The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of GL TRADE 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 GL TRADE over the 3 months to 24 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 GL TRADE SA.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GL TRADE
Rank 511 546 563
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +17
Contract jobs citing GL TRADE 2 13 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% 0.024% 0.014%
As % of the Vendors category 0.010% 0.053% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 5
Average daily rate - £525 £650
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £500 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19388 24654 25908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.63% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10664 13039 13321
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £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 1105 1232 1516
Average hourly rate £19.63 £19.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.50 £11.38
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%
GL TRADE
UK

GL TRADE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England GL TRADE Jobs Demand Trend

GL TRADE
Daily Rate Trend

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

England GL TRADE Daily Rate Trend

GL TRADE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England GL TRADE Hourly Rate Trend

GL TRADE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GL TRADE within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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 +27 2 - -
GL TRADE
UK

GL TRADE
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing GL TRADE 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 GL TRADE.

1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Solaris
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Informix
1 2 (66.67%) MTS
1 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
1 2 (66.67%) Perl
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
1 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) NYFIX
1 2 (66.67%) Hedge funds
2 1 (33.33%) Equities
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Back Office
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Murex
2 1 (33.33%) Fidessa

GL TRADE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing GL TRADE 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 GL TRADE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) MTS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Informix
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
General
1 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Murex Support
1 1 (33.33%) Murex Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Murex Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Hedge funds
2 1 (33.33%) Equities
2 1 (33.33%) Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Solaris
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Perl
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) NYFIX
2 1 (33.33%) Murex
2 1 (33.33%) Fidessa