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The table below looks at the demand for Equities skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Equities over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEquities
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-61
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads03
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.000 %2.027 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£438
% 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-
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads161148
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.225 %0.149 %
Daily rates quoted5742
Average minimum daily rate£272£310
Average daily rate£290£327
% change on same period last year-11.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£307£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£345
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Hourly rates quoted2729
Average minimum hourly rate£22.60£24.94
Average hourly rate£28.43£25.30
% change on same period last year+12.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.27£25.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.83£26.95
% change on same period last year-7.89 %
Equities East of EnglandEquities
East of England

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.

Equities
Demand Trend

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

Essex Equities Demand Trend

Equities
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Equities 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 Equities.

12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 (100.00 %)Finance
12 (100.00 %)Fixed Income
12 (100.00 %)Derivative
12 (100.00 %)Degree
12 (100.00 %)FIX Protocol

Equities
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Equities 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 Equities. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)FIX Protocol
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Finance
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Business Analyst
12 (100.00 %)Analyst
12 (100.00 %)Financial Business Analyst
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 (100.00 %)Fixed Income
12 (100.00 %)Derivative
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (100.00 %)Degree