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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Investment Banking' in contract IT jobs within the England region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Investment Banking over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInvestment Banking
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1914
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads39527772
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.268 %7.863 %
As % of the category below11.64 %17.35 %
Daily rates quoted22213998
Average minimum daily rate£467£475
Average daily rate£504£510
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£542£544
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£414
% change on same period last year-14.16 %
Hourly rates quoted2950
Average minimum hourly rate£40.78£29.36
Average hourly rate£43.77£31.97
% change on same period last year+36.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£46.75£34.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£24.00
% change on same period last year+45.83 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
England
Matching contract IT job ads3394344786
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled45.24 %45.31 %
Daily rates quoted1316616359
Average minimum daily rate£417£422
Average daily rate£447£450
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£476£479
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted19662214
Average minimum hourly rate£25.07£25.28
Average hourly rate£26.84£27.03
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.60£28.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Investment Banking UKInvestment Banking
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.

Investment Banking
Demand Trend

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

England Investment Banking Demand Trend

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Investment Banking Daily Rate Trend

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Investment Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Investment Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Investment Banking Hourly Rate Histogram

Investment Banking
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking 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.

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-13872£507-0.89 %
South EastDown-1446£305-28.75 %
South WestDown-715£321-24.69 %
YorkshireUp+13£313-30.55 %
MidlandsUp+123--
East of EnglandUp+42--
North EastUp+142£300-
South CoastUp+81--
North WestDown-111--
Investment Banking UKInvestment Banking
UK

Investment Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

18405 (100.00 %)Banking
22929 (34.85 %)Finance
31896 (22.56 %)Derivative
41850 (22.01 %)SQL
51743 (20.74 %)Java
61578 (18.77 %)Front Office
71413 (16.81 %)UNIX
81347 (16.03 %)Oracle
91122 (13.35 %)C#
101000 (11.90 %)Sybase
101000 (11.90 %)Fixed Income
11874 (10.40 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
12829 (9.863 %).NET
13814 (9.685 %)C++
14782 (9.304 %)Back Office
15749 (8.911 %)SQL Server
16727 (8.650 %)Equities
17707 (8.412 %)Windows
18625 (7.436 %)Project Management
19595 (7.079 %)Business Analysis
20576 (6.853 %)XML
21542 (6.449 %)Linux
22510 (6.068 %)Credit Risk
23476 (5.663 %)Perl
24471 (5.604 %)OO
25457 (5.437 %)Risk Management
25457 (5.437 %)Equity Derivative
26448 (5.330 %)Migration
27402 (4.783 %)Microsoft
28399 (4.747 %)Credit Derivative

Investment Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1829 (9.863 %).NET
2576 (6.853 %)XML
3365 (4.343 %)J2EE
4304 (3.617 %)Spring
5293 (3.486 %)Hibernate
6231 (2.748 %)WinForms
6231 (2.748 %)ASP.NET
7174 (2.070 %)Middleware
8155 (1.844 %)WebServices
9142 (1.689 %)HTML
10125 (1.487 %)J2SE
11117 (1.392 %)XSLT
12109 (1.297 %)WebSphere
1392 (1.095 %)AJAX
1392 (1.095 %)JDBC
1488 (1.047 %)Swing
1581 (0.964 %)JMS
1679 (0.940 %)JSP
1776 (0.904 %)Struts
1872 (0.857 %)CSS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1133 (1.582 %)SharePoint
2127 (1.511 %)WebLogic
3111 (1.321 %)Tomcat
486 (1.023 %)MQSeries
579 (0.940 %)TIBCO EMS
677 (0.916 %)Rendezvous
771 (0.845 %)Apache
865 (0.773 %)Lotus Notes
961 (0.726 %)IIS
1058 (0.690 %)MS Exchange
1152 (0.619 %)JBoss
1240 (0.476 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1332 (0.381 %)Exchange Server 2003
1332 (0.381 %)SmartSockets
1427 (0.321 %)Oracle Workflow
1427 (0.321 %)Exchange Server 2000
1526 (0.309 %)WebSphere MQ
1526 (0.309 %)SAS
1620 (0.238 %)Exchange Server 2007
1719 (0.226 %)BizTalk Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1309 (3.676 %)MS Excel
2235 (2.796 %)MS Office
3166 (1.975 %)MS Project
499 (1.178 %)MS Visio
582 (0.976 %)MS PowerPoint
582 (0.976 %)Spreadsheet
628 (0.333 %)CA Clarity
714 (0.167 %)Photoshop
86 (0.071 %)Fireworks
95 (0.059 %)Acrobat
103 (0.036 %)Open Workbench
112 (0.024 %)RoboHelp
121 (0.012 %)Adobe Illustrator
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1150 (1.785 %)Summit
250 (0.595 %)Loan IQ
345 (0.535 %)RMDS
443 (0.512 %)Global One
529 (0.345 %)Endur
620 (0.238 %)BusinessWorks
713 (0.155 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
811 (0.131 %)Eagle PACE
99 (0.107 %)Remedy ITSM
99 (0.107 %)SAP Bank Analyzer
99 (0.107 %)Oracle Financials
99 (0.107 %)Temenos Globus
99 (0.107 %)FRONT ARENA
99 (0.107 %)assyst
108 (0.095 %)SAP CO
108 (0.095 %)Sophis RISQUE
108 (0.095 %)SAP FI
108 (0.095 %)SAP FI/CO
108 (0.095 %)Kondor+
117 (0.083 %)SunGard GMI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1119 (1.416 %)Internet
2115 (1.368 %)TCP/IP
3100 (1.190 %)Firewall
480 (0.952 %)LAN
579 (0.940 %)SAN
673 (0.869 %)WAN
772 (0.857 %)DNS
856 (0.666 %)Intranet
947 (0.559 %)VPN
1041 (0.488 %)LDAP
1138 (0.452 %)BGP
1233 (0.393 %)OSPF
1322 (0.262 %)Wireless
1419 (0.226 %)NetScreen
1518 (0.214 %)IP Telephony
1518 (0.214 %)MPLS
1616 (0.190 %)DHCP
1715 (0.178 %)VoIP
1715 (0.178 %)BIG-IP
1814 (0.167 %)Network Security
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1749 (8.911 %)SQL Server
2242 (2.879 %)Datawarehouse
3224 (2.665 %)Oracle 10g
4195 (2.320 %)SQL Server 2005
5189 (2.249 %)RDBMS
6156 (1.856 %)Reference Data
7130 (1.547 %)BusinessObjects
8108 (1.285 %)Oracle 9i
9102 (1.214 %)SQL Server 2000
1089 (1.059 %)Oracle Reports
1183 (0.988 %)ETL
1272 (0.857 %)MS Access
1366 (0.785 %)Oracle 8/8i
1463 (0.750 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1554 (0.642 %)Oracle OWB
1651 (0.607 %)SQL Server 7
1748 (0.571 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1841 (0.488 %)Oracle Discoverer
1940 (0.476 %)OLAP
1940 (0.476 %)DTS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1139 (1.654 %)TestDirector
2116 (1.380 %)JUnit
3115 (1.368 %)Ant
4109 (1.297 %)Eclipse
590 (1.071 %)NUnit
682 (0.976 %)ClearCase
748 (0.571 %)Subversion
842 (0.500 %)QuickTest Pro
938 (0.452 %)Visual Studio
1030 (0.357 %)MSI
1127 (0.321 %)Log4j
1127 (0.321 %)Log4Net
1226 (0.309 %)JIRA
1325 (0.297 %)ClearQuest
1424 (0.286 %)Oracle APEX
1519 (0.226 %)Flash
1616 (0.190 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1616 (0.190 %)CruiseControl
1715 (0.178 %)Oracle Forms
1813 (0.155 %)PowerBuilder
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18405 (100.00 %)Banking
22929 (34.85 %)Finance
31578 (18.77 %)Front Office
4782 (9.304 %)Back Office
5230 (2.736 %)Financial Institution
697 (1.154 %)General Ledger
796 (1.142 %)Education
865 (0.773 %)Telecoms
940 (0.476 %)Government
940 (0.476 %)Corporate Banking
1035 (0.416 %)Billing
1035 (0.416 %)Graphic Design
1035 (0.416 %)Animation
1134 (0.405 %)Marketing
1134 (0.405 %)Retail
1230 (0.357 %)Health
1230 (0.357 %)Legal
1323 (0.274 %)Private Banking
1417 (0.202 %)Insurance
1417 (0.202 %)Construction
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12898 (34.48 %)Developer
22825 (33.61 %)Analyst
31584 (18.85 %)Business Analyst
4852 (10.14 %)Java Developer
5724 (8.614 %)Project Manager
6507 (6.032 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
7493 (5.866 %)C# Developer
8441 (5.247 %)Support Analyst
9422 (5.021 %)Banking Business Analyst
10322 (3.831 %)C++ Developer
11221 (2.629 %)Senior Analyst
12218 (2.594 %)Senior Developer
13208 (2.475 %)Oracle Developer
14194 (2.308 %)Architect
15192 (2.284 %)Administrator
16185 (2.201 %)Programmer
17181 (2.153 %)Test Analyst
17181 (2.153 %)SQL Developer
18171 (2.035 %)Applications Support
19169 (2.011 %)DBA
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11896 (22.56 %)Derivative
21000 (11.90 %)Fixed Income
3874 (10.40 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4727 (8.650 %)Equities
5510 (6.068 %)Credit Risk
6457 (5.437 %)Equity Derivative
7399 (4.747 %)Credit Derivative
8295 (3.510 %)Interest Rate Derivative
9276 (3.284 %)Market Risk
10184 (2.189 %)Multithreading
1184 (0.999 %)Blackberry
1277 (0.916 %)Replication
1373 (0.869 %)N-Tier
1373 (0.869 %)Mathematics
1455 (0.654 %)RIA
1552 (0.619 %)Management Information System
1647 (0.559 %)Contract for Difference
1744 (0.523 %)French Language
1840 (0.476 %)Grid Computing
1939 (0.464 %)Computer Science
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11413 (16.81 %)UNIX
2707 (8.412 %)Windows
3542 (6.449 %)Linux
4311 (3.700 %)Solaris
5136 (1.618 %)Windows NT
6100 (1.190 %)Windows XP
768 (0.809 %)Windows 2000
834 (0.405 %)VMS
925 (0.297 %)Windows Server 2003
1023 (0.274 %)AIX
1120 (0.238 %)HPUX
1210 (0.119 %)SUSE
133 (0.036 %)Windows Mobile
133 (0.036 %)Windows Vista
141 (0.012 %)OS/2
141 (0.012 %)MVS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1625 (7.436 %)Project Management
2595 (7.079 %)Business Analysis
3471 (5.604 %)OO
4457 (5.437 %)Risk Management
5448 (5.330 %)Migration
6360 (4.283 %)User Acceptance Testing
7334 (3.974 %)Asset Management
8316 (3.760 %)Change Management
9269 (3.200 %)PRINCE2
10207 (2.463 %)UML
11196 (2.332 %)Workflow
12181 (2.153 %)ITIL
13172 (2.046 %)Data Analysis
14167 (1.987 %)Agile Software Development
15148 (1.761 %)Data Modelling
16142 (1.689 %)E-Commerce
17126 (1.499 %)Project Planning
18123 (1.463 %)Investment Management
18123 (1.463 %)Data Migration
19112 (1.333 %)Scrum
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11850 (22.01 %)SQL
21743 (20.74 %)Java
31122 (13.35 %)C#
4814 (9.685 %)C++
5476 (5.663 %)Perl
6330 (3.926 %)PL/SQL
7329 (3.914 %)VBA
8290 (3.450 %)Shell Script
9250 (2.974 %)VB
10154 (1.832 %)Transact-SQL
11150 (1.785 %)C
12135 (1.606 %)JavaScript
1394 (1.118 %)VC++
1470 (0.833 %)Korn
1568 (0.809 %)VB.NET
1663 (0.750 %)VBScript
1749 (0.583 %)VB6
1847 (0.559 %)Python
1942 (0.500 %)ActionScript
2027 (0.321 %)PHP
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1251 (2.986 %)Degree
263 (0.750 %)Cisco Certification
362 (0.738 %)ISEB
451 (0.607 %)PRINCE2 Certification
546 (0.547 %)Microsoft Certification
636 (0.428 %)ACCA
735 (0.416 %)CIMA
735 (0.416 %)CISSP
833 (0.393 %)PMI Certification
931 (0.369 %)CCIE
1030 (0.357 %)MCSE
1129 (0.345 %)PMP
1226 (0.309 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1226 (0.309 %)CCNP
1321 (0.250 %)ITIL Certification
1418 (0.214 %)CCNA
1512 (0.143 %)CISA
1610 (0.119 %)CISM
179 (0.107 %)MCP
187 (0.083 %)ISEB Practitioner
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1118 (1.404 %)QA
2106 (1.261 %)Basel II
345 (0.535 %)SLA
443 (0.512 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
514 (0.167 %)MiFID
69 (0.107 %)ISO27001
69 (0.107 %)COBIT
78 (0.095 %)BS7799
78 (0.095 %)ISO17799
83 (0.036 %)ISO9001
92 (0.024 %)GAAP
101 (0.012 %)IAS 39
101 (0.012 %)ISO9000
101 (0.012 %)ISO/IEC 20000
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1137 (1.630 %)Active Directory
241 (0.488 %)Oracle RAC
325 (0.297 %)NetBackup
423 (0.274 %)AquaLogic
520 (0.238 %)Oracle RMAN
520 (0.238 %)NFS
619 (0.226 %)VMware ESX
619 (0.226 %)VMware Infrastructure
715 (0.178 %)Terminal Services
88 (0.095 %)Orbix
97 (0.083 %)MailMarshal
104 (0.048 %)Citrix Presentation Server
113 (0.036 %)Xen
113 (0.036 %)Terminal Server
122 (0.024 %)Samba
122 (0.024 %)ISA Server
122 (0.024 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
122 (0.024 %)VMware Workstation
131 (0.012 %)MetaFrame
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
199 (1.178 %)AutoSys
236 (0.428 %)OpenView
328 (0.333 %)Tivoli
421 (0.250 %)CONTROL-M
511 (0.131 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
511 (0.131 %)EMC TimeFinder
69 (0.107 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
69 (0.107 %)Unicenter
78 (0.095 %)CiscoWorks
78 (0.095 %)Netcool
87 (0.083 %)MOM
96 (0.071 %)BMC PATROL
96 (0.071 %)Tivoli Monitoring
105 (0.059 %)NNM
105 (0.059 %)SCCM
114 (0.048 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
123 (0.036 %)Oracle Statspack
123 (0.036 %)MAILsweeper
123 (0.036 %)CA SiteMinder
132 (0.024 %)TIBCO Hawk
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11347 (16.03 %)Oracle
21000 (11.90 %)Sybase
3402 (4.783 %)Microsoft
4341 (4.057 %)Calypso
5222 (2.641 %)TIBCO
6197 (2.344 %)Murex
7179 (2.130 %)Bloomberg
8156 (1.856 %)Reuters
9138 (1.642 %)Cisco
10130 (1.547 %)Business Objects
11122 (1.452 %)Fidessa
12120 (1.428 %)Informatica
1398 (1.166 %)Remedy
1495 (1.130 %)Red Hat
1592 (1.095 %)VERITAS
1680 (0.952 %)HP
1680 (0.952 %)Citrix
1779 (0.940 %)Sun
1867 (0.797 %)Lotus
1959 (0.702 %)Sophis
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