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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Bloomberg products and/or services in IT contracts within the Docklands, London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Bloomberg over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBloomberg
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5367
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads1825
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.027 %
As % of the category below3.220 %3.053 %
Daily rates quoted59
Average minimum daily rate£450£332
Average daily rate£490£371
% change on same period last year+32.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£530£410
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£215
% change on same period last year+16.27 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£18.00£20.00
Average hourly rate£19.50£22.50
% change on same period last year-13.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.00£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.65£27.50
% change on same period last year-50.36 %
Vendors Docklands, LondonVendors
Docklands, London
Matching contract IT job ads559819
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.737 %0.869 %
Daily rates quoted326422
Average minimum daily rate£460£449
Average daily rate£495£476
% change on same period last year+3.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£530£504
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£356
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted1317
Average minimum hourly rate£22.94£19.55
Average hourly rate£24.67£20.14
% change on same period last year+22.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.40£20.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.91£25.10
% change on same period last year-8.72 %
Bloomberg LondonBloomberg
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 Bloomberg.

Bloomberg
Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London Bloomberg Demand Trend

Bloomberg
Daily Rate Trend

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

Docklands, London Bloomberg Daily Rate Trend

Bloomberg
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Bloomberg across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Docklands, London Bloomberg Daily Rate Histogram

Bloomberg
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Docklands, London Bloomberg Hourly Rate Trend

Bloomberg
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Bloomberg across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Docklands, London Bloomberg Hourly Rate Histogram

Bloomberg
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Bloomberg 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 Bloomberg.

137 (61.67 %)Reuters
229 (48.33 %)Front Office
229 (48.33 %)Banking
321 (35.00 %)Investment Banking
416 (26.67 %)Windows
515 (25.00 %)Unix
614 (23.33 %)Shell Script
614 (23.33 %)Finance
713 (21.67 %)Fixed Income
713 (21.67 %)Perl
812 (20.00 %)Back Office
812 (20.00 %)RMDS
911 (18.33 %)SQL
1010 (16.67 %)Linux
1010 (16.67 %)thinkFolio
119 (15.00 %)Investment Management
119 (15.00 %)Workflow
119 (15.00 %)Solaris
119 (15.00 %)Windows XP
119 (15.00 %)MS Exchange
128 (13.33 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
128 (13.33 %)Blackberry
128 (13.33 %)Derivative
137 (11.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
146 (10.00 %)LAN
146 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
146 (10.00 %)SLA
146 (10.00 %)C++
146 (10.00 %)Interest Rate Derivative
146 (10.00 %)Degree

Bloomberg
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Bloomberg 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 Bloomberg. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11 (1.667 %)XML
11 (1.667 %)ODBC
Application Platforms
19 (15.00 %)MS Exchange
24 (6.667 %)Rendezvous
24 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2000
24 (6.667 %)Lotus Notes
Applications
15 (8.333 %)MS Office
Business Applications
112 (20.00 %)RMDS
Communications & Networking
16 (10.00 %)LAN
16 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
25 (8.333 %)WAN
25 (8.333 %)Internet
32 (3.333 %)DHCP
32 (3.333 %)WINS
32 (3.333 %)DNS
41 (1.667 %)Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (5.000 %)SQL Server
22 (3.333 %)Reference Data
31 (1.667 %)Datawarehouse
31 (1.667 %)ETL
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (1.667 %)KDB
General
129 (48.33 %)Front Office
129 (48.33 %)Banking
221 (35.00 %)Investment Banking
314 (23.33 %)Finance
412 (20.00 %)Back Office
55 (8.333 %)Financial Institution
62 (3.333 %)Publishing
Job Titles
134 (56.67 %)Analyst
222 (36.67 %)Support Analyst
315 (25.00 %)Desktop Support
411 (18.33 %)Desktop Analyst
411 (18.33 %)Desktop Support Analyst
58 (13.33 %)Developer
67 (11.67 %)Analyst Developer
76 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
76 (10.00 %)C++ Developer
84 (6.667 %)Business Analyst
93 (5.000 %)Support Engineer
102 (3.333 %)Data Analyst
102 (3.333 %)Desktop Engineer
102 (3.333 %)Desktop Support Engineer
102 (3.333 %)Market Data Analyst
102 (3.333 %)Market Analyst
111 (1.667 %)Desktop Team Leader
111 (1.667 %)Market Data Administrator
111 (1.667 %)Market Data Business Analyst
111 (1.667 %)Team Leader
Miscellaneous
113 (21.67 %)Fixed Income
28 (13.33 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
28 (13.33 %)Blackberry
28 (13.33 %)Derivative
36 (10.00 %)Interest Rate Derivative
45 (8.333 %)Asset Management
52 (3.333 %)Equities
61 (1.667 %)PDA
Operating Systems
116 (26.67 %)Windows
215 (25.00 %)Unix
310 (16.67 %)Linux
49 (15.00 %)Solaris
49 (15.00 %)Windows XP
55 (8.333 %)Windows Vista
55 (8.333 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
19 (15.00 %)Workflow
19 (15.00 %)Investment Management
27 (11.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
32 (3.333 %)ITIL
32 (3.333 %)RAD
41 (1.667 %)Change Management
41 (1.667 %)Risk Management
41 (1.667 %)Data Management
41 (1.667 %)Wealth Management
41 (1.667 %)Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
114 (23.33 %)Shell Script
213 (21.67 %)Perl
311 (18.33 %)SQL
46 (10.00 %)C++
54 (6.667 %)VBA
61 (1.667 %)Tcl
61 (1.667 %)Java
61 (1.667 %)Korn
61 (1.667 %)C#
Qualifications
16 (10.00 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
16 (10.00 %)SLA
21 (1.667 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (1.667 %)MiFID
System Software
12 (3.333 %)Active Directory
Vendors
137 (61.67 %)Reuters
210 (16.67 %)thinkFolio
36 (10.00 %)Telerate
45 (8.333 %)Citrix
45 (8.333 %)Sybase
45 (8.333 %)Microsoft
54 (6.667 %)Lotus
54 (6.667 %)TIBCO
61 (1.667 %)GoldenSource
61 (1.667 %)Sun
61 (1.667 %)Murex
61 (1.667 %)Fidessa
61 (1.667 %)Portware
61 (1.667 %)Proquote
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