Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Calypso products and/or services in IT contracts within the England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Calypso over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCalypso
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank244292
Rank change on same period last yearUp+48
Matching contract IT job ads321415
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.518 %0.453 %
As % of the category below1.317 %1.108 %
Daily rates quoted122192
Average minimum daily rate£568£571
Average daily rate£618£626
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£668£681
UK excluding London average daily rate£625£425
% change on same period last year+47.05 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£7.50
Average hourly rate-£7.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£7.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads2436937439
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.35 %40.84 %
Daily rates quoted735110924
Average minimum daily rate£361£385
Average daily rate£385£408
% change on same period last year-5.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£348
% change on same period last year+2.71 %
Hourly rates quoted23793418
Average minimum hourly rate£22.98£22.90
Average hourly rate£24.33£24.42
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.69£25.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.86£24.00
% change on same period last year-0.59 %
Calypso UKCalypso
UK

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 Calypso Technology.

Calypso
Demand Trend

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

England Calypso Demand Trend

Calypso
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Calypso Daily Rate Trend

Calypso
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Calypso across the England region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

England Calypso Daily Rate Histogram

Calypso
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Calypso Hourly Rate Trend

Calypso
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Calypso within the England region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+23321£618-1.58 %
Calypso UKCalypso
UK

Calypso
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Calypso 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 Calypso.

1436 (53.50 %)Derivative
2408 (50.06 %)Back Office
3282 (34.60 %)Java
4278 (34.11 %)Banking
5245 (30.06 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6215 (26.38 %)Investment Banking
7212 (26.01 %)Finance
8189 (23.19 %)SQL
9161 (19.75 %)XML
10159 (19.51 %)Fixed Income
11150 (18.40 %)Credit Derivative
12142 (17.42 %)Front Office
13132 (16.20 %)Interest Rate Derivative
14117 (14.36 %)Workflow
15109 (13.37 %)UNIX
16100 (12.27 %)Oracle
16100 (12.27 %)Murex
1776 (9.325 %)Summit
1874 (9.080 %)Business Analysis
1968 (8.344 %)FpML
2043 (5.276 %)Sybase
2141 (5.031 %)DTCC
2141 (5.031 %)Equities
2237 (4.540 %)XML Messaging
2335 (4.294 %)Asset Management
2335 (4.294 %)J2EE
2335 (4.294 %)OO
2433 (4.049 %)UML
2531 (3.804 %)Extreme Programming
2627 (3.313 %)Migration

Calypso
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Calypso 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 Calypso. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1161 (19.75 %)XML
268 (8.344 %)FpML
337 (4.540 %)XML Messaging
435 (4.294 %)J2EE
515 (1.840 %)JMS
67 (0.859 %)XSLT
76 (0.736 %)EJB
85 (0.613 %).NET
94 (0.491 %)Middleware
103 (0.368 %)WebSphere
103 (0.368 %)Java RMI
112 (0.245 %)JDBC
112 (0.245 %)ASP.NET
112 (0.245 %)ASP.NET 2.0
112 (0.245 %)Hibernate
112 (0.245 %)Spring
121 (0.123 %)WinForms
121 (0.123 %)JMX
121 (0.123 %)Swing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (1.227 %)MQSeries
24 (0.491 %)WebLogic
32 (0.245 %)ESB
41 (0.123 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (0.123 %)MS Exchange
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (1.104 %)MS Excel
21 (0.123 %)MS Visio
21 (0.123 %)MS Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
176 (9.325 %)Summit
27 (0.859 %)Oracle General Ledger
34 (0.491 %)Endur
42 (0.245 %)Brady Trinity
42 (0.245 %)Kondor+
42 (0.245 %)HiInvest
51 (0.123 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
51 (0.123 %)AWD
51 (0.123 %)Advent Geneva
51 (0.123 %)FRONT ARENA
51 (0.123 %)SoftGrid
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (0.491 %)SAN
21 (0.123 %)VoIP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (2.086 %)Oracle 10g
210 (1.227 %)Datawarehouse
39 (1.104 %)Oracle 8/8i
46 (0.736 %)Oracle Reports
55 (0.613 %)SQL Server
55 (0.613 %)RDBMS
55 (0.613 %)Data Mart
62 (0.245 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.123 %)Sybase ASE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (1.840 %)Rational Rose
213 (1.595 %)Ant
39 (1.104 %)TestDirector
44 (0.491 %)JUnit
52 (0.245 %)QuickTest Pro
52 (0.245 %)CruiseControl
52 (0.245 %)Subversion
52 (0.245 %)FitNesse
52 (0.245 %)ClearCase
61 (0.123 %)Flash
61 (0.123 %)Eclipse
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1408 (50.06 %)Back Office
2278 (34.11 %)Banking
3215 (26.38 %)Investment Banking
4212 (26.01 %)Finance
5142 (17.42 %)Front Office
622 (2.699 %)Financial Institution
711 (1.350 %)General Ledger
810 (1.227 %)Health
93 (0.368 %)Legal
102 (0.245 %)Construction
111 (0.123 %)Retail
111 (0.123 %)Corporate Banking
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1421 (51.66 %)Analyst
2355 (43.56 %)Business Analyst
3221 (27.12 %)Developer
4134 (16.44 %)Calypso Developer
5110 (13.50 %)Java Developer
671 (8.712 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
742 (5.153 %)Project Manager
835 (4.294 %)Operations Analyst
930 (3.681 %)Senior Developer
1027 (3.313 %)Banking Business Analyst
1123 (2.822 %)Analyst Developer
1222 (2.699 %)Senior Analyst
1317 (2.086 %)Analyst Programmer
1317 (2.086 %)Programmer
1416 (1.963 %)Test Manager
1416 (1.963 %)Consultant
1515 (1.840 %)DBA
1515 (1.840 %)Oracle DBA
1614 (1.718 %)Senior Java Developer
1713 (1.595 %)Credit Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1436 (53.50 %)Derivative
2245 (30.06 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3159 (19.51 %)Fixed Income
4150 (18.40 %)Credit Derivative
5132 (16.20 %)Interest Rate Derivative
641 (5.031 %)DTCC
641 (5.031 %)Equities
725 (3.067 %)Equity Derivative
812 (1.472 %)Credit Risk
910 (1.227 %)Multithreading
107 (0.859 %)Market Risk
116 (0.736 %)Swaptions
124 (0.491 %)Contract for Difference
133 (0.368 %)Grid Computing
142 (0.245 %)Client/Server
142 (0.245 %)Russian Language
142 (0.245 %)Data Extraction
151 (0.123 %)French Language
151 (0.123 %)Economics
151 (0.123 %)Management Information System
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1109 (13.37 %)UNIX
221 (2.577 %)Windows
221 (2.577 %)Solaris
320 (2.454 %)Linux
44 (0.491 %)Windows XP
51 (0.123 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.123 %)Windows Server 2008
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1117 (14.36 %)Workflow
274 (9.080 %)Business Analysis
335 (4.294 %)Asset Management
335 (4.294 %)OO
433 (4.049 %)UML
531 (3.804 %)Extreme Programming
627 (3.313 %)Data Modelling
627 (3.313 %)Migration
720 (2.454 %)Project Management
720 (2.454 %)Change Management
720 (2.454 %)Investment Management
818 (2.209 %)User Acceptance Testing
917 (2.086 %)Agile Software Development
1014 (1.718 %)Fund Management
1113 (1.595 %)RUP
1212 (1.472 %)Risk Management
1310 (1.227 %)Scrum
1310 (1.227 %)Unit Testing
1310 (1.227 %)Test Management
149 (1.104 %)Test Scripting
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1282 (34.60 %)Java
2189 (23.19 %)SQL
327 (3.313 %)C++
425 (3.067 %)Shell Script
519 (2.331 %)VBA
616 (1.963 %)PL/SQL
715 (1.840 %)Perl
88 (0.982 %)C#
96 (0.736 %)Python
102 (0.245 %)C
102 (0.245 %)Transact-SQL
111 (0.123 %)VB
111 (0.123 %)VB.NET
111 (0.123 %)Delphi
111 (0.123 %)JCL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (0.491 %)ACCA
14 (0.491 %)CIMA
22 (0.245 %)Degree
22 (0.245 %)ISEB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (0.491 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.245 %)Oracle RAC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.859 %)AutoSys
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1100 (12.27 %)Oracle
1100 (12.27 %)Murex
243 (5.276 %)Sybase
311 (1.350 %)SAP
49 (1.104 %)Sophis
56 (0.736 %)Microgen
65 (0.613 %)Fidessa
74 (0.491 %)OpenLink
74 (0.491 %)Triple Point
83 (0.368 %)Citrix
83 (0.368 %)SeeBeyond
83 (0.368 %)Microsoft
83 (0.368 %)Sun
92 (0.245 %)TIBCO
92 (0.245 %)Algorithmics
92 (0.245 %)Brady
92 (0.245 %)GoldenSource
101 (0.123 %)Yolus
101 (0.123 %)thinkFolio
101 (0.123 %)Advent