The first table below looks at the demand for Bloomberg TOMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Bloomberg TOMS over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Business Applications category for the London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bloomberg Trade Order Management System (TOMS)
Rank 379 405 417
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +12
Contract jobs citing Bloomberg TOMS 6 1 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.028% 0.004% 0.064%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.342% 0.046% 0.758%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 9
Average daily rate £613 - £650
90% offered a daily rate of more than £565 - £577
10% offered a daily rate of more than £643 - £700
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1752 2173 2638
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 8.114% 8.114% 8.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 1037 1180 1576
Average daily rate £454 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.94% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 26
Average hourly rate £32.00 £40.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +15.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.40 £15.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £52.50 £62.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
Bloomberg TOMS
England

Bloomberg TOMS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Bloomberg TOMS across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

London Bloomberg TOMS Jobs Demand Trend

Bloomberg TOMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Bloomberg TOMS Daily Rate Trend

Bloomberg TOMS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Bloomberg TOMS across the London region.

London Bloomberg TOMS Hourly Rate Trend

Bloomberg TOMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bloomberg TOMS within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London +13 2 £625 -
Bloomberg TOMS
England

Bloomberg TOMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Bloomberg TOMS 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 Bloomberg TOMS.

1 8 (100.00%) Bloomberg
2 6 (75.00%) Finance
3 5 (62.50%) Windows
3 5 (62.50%) Fixed Income
3 5 (62.50%) Business Analysis
4 4 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
4 4 (50.00%) Derivative
5 3 (37.50%) ION Trading
5 3 (37.50%) Sybase
5 3 (37.50%) ION MarketView
5 3 (37.50%) Market Risk
5 3 (37.50%) Front Office
6 2 (25.00%) Analytics
6 2 (25.00%) Credit Risk
6 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
7 1 (12.50%) Cronacle
7 1 (12.50%) JIRA
7 1 (12.50%) Subversion
7 1 (12.50%) Credit Derivative
7 1 (12.50%) Adaptiv
7 1 (12.50%) Equities
7 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (12.50%) CMMI
7 1 (12.50%) Scrum
7 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
7 1 (12.50%) SQL
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
7 1 (12.50%) UML
7 1 (12.50%) RUP
7 1 (12.50%) ClearCase

Bloomberg TOMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Bloomberg TOMS 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 Bloomberg TOMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) ION MarketView
2 1 (12.50%) Adaptiv
2 1 (12.50%) Monis
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) ClearCase
1 1 (12.50%) TestDirector
1 1 (12.50%) Subversion
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Front Office
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Business Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Market Risk Business Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Support Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Market Risk Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) Financial Business Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Market Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Applications Support
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Fixed Income
2 4 (50.00%) Derivative
3 3 (37.50%) Market Risk
4 2 (25.00%) Credit Risk
5 1 (12.50%) Equities
5 1 (12.50%) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Business Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) User Stories
4 1 (12.50%) System Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Greeks
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Stress Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) UML
4 1 (12.50%) RUP
4 1 (12.50%) CMMI
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Bloomberg
2 3 (37.50%) ION Trading
2 3 (37.50%) Sybase
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Posted: 13 May 2013