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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of thinkFolio 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 thinkFolio over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkthinkFolio
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008		Same period last year
Rank204192
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads227
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.029 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.584 %0.207 %
Daily rates quoted144
Average minimum daily rate£475£475
Average daily rate£521£531
% change on same period last year-1.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£568£588
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, VendorsVendors
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads37703382
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.975 %3.368 %
Daily rates quoted20141369
Average minimum daily rate£412£429
Average daily rate£445£456
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£479£482
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted176119
Average minimum hourly rate£22.63£21.19
Average hourly rate£24.44£22.54
% change on same period last year+8.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.25£23.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
thinkFolio LondonthinkFolio
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 thinkFolio Limited.

thinkFolio
Demand Trend

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

City of London thinkFolio Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London thinkFolio Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing thinkFolio across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

City of London thinkFolio Daily Rate Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

124 (82.76 %)Front Office
221 (72.41 %)Fixed Income
316 (55.17 %)Investment Management
414 (48.28 %)SQL
59 (31.03 %)Finance
59 (31.03 %)LatentZero
68 (27.59 %)Asset Management
77 (24.14 %)Minerva
86 (20.69 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
86 (20.69 %)Equities
95 (17.24 %)Sybase
95 (17.24 %)Project Management
95 (17.24 %)QA
95 (17.24 %)Fund Management
104 (13.79 %)Derivative
104 (13.79 %)Charles River
104 (13.79 %)Crystal Reports
104 (13.79 %)Back Office
113 (10.34 %)Axiom
113 (10.34 %)Financial Institution
113 (10.34 %)User Acceptance Testing
113 (10.34 %)Test Scripting
113 (10.34 %)Banking
113 (10.34 %)System Testing
122 (6.897 %)Capstone
122 (6.897 %)Tesseract
122 (6.897 %)Integration Testing
122 (6.897 %)Pensions
122 (6.897 %)Configuration Management
122 (6.897 %)LongView

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (3.448 %).NET
11 (3.448 %)XML
11 (3.448 %)FpML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.448 %)WebSphere Message Broker
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (24.14 %)Minerva
22 (6.897 %)Capstone
22 (6.897 %)Tesseract
22 (6.897 %)LongView
31 (3.448 %)Sentinel
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (13.79 %)Crystal Reports
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (82.76 %)Front Office
29 (31.03 %)Finance
34 (13.79 %)Back Office
43 (10.34 %)Financial Institution
43 (10.34 %)Banking
52 (6.897 %)Pensions
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (62.07 %)Analyst
26 (20.69 %)Support Analyst
35 (17.24 %)Test Analyst
35 (17.24 %)Business Analyst
44 (13.79 %)Project Manager
53 (10.34 %)Tester
62 (6.897 %)Systems Analyst
62 (6.897 %)Applications Support
71 (3.448 %)Administrator
71 (3.448 %)Systems Tester
71 (3.448 %)Messaging Specialist
71 (3.448 %)DBA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (72.41 %)Fixed Income
26 (20.69 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
26 (20.69 %)Equities
34 (13.79 %)Derivative
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (3.448 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (55.17 %)Investment Management
28 (27.59 %)Asset Management
35 (17.24 %)Project Management
35 (17.24 %)Fund Management
43 (10.34 %)User Acceptance Testing
43 (10.34 %)Test Scripting
43 (10.34 %)System Testing
52 (6.897 %)Integration Testing
52 (6.897 %)Configuration Management
52 (6.897 %)Regression Testing
61 (3.448 %)Workflow
61 (3.448 %)GAP Analysis
61 (3.448 %)RUP
61 (3.448 %)E-Commerce
61 (3.448 %)Requirements Analysis
61 (3.448 %)Manual Testing
61 (3.448 %)Business Analysis
61 (3.448 %)QMS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (48.28 %)SQL
21 (3.448 %)Java
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.448 %)ISEB
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (17.24 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (31.03 %)LatentZero
25 (17.24 %)Sybase
34 (13.79 %)Charles River
43 (10.34 %)Axiom
52 (6.897 %)Bloomberg
61 (3.448 %)Linedata
61 (3.448 %)Wall Street Systems
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