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The table below looks at the demand for Reuters Kondor+ skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Kondor+ over the 3 months to 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReuters Kondor+
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank188180
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.009 %
As % of the category below2.736 %1.699 %
Daily rates quoted105
Average minimum daily rate£590£480
Average daily rate£648£495
% change on same period last year+30.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£705£510
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% 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, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads402471
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.628 %0.512 %
Daily rates quoted194203
Average minimum daily rate£436£494
Average daily rate£473£524
% change on same period last year-9.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£510£553
UK excluding London average daily rate£453£433
% change on same period last year+4.54 %
Hourly rates quoted105
Average minimum hourly rate£40.83£36.43
Average hourly rate£47.46£38.21
% change on same period last year+24.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£54.08£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.93£27.67
% change on same period last year+4.55 %
Kondor+ LondonKondor+
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.

Kondor+
Demand Trend

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

City of London Kondor+ Demand Trend

Kondor+
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Kondor+ Daily Rate Trend

Kondor+
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Kondor+ across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 November 2008.

City of London Kondor+ Daily Rate Histogram

Kondor+
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Kondor+ 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 Kondor+.

111 (61.11 %)Banking
29 (50.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
37 (38.89 %)Solaris
37 (38.89 %)Investment Banking
45 (27.78 %)Finance
45 (27.78 %)Migration
45 (27.78 %)SQL
45 (27.78 %)Sybase
54 (22.22 %)Middleware
54 (22.22 %)Business Analysis
63 (16.67 %)Front Office
63 (16.67 %)Sun
72 (11.11 %)UNIX
81 (5.556 %)Back Office
81 (5.556 %)Workflow
81 (5.556 %)Derivative
81 (5.556 %)Market Risk
81 (5.556 %)Java
81 (5.556 %)Perl
81 (5.556 %)Linux
81 (5.556 %)Shell Script
81 (5.556 %)Project Management

Kondor+
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Kondor+ 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 Kondor+. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (22.22 %)Middleware
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (61.11 %)Banking
27 (38.89 %)Investment Banking
35 (27.78 %)Finance
43 (16.67 %)Front Office
51 (5.556 %)Back Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (27.78 %)Business Analyst
15 (27.78 %)Analyst
24 (22.22 %)Technical Lead
33 (16.67 %)Consultant
33 (16.67 %)Implementation Consultant
42 (11.11 %)Technical Consultant
42 (11.11 %)Senior Business Analyst
42 (11.11 %)Senior Analyst
42 (11.11 %)Development Manager
51 (5.556 %)Support Specialist
51 (5.556 %)Implementation Manager
51 (5.556 %)Banking Business Analyst
51 (5.556 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
51 (5.556 %)Project Manager
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (50.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 (5.556 %)Derivative
21 (5.556 %)Market Risk
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (38.89 %)Solaris
22 (11.11 %)UNIX
31 (5.556 %)Linux
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (27.78 %)Migration
24 (22.22 %)Business Analysis
31 (5.556 %)Project Management
31 (5.556 %)Workflow
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (27.78 %)SQL
21 (5.556 %)Shell Script
21 (5.556 %)Java
21 (5.556 %)Perl
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (27.78 %)Sybase
23 (16.67 %)Sun