London Asset Management Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Asset Management skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Asset Management over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Avon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Crewe Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dunbar East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Hounslow Kent Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North East North West Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Salisbury Scotland Somerset South East South West Southampton Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Taunton Templecombe Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	65	74
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	726	1000
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.032 %	1.010 %
As % of the category below	4.197 %	4.126 %
Daily rates quoted	342	432
Average minimum daily rate	£425	£448
Average daily rate	£466	£485
% change on same period last year	-3.98 %
Average maximum daily rate	£507	£522
UK excluding London average daily rate	£410	£371
% change on same period last year	+10.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	27	35
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.81	£39.51
Average hourly rate	£22.48	£42.66
% change on same period last year	-47.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.14	£45.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.69	£13.75
% change on same period last year	+50.50 %
Processes & Methodologies London
Matching contract IT job ads	17297	24237
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	24.58 %	24.48 %
Daily rates quoted	7699	9378
Average minimum daily rate	£407	£413
Average daily rate	£438	£440
% change on same period last year	-0.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£468	£467
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£371
% change on same period last year	+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	648	949
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.58	£27.90
Average hourly rate	£29.27	£29.74
% change on same period last year	-1.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.95	£31.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.32	£30.04
% change on same period last year	-2.39 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Asset Management across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Asset Management across the London region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Asset Management across the London region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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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 Asset Management within the London region over the 3 months to 7 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
City of London	+5	266	£509	+6.69 %
Docklands, London	+22	22	£375	-27.15 %
Canary Wharf	+9	3	£350	+75.00 %
Westminster	-	2	£160	-
Hounslow	-	2	-	-
Uxbridge	-17	2	-	-
Paddington	-	1	£170	-
Brentford	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Asset Management 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 Asset Management.

1 554 (33.09 %) Finance 2 359 (21.45 %) Banking 3 298 (17.80 %) Investment Management 4 294 (17.56 %) Fixed Income 5 266 (15.89 %) Front Office 6 249 (14.87 %) SQL 7 238 (14.22 %) Investment Banking 8 203 (12.13 %) Derivative 9 198 (11.83 %) Business Analysis 10 170 (10.16 %) Project Management 11 169 (10.10 %) Equities 12 157 (9.379 %) Back Office 13 154 (9.200 %) LatentZero 14 151 (9.020 %) .NET 15 148 (8.841 %) C#

16 146 (8.722 %) Oracle 17 135 (8.065 %) Fund Management 18 118 (7.049 %) SQL Server 19 113 (6.750 %) Windows 20 100 (5.974 %) UNIX 21 92 (5.496 %) ITIL 22 90 (5.376 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 23 85 (5.078 %) Bloomberg 24 81 (4.839 %) Java 25 78 (4.659 %) Capstone 26 73 (4.361 %) PRINCE2 27 72 (4.301 %) Financial Institution 27 72 (4.301 %) Migration 28 70 (4.182 %) OO 29 69 (4.122 %) HP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Asset Management 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 Asset Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 151 (9.020 %) .NET 2 40 (2.389 %) XML 3 32 (1.912 %) HTML 4 31 (1.852 %) ASP.NET 5 21 (1.254 %) WinForms 6 20 (1.195 %) .NET Framework 6 20 (1.195 %) J2EE 7 17 (1.016 %) Middleware 7 17 (1.016 %) XSLT 7 17 (1.016 %) Spring 8 13 (0.777 %) WebServices 8 13 (0.777 %) CSS 9 12 (0.717 %) FIX Protocol 10 11 (0.657 %) FpML 10 11 (0.657 %) ASP 10 11 (0.657 %) Hibernate 11 10 (0.597 %) Application Packaging 11 10 (0.597 %) JSP 12 7 (0.418 %) ADO.NET 12 7 (0.418 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 28 (1.673 %) BizTalk Server 2 16 (0.956 %) MS Exchange 3 14 (0.836 %) Lotus Notes 4 13 (0.777 %) WebLogic 4 13 (0.777 %) JBoss 5 9 (0.538 %) SharePoint 5 9 (0.538 %) IIS 6 5 (0.299 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 4 (0.239 %) CMS 7 4 (0.239 %) Documentum 8 3 (0.179 %) MQSeries 8 3 (0.179 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 2 (0.119 %) Apache 9 2 (0.119 %) Tomcat 9 2 (0.119 %) TeamSite 10 1 (0.060 %) iPlanet 10 1 (0.060 %) SAS 10 1 (0.060 %) Oracle Workflow 10 1 (0.060 %) ATG Dynamo 10 1 (0.060 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 66 (3.943 %) MS Excel 2 41 (2.449 %) MS Office 3 37 (2.210 %) MS Project 4 21 (1.254 %) MS Visio 5 16 (0.956 %) MS PowerPoint 6 9 (0.538 %) Spreadsheet 7 6 (0.358 %) Photoshop 8 2 (0.119 %) CA Clarity 9 1 (0.060 %) MATLAB 9 1 (0.060 %) Adobe Illustrator	Business Applications 1 78 (4.659 %) Capstone 2 64 (3.823 %) Minerva 3 55 (3.286 %) Tesseract 4 35 (2.091 %) Sentinel 5 15 (0.896 %) HiPortfolio 5 15 (0.896 %) Eagle PACE 6 11 (0.657 %) LongView 7 9 (0.538 %) Thomson PORTIA 8 8 (0.478 %) Salerio 8 8 (0.478 %) Oracle Financials 8 8 (0.478 %) Decalog 9 7 (0.418 %) HiInvest 9 7 (0.418 %) FRONT ARENA 10 5 (0.299 %) MAXIMO 10 5 (0.299 %) Temenos T24 11 4 (0.239 %) Temenos Globus 11 4 (0.239 %) MultiFonds 11 4 (0.239 %) Sophis VALUE 11 4 (0.239 %) Pivotal CRM 12 3 (0.179 %) PeopleSoft HRMS
Communications & Networking 1 41 (2.449 %) SAN 2 21 (1.254 %) LAN 3 17 (1.016 %) WAN 4 16 (0.956 %) TCP/IP 5 15 (0.896 %) DNS 6 14 (0.836 %) Intranet 7 12 (0.717 %) Firewall 7 12 (0.717 %) Internet 8 8 (0.478 %) VPN 8 8 (0.478 %) DHCP 9 7 (0.418 %) VoIP 10 6 (0.358 %) IP Telephony 10 6 (0.358 %) SNMP 11 4 (0.239 %) Network Security 11 4 (0.239 %) SMS 12 3 (0.179 %) RFID 12 3 (0.179 %) MPLS 12 3 (0.179 %) Ethernet 12 3 (0.179 %) Cisco PIX 13 2 (0.119 %) WiMAX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 118 (7.049 %) SQL Server 2 61 (3.644 %) Datawarehouse 3 39 (2.330 %) Reference Data 4 32 (1.912 %) SQL Server 2005 5 26 (1.553 %) RDBMS 6 22 (1.314 %) Oracle 10g 7 21 (1.254 %) Oracle 9i 8 20 (1.195 %) Oracle 8/8i 9 19 (1.135 %) ETL 10 16 (0.956 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 16 (0.956 %) SQL Server 2000 11 8 (0.478 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 8 (0.478 %) Crystal Reports 11 8 (0.478 %) DTS 11 8 (0.478 %) MS Access 12 7 (0.418 %) BusinessObjects 12 7 (0.418 %) Data Mining 12 7 (0.418 %) GIS 13 6 (0.358 %) Data Cleansing 14 5 (0.299 %) EDRMS
Development Applications 1 11 (0.657 %) Visual Studio 2 6 (0.358 %) JUnit 2 6 (0.358 %) Eclipse 3 4 (0.239 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 4 (0.239 %) Ant 3 4 (0.239 %) PowerBuilder 4 3 (0.179 %) NetAdvantage 5 2 (0.119 %) FrontPage 5 2 (0.119 %) FitNesse 5 2 (0.119 %) NUnit 5 2 (0.119 %) Flash 5 2 (0.119 %) TestDirector 5 2 (0.119 %) RequisitePro 5 2 (0.119 %) MSI 6 1 (0.060 %) ERwin 6 1 (0.060 %) AllFusion	General 1 554 (33.09 %) Finance 2 359 (21.45 %) Banking 3 266 (15.89 %) Front Office 4 238 (14.22 %) Investment Banking 5 157 (9.379 %) Back Office 6 72 (4.301 %) Financial Institution 7 30 (1.792 %) Marketing 8 23 (1.374 %) Government 9 22 (1.314 %) Retail 10 20 (1.195 %) General Ledger 11 19 (1.135 %) Insurance 12 18 (1.075 %) Legal 13 15 (0.896 %) Pensions 14 13 (0.777 %) Construction 14 13 (0.777 %) Telecoms 14 13 (0.777 %) Private Banking 15 12 (0.717 %) FMCG 15 12 (0.717 %) Health 16 7 (0.418 %) Law 17 6 (0.358 %) Education
Job Titles 1 722 (43.13 %) Analyst 2 451 (26.94 %) Business Analyst 3 216 (12.90 %) Project Manager 3 216 (12.90 %) Developer 4 95 (5.675 %) Consultant 5 92 (5.496 %) Support Analyst 6 70 (4.182 %) Administrator 7 68 (4.062 %) C# Developer 8 40 (2.389 %) .NET Developer 9 39 (2.330 %) Test Analyst 10 38 (2.270 %) Senior Analyst 11 37 (2.210 %) Architect 12 35 (2.091 %) Data Analyst 13 29 (1.732 %) Business Manager 14 27 (1.613 %) Applications Support 15 24 (1.434 %) Storage Consultant 16 23 (1.374 %) Java Developer 17 22 (1.314 %) Banking Business Analyst 17 22 (1.314 %) Project Analyst 18 21 (1.254 %) Technical Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 294 (17.56 %) Fixed Income 2 203 (12.13 %) Derivative 3 169 (10.10 %) Equities 4 90 (5.376 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 5 31 (1.852 %) Management Information System 6 19 (1.135 %) Equity Derivative 7 15 (0.896 %) Blackberry 8 11 (0.657 %) CMDB 9 10 (0.597 %) Market Risk 9 10 (0.597 %) Computer Science 10 8 (0.478 %) Clustering 11 7 (0.418 %) PMI 11 7 (0.418 %) Credit Risk 12 6 (0.358 %) Client/Server 13 5 (0.299 %) Grid Computing 13 5 (0.299 %) Swaptions 13 5 (0.299 %) German Language 14 4 (0.239 %) French Language 15 3 (0.179 %) N-Tier 15 3 (0.179 %) Polish Language
Operating Systems 1 113 (6.750 %) Windows 2 100 (5.974 %) UNIX 3 58 (3.465 %) Linux 4 43 (2.569 %) Windows Server 2003 5 33 (1.971 %) Windows 2000 6 32 (1.912 %) Windows XP 7 30 (1.792 %) Solaris 8 14 (0.836 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 13 (0.777 %) Red Hat Linux 10 12 (0.717 %) HPUX 11 10 (0.597 %) Windows NT 12 3 (0.179 %) Windows Vista 13 2 (0.119 %) AIX 14 1 (0.060 %) Mac OS X	Processes & Methodologies 1 298 (17.80 %) Investment Management 2 198 (11.83 %) Business Analysis 3 170 (10.16 %) Project Management 4 135 (8.065 %) Fund Management 5 92 (5.496 %) ITIL 6 73 (4.361 %) PRINCE2 7 72 (4.301 %) Migration 8 70 (4.182 %) OO 9 65 (3.883 %) Workflow 10 62 (3.704 %) Change Management 11 54 (3.226 %) Data Analysis 12 52 (3.106 %) GAP Analysis 13 51 (3.047 %) User Acceptance Testing 14 49 (2.927 %) Scrum 15 46 (2.748 %) UML 16 44 (2.628 %) Data Modelling 16 44 (2.628 %) EAM 17 32 (1.912 %) Algorithmic Trading 18 30 (1.792 %) Stakeholder Management 19 28 (1.673 %) PRINCE
Programming Languages 1 249 (14.87 %) SQL 2 148 (8.841 %) C# 3 81 (4.839 %) Java 4 54 (3.226 %) VB 5 47 (2.808 %) C++ 6 38 (2.270 %) C 7 35 (2.091 %) VBA 8 32 (1.912 %) PL/SQL 9 28 (1.673 %) Perl 10 22 (1.314 %) VB.NET 11 21 (1.254 %) Transact-SQL 11 21 (1.254 %) JavaScript 12 20 (1.195 %) Shell Script 13 17 (1.016 %) VB6 14 14 (0.836 %) VBScript 15 9 (0.538 %) Korn 16 5 (0.299 %) VC++ 17 3 (0.179 %) Python 18 2 (0.119 %) DHTML 19 1 (0.060 %) PowerHouse	Qualifications 1 61 (3.644 %) Degree 2 18 (1.075 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 17 (1.016 %) Microsoft Certification 4 13 (0.777 %) ITIL Certification 5 7 (0.418 %) MCSE 5 7 (0.418 %) MCP 6 6 (0.358 %) Cisco Certification 7 5 (0.299 %) CCNA 7 5 (0.299 %) ISEB 7 5 (0.299 %) CFA 8 3 (0.179 %) CISSP 8 3 (0.179 %) PMP 8 3 (0.179 %) PMI Certification 8 3 (0.179 %) MCSA 9 2 (0.119 %) CISA 9 2 (0.119 %) CIMA 9 2 (0.119 %) CCNP 9 2 (0.119 %) ACCA 10 1 (0.060 %) SSCP 10 1 (0.060 %) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 19 (1.135 %) QA 2 12 (0.717 %) SLA 3 5 (0.299 %) ISO27001 4 3 (0.179 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 3 (0.179 %) ISO17799 4 3 (0.179 %) PCI DSS 5 2 (0.119 %) COBIT 5 2 (0.119 %) Basel II 5 2 (0.119 %) BS7799 6 1 (0.060 %) MiFID 6 1 (0.060 %) ISO/IEC 20000	System Software 1 52 (3.106 %) Active Directory 2 8 (0.478 %) NetBackup 3 6 (0.358 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 3 (0.179 %) Terminal Server 4 3 (0.179 %) Backup Exec 4 3 (0.179 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 2 (0.119 %) NFS 6 1 (0.060 %) Terminal Services 6 1 (0.060 %) VMware ESX 6 1 (0.060 %) Oracle RMAN 6 1 (0.060 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 32 (1.912 %) HP Data Protector 2 20 (1.195 %) OpenView 3 13 (0.777 %) AssetCenter 4 3 (0.179 %) MOM 4 3 (0.179 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 3 (0.179 %) CONTROL-M 4 3 (0.179 %) SCCM 5 2 (0.119 %) ServiceCenter 5 2 (0.119 %) Unicenter 5 2 (0.119 %) Norton AntiVirus 6 1 (0.060 %) AutoSys	Vendors 1 154 (9.200 %) LatentZero 2 146 (8.722 %) Oracle 3 85 (5.078 %) Bloomberg 4 69 (4.122 %) HP 5 66 (3.943 %) Charles River 6 60 (3.584 %) Microsoft 7 49 (2.927 %) Reuters 8 44 (2.628 %) thinkFolio 9 37 (2.210 %) Sybase 10 33 (1.971 %) Calypso 11 30 (1.792 %) GoldenSource 12 25 (1.493 %) Remedy 13 24 (1.434 %) Fidessa 14 23 (1.374 %) SimCorp 15 19 (1.135 %) Cisco 16 18 (1.075 %) Peregrine 17 15 (0.896 %) Red Hat 18 14 (0.836 %) Tradeweb 18 14 (0.836 %) Lotus 18 14 (0.836 %) Citrix