The first table below looks at the demand for QuickFIX 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 QuickFIX 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 Application Development 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
QuickFIX
Rank 511 - 568
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing QuickFIX 2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% - 0.005%
As % of the Application Development category 0.018% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
Average daily rate £463 - £550
90% offered a daily rate of more than £433 - £530
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 - £570
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11342 13944 15844
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.28% 26.14% 28.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7269 8358 9412
Average daily rate £375 £360 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 366 550
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
QuickFIX
UK

QuickFIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England QuickFIX Jobs Demand Trend

QuickFIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

England QuickFIX Daily Rate Trend

QuickFIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England QuickFIX Hourly Rate Trend

QuickFIX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QuickFIX 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 - 2 £463 -
QuickFIX
UK

QuickFIX
Top 17 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Advertising
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP

QuickFIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Front Office
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) TDD
1 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
1 1 (33.33%) OO
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
City, London
FX, FIX protocol, API, Scripting (Pearl/Shell) This is a fantastic position... The primary responsibilities of the position include the testing, integration and 2nd line support of the...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013