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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Docklands, London region.

 Banking
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank113
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads257177417
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London49.81 %47.07 %32.94 %
As % of the General category66.07 %59.20 %43.48 %
Daily rates quoted11361162
Average daily rate£500£450£525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£350£400
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£625£575£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£400£400
% change year-on-year
-6.250 %-
Hourly rates quoted004
Average hourly rate--£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£16.44£17.00
% change year-on-year
+21.67 %-3.300 %
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
389299959
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London75.39 %79.52 %75.75 %
Daily rates quoted214119551
Average daily rate£475£450£600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£275£400
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£625£565£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted3414
Average hourly rate£23.50£57.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-59.13 %+187.50 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£27.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
-11.11 %-1.810 %
Banking LondonBanking
London

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.

Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Banking across the Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Docklands, London Banking Demand Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Banking across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

Docklands, London Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Banking across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Banking 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 Banking.

1352 (74.73 %)Investment Banking
2152 (32.27 %)Finance
392 (19.53 %)Front Office
483 (17.62 %)SQL
579 (16.77 %)Derivative
678 (16.56 %)C#
767 (14.23 %)C++
865 (13.80 %)SQL Server
960 (12.74 %)Java
1057 (12.10 %)UNIX
1150 (10.62 %)Oracle
1244 (9.342 %)Back Office
1343 (9.130 %)Fixed Income
1437 (7.856 %)Sybase
1536 (7.643 %)Windows
1634 (7.219 %)Equities
1732 (6.794 %)Project Management
1830 (6.369 %)Linux
1929 (6.157 %)STL
1929 (6.157 %)Multithreading
2028 (5.945 %).NET
2126 (5.520 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2224 (5.096 %)Perl
2224 (5.096 %)Migration
2224 (5.096 %)Business Analysis
2323 (4.883 %)XML
2422 (4.671 %)PRINCE2
2422 (4.671 %)SQL Server 2005
2521 (4.459 %)Credit Risk
2521 (4.459 %)Cash Management

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Banking 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 Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
129 (6.157 %)STL
228 (5.945 %).NET
323 (4.883 %)XML
416 (3.397 %)Spring
514 (2.972 %)ASP.NET
612 (2.548 %)MDX
612 (2.548 %)JMS
612 (2.548 %)Hibernate
711 (2.335 %)Middleware
711 (2.335 %)WebSphere
810 (2.123 %)WPF
810 (2.123 %)J2EE
99 (1.911 %)AJAX
108 (1.699 %)WinForms
116 (1.274 %)WCF
125 (1.062 %)Swing
125 (1.062 %)Web Services
125 (1.062 %)JSP
125 (1.062 %)Boost C++ Libraries
134 (0.849 %)Silverlight
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (2.335 %)SharePoint
210 (2.123 %)WebLogic
38 (1.699 %)IIS
45 (1.062 %)WebSphere Application Server
45 (1.062 %)Tomcat
54 (0.849 %)SharePoint Server 2007
54 (0.849 %)MQSeries
63 (0.637 %)Rendezvous
63 (0.637 %)Apache
71 (0.212 %)SAS
71 (0.212 %)WebSphere Message Broker
71 (0.212 %)WebSphere Transformation Extender
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (2.123 %)MS Excel
27 (1.486 %)MS Visio
27 (1.486 %)Spreadsheet
36 (1.274 %)MS Office
45 (1.062 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.849 %)MS Project
63 (0.637 %)InfoPath
71 (0.212 %)MATLAB
71 (0.212 %)CA Clarity
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.062 %)Summit
23 (0.637 %)Endur
31 (0.212 %)Global One
31 (0.212 %)ION MarketView
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (1.274 %)LDAP
16 (1.274 %)Firewall
25 (1.062 %)TCP/IP
34 (0.849 %)LAN
34 (0.849 %)WAN
43 (0.637 %)FTP
43 (0.637 %)VPN
43 (0.637 %)BIG-IP
52 (0.425 %)SSH
52 (0.425 %)HTTP
52 (0.425 %)Internet
52 (0.425 %)OSPF
52 (0.425 %)BGP
61 (0.212 %)Frame Relay
61 (0.212 %)Wireless
61 (0.212 %)Intranet
61 (0.212 %)RIP
61 (0.212 %)DHCP
61 (0.212 %)Ethernet
61 (0.212 %)SSL
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
165 (13.80 %)SQL Server
222 (4.671 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (3.822 %)Datawarehouse
416 (3.397 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
513 (2.760 %)Reference Data
611 (2.335 %)RDBMS
611 (2.335 %)Oracle 10g
611 (2.335 %)SQL Server Integration Services
77 (1.486 %)OLAP
77 (1.486 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
86 (1.274 %)Sybase ASE
86 (1.274 %)BusinessObjects
95 (1.062 %)SQL Server 2000
95 (1.062 %)ETL
103 (0.637 %)Oracle OWB
103 (0.637 %)Crystal Reports
103 (0.637 %)Oracle 9i
103 (0.637 %)MS Access
112 (0.425 %)TOAD
112 (0.425 %)Oracle Discoverer
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (2.123 %)ClearCase
23 (0.637 %)JUnit
32 (0.425 %)JIRA
32 (0.425 %)Rational Rose
32 (0.425 %)Eclipse
41 (0.212 %)ChangeMan
41 (0.212 %)ERwin
41 (0.212 %)ClearQuest
41 (0.212 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.212 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (0.212 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.212 %)CruiseControl
41 (0.212 %)Subversion
41 (0.212 %)jMock
41 (0.212 %)Selenium
41 (0.212 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1352 (74.73 %)Investment Banking
2152 (32.27 %)Finance
392 (19.53 %)Front Office
444 (9.342 %)Back Office
518 (3.822 %)Financial Institution
69 (1.911 %)Retail
77 (1.486 %)Private Banking
77 (1.486 %)Retail Banking
84 (0.849 %)Insurance
84 (0.849 %)Billing
84 (0.849 %)Multimedia
84 (0.849 %)Legal
93 (0.637 %)Construction
102 (0.425 %)Publishing
111 (0.212 %)Education
111 (0.212 %)Government
111 (0.212 %)Auditing
111 (0.212 %)Wholesale Banking
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1181 (38.43 %)Developer
2132 (28.03 %)Analyst
3105 (22.29 %)Business Analyst
459 (12.53 %)Project Manager
551 (10.83 %)C++ Developer
642 (8.917 %)C# Developer
739 (8.280 %)Banking Business Analyst
833 (7.006 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
927 (5.732 %)Java Developer
1023 (4.883 %)Senior Developer
1116 (3.397 %)SQL Developer
1214 (2.972 %)DBA
1313 (2.760 %)Senior C++ Developer
1410 (2.123 %)Support Analyst
1410 (2.123 %)Architect
1410 (2.123 %)Oracle Developer
159 (1.911 %)Senior Analyst
159 (1.911 %)Senior Business Analyst
159 (1.911 %)Programme Manager
159 (1.911 %)SQL Server Developer
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
179 (16.77 %)Derivative
243 (9.130 %)Fixed Income
334 (7.219 %)Equities
429 (6.157 %)Multithreading
526 (5.520 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
621 (4.459 %)Credit Risk
720 (4.246 %)Interest Rate Derivative
814 (2.972 %)Market Risk
814 (2.972 %)Computer Science
913 (2.760 %)Credit Derivative
913 (2.760 %)Equity Derivative
108 (1.699 %)Replication
114 (0.849 %)Mathematics
122 (0.425 %)Swaptions
122 (0.425 %)Contract for Difference
122 (0.425 %)Client/Server
131 (0.212 %)AS400
131 (0.212 %)Mainframe
131 (0.212 %)Smartcard
131 (0.212 %)Blackberry
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
157 (12.10 %)UNIX
236 (7.643 %)Windows
330 (6.369 %)Linux
414 (2.972 %)Solaris
510 (2.123 %)Windows 2000
68 (1.699 %)Windows Server 2003
75 (1.062 %)Red Hat Linux
83 (0.637 %)Windows NT
83 (0.637 %)Windows Server 2008
92 (0.425 %)Windows 2000 Server
101 (0.212 %)Windows XP
101 (0.212 %)MVS
101 (0.212 %)Oracle Enterprise Linux
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
132 (6.794 %)Project Management
224 (5.096 %)Migration
224 (5.096 %)Business Analysis
322 (4.671 %)PRINCE2
421 (4.459 %)Cash Management
518 (3.822 %)Risk Management
617 (3.609 %)Business Intelligence
714 (2.972 %)Data Modelling
812 (2.548 %)Agile Software Development
812 (2.548 %)User Acceptance Testing
911 (2.335 %)E-Commerce
911 (2.335 %)UML
1010 (2.123 %)Asset Management
119 (1.911 %)ITIL
119 (1.911 %)Data Analysis
128 (1.699 %)RAD
137 (1.486 %)Change Management
137 (1.486 %)OO
137 (1.486 %)Project Planning
146 (1.274 %)Wealth Management
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
183 (17.62 %)SQL
278 (16.56 %)C#
367 (14.23 %)C++
460 (12.74 %)Java
524 (5.096 %)Perl
618 (3.822 %)VBA
715 (3.185 %)VB
715 (3.185 %)PL/SQL
89 (1.911 %)Shell Script
98 (1.699 %)Korn
98 (1.699 %)VC++
107 (1.486 %)T-SQL
115 (1.062 %)JavaScript
124 (0.849 %)Bash shell
133 (0.637 %)C
142 (0.425 %)VBScript
151 (0.212 %)JCL
151 (0.212 %)COBOL
151 (0.212 %)PHP
151 (0.212 %)VB6
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
120 (4.246 %)Degree
216 (3.397 %)PRINCE2 Certification
32 (0.425 %)MCTS
32 (0.425 %)MCITP
32 (0.425 %)PMI Certification
41 (0.212 %)QiCA
41 (0.212 %)CISA
41 (0.212 %)CISM
41 (0.212 %)MCSE
41 (0.212 %)MCP
41 (0.212 %)Sun Certification
41 (0.212 %)ITIL Certification
41 (0.212 %)PMP
41 (0.212 %)ISEB
41 (0.212 %)CISSP
41 (0.212 %)Cisco Certification
41 (0.212 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.212 %)CCNP
41 (0.212 %)CCNA
41 (0.212 %)ISTQB
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.911 %)QA
25 (1.062 %)Basel II
34 (0.849 %)SLA
41 (0.212 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.212 %)BS7799
41 (0.212 %)ISO27001
41 (0.212 %)MiFID
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (1.911 %)Active Directory
23 (0.637 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.212 %)VMware ESX
31 (0.212 %)VMware Infrastructure
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.425 %)AutoSys
21 (0.212 %)BMC PATROL
21 (0.212 %)CONTROL-M
21 (0.212 %)MSI
21 (0.212 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
21 (0.212 %)CiscoWorks
21 (0.212 %)CA Endevor
21 (0.212 %)Ganglia
21 (0.212 %)HP Quality Center
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
150 (10.62 %)Oracle
237 (7.856 %)Sybase
316 (3.397 %)Microsoft
415 (3.185 %)TIBCO
511 (2.335 %)ION Trading
610 (2.123 %)Reuters
78 (1.699 %)Bloomberg
86 (1.274 %)Cisco
86 (1.274 %)Business Objects
95 (1.062 %)Fidessa
95 (1.062 %)Actuate
95 (1.062 %)Red Hat
104 (0.849 %)Tandberg
104 (0.849 %)GoldenSource
104 (0.849 %)Sophis
104 (0.849 %)Charles River
104 (0.849 %)OpenLink
113 (0.637 %)Murex
113 (0.637 %)SAP
113 (0.637 %)Cognos