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The table below looks at the demand for Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FIX Protocol over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank469423
Rank change on same period last yearDown-46
Matching contract IT job ads74219
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.105 %0.226 %
As % of the category below0.489 %0.979 %
Daily rates quoted33119
Average minimum daily rate£443£442
Average daily rate£485£486
% change on same period last year-0.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£526£530
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£525
% change on same period last year-42.85 %
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-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1514722367
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.59 %23.13 %
Daily rates quoted51376953
Average minimum daily rate£349£361
Average daily rate£375£384
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Hourly rates quoted9411387
Average minimum hourly rate£29.18£30.04
Average hourly rate£31.26£32.19
% change on same period last year-2.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.34£34.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.79£32.03
% change on same period last year-3.85 %
FIX Protocol UKFIX Protocol
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.

FIX Protocol
Demand Trend

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

England FIX Protocol Demand Trend

FIX Protocol
Daily Rate Trend

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

England FIX Protocol Daily Rate Trend

FIX Protocol
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FIX Protocol across the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

England FIX Protocol Daily Rate Histogram

FIX Protocol
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England FIX Protocol Hourly Rate Trend

FIX Protocol
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FIX Protocol within the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
LondonDown-5069£491+1.06 %
YorkshireNew entry-3£300-
South EastUp+372--
FIX Protocol UKFIX Protocol
UK

FIX Protocol
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing FIX Protocol 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 FIX Protocol.

1117 (57.07 %)Front Office
2104 (50.73 %)UNIX
386 (41.95 %)Equities
485 (41.46 %)Java
576 (37.07 %)Linux
672 (35.12 %)Banking
769 (33.66 %)Finance
861 (29.76 %)SQL
960 (29.27 %)Investment Banking
1053 (25.85 %)Perl
1136 (17.56 %)C++
1136 (17.56 %)Fidessa
1232 (15.61 %)Ant
1330 (14.63 %)J2SE
1330 (14.63 %).NET
1429 (14.15 %)Algorithmic Trading
1527 (13.17 %)Derivative
1625 (12.20 %)Scrum
1722 (10.73 %)Oracle
1722 (10.73 %)C#
1820 (9.756 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1820 (9.756 %)Agile Software Development
1919 (9.268 %)Windows
2018 (8.780 %)LatentZero
2018 (8.780 %)Subversion
2117 (8.293 %)XML
2117 (8.293 %)Electronic Trading
2215 (7.317 %)Degree
2314 (6.829 %)TIBCO
2314 (6.829 %)SQL Server

FIX Protocol
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing FIX Protocol 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 FIX Protocol. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (14.63 %).NET
130 (14.63 %)J2SE
217 (8.293 %)XML
313 (6.341 %)JMS
48 (3.902 %)ASP.NET
48 (3.902 %)Hibernate
56 (2.927 %)WinForms
65 (2.439 %)Java SE
73 (1.463 %)JDBC
82 (0.976 %)STL
82 (0.976 %)J2EE
82 (0.976 %)Swing
91 (0.488 %)Middleware
91 (0.488 %)FpML
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (3.415 %)Rendezvous
24 (1.951 %)JBoss
33 (1.463 %)TIBCO EMS
41 (0.488 %)MQSeries
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (2.927 %)MS Office
22 (0.976 %)MS Excel
22 (0.976 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (2.439 %)Capstone
24 (1.951 %)Minerva
31 (0.488 %)Decalog
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (5.854 %)TCP/IP
24 (1.951 %)DVB
32 (0.976 %)Firewall
41 (0.488 %)Internet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (6.829 %)SQL Server
27 (3.415 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
36 (2.927 %)RDBMS
43 (1.463 %)Oracle 9i
52 (0.976 %)KDB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
132 (15.61 %)Ant
218 (8.780 %)Subversion
311 (5.366 %)JUnit
44 (1.951 %)WinRunner
44 (1.951 %)QuickTest Pro
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1117 (57.07 %)Front Office
272 (35.12 %)Banking
369 (33.66 %)Finance
460 (29.27 %)Investment Banking
57 (3.415 %)Financial Institution
64 (1.951 %)Back Office
71 (0.488 %)Home Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
181 (39.51 %)Developer
270 (34.15 %)Analyst
342 (20.49 %)Java Developer
429 (14.15 %)FIX Analyst
526 (12.68 %)Support Analyst
620 (9.756 %)Business Analyst
716 (7.805 %)Senior Developer
814 (6.829 %)C++ Developer
913 (6.341 %)Applications Support
1012 (5.854 %)Senior Java Developer
1111 (5.366 %)C# Developer
1210 (4.878 %)Technical Analyst
139 (4.390 %)Support Specialist
148 (3.902 %)Technical Support
148 (3.902 %)Technical Support Analyst
148 (3.902 %)Fidessa Analyst
156 (2.927 %)Applications Specialist
156 (2.927 %)SQL Developer
165 (2.439 %)Applications Support Specialist
165 (2.439 %)Applications Support Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
186 (41.95 %)Equities
227 (13.17 %)Derivative
320 (9.756 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
413 (6.341 %)Fixed Income
510 (4.878 %)Computer Science
65 (2.439 %)Equity Derivative
74 (1.951 %)DTV
82 (0.976 %)AS400
82 (0.976 %)Client/Server
82 (0.976 %)MPEG
82 (0.976 %)IPTV
82 (0.976 %)Interest Rate Derivative
91 (0.488 %)VWAP
91 (0.488 %)Multithreading
91 (0.488 %)STB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1104 (50.73 %)UNIX
276 (37.07 %)Linux
319 (9.268 %)Windows
47 (3.415 %)Solaris
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
129 (14.15 %)Algorithmic Trading
225 (12.20 %)Scrum
320 (9.756 %)Agile Software Development
417 (8.293 %)Electronic Trading
513 (6.341 %)OO
612 (5.854 %)Asset Management
710 (4.878 %)Test Scripting
88 (3.902 %)UML
88 (3.902 %)TDD
88 (3.902 %)Web Development
88 (3.902 %)Project Management
88 (3.902 %)Process Management
96 (2.927 %)Investment Management
96 (2.927 %)Use Case
105 (2.439 %)Integration Testing
105 (2.439 %)Extreme Programming
105 (2.439 %)Business Analysis
114 (1.951 %)Fund Management
114 (1.951 %)Risk Management
114 (1.951 %)Workflow
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
185 (41.46 %)Java
261 (29.76 %)SQL
353 (25.85 %)Perl
436 (17.56 %)C++
522 (10.73 %)C#
614 (6.829 %)VB
710 (4.878 %)Shell Script
89 (4.390 %)VBA
98 (3.902 %)VB.NET
105 (2.439 %)VC++
105 (2.439 %)C
114 (1.951 %)JavaScript
114 (1.951 %)VBScript
122 (0.976 %)RPG
122 (0.976 %)Python
122 (0.976 %)Tcl
122 (0.976 %)Jython
122 (0.976 %)Ruby
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (7.317 %)Degree
21 (0.488 %)MBA
21 (0.488 %)CFA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.976 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
136 (17.56 %)Fidessa
222 (10.73 %)Oracle
318 (8.780 %)LatentZero
414 (6.829 %)TIBCO
510 (4.878 %)Bloomberg
67 (3.415 %)NYFIX
67 (3.415 %)Reuters
76 (2.927 %)GL TRADE
76 (2.927 %)Cognizant
85 (2.439 %)Sybase
92 (0.976 %)Microsoft
92 (0.976 %)Patsystems
101 (0.488 %)Linedata
101 (0.488 %)Charles River
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