The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Bloomberg products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Bloomberg over the 3 months to 20 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 Vendors for the England 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Bloomberg.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bloomberg
Rank 292 336 257
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -79
Contract jobs citing Bloomberg 230 238 386
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.551% 0.446% 0.696%
As % of the Vendors category 1.183% 0.964% 1.510%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 183 276
Average daily rate £500 £425 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -22.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £271 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £575 £288 £350
% change year-on-year
+100.00% -17.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 13
Average hourly rate - £20.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 - £97.63
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19439 24693 25562
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.61% 46.26% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10680 13057 13141
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1124 1220 1495
Average hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.87% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £11.81 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Bloomberg
UK

Bloomberg
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Bloomberg across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

England Bloomberg Jobs Demand Trend

Bloomberg
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Bloomberg across the England region.

England Bloomberg Daily Rate Trend

Bloomberg
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Bloomberg across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England Bloomberg Daily Rate Histogram

Bloomberg
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Bloomberg across the England region.

England Bloomberg Hourly Rate Trend

Bloomberg
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bloomberg within the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +20 226 £500 +17.64%
South East +21 2 - -
Bloomberg
UK

Bloomberg
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 236 (70.03%) Reuters
2 150 (44.51%) Finance
3 125 (37.09%) Banking
4 106 (31.45%) Front Office
5 88 (26.11%) Fixed Income
6 84 (24.93%) Windows
6 84 (24.93%) Investment Banking
7 82 (24.33%) SQL
8 76 (22.55%) C#
9 64 (18.99%) Java
10 58 (17.21%) Electronic Trading
11 56 (16.62%) SQL Server
12 53 (15.73%) Microsoft
13 52 (15.43%) Derivative
14 49 (14.54%) MS Office
15 47 (13.95%) Oracle
16 46 (13.65%) MS Excel
17 42 (12.46%) Sybase
17 42 (12.46%) C++
17 42 (12.46%) Equities
18 41 (12.17%) UNIX
19 38 (11.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 37 (10.98%) Active Directory
20 37 (10.98%) ION Trading
21 36 (10.68%) ION MarketView
22 35 (10.39%) Agile Software Development
23 34 (10.09%) Blackberry
24 33 (9.792%) Windows XP
24 33 (9.792%) .NET
25 30 (8.902%) Lotus Notes

Bloomberg
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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
1 33 (9.792%) .NET
2 19 (5.638%) WCF
3 17 (5.045%) Web Services
4 16 (4.748%) XML
5 15 (4.451%) Middleware
5 15 (4.451%) WPF
6 12 (3.561%) MDX
7 11 (3.264%) Swing
8 8 (2.374%) ASP.NET
9 6 (1.780%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.484%) JSON
10 5 (1.484%) Silverlight
10 5 (1.484%) REST
11 4 (1.187%) Java SE
11 4 (1.187%) Spring
11 4 (1.187%) HTML
11 4 (1.187%) Struts
11 4 (1.187%) WinForms
12 3 (0.890%) XSLT
12 3 (0.890%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 30 (8.902%) Lotus Notes
2 15 (4.451%) Rendezvous
3 12 (3.561%) MTS
4 11 (3.264%) MQSeries
5 9 (2.671%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 5 (1.484%) TIBCO EMS
7 3 (0.890%) Confluence
7 3 (0.890%) MS Exchange
8 2 (0.593%) TeamSite
9 1 (0.297%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.297%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.297%) MSMQ
9 1 (0.297%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.297%) ESB
Applications
1 49 (14.54%) MS Office
2 46 (13.65%) MS Excel
3 6 (1.780%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.187%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 36 (10.68%) ION MarketView
2 24 (7.122%) RMDS
3 13 (3.858%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (2.671%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 6 (1.780%) LatentZero
5 6 (1.780%) 3000 Xtra
6 5 (1.484%) Eagle PACE
6 5 (1.484%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (1.187%) Tesseract
7 4 (1.187%) Minerva
7 4 (1.187%) Sentinel
8 2 (0.593%) Adaptiv
8 2 (0.593%) Summit
8 2 (0.593%) LongView
9 1 (0.297%) Murex MxG2000
9 1 (0.297%) Capstone
9 1 (0.297%) Monis
9 1 (0.297%) TradeThru
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.825%) TCP/IP
2 12 (3.561%) HTTP
3 11 (3.264%) Firewall
4 8 (2.374%) LAN
5 7 (2.077%) DNS
6 6 (1.780%) WAN
7 4 (1.187%) VPN
8 3 (0.890%) Intranet
8 3 (0.890%) Internet
8 3 (0.890%) Network Security
9 2 (0.593%) 3G
9 2 (0.593%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.593%) SSL
9 2 (0.593%) SAN
9 2 (0.593%) DHCP
10 1 (0.297%) SMS
10 1 (0.297%) VoIP
10 1 (0.297%) SNMP
10 1 (0.297%) MPLS
10 1 (0.297%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (16.62%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.748%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (3.561%) OLAP
4 9 (2.671%) SQL Server 2012
5 7 (2.077%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (1.484%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.187%) Oracle 8/8i
7 4 (1.187%) InterSystems Cache
8 3 (0.890%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (0.890%) MS Access
8 3 (0.890%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.890%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.593%) DTS
9 2 (0.593%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.593%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.593%) Oracle 10g
9 2 (0.593%) SQL Server 7
9 2 (0.593%) SQL Server 2000
10 1 (0.297%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.297%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 13 (3.858%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (2.374%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
3 6 (1.780%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.780%) JIRA
4 3 (0.890%) ClearCase
5 2 (0.593%) TestDirector
5 2 (0.593%) MSI
5 2 (0.593%) Subversion
6 1 (0.297%) NUnit
6 1 (0.297%) ReSharper
6 1 (0.297%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.297%) ClearQuest
General
1 150 (44.51%) Finance
2 125 (37.09%) Banking
3 106 (31.45%) Front Office
4 84 (24.93%) Investment Banking
5 21 (6.231%) Back Office
6 17 (5.045%) Financial Institution
7 9 (2.671%) French Language
8 7 (2.077%) Retail
9 3 (0.890%) Legal
10 2 (0.593%) Advertising
10 2 (0.593%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.297%) Marketing
11 1 (0.297%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.297%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 156 (46.29%) Analyst
2 77 (22.85%) Developer
3 64 (18.99%) Business Analyst
4 57 (16.91%) Support Analyst
5 30 (8.902%) Desktop Support
6 20 (5.935%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
7 19 (5.638%) Data Analyst
8 17 (5.045%) Market Analyst
9 14 (4.154%) Market Data Analyst
9 14 (4.154%) Desktop Analyst
9 14 (4.154%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 14 (4.154%) Administrator
9 14 (4.154%) Support Engineer
10 13 (3.858%) Java Developer
10 13 (3.858%) Database Developer
11 12 (3.561%) Sybase Developer
11 12 (3.561%) C# Developer
11 12 (3.561%) Applications Support
12 11 (3.264%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (3.264%) Data Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 88 (26.11%) Fixed Income
2 52 (15.43%) Derivative
3 42 (12.46%) Equities
4 38 (11.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 34 (10.09%) Blackberry
6 16 (4.748%) Hedge funds
7 13 (3.858%) Credit Derivative
8 8 (2.374%) Market Risk
9 7 (2.077%) Computer Science
10 6 (1.780%) Mathematics
10 6 (1.780%) Credit Risk
11 5 (1.484%) Data Integration
11 5 (1.484%) Grid Computing
12 4 (1.187%) Handset
12 4 (1.187%) Inversion of Control
13 3 (0.890%) Reference Data
13 3 (0.890%) PDA
13 3 (0.890%) Equity Derivative
13 3 (0.890%) Statistics
14 2 (0.593%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 84 (24.93%) Windows
2 41 (12.17%) UNIX
3 33 (9.792%) Windows XP
4 27 (8.012%) Windows 7
5 16 (4.748%) Windows Server 2003
5 16 (4.748%) Linux
6 13 (3.858%) Windows 2000
7 11 (3.264%) Windows NT
8 6 (1.780%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (1.187%) AIX
10 3 (0.890%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.593%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (17.21%) Electronic Trading
2 35 (10.39%) Agile Software Development
3 28 (8.309%) Business Analysis
4 26 (7.715%) ITIL
5 25 (7.418%) Scrum
6 20 (5.935%) Investment Management
7 17 (5.045%) TDD
8 16 (4.748%) Data Management
8 16 (4.748%) Project Management
9 15 (4.451%) Asset Management
10 14 (4.154%) Analytics
11 13 (3.858%) Migration
11 13 (3.858%) OO
11 13 (3.858%) Multithreading
12 12 (3.561%) Algorithmic Trading
12 12 (3.561%) Release Management
13 11 (3.264%) Enterprise Data Management
13 11 (3.264%) AOP
13 11 (3.264%) RAD
13 11 (3.264%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 82 (24.33%) SQL
2 76 (22.55%) C#
3 64 (18.99%) Java
4 42 (12.46%) C++
5 26 (7.715%) VBA
6 10 (2.967%) T-SQL
7 9 (2.671%) VBScript
8 5 (1.484%) VB
9 4 (1.187%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.890%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.890%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.593%) F#
11 2 (0.593%) Perl
11 2 (0.593%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.593%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.593%) C
12 1 (0.297%) XPath
12 1 (0.297%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 21 (6.231%) Degree
2 10 (2.967%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (2.671%) MCSE
4 6 (1.780%) MCP
5 3 (0.890%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.890%) MCSA
5 3 (0.890%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.593%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.297%) CFA
7 1 (0.297%) CCNP
7 1 (0.297%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.187%) SLA
2 3 (0.890%) QA
3 1 (0.297%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (10.98%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.374%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.077%) XenDesktop
4 6 (1.780%) XenApp
5 3 (0.890%) Terminal Server
6 2 (0.593%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.593%) vSphere
7 1 (0.297%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.297%) Cronacle
7 1 (0.297%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (1.187%) SCCM
2 3 (0.890%) Zenoss
3 2 (0.593%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.593%) OpenView
3 2 (0.593%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.593%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (0.593%) DameWare
4 1 (0.297%) WSUS
4 1 (0.297%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.297%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 236 (70.03%) Reuters
2 53 (15.73%) Microsoft
3 47 (13.95%) Oracle
4 42 (12.46%) Sybase
5 37 (10.98%) ION Trading
6 29 (8.605%) Lotus
7 21 (6.231%) Citrix
8 20 (5.935%) TIBCO
9 19 (5.638%) Fidessa
9 19 (5.638%) Tradeweb
10 13 (3.858%) Trayport
10 13 (3.858%) eSpeed
11 11 (3.264%) MarketAxess
12 10 (2.967%) HP
13 9 (2.671%) Cisco
13 9 (2.671%) Calypso
13 9 (2.671%) VMware
13 9 (2.671%) PolarLake
13 9 (2.671%) thinkFolio
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