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
A Quantitative Developer accountable for the integrity and ongoing development of the IT Platform and infrastructure and also for facilitating the development of the Index business through the...
Incisive Ltd
Rate: £580 - £680 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
You will be speaking to the business - so an appreciation for Fixed Income and Credit product will be needed, however you will not be needed to SME in...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
This role offers business exposure to Commodities, Fixed Income and FX. It also offers the C# Developer the chance to get hands on with a wide variety of...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £550 per annum
Posted: 4 June 2013
City of London
This role offers business exposure to Commodities, Fixed Income and FX. It also offers the C# Developer the chance to get hands on with a wide variety of...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £550 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
JM
Rate: £600 - £675 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £550 - £650 per day + Excellent Banking Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Rate: £350 - £385 per day
Posted: 16 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Rate: £350 - £385 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 June 2013
City, London
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £650 - £700 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Rate: £700 - £850 per week
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £650 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Experis IT
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 16 June 2013