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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of LatentZero products and/or services in IT contracts within the City of London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LatentZero over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLatentZero
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank173172
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads3321
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.021 %
As % of the category below0.962 %0.632 %
Daily rates quoted2514
Average minimum daily rate£540£496
Average daily rate£620£533
% change on same period last year+16.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£700£570
UK excluding London average daily rate-£317
% 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, VendorsVendors
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads34293321
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.828 %3.356 %
Daily rates quoted18071379
Average minimum daily rate£396£440
Average daily rate£429£466
% change on same period last year-7.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£462£493
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted173130
Average minimum hourly rate£21.72£23.30
Average hourly rate£23.69£24.30
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.65£25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
LatentZero LondonLatentZero
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Fidessa LatentZero Limited.

LatentZero
Demand Trend

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

City of London LatentZero Demand Trend

LatentZero
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London LatentZero Daily Rate Trend

LatentZero
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LatentZero across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London LatentZero Daily Rate Histogram

LatentZero
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London LatentZero Hourly Rate Trend

LatentZero
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing LatentZero 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 LatentZero.

152 (64.20 %)Asset Management
250 (61.73 %)Front Office
336 (44.44 %)Minerva
434 (41.98 %)Fixed Income
531 (38.27 %)Capstone
628 (34.57 %)Investment Management
722 (27.16 %)Tesseract
820 (24.69 %)SQL
917 (20.99 %)Finance
1013 (16.05 %)Equities
1013 (16.05 %)FIX Protocol
1112 (14.81 %)Sentinel
1112 (14.81 %)Business Analysis
1112 (14.81 %)Charles River
1211 (13.58 %)Derivative
1310 (12.35 %)thinkFolio
1310 (12.35 %)UNIX
149 (11.11 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
149 (11.11 %)Banking
157 (8.642 %)Process Management
157 (8.642 %)Investment Banking
157 (8.642 %)Perl
157 (8.642 %)Fidessa
157 (8.642 %)Microsoft
157 (8.642 %)Oracle
157 (8.642 %)SQL Server
166 (7.407 %)Fund Management
175 (6.173 %)Electronic Trading
175 (6.173 %)NYFIX
184 (4.938 %)Reuters

LatentZero
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing LatentZero 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 LatentZero. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (16.05 %)FIX Protocol
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (1.235 %)MQSeries
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
136 (44.44 %)Minerva
231 (38.27 %)Capstone
322 (27.16 %)Tesseract
412 (14.81 %)Sentinel
53 (3.704 %)HiPortfolio
53 (3.704 %)LongView
61 (1.235 %)Global One
61 (1.235 %)Summit
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (8.642 %)SQL Server
23 (3.704 %)Crystal Reports
32 (2.469 %)Datawarehouse
32 (2.469 %)Reference Data
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
150 (61.73 %)Front Office
217 (20.99 %)Finance
39 (11.11 %)Banking
47 (8.642 %)Investment Banking
54 (4.938 %)Back Office
61 (1.235 %)Legal
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
151 (62.96 %)Analyst
224 (29.63 %)Business Analyst
318 (22.22 %)Support Analyst
416 (19.75 %)Project Manager
59 (11.11 %)Developer
59 (11.11 %)Technical Analyst
59 (11.11 %)FIX Analyst
67 (8.642 %)Technical Support Analyst
67 (8.642 %)Developer Analyst
67 (8.642 %)Technical Support
72 (2.469 %)Analyst Developer
72 (2.469 %)Tester
72 (2.469 %)Fidessa Analyst
72 (2.469 %)Business Manager
81 (1.235 %)Fidessa Business Analyst
81 (1.235 %)Business Project Manager
81 (1.235 %)Technical Business Analyst
81 (1.235 %)Systems Tester
81 (1.235 %)Test Analyst
81 (1.235 %)Systems Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
134 (41.98 %)Fixed Income
213 (16.05 %)Equities
311 (13.58 %)Derivative
49 (11.11 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
54 (4.938 %)Equity Derivative
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (12.35 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
152 (64.20 %)Asset Management
228 (34.57 %)Investment Management
312 (14.81 %)Business Analysis
47 (8.642 %)Process Management
56 (7.407 %)Fund Management
65 (6.173 %)Electronic Trading
74 (4.938 %)Data Analysis
74 (4.938 %)Algorithmic Trading
82 (2.469 %)User Acceptance Testing
82 (2.469 %)Data Management
82 (2.469 %)Project Management
82 (2.469 %)System Testing
82 (2.469 %)Data Mapping
82 (2.469 %)Test Scripting
91 (1.235 %)Regression Testing
91 (1.235 %)Integration Testing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (24.69 %)SQL
27 (8.642 %)Perl
32 (2.469 %)VBA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.704 %)QA
21 (1.235 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (14.81 %)Charles River
210 (12.35 %)thinkFolio
37 (8.642 %)Oracle
37 (8.642 %)Microsoft
37 (8.642 %)Fidessa
45 (6.173 %)NYFIX
54 (4.938 %)Reuters
54 (4.938 %)Bloomberg
63 (3.704 %)Sybase
72 (2.469 %)Linedata
81 (1.235 %)Murex
81 (1.235 %)Axiom
81 (1.235 %)Sophis