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The table below looks at the demand for Credit Derivatives skills within the London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Credit Derivative over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCredit Derivatives
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank8859
Rank change on same period last yearDown-29
Matching contract IT job ads6251237
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.842 %1.238 %
As % of the category below6.929 %8.963 %
Daily rates quoted388637
Average minimum daily rate£529£534
Average daily rate£569£579
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£609£624
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£448
% change on same period last year-5.16 %
Hourly rates quoted25
Average minimum hourly rate£100.00£53.00
Average hourly rate£100.00£56.50
% change on same period last year+76.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£100.00£60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
London
Matching contract IT job ads902013801
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.15 %13.81 %
Daily rates quoted45416106
Average minimum daily rate£473£494
Average daily rate£509£529
% change on same period last year-3.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£545£565
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£350
% change on same period last year+0.38 %
Hourly rates quoted342470
Average minimum hourly rate£25.16£22.65
Average hourly rate£27.17£24.52
% change on same period last year+10.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.18£26.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.28£28.14
% change on same period last year-10.15 %
Credit Derivative EnglandCredit Derivative
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.

Credit Derivative
Demand Trend

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

London Credit Derivative Demand Trend

Credit Derivative
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Credit Derivative Daily Rate Trend

Credit Derivative
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Credit Derivative across the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

London Credit Derivative Daily Rate Histogram

Credit Derivative
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Credit Derivative Hourly Rate Trend

Credit Derivative
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Credit Derivative across the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

London Credit Derivative Hourly Rate Histogram

Credit Derivative
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Credit Derivative within the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 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
City of LondonDown-21259£563-5.28 %
Docklands, LondonUp+3975£581-0.47 %
Canary WharfDown-197£546+6.57 %
Credit Derivative EnglandCredit Derivative
England

Credit Derivative
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Credit Derivative 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 Credit Derivative.

11014 (96.02 %)Derivative
2469 (44.41 %)Banking
3399 (37.78 %)Front Office
4377 (35.70 %)Investment Banking
5345 (32.67 %)Java
6271 (25.66 %)C#
7269 (25.47 %)Finance
8226 (21.40 %)Fixed Income
9221 (20.93 %)Back Office
10202 (19.13 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
11195 (18.47 %)Calypso
12188 (17.80 %)SQL
12188 (17.80 %)Interest Rate Derivative
13171 (16.19 %)Oracle
14148 (14.02 %)Business Analysis
15134 (12.69 %)VBA
16127 (12.03 %)C++
17126 (11.93 %)XML
18117 (11.08 %)Equity Derivative
19111 (10.51 %).NET
20109 (10.32 %)Sybase
21101 (9.564 %)Risk Management
2291 (8.617 %)Spring
2386 (8.144 %)OO
2484 (7.955 %)DataSynapse
2583 (7.860 %)Hibernate
2682 (7.765 %)Credit Risk
2778 (7.386 %)SQL Server
2876 (7.197 %)Migration
2970 (6.629 %)UNIX

Credit Derivative
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Credit Derivative 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 Credit Derivative. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1126 (11.93 %)XML
2111 (10.51 %).NET
391 (8.617 %)Spring
483 (7.860 %)Hibernate
548 (4.545 %)J2EE
630 (2.841 %)FpML
630 (2.841 %)Oracle Coherence
728 (2.652 %)XSLT
820 (1.894 %)WinForms
917 (1.610 %)J2SE
1015 (1.420 %)XML Messaging
1114 (1.326 %)JDBC
1213 (1.231 %)Swing
1311 (1.042 %)STL
1410 (0.947 %)MFC
159 (0.852 %)ADO.NET
159 (0.852 %)WebServices
168 (0.758 %)XML Schema
177 (0.663 %)HTML
177 (0.663 %)EJB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (1.705 %)Apache
211 (1.042 %)TIBCO EMS
39 (0.852 %)Oracle Workflow
46 (0.568 %)Rendezvous
54 (0.379 %)MTS
62 (0.189 %)MQSeries
62 (0.189 %)SharePoint
62 (0.189 %)Office Project Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
122 (2.083 %)Spreadsheet
214 (1.326 %)MS Excel
38 (0.758 %)MS Project
44 (0.379 %)MS Office
52 (0.189 %)MS Visio
61 (0.095 %)CA Clarity
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
167 (6.345 %)Summit
215 (1.420 %)RMDS
32 (0.189 %)Murex MxG2000
32 (0.189 %)FRONT ARENA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (0.379 %)FTP
22 (0.189 %)Internet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
178 (7.386 %)SQL Server
225 (2.367 %)Oracle 10g
321 (1.989 %)SQL Server 2005
420 (1.894 %)RDBMS
519 (1.799 %)Oracle 8/8i
617 (1.610 %)Reference Data
714 (1.326 %)ETL
812 (1.136 %)Oracle Reports
812 (1.136 %)MS Access
97 (0.663 %)Data Mart
106 (0.568 %)SQL Server Integration Services
106 (0.568 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
106 (0.568 %)Datawarehouse
113 (0.284 %)Oracle 9i
113 (0.284 %)OLAP
121 (0.095 %)Data Mining
121 (0.095 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (1.799 %)TestDirector
211 (1.042 %)Ant
310 (0.947 %)Visual Studio
48 (0.758 %)JUnit
57 (0.663 %)NUnit
65 (0.473 %)LoadRunner
73 (0.284 %)QuickTest Pro
73 (0.284 %)Log4Net
82 (0.189 %)WinRunner
91 (0.095 %)CruiseControl
91 (0.095 %)Subversion
91 (0.095 %)ClearQuest
91 (0.095 %)Eclipse
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1469 (44.41 %)Banking
2399 (37.78 %)Front Office
3377 (35.70 %)Investment Banking
4269 (25.47 %)Finance
5221 (20.93 %)Back Office
644 (4.167 %)Education
736 (3.409 %)Retail
736 (3.409 %)Retail Banking
823 (2.178 %)Government
97 (0.663 %)Financial Institution
105 (0.473 %)Construction
112 (0.189 %)Health
112 (0.189 %)Marketing
121 (0.095 %)International Banking
121 (0.095 %)Insurance
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1492 (46.59 %)Developer
2436 (41.29 %)Analyst
3352 (33.33 %)Business Analyst
4209 (19.79 %)Java Developer
580 (7.576 %)C# Developer
663 (5.966 %)Credit Analyst
760 (5.682 %)Project Manager
856 (5.303 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
950 (4.735 %)Senior Developer
1048 (4.545 %)Excel Developer
1143 (4.072 %)Calypso Developer
1237 (3.504 %)Banking Business Analyst
1335 (3.314 %)Trainee
1335 (3.314 %)C++ Developer
1434 (3.220 %)Analyst Developer
1533 (3.125 %)Senior Analyst
1632 (3.030 %)Operations Analyst
1731 (2.936 %)Front Office Developer
1830 (2.841 %)Programmer
1928 (2.652 %)Analyst Programmer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11014 (96.02 %)Derivative
2226 (21.40 %)Fixed Income
3202 (19.13 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4188 (17.80 %)Interest Rate Derivative
5117 (11.08 %)Equity Derivative
682 (7.765 %)Credit Risk
760 (5.682 %)Equities
848 (4.545 %)Market Risk
947 (4.451 %)Grid Computing
1023 (2.178 %)DTCC
1023 (2.178 %)French Language
1118 (1.705 %)Multithreading
1210 (0.947 %)Computer Science
135 (0.473 %)Hybrid Derivative
135 (0.473 %)Mathematics
144 (0.379 %)Exotic Derivative
153 (0.284 %)N-Tier
153 (0.284 %)PMI
153 (0.284 %)Swaptions
162 (0.189 %)Economics
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
170 (6.629 %)UNIX
235 (3.314 %)Windows
314 (1.326 %)Linux
44 (0.379 %)Windows XP
52 (0.189 %)Solaris
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1148 (14.02 %)Business Analysis
2101 (9.564 %)Risk Management
386 (8.144 %)OO
476 (7.197 %)Migration
553 (5.019 %)Workflow
652 (4.924 %)Change Management
741 (3.883 %)Investment Management
837 (3.504 %)Risk Analysis
934 (3.220 %)Agile Software Development
1026 (2.462 %)Monte Carlo Method
1123 (2.178 %)User Acceptance Testing
1222 (2.083 %)RAD
1321 (1.989 %)Project Management
1419 (1.799 %)Data Migration
1419 (1.799 %)Electronic Trading
1516 (1.515 %)Quality Management
1615 (1.420 %)OOD
1713 (1.231 %)Extreme Programming
1812 (1.136 %)ETRM
199 (0.852 %)Unit Testing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1345 (32.67 %)Java
2271 (25.66 %)C#
3188 (17.80 %)SQL
4134 (12.69 %)VBA
5127 (12.03 %)C++
640 (3.788 %)C
734 (3.220 %)VB
826 (2.462 %)VC++
915 (1.420 %)PL/SQL
915 (1.420 %)Perl
1011 (1.042 %)Python
1110 (0.947 %)Transact-SQL
129 (0.852 %)XQuery
137 (0.663 %)JavaScript
145 (0.473 %)Shell Script
152 (0.189 %)VBScript
152 (0.189 %)PHP
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
158 (5.492 %)Degree
27 (0.663 %)PMP
27 (0.663 %)PMI Certification
35 (0.473 %)ACCA
35 (0.473 %)CIMA
43 (0.284 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.095 %)PhD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (0.947 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1195 (18.47 %)Calypso
2171 (16.19 %)Oracle
3109 (10.32 %)Sybase
484 (7.955 %)DataSynapse
552 (4.924 %)Murex
643 (4.072 %)Tangosol
732 (3.030 %)Reuters
829 (2.746 %)Bloomberg
921 (1.989 %)TIBCO
1013 (1.231 %)Sophis
1110 (0.947 %)Thunderhead
129 (0.852 %)Yolus
137 (0.663 %)GigaSpaces
137 (0.663 %)Microsoft
145 (0.473 %)Informatica
145 (0.473 %)Algorithmics
154 (0.379 %)SeeBeyond
154 (0.379 %)Tradeweb
163 (0.284 %)MarketAxess
163 (0.284 %)ION Trading