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This section looks at the demand for Reuters Market Data System (RMDS) skills within the Docklands, London region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RMDS over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReuters Market Data System (RMDS)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6484
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads315
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.015 %
As % of the category below6.383 %13.27 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£430
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£460
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% 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-
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
Docklands, London
Matching contract IT job ads47113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.062 %0.113 %
Daily rates quoted3240
Average minimum daily rate£535£481
Average daily rate£603£516
% change on same period last year+16.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£671£551
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£421
% change on same period last year+5.05 %
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£27.59£24.63
% change on same period last year+12.02 %
RMDS LondonRMDS
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.

RMDS
Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London RMDS Demand Trend

RMDS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Docklands, London RMDS Daily Rate Trend

RMDS
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing RMDS 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 RMDS.

18 (100.00 %)UNIX
18 (100.00 %)Shell Script
18 (100.00 %)Bloomberg
27 (87.50 %)Perl
36 (75.00 %)Reuters
45 (62.50 %)Front Office
45 (62.50 %)Solaris
45 (62.50 %)Linux
54 (50.00 %)Windows XP
54 (50.00 %)LAN
54 (50.00 %)WAN
54 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
54 (50.00 %)Sybase
54 (50.00 %)Windows
54 (50.00 %)TIBCO
54 (50.00 %)Rendezvous
54 (50.00 %)Telerate
63 (37.50 %)Banking
72 (25.00 %)Internet

RMDS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (50.00 %)Rendezvous
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (50.00 %)LAN
14 (50.00 %)WAN
14 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (25.00 %)Internet
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (62.50 %)Front Office
23 (37.50 %)Banking
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (100.00 %)UNIX
25 (62.50 %)Solaris
25 (62.50 %)Linux
34 (50.00 %)Windows XP
34 (50.00 %)Windows
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)Shell Script
27 (87.50 %)Perl
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (100.00 %)Bloomberg
26 (75.00 %)Reuters
34 (50.00 %)Sybase
34 (50.00 %)TIBCO
34 (50.00 %)Telerate