England Charles River Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Charles River 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 Charles River over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire City of London Docklands, London Edinburgh England London Scotland South East Thames Valley UK	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	510	564
Rank change on same period last year	+54
Matching contract IT job ads	49	69
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.065 %	0.070 %
As % of the category below	0.165 %	0.173 %
Daily rates quoted	34	27
Average minimum daily rate	£424	£526
Average daily rate	£478	£569
% change on same period last year	-15.98 %
Average maximum daily rate	£532	£611
UK excluding London average daily rate	£445	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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	-
Vendors England
Matching contract IT job ads	29734	39815
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	39.63 %	40.28 %
Daily rates quoted	9131	11801
Average minimum daily rate	£384	£388
Average daily rate	£408	£412
% change on same period last year	-0.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£433	£436
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£359
% change on same period last year	-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	2684	3366
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.99	£24.20
Average hourly rate	£23.52	£25.82
% change on same period last year	-8.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.05	£27.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.25	£24.99
% change on same period last year	-6.94 %
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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 Charles River Systems, Inc.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Charles River across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Charles River within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+43	45	£480	-15.64 %
South East	-	4	£415	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Charles River 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 Charles River.

1 63 (67.74 %) Asset Management 2 46 (49.46 %) Front Office 3 42 (45.16 %) Investment Management 4 31 (33.33 %) LatentZero 4 31 (33.33 %) Fixed Income 5 25 (26.88 %) Equities 6 18 (19.35 %) Derivative 7 17 (18.28 %) thinkFolio 8 16 (17.20 %) SQL 9 14 (15.05 %) Banking 10 13 (13.98 %) Finance 11 10 (10.75 %) Regression Testing 12 9 (9.677 %) Oracle 13 7 (7.527 %) SQL Server 13 7 (7.527 %) Business Analysis

13 7 (7.527 %) Fund Management 14 6 (6.452 %) Investment Banking 14 6 (6.452 %) Tesseract 14 6 (6.452 %) Workflow 14 6 (6.452 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 15 5 (5.376 %) Windows Server 2003 15 5 (5.376 %) SQL Server 7 15 5 (5.376 %) SQL Server 2000 15 5 (5.376 %) Oracle 10g 15 5 (5.376 %) Bloomberg 15 5 (5.376 %) Windows 15 5 (5.376 %) Minerva 15 5 (5.376 %) Equity Derivative 15 5 (5.376 %) User Acceptance Testing 16 4 (4.301 %) QA

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Charles River 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 Charles River. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 4 (4.301 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 6 (6.452 %) Tesseract 2 5 (5.376 %) Minerva 3 4 (4.301 %) Decalog 3 4 (4.301 %) LongView 3 4 (4.301 %) Capstone 4 3 (3.226 %) HiInvest 5 2 (2.151 %) HiPortfolio 5 2 (2.151 %) Summit 6 1 (1.075 %) SimCorp Dimension 6 1 (1.075 %) Thomson PORTIA
Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (7.527 %) SQL Server 2 5 (5.376 %) Oracle 10g 2 5 (5.376 %) SQL Server 7 2 5 (5.376 %) SQL Server 2000 3 4 (4.301 %) Oracle 9i 3 4 (4.301 %) DTS 4 2 (2.151 %) MS Access 4 2 (2.151 %) Crystal Reports 4 2 (2.151 %) SQL Server 2005 5 1 (1.075 %) Reference Data 5 1 (1.075 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 1 (1.075 %) Datawarehouse	General 1 46 (49.46 %) Front Office 2 14 (15.05 %) Banking 3 13 (13.98 %) Finance 4 6 (6.452 %) Investment Banking 5 4 (4.301 %) Financial Institution 5 4 (4.301 %) Back Office 6 1 (1.075 %) Government 6 1 (1.075 %) Private Banking
Job Titles 1 69 (74.19 %) Analyst 2 46 (49.46 %) Business Analyst 3 9 (9.677 %) Support Analyst 4 8 (8.602 %) Senior Business Analyst 4 8 (8.602 %) Senior Analyst 5 5 (5.376 %) Oracle DBA 5 5 (5.376 %) DBA 5 5 (5.376 %) SQL DBA 6 4 (4.301 %) Applications Support 7 3 (3.226 %) Technical Analyst 8 2 (2.151 %) Business Support Analyst 8 2 (2.151 %) Project Manager 8 2 (2.151 %) Applications Support Analyst 8 2 (2.151 %) Tester 9 1 (1.075 %) Developer 9 1 (1.075 %) Test Analyst 9 1 (1.075 %) Systems Support 9 1 (1.075 %) Technical Support 9 1 (1.075 %) Support Specialist 9 1 (1.075 %) Systems Tester	Miscellaneous 1 31 (33.33 %) Fixed Income 2 25 (26.88 %) Equities 3 18 (19.35 %) Derivative 4 6 (6.452 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 5 5 (5.376 %) Equity Derivative 6 4 (4.301 %) Clustering 7 1 (1.075 %) Credit Derivative 7 1 (1.075 %) Credit Risk
Operating Systems 1 5 (5.376 %) Windows 1 5 (5.376 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 63 (67.74 %) Asset Management 2 42 (45.16 %) Investment Management 3 10 (10.75 %) Regression Testing 4 7 (7.527 %) Business Analysis 4 7 (7.527 %) Fund Management 5 6 (6.452 %) Workflow 6 5 (5.376 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 4 (4.301 %) Data Modelling 7 4 (4.301 %) System Testing 8 3 (3.226 %) Project Management 9 2 (2.151 %) TDD 9 2 (2.151 %) Data Management 9 2 (2.151 %) Benchmarking 9 2 (2.151 %) UML 9 2 (2.151 %) OO 9 2 (2.151 %) RUP 9 2 (2.151 %) Test Scripting 10 1 (1.075 %) Data Mapping 10 1 (1.075 %) Stakeholder Management 10 1 (1.075 %) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages 1 16 (17.20 %) SQL 2 4 (4.301 %) VB 3 1 (1.075 %) C	Qualifications 1 2 (2.151 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (4.301 %) QA	Vendors 1 31 (33.33 %) LatentZero 2 17 (18.28 %) thinkFolio 3 9 (9.677 %) Oracle 4 5 (5.376 %) Bloomberg 5 4 (4.301 %) Fidessa 6 2 (2.151 %) Sybase 7 1 (1.075 %) Murex 7 1 (1.075 %) SunGard 7 1 (1.075 %) Reuters 7 1 (1.075 %) StatPro 7 1 (1.075 %) Linedata 7 1 (1.075 %) SimCorp