The first table below looks at the demand for Rendezvous 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 Rendezvous 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 Platforms 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
TIBCO Rendezvous (TIBCO RV)
Rank 185 203 153
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -50
Contract jobs citing Rendezvous 18 15 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.282% 0.191% 0.960%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.654% 1.257% 6.551%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 83
Average daily rate £575 £650 £560
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.53% +16.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £561 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £740 £675 £670
UK excluding London average daily rate - £270 £395
% change year-on-year
- -31.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1088 1193 1435
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 17.06% 15.17% 14.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 808 1010
Average daily rate £405 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £253 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 35 63
Average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £15.00 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.20 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Rendezvous
London

Rendezvous
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Rendezvous Jobs Demand Trend

Rendezvous
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Rendezvous Daily Rate Trend

Rendezvous
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Rendezvous across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Rendezvous Daily Rate Histogram

Rendezvous
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Rendezvous Hourly Rate Trend

Rendezvous
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 33 (100.00%) TIBCO
2 26 (78.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 22 (66.67%) Front Office
4 20 (60.61%) Java
5 14 (42.42%) C#
6 13 (39.39%) Agile Software Development
7 12 (36.36%) Multithreading
7 12 (36.36%) SQL
7 12 (36.36%) Fixed Income
8 10 (30.30%) Python
8 10 (30.30%) Electronic Trading
8 10 (30.30%) TDD
9 9 (27.27%) Oracle
9 9 (27.27%) Finance
10 8 (24.24%) UNIX
10 8 (24.24%) Middleware
10 8 (24.24%) TIBCO EMS
10 8 (24.24%) WPF
10 8 (24.24%) 29West
11 7 (21.21%) Splunk
11 7 (21.21%) E-Commerce
11 7 (21.21%) JMS
11 7 (21.21%) .NET
11 7 (21.21%) Risk Management
12 6 (18.18%) Linux
12 6 (18.18%) Derivative
13 5 (15.15%) OO
13 5 (15.15%) Scrum
14 4 (12.12%) WinForms
14 4 (12.12%) Windows

Rendezvous
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (24.24%) Middleware
1 8 (24.24%) WPF
2 7 (21.21%) JMS
2 7 (21.21%) .NET
3 4 (12.12%) WinForms
3 4 (12.12%) Reactive Extensions
3 4 (12.12%) Managed Extensibility Framework
4 3 (9.091%) Spring
4 3 (9.091%) Django
4 3 (9.091%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 3 (9.091%) Hibernate
4 3 (9.091%) STL
5 2 (6.061%) HTML
5 2 (6.061%) CSS
5 2 (6.061%) WCF
5 2 (6.061%) WF
5 2 (6.061%) .NET Framework
6 1 (3.030%) WebSphere
6 1 (3.030%) Silverlight
6 1 (3.030%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 8 (24.24%) TIBCO EMS
2 1 (3.030%) Apache
2 1 (3.030%) MTS
2 1 (3.030%) Tomcat
2 1 (3.030%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.030%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Subversion
2 3 (9.091%) Git (software)
2 3 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (3.030%) JIRA
3 1 (3.030%) TeamCity
3 1 (3.030%) FishEye
General
1 22 (66.67%) Front Office
2 9 (27.27%) Finance
3 4 (12.12%) Banking
4 3 (9.091%) Back Office
5 2 (6.061%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.030%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (87.88%) Developer
2 15 (45.45%) Java Developer
3 10 (30.30%) Senior Developer
4 7 (21.21%) Lead Java Developer
4 7 (21.21%) Senior Java Developer
4 7 (21.21%) Lead Developer
5 5 (15.15%) Technical Leader
5 5 (15.15%) Technical Developer
5 5 (15.15%) C# Developer
6 4 (12.12%) WPF Developer
7 3 (9.091%) C++ Developer
7 3 (9.091%) C++/C# Developer
7 3 (9.091%) Front Office Developer
8 2 (6.061%) .NET Developer
8 2 (6.061%) Senior C++ Developer
8 2 (6.061%) Real Time Developer
9 1 (3.030%) Technical Manager
9 1 (3.030%) Programme Manager
9 1 (3.030%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 26 (78.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 12 (36.36%) Fixed Income
3 6 (18.18%) Derivative
4 2 (6.061%) Equities
5 1 (3.030%) Credit Derivative
5 1 (3.030%) Statistics
5 1 (3.030%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.030%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.030%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) UNIX
2 6 (18.18%) Linux
3 4 (12.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (36.36%) Multithreading
3 10 (30.30%) Electronic Trading
3 10 (30.30%) TDD
4 7 (21.21%) E-Commerce
4 7 (21.21%) Risk Management
5 5 (15.15%) OO
5 5 (15.15%) Scrum
6 4 (12.12%) MVVM
7 3 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (9.091%) Metaprogramming
7 3 (9.091%) UML
8 2 (6.061%) Domain-Driven Design
8 2 (6.061%) Software Engineering
9 1 (3.030%) Asset Management
9 1 (3.030%) Release Management
9 1 (3.030%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (3.030%) OOP
9 1 (3.030%) OOD
9 1 (3.030%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (60.61%) Java
2 14 (42.42%) C#
3 12 (36.36%) SQL
4 10 (30.30%) Python
5 4 (12.12%) C++
6 3 (9.091%) VB
7 2 (6.061%) F#
Qualifications
1 3 (9.091%) Degree
Systems Management
1 7 (21.21%) Splunk
2 1 (3.030%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (3.030%) Control-M
Vendors
1 33 (100.00%) TIBCO
2 9 (27.27%) Oracle
3 8 (24.24%) 29West
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
4 4 (12.12%) DevExpress
5 3 (9.091%) FFastFill
5 3 (9.091%) Syncfusion
5 3 (9.091%) Sybase
5 3 (9.091%) Infragistics
5 3 (9.091%) CQG
5 3 (9.091%) EasyScreen
6 1 (3.030%) Tradeweb
6 1 (3.030%) Sun
6 1 (3.030%) Reuters
6 1 (3.030%) Bloomberg
6 1 (3.030%) Remedy
6 1 (3.030%) eSpeed
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