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This section looks at the demand for Sophis VALUE 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 Sophis VALUE over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSophis VALUE
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank223-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.654 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£600-
Average daily rate£700-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£800-
UK excluding London average daily rate£625-
% 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 ads459474
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.606 %0.472 %
Daily rates quoted258188
Average minimum daily rate£459£452
Average daily rate£502£477
% change on same period last year+5.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£545£502
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£421
% change on same period last year+5.05 %
Hourly rates quoted104
Average minimum hourly rate£35.30£18.25
Average hourly rate£40.70£20.13
% change on same period last year+102.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£46.10£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.59£24.63
% change on same period last year+12.02 %
Sophis VALUE LondonSophis VALUE
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.

Sophis VALUE
Demand Trend

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

City of London Sophis VALUE Demand Trend

Sophis VALUE
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Sophis VALUE Daily Rate Trend

Sophis VALUE
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Sophis VALUE 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 Sophis VALUE.

14 (100.00 %)Sophis
23 (75.00 %)Sophis RISQUE
23 (75.00 %)Derivative
23 (75.00 %)Equity Derivative
32 (50.00 %)C#
32 (50.00 %)Finance
32 (50.00 %)Fund Management
41 (25.00 %)Investment Management
41 (25.00 %)Migration
41 (25.00 %)C++
41 (25.00 %).NET
41 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
41 (25.00 %)Asset Management
41 (25.00 %)Business Analysis

Sophis VALUE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Sophis VALUE 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 Sophis VALUE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %).NET
11 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (75.00 %)Sophis RISQUE
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Finance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %).NET Developer
21 (25.00 %)C++ Developer
21 (25.00 %)Business Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Sophis Business Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Sophis Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)Derivative
13 (75.00 %)Equity Derivative
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Fund Management
21 (25.00 %)Investment Management
21 (25.00 %)Migration
21 (25.00 %)Asset Management
21 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)C#
21 (25.00 %)C++
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Sophis