England Risk Analysis Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Risk Analysis skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Risk Analysis over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Avon Barnsley Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Coventry Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Livingston London Luton Middlesex Newbury Newcastle Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Salisbury Scotland Shropshire South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stockton-on-Tees Surrey Telford Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	406	437
Rank change on same period last year	+31
Matching contract IT job ads	146	212
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.204 %	0.213 %
As % of the category below	0.402 %	0.450 %
Daily rates quoted	81	66
Average minimum daily rate	£384	£419
Average daily rate	£412	£443
% change on same period last year	-6.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£440	£467
UK excluding London average daily rate	£387	£331
% change on same period last year	+17.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.75	£55.00
Average hourly rate	£27.42	£56.00
% change on same period last year	-51.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.08	£57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.42	£31.17
% change on same period last year	-12.03 %
Processes & Methodologies England
Matching contract IT job ads	36284	47160
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	50.69 %	47.38 %
Daily rates quoted	13137	15832
Average minimum daily rate	£386	£386
Average daily rate	£413	£410
% change on same period last year	+0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£441	£435
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£372
% change on same period last year	+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted	2395	3151
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.32	£28.37
Average hourly rate	£29.12	£30.22
% change on same period last year	-3.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.92	£32.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.30	£30.27
% change on same period last year	-3.20 %
Risk Analysis 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Risk Analysis across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Risk Analysis across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Risk Analysis across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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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 Risk Analysis within the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+49	85	£428	-15.98 %
South East	+26	19	£422	+54.46 %
East of England	+30	9	£295	-15.71 %
South West	+20	8	£600	+59.40 %
North East	-	7	£360	-
West Midlands	+17	7	£345	-
East Midlands	+14	6	£458	+12.82 %
South Coast	-	2	-	-
North West	-11	2	£430	+50.87 %
Yorkshire	+2	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Risk Analysis 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 Risk Analysis.

1 111 (32.36 %) Finance 2 73 (21.28 %) Banking 3 66 (19.24 %) Derivative 4 47 (13.70 %) Front Office 5 46 (13.41 %) Project Management 5 46 (13.41 %) Oracle 6 44 (12.83 %) SQL Server 7 42 (12.24 %) SQL 8 40 (11.66 %) Retail 8 40 (11.66 %) Credit Derivative 9 39 (11.37 %) Retail Banking 10 38 (11.08 %) Fixed Income 11 36 (10.50 %) C# 12 35 (10.20 %) .NET 12 35 (10.20 %) Investment Management

13 32 (9.329 %) PRINCE2 14 31 (9.038 %) Information Security 15 29 (8.455 %) Risk Management 15 29 (8.455 %) VBA 16 26 (7.580 %) Government 17 25 (7.289 %) Migration 18 24 (6.997 %) XML 18 24 (6.997 %) Microsoft 18 24 (6.997 %) Security Cleared 19 23 (6.706 %) XSLT 19 23 (6.706 %) Education 20 22 (6.414 %) Configuration Management 20 22 (6.414 %) UNIX 21 21 (6.122 %) ISEB 22 20 (5.831 %) SAP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Risk Analysis 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 Risk Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 35 (10.20 %) .NET 2 24 (6.997 %) XML 3 23 (6.706 %) XSLT 4 9 (2.624 %) FpML 5 7 (2.041 %) J2EE 6 6 (1.749 %) HTML 7 4 (1.166 %) XSL 7 4 (1.166 %) ODBC 8 3 (0.875 %) Swing 8 3 (0.875 %) CGI 8 3 (0.875 %) EJB 8 3 (0.875 %) CSS 8 3 (0.875 %) JDBC 8 3 (0.875 %) JSP 9 2 (0.583 %) ASP 9 2 (0.583 %) Spring 9 2 (0.583 %) FIX Protocol 10 1 (0.292 %) WebSphere 10 1 (0.292 %) .NET Framework 10 1 (0.292 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 9 (2.624 %) BizTalk Server 2 4 (1.166 %) IIS 2 4 (1.166 %) Apache 3 3 (0.875 %) Tomcat 3 3 (0.875 %) SharePoint 4 2 (0.583 %) JBoss 5 1 (0.292 %) MS Exchange 5 1 (0.292 %) SAS
Applications 1 16 (4.665 %) MS Project 2 13 (3.790 %) MS Excel 3 8 (2.332 %) MS Office 4 5 (1.458 %) MS PowerPoint 4 5 (1.458 %) MS Visio 5 2 (0.583 %) CA Clarity 5 2 (0.583 %) Spreadsheet 6 1 (0.292 %) SPSS 6 1 (0.292 %) QuarkXPress	Business Applications 1 15 (4.373 %) RMDS 2 5 (1.458 %) SAP PS 3 4 (1.166 %) Endur 3 4 (1.166 %) SAP ERP 4 3 (0.875 %) SAP QM 4 3 (0.875 %) SAP R/3 5 2 (0.583 %) SAP PP 5 2 (0.583 %) SAP PP-PI 6 1 (0.292 %) Navision 6 1 (0.292 %) ZaiNet 6 1 (0.292 %) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking 1 4 (1.166 %) Network Security 2 3 (0.875 %) Internet 2 3 (0.875 %) Firewall 2 3 (0.875 %) HTTP 2 3 (0.875 %) TCP/IP 3 2 (0.583 %) ADSL 3 2 (0.583 %) ISDN 3 2 (0.583 %) VoIP 4 1 (0.292 %) Intranet 4 1 (0.292 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 44 (12.83 %) SQL Server 2 19 (5.539 %) Oracle 10g 3 16 (4.665 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 15 (4.373 %) SQL Server 2005 5 10 (2.915 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 5 (1.458 %) Oracle Reports 7 4 (1.166 %) ETL 8 3 (0.875 %) BusinessObjects 8 3 (0.875 %) DB2 8 3 (0.875 %) Oracle 9i 9 2 (0.583 %) MS Access 9 2 (0.583 %) Data Mining 10 1 (0.292 %) OLAP 10 1 (0.292 %) Datawarehouse 10 1 (0.292 %) DTS 10 1 (0.292 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 10 1 (0.292 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 10 1 (0.292 %) TOAD 10 1 (0.292 %) MOLAP 10 1 (0.292 %) OLTP
Development Applications 1 14 (4.082 %) TestDirector 2 13 (3.790 %) Visual Studio 3 9 (2.624 %) QuickTest Pro 4 6 (1.749 %) LoadRunner 5 5 (1.458 %) ClearCase 5 5 (1.458 %) ClearQuest 6 4 (1.166 %) Eclipse 7 3 (0.875 %) WinRunner 8 2 (0.583 %) Oracle Forms 9 1 (0.292 %) Synon	General 1 111 (32.36 %) Finance 2 73 (21.28 %) Banking 3 47 (13.70 %) Front Office 4 40 (11.66 %) Retail 5 39 (11.37 %) Retail Banking 6 26 (7.580 %) Government 7 23 (6.706 %) Education 8 18 (5.248 %) Investment Banking 9 17 (4.956 %) Telecoms 10 12 (3.499 %) Financial Institution 11 10 (2.915 %) Legal 12 7 (2.041 %) Pharmaceutical 12 7 (2.041 %) Pensions 13 6 (1.749 %) Insurance 13 6 (1.749 %) Back Office 13 6 (1.749 %) Health 13 6 (1.749 %) Law 13 6 (1.749 %) Publishing 14 5 (1.458 %) Manufacturing 15 3 (0.875 %) Construction
Job Titles 1 82 (23.91 %) Analyst 2 45 (13.12 %) Project Manager 3 39 (11.37 %) Developer 4 37 (10.79 %) Consultant 5 35 (10.20 %) Trainee 6 29 (8.455 %) Business Analyst 7 26 (7.580 %) Risk Analyst 8 21 (6.122 %) Security Consultant 9 9 (2.624 %) C# Developer 10 8 (2.332 %) Administrator 10 8 (2.332 %) Security Analyst 10 8 (2.332 %) Test Analyst 10 8 (2.332 %) Tester 10 8 (2.332 %) Change Analyst 10 8 (2.332 %) C++ Developer 11 7 (2.041 %) BizTalk Developer 11 7 (2.041 %) Change Management Analyst 11 7 (2.041 %) Coordinator 11 7 (2.041 %) Test Manager 12 6 (1.749 %) Design Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 66 (19.24 %) Derivative 2 40 (11.66 %) Credit Derivative 3 38 (11.08 %) Fixed Income 4 16 (4.665 %) French Language 5 15 (4.373 %) RMADS 6 11 (3.207 %) NHS 7 9 (2.624 %) CESG 7 9 (2.624 %) Credit Risk 8 8 (2.332 %) Market Risk 9 7 (2.041 %) CMDB 9 7 (2.041 %) Equity Derivative 10 6 (1.749 %) CESG CLAS 11 5 (1.458 %) Mainframe 11 5 (1.458 %) Interest Rate Derivative 12 4 (1.166 %) Management Information System 13 3 (0.875 %) AS400 13 3 (0.875 %) W3C 13 3 (0.875 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 14 2 (0.583 %) PKI 14 2 (0.583 %) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems 1 22 (6.414 %) UNIX 2 19 (5.539 %) Windows 3 10 (2.915 %) Linux 4 8 (2.332 %) AIX 5 5 (1.458 %) Solaris 6 2 (0.583 %) Red Hat Linux 7 1 (0.292 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (0.292 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 46 (13.41 %) Project Management 2 35 (10.20 %) Investment Management 3 32 (9.329 %) PRINCE2 4 31 (9.038 %) Information Security 5 29 (8.455 %) Risk Management 6 25 (7.289 %) Migration 7 24 (6.997 %) Security Cleared 8 22 (6.414 %) Configuration Management 9 17 (4.956 %) Stakeholder Management 9 17 (4.956 %) Change Management 9 17 (4.956 %) Test Scripting 10 15 (4.373 %) Asset Management 10 15 (4.373 %) Validation 11 13 (3.790 %) SC Cleared 12 12 (3.499 %) Risk Assessment 13 11 (3.207 %) Programme Management 13 11 (3.207 %) Business Analysis 13 11 (3.207 %) Project Planning 13 11 (3.207 %) Technical Architecture 14 10 (2.915 %) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages 1 42 (12.24 %) SQL 2 36 (10.50 %) C# 3 29 (8.455 %) VBA 4 17 (4.956 %) C++ 5 7 (2.041 %) Java 5 7 (2.041 %) C 6 6 (1.749 %) JavaScript 7 5 (1.458 %) VB 7 5 (1.458 %) VC++ 8 3 (0.875 %) Shell Script 8 3 (0.875 %) Perl 9 2 (0.583 %) RPG 9 2 (0.583 %) Uniface 10 1 (0.292 %) VB.NET 10 1 (0.292 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 21 (6.122 %) ISEB 2 18 (5.248 %) CISSP 3 12 (3.499 %) Degree 4 11 (3.207 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 4 (1.166 %) ISEB Practitioner 6 3 (0.875 %) CISA 6 3 (0.875 %) Cisco Certification 7 2 (0.583 %) CCNA 8 1 (0.292 %) CCVP 8 1 (0.292 %) ITIL Certification 8 1 (0.292 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (3.499 %) ISO27001 2 9 (2.624 %) QA 2 9 (2.624 %) PCI DSS 3 6 (1.749 %) CESG Infosec 3 6 (1.749 %) BS7799 4 3 (0.875 %) ISO17799 5 2 (0.583 %) COBIT 5 2 (0.583 %) COSO 5 2 (0.583 %) Basel II 6 1 (0.292 %) ISO9000 6 1 (0.292 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 1 (0.292 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 2 (0.583 %) MOM 1 2 (0.583 %) SCOM	Vendors 1 46 (13.41 %) Oracle 2 24 (6.997 %) Microsoft 3 20 (5.831 %) SAP 4 15 (4.373 %) Reuters 5 12 (3.499 %) DataSynapse 6 6 (1.749 %) OpenLink 6 6 (1.749 %) SolidWorks 7 5 (1.458 %) Cisco 7 5 (1.458 %) IBM 8 4 (1.166 %) VERITAS 8 4 (1.166 %) BT 9 3 (0.875 %) Altova 9 3 (0.875 %) Ab Initio 9 3 (0.875 %) Remedy 9 3 (0.875 %) Citrix 9 3 (0.875 %) Siebel 9 3 (0.875 %) Business Objects 10 2 (0.583 %) Murex 10 2 (0.583 %) HP 10 2 (0.583 %) Red Hat