The first table below looks at the demand for Electronic Trading skills 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 Electronic Trading over the 3 months to 17 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Docklands, 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Trading
Rank 27 32 53
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +21
Contract jobs citing Electronic Trading 2 1 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 1.198% 0.452% 1.839%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.550% 0.585% 2.511%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
Average daily rate £563 £425 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.35% -22.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £363 -
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
129 171 438
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 77.25% 77.38% 73.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 111 196
Average daily rate £463 £500 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £360 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +13.04%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Electronic Trading
London

Electronic Trading
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Electronic Trading across the Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Docklands, London Electronic Trading Jobs Demand Trend

Electronic Trading
Daily Rate Trend

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

Docklands, London Electronic Trading Daily Rate Trend

Electronic Trading
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Electronic Trading 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 Electronic Trading.

1 3 (100.00%) Derivative
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (33.33%) Confluence
3 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Perl
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Front Office
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) XML Messaging
3 1 (33.33%) Equities

Electronic Trading
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Electronic Trading 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 Electronic Trading. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XML Messaging
1 1 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center