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The table below looks at the demand for Swaptions skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Swaptions over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSwaptions
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank496597
Rank change on same period last yearUp+101
Matching contract IT job ads2328
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.030 %
As % of the category below0.173 %0.147 %
Daily rates quoted1116
Average minimum daily rate£486£525
Average daily rate£534£573
% change on same period last year-6.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£582£622
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% 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, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
England
Matching contract IT job ads1325918984
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled20.88 %20.34 %
Daily rates quoted48956778
Average minimum daily rate£413£465
Average daily rate£445£497
% change on same period last year-10.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£477£530
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted11391507
Average minimum hourly rate£23.45£23.39
Average hourly rate£25.23£25.35
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.01£27.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Swaptions UKSwaptions
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.

Swaptions
Demand Trend

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

England Swaptions Demand Trend

Swaptions
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Swaptions Daily Rate Trend

Swaptions
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Swaptions Daily Rate Histogram

Swaptions
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Swaptions Hourly Rate Trend

Swaptions
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Swaptions 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+8723£534-6.86 %
Swaptions UKSwaptions
UK

Swaptions
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

122 (73.33 %)Fixed Income
216 (53.33 %)Derivative
311 (36.67 %)Front Office
49 (30.00 %)C++
49 (30.00 %)Interest Rate Derivative
58 (26.67 %)Back Office
58 (26.67 %)Government
67 (23.33 %)SQL
67 (23.33 %)XML
67 (23.33 %)Banking
76 (20.00 %)Investment Banking
76 (20.00 %)STL
76 (20.00 %)Sybase
76 (20.00 %)Oracle
76 (20.00 %)Calypso
85 (16.67 %)Java
85 (16.67 %)Workflow
85 (16.67 %)Finance
85 (16.67 %)Summit
85 (16.67 %)Asset Management
94 (13.33 %)ION Trading
94 (13.33 %)Degree
94 (13.33 %)TDD
94 (13.33 %)C#
94 (13.33 %)SQL Server
94 (13.33 %)JUnit
94 (13.33 %)Windows
94 (13.33 %)Client/Server
103 (10.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
103 (10.00 %)J2EE

Swaptions
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (23.33 %)XML
26 (20.00 %)STL
33 (10.00 %)J2EE
42 (6.667 %)XML Messaging
51 (3.333 %)HTML
51 (3.333 %)Middleware
51 (3.333 %)FpML
51 (3.333 %)MFC
51 (3.333 %)SOAP
51 (3.333 %)WebServices
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (6.667 %)MQSeries
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (6.667 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (16.67 %)Summit
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (13.33 %)SQL Server
22 (6.667 %)Oracle 9i
22 (6.667 %)RDBMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (13.33 %)JUnit
22 (6.667 %)FitNesse
31 (3.333 %)Visual Studio
31 (3.333 %)TestDirector
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (36.67 %)Front Office
28 (26.67 %)Back Office
28 (26.67 %)Government
37 (23.33 %)Banking
46 (20.00 %)Investment Banking
55 (16.67 %)Finance
61 (3.333 %)Legal
61 (3.333 %)General Ledger
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (46.67 %)Analyst
213 (43.33 %)Developer
38 (26.67 %)Business Analyst
44 (13.33 %)C++ Developer
44 (13.33 %)Test Analyst
53 (10.00 %)Technical Analyst
53 (10.00 %)Technical Business Analyst
62 (6.667 %)Calypso Developer
62 (6.667 %)C# Developer
62 (6.667 %)Analyst Programmer
62 (6.667 %)Programmer
62 (6.667 %)Senior Analyst
71 (3.333 %)Java Developer
71 (3.333 %)Consultant
71 (3.333 %)Support Assistant
71 (3.333 %)Senior Developer
71 (3.333 %)Tester
71 (3.333 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
71 (3.333 %)SQL Developer
71 (3.333 %)Project Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (73.33 %)Fixed Income
216 (53.33 %)Derivative
39 (30.00 %)Interest Rate Derivative
44 (13.33 %)Client/Server
53 (10.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
53 (10.00 %)Credit Derivative
53 (10.00 %)Exotic Derivative
62 (6.667 %)Multithreading
71 (3.333 %)Equities
71 (3.333 %)Equity Derivative
71 (3.333 %)DTCC
71 (3.333 %)French Language
71 (3.333 %)German Language
71 (3.333 %)Spanish Language
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (13.33 %)Windows
22 (6.667 %)UNIX
31 (3.333 %)Windows NT
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (16.67 %)Workflow
15 (16.67 %)Asset Management
24 (13.33 %)TDD
33 (10.00 %)Business Analysis
33 (10.00 %)Electronic Trading
42 (6.667 %)Project Management
42 (6.667 %)Risk Management
42 (6.667 %)RAD
51 (3.333 %)Configuration Management
51 (3.333 %)OOA/OOD
51 (3.333 %)OO
51 (3.333 %)Validation
51 (3.333 %)Migration
51 (3.333 %)Extreme Programming
51 (3.333 %)Systems Analysis
51 (3.333 %)Manual Testing
51 (3.333 %)Greeks
51 (3.333 %)Quantitative Analysis
51 (3.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (30.00 %)C++
27 (23.33 %)SQL
35 (16.67 %)Java
44 (13.33 %)C#
52 (6.667 %)VC++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (13.33 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.333 %)NDS
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (20.00 %)Oracle
16 (20.00 %)Sybase
16 (20.00 %)Calypso
24 (13.33 %)ION Trading
32 (6.667 %)Tradeweb
32 (6.667 %)MarketAxess
41 (3.333 %)Reuters
41 (3.333 %)Bloomberg
41 (3.333 %)Murex