Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fixed Income in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Fixed Income over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the London region.

 Fixed Income
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank245632
Rank change year-on-year
Up+32Down-24
Matching contract IT job ads15354501574
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London5.926 %2.726 %4.295 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category16.91 %8.892 %15.45 %
Daily rates quoted1027242859
Average daily rate£550£500£575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-13.04 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£375£450
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£600£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£318-£475
Hourly rates quoted127
Average hourly rate£85.00£40.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+112.50 %+14.28 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
9076506110185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London35.04 %30.66 %27.79 %
Daily rates quoted542122454603
Average daily rate£535£475£550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.63 %-13.63 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£275£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£625£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£330£350
% change year-on-year
-1.510 %-5.710 %
Hourly rates quoted203234459
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.50£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£50.00£39.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£22.63£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.04 %-9.480 %
Fixed Income EnglandFixed Income
England

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.

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 19 March 2010.

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

The table below 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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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 LondonUp+14813£525+5.00 %
Canary WharfUp+662£650+30.00 %
Docklands, LondonUp+529£650+23.80 %
Fixed Income EnglandFixed Income
England

Fixed Income
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

11410 (49.32 %)Banking
21276 (44.63 %)Front Office
31138 (39.80 %)Derivative
41048 (36.66 %)Investment Banking
5877 (30.68 %)Java
6777 (27.18 %)Finance
7644 (22.53 %)SQL
8602 (21.06 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
9553 (19.34 %)C#
10454 (15.88 %)C++
11407 (14.24 %)UNIX
12403 (14.10 %)Equities
13342 (11.96 %).NET
14329 (11.51 %)Oracle
15323 (11.30 %)Business Analysis
16309 (10.81 %)SQL Server
17296 (10.35 %)Sybase
18282 (9.864 %)Electronic Trading
19267 (9.339 %)Windows
20258 (9.024 %)Back Office
21249 (8.709 %)OO
22248 (8.674 %)Multithreading
23242 (8.464 %)VBA
24241 (8.430 %)XML
25223 (7.800 %)E-Commerce
26222 (7.765 %)Project Management
27221 (7.730 %)Risk Management
28203 (7.100 %)Credit Derivative
28203 (7.100 %)Interest Rate Derivative
29194 (6.786 %)TIBCO

Fixed Income
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1342 (11.96 %).NET
2241 (8.430 %)XML
3190 (6.646 %)Spring
4123 (4.302 %)Hibernate
5122 (4.267 %)Swing
6118 (4.127 %)STL
7100 (3.498 %)J2SE
898 (3.428 %)WinForms
987 (3.043 %)ASP.NET
987 (3.043 %)J2EE
1081 (2.833 %)Web Services
1148 (1.679 %)Boost C++ Libraries
1246 (1.609 %)WPF
1343 (1.504 %).NET Framework
1343 (1.504 %)Middleware
1436 (1.259 %)JMS
1534 (1.189 %)EJB
1633 (1.154 %)SOAP
1633 (1.154 %)WebSphere
1729 (1.014 %)Java EE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1124 (4.337 %)Rendezvous
268 (2.378 %)MQSeries
343 (1.504 %)MTS
439 (1.364 %)WebLogic
523 (0.804 %)IIS
621 (0.735 %)Tomcat
718 (0.630 %)TIBCO EMS
718 (0.630 %)WebSphere Application Server
718 (0.630 %)MS Exchange
815 (0.525 %)WebSphere MQ
913 (0.455 %)SharePoint
913 (0.455 %)IBM HTTP Server
1011 (0.385 %)Apache
1011 (0.385 %)SAS
1110 (0.350 %)WebLogic Portal
1110 (0.350 %)Liferay
128 (0.280 %)Confluence
135 (0.175 %)Oracle Service Bus
135 (0.175 %)SmartSockets
143 (0.105 %)CMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
185 (2.973 %)Spreadsheet
283 (2.903 %)MS Excel
357 (1.994 %)MS Visio
435 (1.224 %)MS Project
532 (1.119 %)MS Office
69 (0.315 %)MS PowerPoint
75 (0.175 %)MATLAB
82 (0.070 %)Paint Shop Pro
82 (0.070 %)Acrobat
82 (0.070 %)Photoshop
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1106 (3.708 %)ION MarketView
248 (1.679 %)Summit
315 (0.525 %)RMDS
414 (0.490 %)SunGard Martini
513 (0.455 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
611 (0.385 %)Algo Collateral
78 (0.280 %)Bloomberg TOMS
85 (0.175 %)Endur
94 (0.140 %)Front Arena
94 (0.140 %)Minerva
94 (0.140 %)Remedy ITSM
103 (0.105 %)Loan IQ
112 (0.070 %)BusinessWorks
112 (0.070 %)Murex MxG2000
112 (0.070 %)Beauchamp
112 (0.070 %)TIBCO iProcess
112 (0.070 %)Oracle General Ledger
112 (0.070 %)3000 Xtra
121 (0.035 %)Interwoven Scrittura
121 (0.035 %)Autonomy Scrittura
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
121 (0.735 %)Firewall
215 (0.525 %)TCP/IP
313 (0.455 %)BIG-IP
49 (0.315 %)Internet
54 (0.140 %)CTI
54 (0.140 %)SAN
63 (0.105 %)Intranet
72 (0.070 %)LDAP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1309 (10.81 %)SQL Server
278 (2.728 %)RDBMS
369 (2.413 %)SQL Server 2005
457 (1.994 %)Datawarehouse
544 (1.539 %)SQL Server Integration Services
642 (1.469 %)Oracle 10g
736 (1.259 %)Reference Data
829 (1.014 %)BusinessObjects
925 (0.874 %)Oracle 9i
1024 (0.839 %)ETL
1123 (0.804 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1221 (0.735 %)SQL Server 2008
1319 (0.665 %)SQL Server 2000
1417 (0.595 %)OLAP
1516 (0.560 %)MS Access
1614 (0.490 %)Data Mart
1614 (0.490 %)Oracle 8/8i
1614 (0.490 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1712 (0.420 %)Oracle Reports
1811 (0.385 %)Data Mining
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
163 (2.204 %)JUnit
251 (1.784 %)Maven
346 (1.609 %)Visual Studio
435 (1.224 %)ClearCase
521 (0.735 %)Subversion
620 (0.700 %)Eclipse
719 (0.665 %)JIRA
816 (0.560 %)LoadRunner
914 (0.490 %)QuickTest Pro
914 (0.490 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
1013 (0.455 %)Rational Rose
1112 (0.420 %)RequisitePro
1210 (0.350 %)NUnit
139 (0.315 %)FitNesse
139 (0.315 %)Ant
147 (0.245 %)TestDirector
155 (0.175 %)FlexUnit
155 (0.175 %)DbUnit
155 (0.175 %)XMLUnit
155 (0.175 %)WinRunner
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11410 (49.32 %)Banking
21276 (44.63 %)Front Office
31048 (36.66 %)Investment Banking
4777 (27.18 %)Finance
5258 (9.024 %)Back Office
696 (3.358 %)Government
735 (1.224 %)Financial Institution
824 (0.839 %)Publishing
923 (0.804 %)Health
1015 (0.525 %)General Ledger
1114 (0.490 %)Law
1212 (0.420 %)Retail
138 (0.280 %)Billing
147 (0.245 %)Insurance
156 (0.210 %)Construction
156 (0.210 %)Education
156 (0.210 %)Retail Banking
165 (0.175 %)Marketing
165 (0.175 %)Home Office
174 (0.140 %)Wholesale Banking
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11361 (47.60 %)Developer
2891 (31.16 %)Analyst
3650 (22.74 %)Business Analyst
4594 (20.78 %)Java Developer
5284 (9.934 %)C# Developer
6236 (8.255 %)Project Manager
7164 (5.736 %)Senior Developer
8162 (5.666 %)C++ Developer
9121 (4.232 %)Support Analyst
1086 (3.008 %)Excel Developer
1183 (2.903 %)Senior Java Developer
1281 (2.833 %)Front Office Developer
1380 (2.798 %)Senior Analyst
1474 (2.588 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
1573 (2.553 %)VBA Developer
1668 (2.378 %)Applications Support
1767 (2.343 %)Senior Business Analyst
1861 (2.134 %)Java Swing Developer
1959 (2.064 %)Excel VBA Developer
2058 (2.029 %)Banking Business Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11138 (39.80 %)Derivative
2602 (21.06 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3403 (14.10 %)Equities
4248 (8.674 %)Multithreading
5203 (7.100 %)Credit Derivative
5203 (7.100 %)Interest Rate Derivative
6142 (4.967 %)Equity Derivative
7107 (3.743 %)Credit Risk
856 (1.959 %)Market Risk
954 (1.889 %)Client/Server
1049 (1.714 %)Mathematics
1147 (1.644 %)Open Source
1243 (1.504 %)N-Tier
1324 (0.839 %)PMI
1423 (0.804 %)Swaptions
1518 (0.630 %)Computer Science
1616 (0.560 %)Grid Computing
179 (0.315 %)Web 2.0
188 (0.280 %)Management Information System
197 (0.245 %)Stochastic Calculus
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1407 (14.24 %)UNIX
2267 (9.339 %)Windows
3116 (4.057 %)Linux
451 (1.784 %)Solaris
519 (0.665 %)AIX
519 (0.665 %)Windows Server 2003
613 (0.455 %)Windows XP
712 (0.420 %)VMS
811 (0.385 %)Windows 2000 Server
99 (0.315 %)Red Hat Linux
99 (0.315 %)OpenVMS
99 (0.315 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.035 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (0.035 %)Windows NT
101 (0.035 %)SUSE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1323 (11.30 %)Business Analysis
2282 (9.864 %)Electronic Trading
3249 (8.709 %)OO
4223 (7.800 %)E-Commerce
5222 (7.765 %)Project Management
6221 (7.730 %)Risk Management
7101 (3.533 %)Migration
7101 (3.533 %)Agile Software Development
896 (3.358 %)Asset Management
995 (3.323 %)Workflow
995 (3.323 %)OOD
1091 (3.183 %)PRINCE2
1173 (2.553 %)Algorithmic Trading
1271 (2.483 %)UML
1368 (2.378 %)RAD
1467 (2.343 %)User Acceptance Testing
1563 (2.204 %)ITIL
1660 (2.099 %)Web Development
1755 (1.924 %)TDD
1849 (1.714 %)Change Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1877 (30.68 %)Java
2644 (22.53 %)SQL
3553 (19.34 %)C#
4454 (15.88 %)C++
5242 (8.464 %)VBA
6121 (4.232 %)VC++
799 (3.463 %)Perl
879 (2.763 %)C
971 (2.483 %)VB
1050 (1.749 %)T-SQL
1145 (1.574 %)Shell Script
1241 (1.434 %)JavaScript
1335 (1.224 %)PL/SQL
1428 (0.979 %)Python
1512 (0.420 %)VB.NET
1611 (0.385 %)Korn
178 (0.280 %)DCL
178 (0.280 %)XPath
187 (0.245 %)VB6
195 (0.175 %)Bash shell
London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1124 (4.337 %)Degree
224 (0.839 %)PMI Certification
319 (0.665 %)MCSE
319 (0.665 %)Microsoft Certification
411 (0.385 %)PRINCE2 Certification
510 (0.350 %)ISEB
510 (0.350 %)ACCA
69 (0.315 %)CIMA
78 (0.280 %)PhD
86 (0.210 %)Cisco Certification
86 (0.210 %)CCNA
95 (0.175 %)CFA
95 (0.175 %)MBA
104 (0.140 %)ISEB Practitioner
104 (0.140 %)ISTQB
113 (0.105 %)CCSA
122 (0.070 %)MCP
131 (0.035 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
131 (0.035 %)PMP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
198 (3.428 %)QA
211 (0.385 %)Basel II
36 (0.210 %)COBIT
44 (0.140 %)GAAP
52 (0.070 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.035 %)MiFID
61 (0.035 %)ISO9001
61 (0.035 %)SLA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (0.420 %)MSMQ
210 (0.350 %)OpenSSO
34 (0.140 %)Oracle RMAN
34 (0.140 %)Oracle RAC
41 (0.035 %)Veritas Volume Manager
41 (0.035 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
41 (0.035 %)NFS
41 (0.035 %)Samba
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
121 (0.735 %)AutoSys
214 (0.490 %)Dollar Universe
312 (0.420 %)Tivoli NetView
411 (0.385 %)CONTROL-M
510 (0.350 %)BMC PATROL
64 (0.140 %)Data Guard
72 (0.070 %)NetBackup
72 (0.070 %)Tivoli
81 (0.035 %)HP Quality Center
81 (0.035 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1329 (11.51 %)Oracle
2296 (10.35 %)Sybase
3194 (6.786 %)TIBCO
4136 (4.757 %)ION Trading
5118 (4.127 %)Bloomberg
693 (3.253 %)Microsoft
766 (2.308 %)Murex
851 (1.784 %)Tradeweb
947 (1.644 %)Charles River
1041 (1.434 %)Calypso
1135 (1.224 %)Reuters
1229 (1.014 %)Business Objects
1327 (0.944 %)eSpeed
1425 (0.874 %)Fidessa
1523 (0.804 %)thinkFolio
1621 (0.735 %)Remedy
1719 (0.665 %)SunGard
1719 (0.665 %)Citrix
1719 (0.665 %)DataSynapse
1816 (0.560 %)Sophis