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This section looks at the demand for Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFixed Income
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4230
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads11862050
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.581 %2.074 %
As % of the category below13.42 %14.89 %
Daily rates quoted6641032
Average minimum daily rate£509£517
Average daily rate£551£556
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£594£595
UK excluding London average daily rate£656£386
% change on same period last year+69.86 %
Hourly rates quoted213
Average minimum hourly rate£60.00£32.69
Average hourly rate£65.00£37.15
% change on same period last year+74.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£70.00£41.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
London
Matching contract IT job ads883613770
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.78 %13.93 %
Daily rates quoted43046169
Average minimum daily rate£477£495
Average daily rate£514£532
% change on same period last year-3.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£550£569
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted349416
Average minimum hourly rate£22.75£24.44
Average hourly rate£24.30£26.22
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.85£27.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %
Fixed Income EnglandFixed Income
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.

Fixed Income
Demand Trend

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

London Fixed Income Demand Trend

Fixed Income
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Fixed Income Daily Rate Trend

Fixed Income
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fixed Income across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London Fixed Income Daily Rate Histogram

Fixed Income
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Fixed Income Hourly Rate Trend

Fixed Income
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fixed Income within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 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-1582£541-4.53 %
Docklands, LondonDown-1142£592+9.76 %
Canary WharfDown-820£523-4.72 %
IlfordNew entry-2--
RomfordNew entry-2--
Fixed Income EnglandFixed Income
England

Fixed Income
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income.

11239 (46.51 %)Banking
21209 (45.38 %)Derivative
31001 (37.58 %)Front Office
4991 (37.20 %)Investment Banking
5901 (33.82 %)Finance
6594 (22.30 %)Java
7541 (20.31 %)SQL
8490 (18.39 %)Equities
9460 (17.27 %)C#
10449 (16.85 %)Oracle
11438 (16.44 %)C++
12419 (15.73 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
13410 (15.39 %)UNIX
14374 (14.04 %)Sybase
15319 (11.97 %)Back Office
16309 (11.60 %).NET
17289 (10.85 %)OO
18266 (9.985 %)VBA
19262 (9.835 %)Asset Management
20250 (9.384 %)Credit Derivative
21246 (9.234 %)Windows
22232 (8.709 %)Interest Rate Derivative
23204 (7.658 %)Business Analysis
24202 (7.583 %)Calypso
25196 (7.357 %)Bloomberg
26187 (7.020 %)Investment Management
27184 (6.907 %)SQL Server
28160 (6.006 %)XML
29156 (5.856 %)Project Management
30155 (5.818 %)Degree

Fixed Income
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1309 (11.60 %).NET
2160 (6.006 %)XML
399 (3.716 %)WinForms
486 (3.228 %)Spring
578 (2.928 %)J2EE
662 (2.327 %)STL
759 (2.215 %)MFC
853 (1.989 %)ASP.NET
950 (1.877 %)Hibernate
1049 (1.839 %)Middleware
1148 (1.802 %)WebServices
1238 (1.426 %)WebSphere
1329 (1.089 %)HTML
1329 (1.089 %)J2SE
1426 (0.976 %)ASP
1426 (0.976 %)AJAX
1525 (0.938 %)WCF
1621 (0.788 %)CSS
1719 (0.713 %)JSP
1817 (0.638 %)XSLT
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
141 (1.539 %)IIS
240 (1.502 %)MTS
338 (1.426 %)Rendezvous
436 (1.351 %)WebLogic
528 (1.051 %)TIBCO EMS
624 (0.901 %)Apache
722 (0.826 %)Tomcat
819 (0.713 %)WebSphere MQ
916 (0.601 %)MQSeries
1011 (0.413 %)Office Project Server
1110 (0.375 %)Oracle Workflow
129 (0.338 %)WebLogic Portal
137 (0.263 %)SharePoint
137 (0.263 %)BizTalk Server
143 (0.113 %)MS Exchange
152 (0.075 %)SAS
152 (0.075 %)Exchange Server 2007
161 (0.038 %)SharePoint Portal Server
161 (0.038 %)SmartSockets
161 (0.038 %)SonicMQ
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
187 (3.266 %)Spreadsheet
263 (2.365 %)MS Office
355 (2.065 %)MS Excel
355 (2.065 %)MS Project
431 (1.164 %)MS Visio
58 (0.300 %)MS PowerPoint
66 (0.225 %)RoboHelp
72 (0.075 %)MATLAB
72 (0.075 %)Photoshop
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
167 (2.515 %)Capstone
250 (1.877 %)Minerva
348 (1.802 %)Summit
443 (1.614 %)Tesseract
541 (1.539 %)Sentinel
618 (0.676 %)LongView
710 (0.375 %)Loan IQ
87 (0.263 %)Global One
96 (0.225 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
96 (0.225 %)FRONT ARENA
105 (0.188 %)Oracle Financials
114 (0.150 %)BusinessWorks
114 (0.150 %)Decalog
122 (0.075 %)Murex MxG2000
122 (0.075 %)Oracle Applications
122 (0.075 %)Sophis RISQUE
122 (0.075 %)RMDS
122 (0.075 %)Eagle PACE
131 (0.038 %)Eagle STAR
131 (0.038 %)FENICS FX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (0.450 %)LDAP
211 (0.413 %)BIG-IP
310 (0.375 %)SAN
310 (0.375 %)HTTP
49 (0.338 %)TCP/IP
55 (0.188 %)VPN
55 (0.188 %)Internet
55 (0.188 %)Firewall
64 (0.150 %)OSPF
64 (0.150 %)BGP
64 (0.150 %)LAN
64 (0.150 %)WAN
64 (0.150 %)SSL
64 (0.150 %)Cisco PIX
73 (0.113 %)Intranet
82 (0.075 %)IP Telephony
82 (0.075 %)Cisco IPT
82 (0.075 %)Cisco IOS
82 (0.075 %)DNS
91 (0.038 %)SNMP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1184 (6.907 %)SQL Server
245 (1.689 %)RDBMS
338 (1.426 %)Reference Data
428 (1.051 %)MS Access
428 (1.051 %)Datawarehouse
527 (1.014 %)SQL Server 2005
625 (0.938 %)BusinessObjects
724 (0.901 %)Oracle 8/8i
819 (0.713 %)Crystal Reports
918 (0.676 %)ETL
1017 (0.638 %)Oracle 10g
1017 (0.638 %)Oracle Reports
1116 (0.601 %)Oracle OWB
1212 (0.450 %)Ingres
1310 (0.375 %)Data Mining
148 (0.300 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
157 (0.263 %)SQL Server 7
157 (0.263 %)Oracle 9i
165 (0.188 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
174 (0.150 %)Sybase ASE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
149 (1.839 %)NUnit
239 (1.464 %)Visual Studio
335 (1.314 %)TestDirector
434 (1.276 %)ClearCase
529 (1.089 %)Log4Net
624 (0.901 %)JUnit
718 (0.676 %)QuickTest Pro
812 (0.450 %)Eclipse
911 (0.413 %)Ant
109 (0.338 %)Flash
118 (0.300 %)ClearQuest
127 (0.263 %)RequisitePro
136 (0.225 %)Dreamweaver
136 (0.225 %)Selenium
136 (0.225 %)FitNesse
145 (0.188 %)Rational Rose
154 (0.150 %)Subversion
154 (0.150 %)Cactus
163 (0.113 %)Oracle Forms
172 (0.075 %)WinRunner
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11239 (46.51 %)Banking
21001 (37.58 %)Front Office
3991 (37.20 %)Investment Banking
4901 (33.82 %)Finance
5319 (11.97 %)Back Office
664 (2.402 %)Government
664 (2.402 %)Financial Institution
729 (1.089 %)Retail
821 (0.788 %)Retail Banking
913 (0.488 %)General Ledger
1012 (0.450 %)Education
1012 (0.450 %)Health
1012 (0.450 %)Legal
118 (0.300 %)Publishing
127 (0.263 %)Construction
127 (0.263 %)Insurance
136 (0.225 %)Pensions
136 (0.225 %)Games
136 (0.225 %)Online Games
142 (0.075 %)Private Banking
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11101 (41.33 %)Developer
2988 (37.09 %)Analyst
3638 (23.95 %)Business Analyst
4332 (12.46 %)Java Developer
5215 (8.071 %)Project Manager
6204 (7.658 %)Support Analyst
7162 (6.081 %)C++ Developer
8146 (5.480 %)C# Developer
9110 (4.129 %)Applications Support
10104 (3.904 %)Excel Developer
1197 (3.641 %)Senior Developer
1292 (3.453 %)VBA Developer
1386 (3.228 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
1386 (3.228 %)Calypso Developer
1485 (3.191 %)Excel VBA Developer
1578 (2.928 %)Front Office Developer
1677 (2.890 %).NET Developer
1762 (2.327 %)Applications Support Analyst
1861 (2.290 %)Banking Business Analyst
1944 (1.652 %)Murex Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11209 (45.38 %)Derivative
2490 (18.39 %)Equities
3419 (15.73 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4250 (9.384 %)Credit Derivative
5232 (8.709 %)Interest Rate Derivative
6119 (4.467 %)Multithreading
789 (3.341 %)Equity Derivative
868 (2.553 %)Market Risk
952 (1.952 %)Credit Risk
1043 (1.614 %)Mathematics
1132 (1.201 %)Grid Computing
1226 (0.976 %)Client/Server
1316 (0.601 %)PMI
1316 (0.601 %)Swaptions
1413 (0.488 %)N-Tier
1511 (0.413 %)Contract for Difference
1610 (0.375 %)Computer Science
1610 (0.375 %)Management Information System
177 (0.263 %)Economics
177 (0.263 %)Spread Betting
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1410 (15.39 %)UNIX
2246 (9.234 %)Windows
3112 (4.204 %)Linux
469 (2.590 %)Windows NT
564 (2.402 %)Solaris
642 (1.577 %)Windows XP
718 (0.676 %)VMS
812 (0.450 %)Windows 2000
95 (0.188 %)OpenVMS
101 (0.038 %)SUSE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1289 (10.85 %)OO
2262 (9.835 %)Asset Management
3204 (7.658 %)Business Analysis
4187 (7.020 %)Investment Management
5156 (5.856 %)Project Management
6138 (5.180 %)Electronic Trading
7124 (4.655 %)Risk Management
8111 (4.167 %)UML
9103 (3.866 %)User Acceptance Testing
1085 (3.191 %)Workflow
1085 (3.191 %)Change Management
1172 (2.703 %)TDD
1264 (2.402 %)Migration
1363 (2.365 %)PRINCE2
1461 (2.290 %)RAD
1559 (2.215 %)E-Commerce
1559 (2.215 %)Fund Management
1655 (2.065 %)RUP
1746 (1.727 %)Data Analysis
1845 (1.689 %)Agile Software Development
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1594 (22.30 %)Java
2541 (20.31 %)SQL
3460 (17.27 %)C#
4438 (16.44 %)C++
5266 (9.985 %)VBA
6102 (3.829 %)Perl
777 (2.890 %)C
859 (2.215 %)Shell Script
956 (2.102 %)VB
1055 (2.065 %)VC++
1154 (2.027 %)JavaScript
1227 (1.014 %)PL/SQL
1324 (0.901 %)Transact-SQL
1422 (0.826 %)Python
1519 (0.713 %)PHP
1614 (0.526 %)VB.NET
1710 (0.375 %)VBScript
186 (0.225 %)AWK
186 (0.225 %)Korn
194 (0.150 %)VB6
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1155 (5.818 %)Degree
229 (1.089 %)ISEB
311 (0.413 %)PRINCE2 Certification
410 (0.375 %)PMP
410 (0.375 %)PMI Certification
57 (0.263 %)ISEB Practitioner
65 (0.188 %)ACCA
65 (0.188 %)CIMA
74 (0.150 %)Cisco Certification
74 (0.150 %)Microsoft Certification
74 (0.150 %)MCP
74 (0.150 %)MCSE
74 (0.150 %)CCIE
74 (0.150 %)CCNP
83 (0.113 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
92 (0.075 %)CFA
101 (0.038 %)HND
101 (0.038 %)ITIL Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
144 (1.652 %)QA
211 (0.413 %)Basel II
39 (0.338 %)SLA
44 (0.150 %)ISO9001
52 (0.075 %)MiFID
61 (0.038 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.038 %)ISO/IEC 20000
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (0.563 %)AquaLogic
27 (0.263 %)NetBackup
31 (0.038 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.038 %)NFS
31 (0.038 %)Active Directory
31 (0.038 %)Terminal Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
142 (1.577 %)AutoSys
210 (0.375 %)CONTROL-M
39 (0.338 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
44 (0.150 %)CiscoWorks
44 (0.150 %)Tivoli
44 (0.150 %)NNM
44 (0.150 %)BMC PATROL
52 (0.075 %)OpenView
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1449 (16.85 %)Oracle
2374 (14.04 %)Sybase
3202 (7.583 %)Calypso
4196 (7.357 %)Bloomberg
5117 (4.392 %)LatentZero
697 (3.641 %)thinkFolio
789 (3.341 %)Microsoft
880 (3.003 %)Murex
977 (2.890 %)TIBCO
1073 (2.740 %)Tradeweb
1168 (2.553 %)Reuters
1246 (1.727 %)DataSynapse
1341 (1.539 %)Infragistics
1435 (1.314 %)ION Trading
1533 (1.239 %)Fidessa
1632 (1.201 %)Syncfusion
1731 (1.164 %)Charles River
1829 (1.089 %)eSpeed
1928 (1.051 %)BEA
2025 (0.938 %)Business Objects
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