The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Foreign Exchange (FX)
Rank 23 24 17
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -7
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 7 7 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 4.094% 3.318% 10.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.77% 13.73% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 33
Average daily rate £488 £550 £625
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.36% -12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £515 £470
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £620 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £288 £408
% change year-on-year
+47.82% -29.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
65 51 288
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 38.01% 24.17% 47.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 31 129
Average daily rate £500 £525 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -8.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £388 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £638 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £26.75 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +16.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Foreign Exchange (FX)
London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Docklands, London Foreign Exchange (FX) Jobs Demand Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Foreign Exchange (FX) Daily Rate Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Foreign Exchange (FX) Hourly Rate Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX).

1 7 (77.78%) Banking
1 7 (77.78%) Investment Banking
2 5 (55.56%) Reuters
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 4 (44.44%) Business Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) Fixed Income
4 3 (33.33%) Front Office
4 3 (33.33%) Derivative
4 3 (33.33%) Windows
4 3 (33.33%) Bloomberg
5 2 (22.22%) C#
5 2 (22.22%) Python
5 2 (22.22%) VBScript
5 2 (22.22%) VB
5 2 (22.22%) VBA
5 2 (22.22%) .NET
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 2 (22.22%) VB6
5 2 (22.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (22.22%) RMDS
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (22.22%) Grid Computing
5 2 (22.22%) Equities
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 2 (22.22%) Multithreading
5 2 (22.22%) System Testing

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) XML
2 1 (11.11%) Middleware
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) RMDS
1 2 (22.22%) 3000 Xtra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (77.78%) Banking
1 7 (77.78%) Investment Banking
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Banking Business Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Front Office Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Business Support Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Fixed Income
1 3 (33.33%) Derivative
2 2 (22.22%) Grid Computing
2 2 (22.22%) Equities
2 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) Credit Derivative
3 1 (11.11%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Business Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (22.22%) Multithreading
2 2 (22.22%) System Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) VBScript
2 2 (22.22%) VB
2 2 (22.22%) VBA
2 2 (22.22%) VB6
3 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Reuters
2 3 (33.33%) Bloomberg
3 2 (22.22%) Cadis
4 1 (11.11%) TIBCO