The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Hedge funds over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category 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.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hedge fund
Rank 358 247 208
Rank change year-on-year
-111 -39
Contract jobs citing Hedge funds 174 377 516
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.396% 0.723% 0.901%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.443% 2.856% 3.130%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 185 270
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £350 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £575 £250 £350
% change year-on-year
+130.00% -28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 10
Average hourly rate £28.75 £22.50 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.77% +34.32%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +31.34%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12060 13198 16484
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.42% 25.30% 28.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 7448 7869 10108
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £610 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 526 620 646
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £22.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -0.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.84 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
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Hedge funds
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Hedge funds Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

England Hedge funds Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Hedge funds Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Hedge funds Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hedge funds within the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London -90 156 £500 - 132
South East - 11 - - 2
East of England +4 5 - - 1
West Midlands - - - -
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Hedge funds 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 Hedge funds.

1 204 (65.59%) Finance
2 113 (36.33%) Financial Institution
3 85 (27.33%) Windows
4 82 (26.37%) Banking
5 70 (22.51%) C#
6 66 (21.22%) Microsoft
7 64 (20.58%) Investment Banking
8 59 (18.97%) Front Office
9 53 (17.04%) SQL
10 51 (16.40%) .NET
11 46 (14.79%) VMware
11 46 (14.79%) WPF
12 41 (13.18%) Active Directory
13 40 (12.86%) SQL Server
14 38 (12.22%) Linux
15 35 (11.25%) MS Office
16 33 (10.61%) Oracle
16 33 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
16 33 (10.61%) Derivative
17 31 (9.968%) MS Excel
18 30 (9.646%) Migration
19 29 (9.325%) Project Management
19 29 (9.325%) C++
20 28 (9.003%) SAN
20 28 (9.003%) Asset Management
21 27 (8.682%) WCF
21 27 (8.682%) UNIX
22 26 (8.360%) Middleware
23 25 (8.039%) Windows Server 2008
24 24 (7.717%) Windows Server 2003

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Hedge funds 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 Hedge funds. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 51 (16.40%) .NET
2 46 (14.79%) WPF
3 27 (8.682%) WCF
4 26 (8.360%) Middleware
5 17 (5.466%) ASP.NET
6 14 (4.502%) .NET Framework
7 12 (3.859%) MDX
8 11 (3.537%) Oracle Fusion
8 11 (3.537%) WinForms
9 10 (3.215%) XML
10 9 (2.894%) NHibernate
10 9 (2.894%) ASP.NET MVC
11 8 (2.572%) Web Services
12 7 (2.251%) WF
12 7 (2.251%) jQuery
12 7 (2.251%) RESTful
12 7 (2.251%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 6 (1.929%) Django
13 6 (1.929%) WebSphere
14 5 (1.608%) Murex Flex
Application Platforms
1 22 (7.074%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.823%) WebLogic
3 13 (4.180%) MS Exchange
4 12 (3.859%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (3.215%) Exchange Server 2007
6 9 (2.894%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (2.251%) IIS
8 5 (1.608%) SharePoint 2010
9 4 (1.286%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (0.965%) WebSphere Message Broker
11 2 (0.643%) SAS
11 2 (0.643%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.643%) MTS
11 2 (0.643%) WebSphere Process Server
12 1 (0.322%) Apache Pig
12 1 (0.322%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.322%) TIBCO EMS
12 1 (0.322%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.322%) Apache
12 1 (0.322%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 35 (11.25%) MS Office
2 31 (9.968%) MS Excel
3 14 (4.502%) MS PowerPoint
4 12 (3.859%) MS Visio
5 10 (3.215%) Acrobat
6 5 (1.608%) MS Project
7 1 (0.322%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.322%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.929%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.322%) LatentZero
2 1 (0.322%) Adaptiv
2 1 (0.322%) Front Arena
2 1 (0.322%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.322%) Eagle PACE
2 1 (0.322%) Advent Geneva
2 1 (0.322%) SunGard APT
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.003%) SAN
2 15 (4.823%) TCP/IP
2 15 (4.823%) NAS
3 12 (3.859%) Internet
4 11 (3.537%) WAN
5 8 (2.572%) DHCP
5 8 (2.572%) HTTP
5 8 (2.572%) DNS
6 7 (2.251%) Network Security
7 6 (1.929%) LAN
7 6 (1.929%) SMS
8 5 (1.608%) Firewall
9 4 (1.286%) Intranet
9 4 (1.286%) VoIP
10 3 (0.965%) iSCSI
10 3 (0.965%) SSL
11 2 (0.643%) 3G
11 2 (0.643%) VPN
11 2 (0.643%) LDAP
11 2 (0.643%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (12.86%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.859%) OLAP
3 11 (3.537%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (2.894%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (2.894%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.572%) SQL Server 2008
6 6 (1.929%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (1.608%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (1.286%) Big Data
9 3 (0.965%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 3 (0.965%) MySQL
10 2 (0.643%) Oracle 10g
10 2 (0.643%) Informix
10 2 (0.643%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.643%) QlikView
10 2 (0.643%) Oracle 11g
10 2 (0.643%) BusinessObjects XI
11 1 (0.322%) HBase
11 1 (0.322%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.322%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (1.929%) Microsoft Blend
2 4 (1.286%) NUnit
3 3 (0.965%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.965%) MSTest
3 3 (0.965%) Ant
3 3 (0.965%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.643%) Rhino Mocks
4 2 (0.643%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.643%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.643%) Build Forge
4 2 (0.643%) WebDriver
4 2 (0.643%) Subversion
4 2 (0.643%) Selenium
5 1 (0.322%) Gradle
5 1 (0.322%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.322%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.322%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.322%) JIRA
5 1 (0.322%) CruiseControl
5 1 (0.322%) Maven
General
1 204 (65.59%) Finance
2 113 (36.33%) Financial Institution
3 82 (26.37%) Banking
4 64 (20.58%) Investment Banking
5 59 (18.97%) Front Office
6 22 (7.074%) Back Office
7 17 (5.466%) Telecoms
8 3 (0.965%) Retail
8 3 (0.965%) Legal
9 2 (0.643%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.322%) Wholesale Banking
10 1 (0.322%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.322%) Law
10 1 (0.322%) Games
Job Titles
1 100 (32.15%) Developer
2 46 (14.79%) Analyst
3 37 (11.90%) C# Developer
4 23 (7.395%) Project Manager
5 20 (6.431%) Administrator
6 17 (5.466%) Support Engineer
7 15 (4.823%) C++ Developer
8 14 (4.502%) Systems Administrator
9 13 (4.180%) Senior Developer
10 11 (3.537%) Business Analyst
10 11 (3.537%) Desktop Support
10 11 (3.537%) Support Analyst
10 11 (3.537%) Consultant
11 9 (2.894%) Data Analyst
12 8 (2.572%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.572%) Python Developer
13 7 (2.251%) Senior Support Engineer
13 7 (2.251%) WPF Developer
13 7 (2.251%) Java Developer
14 6 (1.929%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.61%) Derivative
2 20 (6.431%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 14 (4.502%) Equities
3 14 (4.502%) Fixed Income
3 14 (4.502%) Clustering
4 12 (3.859%) Blackberry
5 10 (3.215%) Computer Science
6 8 (2.572%) Mathematics
7 6 (1.929%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 4 (1.286%) Inversion of Control
8 4 (1.286%) Market Risk
8 4 (1.286%) Physics
9 3 (0.965%) Statistics
9 3 (0.965%) Credit Risk
9 3 (0.965%) EqualLogic
10 2 (0.643%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.643%) Replication
10 2 (0.643%) CLARiiON
10 2 (0.643%) EMC Centera
10 2 (0.643%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 85 (27.33%) Windows
2 38 (12.22%) Linux
3 27 (8.682%) UNIX
4 25 (8.039%) Windows Server 2008
5 24 (7.717%) Windows Server 2003
6 21 (6.752%) Windows 7
7 17 (5.466%) Windows XP
8 9 (2.894%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (2.894%) Solaris
9 6 (1.929%) NetWare
10 3 (0.965%) CentOS
10 3 (0.965%) Fedora
11 2 (0.643%) AIX
12 1 (0.322%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.322%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.322%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (9.646%) Migration
2 29 (9.325%) Project Management
3 28 (9.003%) Asset Management
4 23 (7.395%) Risk Management
5 22 (7.074%) Multithreading
6 19 (6.109%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (5.788%) Service Delivery
8 17 (5.466%) PRINCE2
9 15 (4.823%) Business Analysis
9 15 (4.823%) TDD
10 13 (4.180%) Information Security
11 12 (3.859%) Programme Management
11 12 (3.859%) Scrum
12 11 (3.537%) MVC
12 11 (3.537%) ITIL
12 11 (3.537%) OOP
13 10 (3.215%) Fund Accounting
13 10 (3.215%) MVVM
13 10 (3.215%) Continuous Integration
13 10 (3.215%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 70 (22.51%) C#
2 53 (17.04%) SQL
3 29 (9.325%) C++
4 23 (7.395%) Python
5 19 (6.109%) Java
6 15 (4.823%) T-SQL
7 10 (3.215%) Perl
8 8 (2.572%) Shell Script
8 8 (2.572%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.572%) VBA
9 7 (2.251%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.608%) C
11 4 (1.286%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.286%) VB
12 3 (0.965%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.643%) Jython
13 2 (0.643%) VBScript
13 2 (0.643%) F#
13 2 (0.643%) Korn
13 2 (0.643%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (7.074%) Degree
2 12 (3.859%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.215%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.929%) VCDX
5 4 (1.286%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (1.286%) PhD
6 3 (0.965%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.643%) MBA
7 2 (0.643%) PMP
7 2 (0.643%) IBM Certification
7 2 (0.643%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.643%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.643%) MCITP
8 1 (0.322%) MCTS
8 1 (0.322%) MCSE
8 1 (0.322%) MCP
8 1 (0.322%) CCIE
8 1 (0.322%) CCNP
8 1 (0.322%) CCNA
8 1 (0.322%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.251%) SLA
2 5 (1.608%) QA
3 1 (0.322%) FATCA
System Software
1 41 (13.18%) Active Directory
2 33 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.788%) VMware ESX
4 14 (4.502%) vSphere
5 7 (2.251%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 4 (1.286%) ISA Server
6 4 (1.286%) UAG
6 4 (1.286%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 4 (1.286%) Veritas File System
6 4 (1.286%) Cronacle
7 3 (0.965%) XenApp
7 3 (0.965%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.965%) NFS
8 2 (0.643%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.643%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 12 (3.859%) SCCM
1 12 (3.859%) SCOM
2 7 (2.251%) Oracle Identity Manager
3 5 (1.608%) Control-M
4 4 (1.286%) Norton AntiVirus
4 4 (1.286%) NetBackup
4 4 (1.286%) HP SIM
4 4 (1.286%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 3 (0.965%) Cacti
5 3 (0.965%) OpenNMS
5 3 (0.965%) MOM
6 2 (0.643%) DameWare
6 2 (0.643%) EMC TimeFinder
6 2 (0.643%) EMC Navisphere
6 2 (0.643%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.322%) Puppet
Vendors
1 66 (21.22%) Microsoft
2 46 (14.79%) VMware
3 33 (10.61%) Oracle
4 16 (5.145%) NetApp
5 15 (4.823%) Citrix
6 14 (4.502%) Bloomberg
7 13 (4.180%) Reuters
8 12 (3.859%) HP
9 11 (3.537%) DevExpress
9 11 (3.537%) Veritas
10 10 (3.215%) Adobe
10 10 (3.215%) Red Hat
10 10 (3.215%) Syncfusion
11 9 (2.894%) Cisco
12 8 (2.572%) Murex
12 8 (2.572%) Dell
12 8 (2.572%) EMC
13 7 (2.251%) Sybase
13 7 (2.251%) Calypso
13 7 (2.251%) IBM
City of London
Cadis Developer£750/day12month contract (rolling / long term)Prestigious Hedge FundLondon My client is a prestigious Hedge Fund who is looking for a strong Cadis Developer with over...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £750 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Montash have been engaged by a prestigious Hedge Fund to source and secure a strong C# / Winforms developer for a Front Office trading application development project. The C#...
Montash
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Key Requirements: The suitable candidate will possess expert Python knowledge supported with a secondary programming language (C/C++, Java). You must also have a strong knowledge of database...
Real Staffing
Rate: £550 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
More than 3 years FileNet Development experience is a must.Good Java needed with good skills in using Spring and Hibernate Notice periods of 3 months or less...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £700 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
There is an opportunity for a Database Administrator to join a large international asset management firm... The successful candidate will have; * Experience in database (SQL Server 2005/2008R2/...
Venn Group
Rate: £35000 - 45000 Per Annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £300 - £450 per day + dependant on candiate
Posted: 7 June 2013
City of London
Amoria Bond
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Amoria Bond
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Cititec
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Imperial Wharf, London, United Kingdom
Matsco Solutions
Rate: Highly competitive rates
Posted: 10 June 2013
London
Joanne Senior
Rate: £22.50 - 35.00 per hour
Posted: 19 June 2013
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