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This section looks at the demand for Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MiFID over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMarkets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank542319
Rank change on same period last yearDown-223
Matching contract IT job ads17382
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.386 %
As % of the category below0.586 %8.812 %
Daily rates quoted7226
Average minimum daily rate£450£520
Average daily rate£518£560
% change on same period last year-7.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£586£601
UK excluding London average daily rate-£483
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£34.38
Average hourly rate-£44.69
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
England
Matching contract IT job ads28994335
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.864 %4.386 %
Daily rates quoted9911508
Average minimum daily rate£371£394
Average daily rate£397£419
% change on same period last year-5.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£445
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£371
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted281432
Average minimum hourly rate£21.30£23.51
Average hourly rate£23.05£25.16
% change on same period last year-8.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.80£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.31£24.73
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
MiFID UKMiFID
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.

MiFID
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MiFID across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

England MiFID Demand Trend

MiFID
Daily Rate Trend

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

England MiFID Daily Rate Trend

MiFID
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England MiFID Daily Rate Histogram

MiFID
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England MiFID Hourly Rate Trend

MiFID
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MiFID 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-18617£518-8.01 %
MiFID UKMiFID
UK

MiFID
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

130 (57.69 %)Banking
224 (46.15 %)Finance
314 (26.92 %)Investment Banking
411 (21.15 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
411 (21.15 %)UNIX
411 (21.15 %)Reference Data
411 (21.15 %)Back Office
510 (19.23 %)Java
510 (19.23 %)SQL
69 (17.31 %)Derivative
78 (15.38 %)Business Analysis
87 (13.46 %)Basel II
96 (11.54 %)Data Migration
96 (11.54 %)Workflow
96 (11.54 %)Migration
96 (11.54 %)Stakeholder Management
105 (9.615 %)Equities
105 (9.615 %)Change Management
105 (9.615 %)Project Management
105 (9.615 %)C++
105 (9.615 %)Linux
114 (7.692 %)SQL Server
114 (7.692 %)Sybase
114 (7.692 %)XML
114 (7.692 %)ACCA
114 (7.692 %)Solaris
114 (7.692 %)CIMA
114 (7.692 %)Data Protection
114 (7.692 %)Equity Derivative
114 (7.692 %)International Banking

MiFID
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (7.692 %)XML
22 (3.846 %)ASP
22 (3.846 %)JDBC
22 (3.846 %)Servlets
22 (3.846 %)Struts
22 (3.846 %)XML Schema
31 (1.923 %)Hibernate
31 (1.923 %)Spring
31 (1.923 %)FIX Protocol
31 (1.923 %)ODBC
31 (1.923 %)J2SE
31 (1.923 %)J2EE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.923 %)SAP HR
11 (1.923 %)RMDS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (3.846 %)Intranet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (21.15 %)Reference Data
24 (7.692 %)SQL Server
32 (3.846 %)Informix
32 (3.846 %)MySQL
32 (3.846 %)PostgreSQL
41 (1.923 %)Oracle 9i
41 (1.923 %)Datawarehouse
41 (1.923 %)PowerCenter
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.923 %)PowerBuilder
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
130 (57.69 %)Banking
224 (46.15 %)Finance
314 (26.92 %)Investment Banking
411 (21.15 %)Back Office
54 (7.692 %)International Banking
63 (5.769 %)Corporate Banking
72 (3.846 %)Education
72 (3.846 %)Financial Institution
72 (3.846 %)Front Office
81 (1.923 %)Pensions
81 (1.923 %)Retail
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (51.92 %)Analyst
222 (42.31 %)Business Analyst
312 (23.08 %)Developer
44 (7.692 %)Java Developer
53 (5.769 %)C++ Developer
53 (5.769 %)Coordinator
53 (5.769 %)Integration Analyst
53 (5.769 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
53 (5.769 %)Project Manager
62 (3.846 %)Banking Business Analyst
62 (3.846 %)QA Manager
62 (3.846 %)Data Analyst
62 (3.846 %)Compliance Manager
62 (3.846 %)Analyst Programmer
62 (3.846 %)Programmer
62 (3.846 %)Fidessa Developer
71 (1.923 %)Risk Analyst
71 (1.923 %)VBA Developer
71 (1.923 %)Financial Business Analyst
71 (1.923 %)Business Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (17.31 %)Derivative
25 (9.615 %)Equities
34 (7.692 %)Equity Derivative
43 (5.769 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
52 (3.846 %)Fixed Income
61 (1.923 %)Credit Derivative
61 (1.923 %)Multithreading
61 (1.923 %)Data Integration
61 (1.923 %)Interest Rate Derivative
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (21.15 %)UNIX
25 (9.615 %)Linux
34 (7.692 %)Solaris
43 (5.769 %)Windows
52 (3.846 %)Windows XP
61 (1.923 %)Windows NT
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (15.38 %)Business Analysis
26 (11.54 %)Data Migration
26 (11.54 %)Workflow
26 (11.54 %)Migration
26 (11.54 %)Stakeholder Management
35 (9.615 %)Project Management
35 (9.615 %)Change Management
44 (7.692 %)Data Protection
53 (5.769 %)Project Planning
62 (3.846 %)Web Development
62 (3.846 %)Business Development
62 (3.846 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (3.846 %)Risk Management
62 (3.846 %)PRINCE2
62 (3.846 %)OO
62 (3.846 %)RAD
71 (1.923 %)SSADM
71 (1.923 %)PRINCE
71 (1.923 %)UML
71 (1.923 %)Quality Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (19.23 %)Java
110 (19.23 %)SQL
25 (9.615 %)C++
33 (5.769 %)Shell Script
42 (3.846 %)VBA
42 (3.846 %)Perl
51 (1.923 %)PL/SQL
51 (1.923 %)Transact-SQL
51 (1.923 %)VB
51 (1.923 %)Tcl
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (7.692 %)ACCA
14 (7.692 %)CIMA
22 (3.846 %)Degree
31 (1.923 %)Citrix Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (21.15 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
27 (13.46 %)Basel II
32 (3.846 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (7.692 %)Sybase
23 (5.769 %)Fidessa
23 (5.769 %)Sun
32 (3.846 %)Informatica
32 (3.846 %)TIBCO
32 (3.846 %)Microsoft
41 (1.923 %)Oracle
41 (1.923 %)SAP
41 (1.923 %)Trillium
41 (1.923 %)Reuters
41 (1.923 %)Bloomberg
41 (1.923 %)Murex
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