The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of thinkFolio products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited thinkFolio over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within thinkFolio Limited.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
thinkFolio
Rank 497 496 534
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +38
Contract jobs citing thinkFolio 33 65 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.075% 0.125% 0.089%
As % of the Vendors category 0.160% 0.270% 0.191%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 48 34
Average daily rate £463 £550 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.90% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £439 £384
10% offered a daily rate of more than £588 £658 £710
UK excluding London average daily rate £550 £400 £450
% change year-on-year
+37.50% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
20606 24101 26699
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.85% 46.20% 46.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 11303 12677 13886
Average daily rate £400 £395 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.26% -4.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1165 1210 1549
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.85
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -6.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.35 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.04 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+0.21% -5.00%
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thinkFolio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England thinkFolio Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

England thinkFolio Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing thinkFolio across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England thinkFolio Daily Rate Histogram

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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 thinkFolio within the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
London -9 32 £450 -18.18% 11
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing thinkFolio 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 thinkFolio.

1 74 (75.51%) Asset Management
2 54 (55.10%) Investment Management
3 45 (45.92%) Front Office
3 45 (45.92%) LatentZero
4 38 (38.78%) SQL
5 35 (35.71%) Fixed Income
6 28 (28.57%) Finance
6 28 (28.57%) Derivative
7 26 (26.53%) Cadis
8 23 (23.47%) Fund Management
8 23 (23.47%) SQL Server
9 19 (19.39%) Charles River
10 18 (18.37%) Business Analysis
11 15 (15.31%) Capstone
11 15 (15.31%) Tesseract
11 15 (15.31%) Minerva
11 15 (15.31%) Sentinel
11 15 (15.31%) Eagle PACE
12 14 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
13 13 (13.27%) User Acceptance Testing
13 13 (13.27%) .NET
13 13 (13.27%) C#
14 12 (12.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 11 (11.22%) VBA
15 11 (11.22%) Agile Software Development
16 10 (10.20%) Equities
16 10 (10.20%) Banking
16 10 (10.20%) Investment Banking
16 10 (10.20%) ASP.NET
16 10 (10.20%) XML

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing thinkFolio 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 thinkFolio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (13.27%) .NET
2 10 (10.20%) ASP.NET
2 10 (10.20%) XML
3 5 (5.102%) WinForms
3 5 (5.102%) .NET Framework
3 5 (5.102%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (4.082%) Web Services
4 4 (4.082%) ASP
5 2 (2.041%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (2.041%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.020%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.020%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.122%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.061%) MS Project
2 3 (3.061%) MS Office
3 2 (2.041%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.020%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 45 (45.92%) LatentZero
2 15 (15.31%) Capstone
2 15 (15.31%) Tesseract
2 15 (15.31%) Minerva
2 15 (15.31%) Sentinel
2 15 (15.31%) Eagle PACE
3 8 (8.163%) LongView
4 5 (5.102%) Decalog
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.102%) HTTP
2 4 (4.082%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (23.47%) SQL Server
2 9 (9.184%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (4.082%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (4.082%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (3.061%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.020%) DTS
5 1 (1.020%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.020%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (3.061%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (45.92%) Front Office
2 28 (28.57%) Finance
3 10 (10.20%) Banking
3 10 (10.20%) Investment Banking
4 2 (2.041%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 62 (63.27%) Analyst
2 41 (41.84%) Business Analyst
3 16 (16.33%) Developer
4 11 (11.22%) Test Analyst
5 9 (9.184%) Support Analyst
5 9 (9.184%) Project Manager
5 9 (9.184%) .NET Developer
5 9 (9.184%) C# Developer
6 8 (8.163%) C# .NET Developer
7 6 (6.122%) SQL Developer
8 5 (5.102%) Financial Business Analyst
8 5 (5.102%) Financial Services Business Analyst
8 5 (5.102%) Test Manager
9 4 (4.082%) Applications Support
9 4 (4.082%) Systems Developer
10 3 (3.061%) Applications Support Analyst
10 3 (3.061%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (3.061%) Functional Analyst
10 3 (3.061%) Business Manager
10 3 (3.061%) Business Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 35 (35.71%) Fixed Income
2 28 (28.57%) Derivative
3 12 (12.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (10.20%) Equities
5 5 (5.102%) Credit Derivative
6 2 (2.041%) Swaptions
7 1 (1.020%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.020%) Data Extraction
7 1 (1.020%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.020%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (1.020%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (1.020%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (75.51%) Asset Management
2 54 (55.10%) Investment Management
3 23 (23.47%) Fund Management
4 18 (18.37%) Business Analysis
5 14 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
6 13 (13.27%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (11.22%) Agile Software Development
8 9 (9.184%) Project Management
9 6 (6.122%) UML
9 6 (6.122%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (5.102%) Workflow
11 4 (4.082%) ETL
11 4 (4.082%) Data Management
12 3 (3.061%) Functional Testing
12 3 (3.061%) Fund Accounting
12 3 (3.061%) Cash Management
12 3 (3.061%) Migration
12 3 (3.061%) Requirements Analysis
12 3 (3.061%) Software Testing
12 3 (3.061%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 38 (38.78%) SQL
2 13 (13.27%) C#
3 11 (11.22%) VBA
4 6 (6.122%) MATLAB
5 5 (5.102%) VB
6 1 (1.020%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.020%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (2.041%) ISEB
1 2 (2.041%) PMP
1 2 (2.041%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.020%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.061%) SLA
2 2 (2.041%) QA
Systems Management
1 8 (8.163%) Control-M
2 4 (4.082%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 26 (26.53%) Cadis
2 19 (19.39%) Charles River
3 9 (9.184%) Bloomberg
4 7 (7.143%) Oracle
5 6 (6.122%) Microsoft
6 5 (5.102%) Sophis
6 5 (5.102%) Reuters
6 5 (5.102%) Fidessa
6 5 (5.102%) Sybase
7 4 (4.082%) StatPro
7 4 (4.082%) Informatica
7 4 (4.082%) Twitter
8 3 (3.061%) SunGard
London
Keywords: Application Support Analyst, OMS, London, Asset Management, Buy-Side, Financial Serivces, ThinkFolio, Fidessa, Latent Zero, SQL, A global investment management group, managing assets for both institutional and...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £250 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Job Description: -Support and administer front office applications for the Fixed Income Investment management teams, Operations and compliance as well liaison with other IT areas to resolve issues...
I.T. Skillfinder
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Job Description: -Support and administer front office applications for the Fixed Income Investment management teams, Operations and compliance as well liaison with other IT areas to resolve issues...
I.T. Skillfinder
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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