The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Spread Betting in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Spread Betting 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
Spread Betting
Rank 490 510 559
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +49
Contract jobs citing Spread Betting 23 49 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.055% 0.092% 0.021%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.205% 0.363% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 30 11
Average daily rate £300 £425 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.41% -22.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £588 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11208 13487 16440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.96% 25.29% 29.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6896 8084 9903
Average daily rate £438 £437 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.11% -16.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £607 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 617 685
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.60 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Spread Betting
UK

Spread Betting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Spread Betting Jobs Demand Trend

Spread Betting
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Spread Betting Daily Rate Trend

Spread Betting
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spread Betting across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Spread Betting Daily Rate Histogram

Spread Betting
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Spread Betting Hourly Rate Trend

Spread Betting
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spread Betting 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 +14 23 £300 -25.92%
Spread Betting
UK

Spread Betting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 22 (70.97%) Finance
2 19 (61.29%) JavaScript
3 14 (45.16%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (41.94%) Java
5 12 (38.71%) HTML
5 12 (38.71%) Scrum
6 11 (35.48%) .NET
7 10 (32.26%) CSS
7 10 (32.26%) Web Development
8 9 (29.03%) Derivative
8 9 (29.03%) Computer Science
8 9 (29.03%) Online Betting
8 9 (29.03%) Open Source
8 9 (29.03%) Games
9 8 (25.81%) LAMP
9 8 (25.81%) Ajax
9 8 (25.81%) Postgraduate
9 8 (25.81%) HTTP
9 8 (25.81%) C++
9 8 (25.81%) C
9 8 (25.81%) Sencha
9 8 (25.81%) jQuery
9 8 (25.81%) HTML5
9 8 (25.81%) Ext JS
9 8 (25.81%) Degree
9 8 (25.81%) JSON
10 5 (16.13%) Banking
11 4 (12.90%) OO
11 4 (12.90%) QA
12 3 (9.677%) Selenium

Spread Betting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (38.71%) HTML
2 11 (35.48%) .NET
3 10 (32.26%) CSS
4 8 (25.81%) LAMP
4 8 (25.81%) Ajax
4 8 (25.81%) jQuery
4 8 (25.81%) HTML5
4 8 (25.81%) Ext JS
4 8 (25.81%) JSON
5 2 (6.452%) J2EE
5 2 (6.452%) Hibernate
5 2 (6.452%) WPF
6 1 (3.226%) .NET Framework
6 1 (3.226%) Silverlight
6 1 (3.226%) WCF
6 1 (3.226%) Spring
6 1 (3.226%) WinForms
6 1 (3.226%) ASP.NET
6 1 (3.226%) Middleware
6 1 (3.226%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.452%) CMS
1 2 (6.452%) Drupal
2 1 (3.226%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (3.226%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (3.226%) OmniGraffle
1 1 (3.226%) Photoshop
1 1 (3.226%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.226%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.81%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.452%) MySQL
2 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.226%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.226%) Essbase
2 1 (3.226%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 3 (9.677%) Selenium
2 2 (6.452%) WebDriver
3 1 (3.226%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.226%) TestNG
3 1 (3.226%) Subversion
3 1 (3.226%) JUnit
3 1 (3.226%) Eclipse
General
1 22 (70.97%) Finance
2 9 (29.03%) Online Betting
2 9 (29.03%) Games
3 5 (16.13%) Banking
4 2 (6.452%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Developer
2 8 (25.81%) Web Developer
3 3 (9.677%) C# Developer
4 2 (6.452%) Java Developer
4 2 (6.452%) Drupal Developer
5 1 (3.226%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (3.226%) Automated Test Analyst
5 1 (3.226%) QA Leader
5 1 (3.226%) QA Test Manager
5 1 (3.226%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (3.226%) User Experience Designer
5 1 (3.226%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (3.226%) Designer
5 1 (3.226%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (3.226%) Consultant
5 1 (3.226%) QA Manager
5 1 (3.226%) Analyst
5 1 (3.226%) Test Manager
5 1 (3.226%) Test Analyst
5 1 (3.226%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Derivative
1 9 (29.03%) Computer Science
1 9 (29.03%) Open Source
2 1 (3.226%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.226%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.226%) Online Gambling
2 1 (3.226%) Social Media
2 1 (3.226%) RIA
2 1 (3.226%) Online Banking
2 1 (3.226%) Contract for Difference
2 1 (3.226%) Handset
2 1 (3.226%) Web 2.0
2 1 (3.226%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.226%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.226%) Android
1 1 (3.226%) Windows
1 1 (3.226%) Linux
1 1 (3.226%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (38.71%) Scrum
3 10 (32.26%) Web Development
4 4 (12.90%) OO
5 3 (9.677%) TDD
6 2 (6.452%) Software Engineering
6 2 (6.452%) Business Development
6 2 (6.452%) Algorithmic Trading
6 2 (6.452%) Electronic Trading
6 2 (6.452%) Dependency Injection
6 2 (6.452%) Memory Management
6 2 (6.452%) BDD
6 2 (6.452%) Automation Testing
7 1 (3.226%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.226%) ATDD
7 1 (3.226%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.226%) Performance Testing
7 1 (3.226%) Test Scripting
7 1 (3.226%) Multithreading
7 1 (3.226%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 19 (61.29%) JavaScript
2 13 (41.94%) Java
3 8 (25.81%) C++
3 8 (25.81%) C
4 3 (9.677%) C#
5 2 (6.452%) PHP
6 1 (3.226%) Perl
6 1 (3.226%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) Postgraduate
1 8 (25.81%) Degree
2 1 (3.226%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.226%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (25.81%) Sencha
2 2 (6.452%) Oracle
3 1 (3.226%) JBoss
3 1 (3.226%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.226%) Hyperion