The first table below looks at the demand for Investment Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Investment Management 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Investment Management
Rank 229 251 260
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +9
Contract jobs citing Investment Management 333 384 394
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.801% 0.720% 0.701%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.121% 1.052% 1.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 274 278
Average daily rate £500 £550 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £364 £350 £322
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £750 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £369
% change year-on-year
+5.55% +22.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £24.50 £48.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -49.74%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29704 36492 38199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.44% 68.42% 67.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 18148 21397 22087
Average daily rate £420 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 918 1197 1399
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £13.21 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Investment Management
UK

Investment Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Investment Management across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Investment Management Jobs Demand Trend

Investment Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Investment Management Daily Rate Trend

Investment Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Investment Management across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Investment Management Daily Rate Histogram

Investment Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Investment Management Hourly Rate Trend

Investment Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Management 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 -17 285 £500 -9.09%
South East +33 26 £575 +20.92%
South West +33 7 £350 -17.64%
South Coast - 4 - -
Yorkshire - 3 £450 -
East of England +14 1 £550 +22.22%
North West +12 1 £375 +19.04%
West Midlands +8 1 £388 -38.00%
North East - 1 - -
Investment Management
UK

Investment Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 355 (53.63%) Finance
2 288 (43.50%) Asset Management
3 168 (25.38%) Banking
4 106 (16.01%) Front Office
5 102 (15.41%) SQL
6 99 (14.95%) Business Analysis
7 94 (14.20%) Project Management
8 93 (14.05%) Fund Management
9 73 (11.03%) Derivative
10 71 (10.73%) Investment Banking
11 70 (10.57%) .NET
12 66 (9.970%) C#
13 63 (9.517%) Java
14 61 (9.215%) SQL Server
15 60 (9.063%) User Acceptance Testing
16 58 (8.761%) Wealth Management
17 56 (8.459%) thinkFolio
17 56 (8.459%) Fixed Income
17 56 (8.459%) Change Management
18 48 (7.251%) Oracle
19 47 (7.100%) Back Office
20 43 (6.495%) Stakeholder Management
20 43 (6.495%) ASP.NET
21 41 (6.193%) Microsoft
21 41 (6.193%) Risk Management
21 41 (6.193%) Agile Software Development
22 38 (5.740%) Charles River
23 36 (5.438%) Data Analysis
24 34 (5.136%) XML
25 33 (4.985%) Migration

Investment Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 70 (10.57%) .NET
2 43 (6.495%) ASP.NET
3 34 (5.136%) XML
4 19 (2.870%) .NET Framework
5 17 (2.568%) WCF
6 13 (1.964%) Apache Flex
7 12 (1.813%) ASP
8 11 (1.662%) WPF
8 11 (1.662%) NHibernate
9 10 (1.511%) CSS
9 10 (1.511%) Middleware
9 10 (1.511%) WinForms
9 10 (1.511%) ASP.NET MVC
10 9 (1.360%) WebSphere
11 8 (1.208%) Web Services
11 8 (1.208%) Java EE
11 8 (1.208%) Adobe AIR
12 7 (1.057%) Parsley
12 7 (1.057%) Spring
12 7 (1.057%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 19 (2.870%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.115%) BizTalk Server
3 13 (1.964%) SAS
4 10 (1.511%) ESB
5 9 (1.360%) Confluence
6 6 (0.906%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (0.604%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.453%) Lync
8 3 (0.453%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.453%) MS Exchange
9 2 (0.302%) Apache
9 2 (0.302%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.302%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.302%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.151%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.151%) Apache Pig
10 1 (0.151%) Jetty
10 1 (0.151%) CMS
10 1 (0.151%) WebLogic Portal
10 1 (0.151%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 23 (3.474%) MS Excel
2 21 (3.172%) MS Office
3 11 (1.662%) MS Project
4 8 (1.208%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.057%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (0.453%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (3.927%) LatentZero
2 21 (3.172%) Eagle PACE
3 16 (2.417%) Sentinel
4 15 (2.266%) Minerva
5 13 (1.964%) Tesseract
6 12 (1.813%) Capstone
7 9 (1.360%) Eagle STAR
8 7 (1.057%) LongView
9 6 (0.906%) Dynamics CRM
10 5 (0.755%) Global One
11 4 (0.604%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.604%) SAP MM
11 4 (0.604%) Taleo
11 4 (0.604%) SAP ERP
11 4 (0.604%) SAP PM
12 3 (0.453%) SAP HR
13 2 (0.302%) HiPortfolio
13 2 (0.302%) Oracle ERP
13 2 (0.302%) SimCorp Dimension
13 2 (0.302%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.230%) HTTP
2 21 (3.172%) HTTPS
3 13 (1.964%) Internet
4 8 (1.208%) Intranet
5 6 (0.906%) SSL
6 5 (0.755%) Firewall
7 4 (0.604%) DNS
7 4 (0.604%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.604%) Network Security
8 3 (0.453%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.453%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (0.453%) WAN
9 2 (0.302%) LAN
9 2 (0.302%) DHCP
9 2 (0.302%) LDAP
9 2 (0.302%) Wireless
10 1 (0.151%) 4G
10 1 (0.151%) Extranet
10 1 (0.151%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.151%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (9.215%) SQL Server
2 29 (4.381%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (2.719%) SQL Server 2005
4 12 (1.813%) SQL Server 2008
5 11 (1.662%) Crystal Reports
6 9 (1.360%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.360%) Data Mining
7 8 (1.208%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (1.057%) DTS
9 6 (0.906%) SQL Server 2012
10 4 (0.604%) SAP BW
10 4 (0.604%) Oracle 11g
11 3 (0.453%) MS Access
12 2 (0.302%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.302%) Oracle 10g
12 2 (0.302%) Oracle 8/8i
12 2 (0.302%) Oracle 9i
12 2 (0.302%) MySQL
12 2 (0.302%) Data Mart
13 1 (0.151%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (2.719%) JIRA
2 10 (1.511%) Maven
3 8 (1.208%) TeamCity
4 7 (1.057%) FlexUnit
5 6 (0.906%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.755%) Subversion
7 4 (0.604%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.604%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.453%) MSTest
8 3 (0.453%) MSBuild
8 3 (0.453%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.453%) JUnit
9 2 (0.302%) WinRunner
9 2 (0.302%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.151%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.151%) Git (software)
10 1 (0.151%) NUnit
10 1 (0.151%) WebLogic Workshop
10 1 (0.151%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.151%) Rational Rose
General
1 355 (53.63%) Finance
2 168 (25.38%) Banking
3 106 (16.01%) Front Office
4 71 (10.73%) Investment Banking
5 47 (7.100%) Back Office
6 28 (4.230%) Retail
7 20 (3.021%) Financial Institution
8 16 (2.417%) Corporate Banking
9 13 (1.964%) Legal
10 9 (1.360%) Retail Banking
10 9 (1.360%) Private Banking
11 7 (1.057%) Marketing
12 6 (0.906%) General Ledger
13 5 (0.755%) Billing
13 5 (0.755%) Publishing
14 2 (0.302%) Law
14 2 (0.302%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.151%) International Banking
15 1 (0.151%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.151%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 332 (50.15%) Analyst
2 240 (36.25%) Business Analyst
3 102 (15.41%) Project Manager
3 102 (15.41%) Developer
4 34 (5.136%) Support Analyst
5 33 (4.985%) .NET Developer
6 26 (3.927%) C# Developer
7 21 (3.172%) Senior Analyst
7 21 (3.172%) Architect
7 21 (3.172%) Test Analyst
8 20 (3.021%) Senior Manager
8 20 (3.021%) Data Analyst
9 19 (2.870%) Senior Project Manager
9 19 (2.870%) Programme Manager
10 18 (2.719%) C# .NET Developer
10 18 (2.719%) Senior Business Analyst
11 17 (2.568%) Technical Analyst
11 17 (2.568%) Consultant
12 16 (2.417%) Applications Support
12 16 (2.417%) Lead Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 73 (11.03%) Derivative
2 56 (8.459%) Fixed Income
3 33 (4.985%) Equities
4 32 (4.834%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (2.870%) Reference Data
6 18 (2.719%) Management Information System
7 10 (1.511%) Hedge funds
8 8 (1.208%) Mobile Payment
9 7 (1.057%) SWIFT
10 5 (0.755%) Mathematics
11 4 (0.604%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.604%) Clustering
11 4 (0.604%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.604%) Computer Science
12 3 (0.453%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.453%) Market Risk
12 3 (0.453%) PKI
12 3 (0.453%) Blackberry
13 2 (0.302%) Client/Server
13 2 (0.302%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.776%) UNIX
2 24 (3.625%) Windows
3 9 (1.360%) Linux
4 8 (1.208%) Windows 7
5 5 (0.755%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (0.604%) Windows XP
7 3 (0.453%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.453%) AIX
7 3 (0.453%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.302%) Android
8 2 (0.302%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.151%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (43.50%) Asset Management
2 99 (14.95%) Business Analysis
3 94 (14.20%) Project Management
4 93 (14.05%) Fund Management
5 60 (9.063%) User Acceptance Testing
6 58 (8.761%) Wealth Management
7 56 (8.459%) Change Management
8 43 (6.495%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (6.193%) Risk Management
9 41 (6.193%) Agile Software Development
10 36 (5.438%) Data Analysis
11 33 (4.985%) Migration
12 31 (4.683%) Data Management
13 30 (4.532%) PRINCE2
14 27 (4.079%) UML
15 26 (3.927%) OO
15 26 (3.927%) CRM
15 26 (3.927%) Data Modelling
16 25 (3.776%) E-Commerce
17 24 (3.625%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 102 (15.41%) SQL
2 66 (9.970%) C#
3 63 (9.517%) Java
4 31 (4.683%) VBA
5 17 (2.568%) VB
6 11 (1.662%) C
7 10 (1.511%) VB.NET
8 9 (1.360%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.208%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.208%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.208%) C++
10 7 (1.057%) VB6
10 7 (1.057%) VBScript
11 6 (0.906%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.755%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.604%) ABAP
13 4 (0.604%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.302%) Perl
14 2 (0.302%) PHP
14 2 (0.302%) XPath
Qualifications
1 29 (4.381%) Degree
2 10 (1.511%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 7 (1.057%) PMP
3 7 (1.057%) PMI Certification
3 7 (1.057%) ISEB
4 6 (0.906%) CFA
5 5 (0.755%) MBA
6 3 (0.453%) CIMA
6 3 (0.453%) ACCA
6 3 (0.453%) CISSP
7 1 (0.151%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.151%) MCSE
7 1 (0.151%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.057%) FATCA
1 7 (1.057%) SLA
2 6 (0.906%) ISO 9000
2 6 (0.906%) QA
2 6 (0.906%) MiFID
3 3 (0.453%) Solvency II
4 2 (0.302%) Basel III
System Software
1 16 (2.417%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.057%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.906%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (0.755%) XenApp
5 2 (0.302%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.302%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 1 (0.151%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (1.208%) Control-M
2 5 (0.755%) SCCM
3 4 (0.604%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 4 (0.604%) WMI
4 3 (0.453%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.302%) OpenView
5 2 (0.302%) Tivoli
5 2 (0.302%) Tivoli Identity Manager
6 1 (0.151%) Puppet
6 1 (0.151%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 56 (8.459%) thinkFolio
2 48 (7.251%) Oracle
3 41 (6.193%) Microsoft
4 38 (5.740%) Charles River
5 29 (4.381%) Cadis
6 21 (3.172%) Twitter
7 20 (3.021%) Bloomberg
8 18 (2.719%) Business Objects
9 15 (2.266%) StatPro
10 14 (2.115%) Sybase
10 14 (2.115%) SAP
11 12 (1.813%) Informatica
12 10 (1.511%) Citrix
13 8 (1.208%) Adobe
13 8 (1.208%) VMware
14 7 (1.057%) UC4
14 7 (1.057%) Salesforce.com
14 7 (1.057%) Fidessa
14 7 (1.057%) Cisco
15 6 (0.906%) SunGard
City of London
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Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
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City of London
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Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
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England
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Rate: £425 - £450 per day
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City of London
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City of London
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Rate: £200 - £250 per day
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London
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Rate: £600 - £700 per day
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Surrey
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