The first table below looks at the demand for QuickFIX skills 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 QuickFIX over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Application Development 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
QuickFIX
Rank 201 - 242
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing QuickFIX 2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.031% - 0.031%
As % of the Application Development category 0.110% - 0.109%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
Average daily rate £463 - £550
90% offered a daily rate of more than £433 - £530
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 - £570
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1821 2016 2741
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 28.55% 25.63% 27.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1439 1499 2137
Average daily rate £405 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.70% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 28 22
Average hourly rate £41.50 £25.00 £43.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.00% -42.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.58 £15.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £75.00 £45.00 £119.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
QuickFIX
London

QuickFIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London QuickFIX Jobs Demand Trend

QuickFIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London QuickFIX Daily Rate Trend

QuickFIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London QuickFIX Hourly Rate Trend

QuickFIX
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing QuickFIX 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 QuickFIX.

1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Advertising
1 1 (50.00%) FIX Protocol

QuickFIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing QuickFIX 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 QuickFIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (50.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
City, London
FX, FIX protocol, API, Scripting (Pearl/Shell) This is a fantastic position... The primary responsibilities of the position include the testing, integration and 2nd line support of the...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013