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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophis products and/or services in IT contracts within the England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophis over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSophis
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008		Same period last year
Rank374396
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads149243
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.235 %0.260 %
As % of the category below0.597 %0.637 %
Daily rates quoted32121
Average minimum daily rate£481£529
Average daily rate£537£596
% change on same period last year-9.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£592£663
UK excluding London average daily rate-£425
% 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, VendorsVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads2495438142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.31 %40.87 %
Daily rates quoted757911167
Average minimum daily rate£363£389
Average daily rate£387£412
% change on same period last year-6.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£348
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted24293528
Average minimum hourly rate£23.01£23.18
Average hourly rate£24.41£24.75
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.81£26.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.26£24.41
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
Sophis UKSophis
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Sophis.

Sophis
Demand Trend

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

England Sophis Demand Trend

Sophis
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Sophis Daily Rate Trend

Sophis
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sophis across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England Sophis Daily Rate Histogram

Sophis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Sophis Hourly Rate Trend

Sophis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sophis within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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+25146£537-10.35 %
South EastUp+453--
Sophis UKSophis
UK

Sophis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sophis 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.

1197 (66.33 %)Derivative
2130 (43.77 %)Equity Derivative
3109 (36.70 %)C++
4100 (33.67 %)Front Office
587 (29.29 %)Sophis RISQUE
673 (24.58 %)Banking
673 (24.58 %)Finance
749 (16.50 %)SQL
847 (15.82 %)Back Office
944 (14.81 %)Investment Banking
944 (14.81 %)User Acceptance Testing
1043 (14.48 %)C#
1043 (14.48 %)UNIX
1136 (12.12 %)VBA
1232 (10.77 %).NET
1331 (10.44 %)Sophis VALUE
1429 (9.764 %)Windows
1528 (9.428 %)PL/SQL
1627 (9.091 %)Market Risk
1726 (8.754 %)Oracle
1726 (8.754 %)Fixed Income
1822 (7.407 %)Java
1822 (7.407 %)GL TRADE
1921 (7.071 %)Business Analysis
2017 (5.724 %)Project Management
2114 (4.714 %)Risk Management
2114 (4.714 %)Equities
2213 (4.377 %)Asset Management
2213 (4.377 %)Investment Management
2311 (3.704 %)Calypso

Sophis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sophis 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
132 (10.77 %).NET
29 (3.030 %)XML
38 (2.694 %)Sophis Toolkit
47 (2.357 %)ASP.NET
54 (1.347 %)WebSphere
63 (1.010 %)XSD
63 (1.010 %)XSLT
72 (0.673 %)Middleware
81 (0.337 %)FpML
81 (0.337 %)ATL
81 (0.337 %)STL
81 (0.337 %)ASP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (2.694 %)WebSphere MQ
18 (2.694 %)WebSphere Message Broker
26 (2.020 %)BizTalk Server
31 (0.337 %)WebLogic
31 (0.337 %)IIS
31 (0.337 %)MQSeries
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (1.010 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
187 (29.29 %)Sophis RISQUE
231 (10.44 %)Sophis VALUE
37 (2.357 %)Summit
41 (0.337 %)ZaiNet
41 (0.337 %)HiPortfolio
41 (0.337 %)Decalog
41 (0.337 %)Global One
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (0.337 %)TCP/IP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (1.347 %)SQL Server
23 (1.010 %)RDBMS
23 (1.010 %)Reference Data
32 (0.673 %)Oracle Reports
32 (0.673 %)Oracle 8/8i
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (3.367 %)TestDirector
26 (2.020 %)Visual Studio
35 (1.684 %)Subversion
44 (1.347 %)ProC
44 (1.347 %)MSI
51 (0.337 %)Oracle Forms
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1100 (33.67 %)Front Office
273 (24.58 %)Finance
273 (24.58 %)Banking
347 (15.82 %)Back Office
444 (14.81 %)Investment Banking
56 (2.020 %)Financial Institution
65 (1.684 %)International Banking
71 (0.337 %)Insurance
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1131 (44.11 %)Developer
2106 (35.69 %)Sophis Developer
3105 (35.35 %)Analyst
458 (19.53 %)Business Analyst
551 (17.17 %)Sophis Business Analyst
624 (8.081 %)Consultant
721 (7.071 %)Equity Derivatives Business Analyst
819 (6.397 %)Project Manager
819 (6.397 %)C++ Developer
918 (6.061 %)Support Consultant
1014 (4.714 %)Support Analyst
1113 (4.377 %)Test Analyst
1210 (3.367 %)Equity Analyst
138 (2.694 %)Test Manager
138 (2.694 %)Applications Support
138 (2.694 %)Programmer
147 (2.357 %)Tester
147 (2.357 %)Java Developer
147 (2.357 %)Applications Support Analyst
156 (2.020 %)Technical Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1197 (66.33 %)Derivative
2130 (43.77 %)Equity Derivative
327 (9.091 %)Market Risk
426 (8.754 %)Fixed Income
514 (4.714 %)Equities
68 (2.694 %)Credit Derivative
74 (1.347 %)Computer Science
83 (1.010 %)Interest Rate Derivative
92 (0.673 %)Management Information System
92 (0.673 %)Japanese Language
101 (0.337 %)Credit Risk
101 (0.337 %)French Language
101 (0.337 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
101 (0.337 %)Mathematics
101 (0.337 %)Physics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
143 (14.48 %)UNIX
229 (9.764 %)Windows
36 (2.020 %)AIX
42 (0.673 %)Solaris
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
144 (14.81 %)User Acceptance Testing
221 (7.071 %)Business Analysis
317 (5.724 %)Project Management
414 (4.714 %)Risk Management
513 (4.377 %)Asset Management
513 (4.377 %)Investment Management
68 (2.694 %)Fund Management
74 (1.347 %)Systems Analysis
74 (1.347 %)Migration
74 (1.347 %)Change Management
74 (1.347 %)Release Management
83 (1.010 %)GAP Analysis
83 (1.010 %)ITIL
83 (1.010 %)Workflow
83 (1.010 %)Data Analysis
92 (0.673 %)Data Modelling
92 (0.673 %)Requirements Analysis
92 (0.673 %)Stakeholder Management
92 (0.673 %)Agile Software Development
92 (0.673 %)Integration Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1109 (36.70 %)C++
249 (16.50 %)SQL
343 (14.48 %)C#
436 (12.12 %)VBA
528 (9.428 %)PL/SQL
622 (7.407 %)Java
77 (2.357 %)Shell Script
84 (1.347 %)Perl
84 (1.347 %)C
84 (1.347 %)Transact-SQL
93 (1.010 %)Korn
93 (1.010 %)VC++
101 (0.337 %)VBScript
101 (0.337 %)VB
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (2.020 %)Degree
24 (1.347 %)ISEB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.347 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.673 %)CONTROL-M
21 (0.337 %)Unicenter
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
126 (8.754 %)Oracle
222 (7.407 %)GL TRADE
311 (3.704 %)Calypso
48 (2.694 %)Murex
56 (2.020 %)thinkFolio
64 (1.347 %)DataSynapse
72 (0.673 %)Sybase
72 (0.673 %)Actuate
81 (0.337 %)BMC
81 (0.337 %)CA
81 (0.337 %)OpenLink
81 (0.337 %)LatentZero
81 (0.337 %)Microsoft
81 (0.337 %)Yolus
81 (0.337 %)Triple Point
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