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This section looks at the demand for Sophis VALUE skills within the England region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophis VALUE over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSophis VALUE
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank535630
Rank change on same period last yearUp+95
Matching contract IT job ads258
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.530 %0.127 %
Daily rates quoted70
Average minimum daily rate£621-
Average daily rate£696-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£771-
UK excluding London average daily rate£625-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
England
Matching contract IT job ads47156309
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.284 %6.294 %
Daily rates quoted13131829
Average minimum daily rate£436£430
Average daily rate£470£460
% change on same period last year+2.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£504£490
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£422
% change on same period last year+4.84 %
Hourly rates quoted157190
Average minimum hourly rate£29.21£24.48
Average hourly rate£32.64£26.69
% change on same period last year+22.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.07£28.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.81£25.55
% change on same period last year+8.81 %
Sophis VALUE UKSophis VALUE
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.

Sophis VALUE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Sophis VALUE across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

England Sophis VALUE Demand Trend

Sophis VALUE
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Sophis VALUE Daily Rate Trend

Sophis VALUE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sophis VALUE across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England Sophis VALUE Daily Rate Histogram

Sophis VALUE
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sophis VALUE within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
LondonUp+7016£725-
South EastNew entry-8£625-
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
Sophis VALUE UKSophis VALUE
UK

Sophis VALUE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sophis VALUE 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 Sophis VALUE.

132 (100.00 %)Sophis
220 (62.50 %)Derivative
315 (46.88 %)Finance
414 (43.75 %)User Acceptance Testing
513 (40.63 %)Sophis RISQUE
612 (37.50 %)Equity Derivative
711 (34.38 %)C#
89 (28.13 %)Business Analysis
98 (25.00 %)SQL
98 (25.00 %)Investment Management
107 (21.88 %)Risk Management
116 (18.75 %)Fund Management
116 (18.75 %)WebSphere Message Broker
116 (18.75 %)WebSphere MQ
116 (18.75 %).NET
116 (18.75 %)ASP.NET
125 (15.63 %)XML
125 (15.63 %)Java
125 (15.63 %)UNIX
125 (15.63 %)AIX
125 (15.63 %)Sophis Toolkit
134 (12.50 %)WebSphere
134 (12.50 %)Asset Management
134 (12.50 %)Fixed Income
143 (9.375 %)Financial Institution
143 (9.375 %)RDBMS
143 (9.375 %)XSLT
143 (9.375 %)C++
143 (9.375 %)Banking
152 (6.250 %)InvestOne

Sophis VALUE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sophis VALUE 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 Sophis VALUE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (18.75 %).NET
16 (18.75 %)ASP.NET
25 (15.63 %)XML
25 (15.63 %)Sophis Toolkit
34 (12.50 %)WebSphere
43 (9.375 %)XSLT
52 (6.250 %)XSD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (18.75 %)WebSphere MQ
16 (18.75 %)WebSphere Message Broker
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (40.63 %)Sophis RISQUE
22 (6.250 %)Adaptiv
22 (6.250 %)FRONT ARENA
22 (6.250 %)SimCorp Dimension
22 (6.250 %)SunGard Martini
22 (6.250 %)SunGard AvantGard
22 (6.250 %)Thomson PORTIA
22 (6.250 %)InvestOne
22 (6.250 %)Advent Geneva
22 (6.250 %)HiInvest
22 (6.250 %)HiPortfolio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (9.375 %)RDBMS
21 (3.125 %)SQL Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (46.88 %)Finance
23 (9.375 %)Banking
23 (9.375 %)Financial Institution
32 (6.250 %)Back Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (43.75 %)Developer
213 (40.63 %)Analyst
37 (21.88 %)Business Analyst
37 (21.88 %)Sophis Developer
45 (15.63 %)Sophis Business Analyst
54 (12.50 %)Tester
63 (9.375 %)Applications Support
63 (9.375 %)Technical Analyst
72 (6.250 %)Banking Business Analyst
72 (6.250 %)C# Developer
72 (6.250 %)Applications Support Analyst
72 (6.250 %).NET Developer
72 (6.250 %)Business Project Manager
72 (6.250 %)Business Manager
72 (6.250 %)Project Manager
72 (6.250 %)Support Analyst
81 (3.125 %)Consultant
81 (3.125 %)Analyst Programmer
81 (3.125 %)Programmer
81 (3.125 %)Applications Support Consultant
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
120 (62.50 %)Derivative
212 (37.50 %)Equity Derivative
34 (12.50 %)Fixed Income
42 (6.250 %)Management Information System
51 (3.125 %)Equities
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (15.63 %)UNIX
15 (15.63 %)AIX
22 (6.250 %)Windows
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (43.75 %)User Acceptance Testing
29 (28.13 %)Business Analysis
38 (25.00 %)Investment Management
47 (21.88 %)Risk Management
56 (18.75 %)Fund Management
64 (12.50 %)Asset Management
72 (6.250 %)Systems Analysis
72 (6.250 %)Requirements Analysis
72 (6.250 %)Migration
81 (3.125 %)Stakeholder Management
81 (3.125 %)Agile Software Development
81 (3.125 %)Data Modelling
81 (3.125 %)Stress Testing
81 (3.125 %)Greeks
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (34.38 %)C#
28 (25.00 %)SQL
35 (15.63 %)Java
43 (9.375 %)C++
52 (6.250 %)Transact-SQL
61 (3.125 %)VBA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
132 (100.00 %)Sophis
22 (6.250 %)SimCorp
22 (6.250 %)Advent
22 (6.250 %)SunGard
22 (6.250 %)StatPro
31 (3.125 %)Oracle
31 (3.125 %)Microsoft