The first table below looks at the demand for Greeks 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 Greeks over the 3 months to 21 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Greeks
Rank 358 341 337
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -4
Contract jobs citing Greeks 31 64 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.141% 0.237% 0.303%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.189% 0.330% 0.425%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 52 74
Average daily rate £575 £550 £585
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% -5.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £400 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £700 £725
UK excluding London average daily rate £600 - £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16430 19385 21875
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.58% 71.84% 71.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11280 12741 14396
Average daily rate £450 £450 £483
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 335 346
Average hourly rate £31.00 £27.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.72% -1.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Greeks
England

Greeks
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Greeks across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London Greeks Jobs Demand Trend

Greeks
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Greeks Daily Rate Trend

Greeks
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Greeks across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Greeks Daily Rate Histogram

Greeks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Greeks Hourly Rate Trend

Greeks
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Greeks within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 -1 13 £625 +13.63%
Greeks
England

Greeks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Greeks 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 Greeks.

1 34 (58.62%) Front Office
2 32 (55.17%) SQL
3 24 (41.38%) C#
3 24 (41.38%) Java
3 24 (41.38%) Market Risk
4 22 (37.93%) Risk Management
5 21 (36.21%) Derivative
6 20 (34.48%) VBA
6 20 (34.48%) Python
7 19 (32.76%) Data Analysis
8 18 (31.03%) Monte Carlo Method
9 17 (29.31%) Fixed Income
10 16 (27.59%) Analytics
11 15 (25.86%) Jython
12 14 (24.14%) OO
12 14 (24.14%) Business Analysis
12 14 (24.14%) Banking
13 13 (22.41%) Investment Banking
13 13 (22.41%) Finance
13 13 (22.41%) Validation
14 11 (18.97%) CRM
14 11 (18.97%) Basel II
14 11 (18.97%) Equity Derivative
14 11 (18.97%) Credit Derivative
15 10 (17.24%) French Language
15 10 (17.24%) Basel III
15 10 (17.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 10 (17.24%) Oracle
15 10 (17.24%) SQL Server
16 9 (15.52%) C++

Greeks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Greeks 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 Greeks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (13.79%) .NET
2 6 (10.34%) WPF
3 4 (6.897%) XML
4 3 (5.172%) WCF
5 2 (3.448%) JMS
5 2 (3.448%) Servlets
5 2 (3.448%) J2EE
5 2 (3.448%) Reactive Extensions
5 2 (3.448%) MDX
6 1 (1.724%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.724%) Oracle Coherence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.724%) Bloomberg TOMS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.897%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.24%) SQL Server
2 5 (8.621%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (8.621%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (3.448%) OLAP
4 1 (1.724%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 5 (8.621%) ClearCase
2 4 (6.897%) Eclipse
2 4 (6.897%) Ant
3 3 (5.172%) JIRA
3 3 (5.172%) Rhino Mocks
4 2 (3.448%) Hudson
4 2 (3.448%) Maven
5 1 (1.724%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 34 (58.62%) Front Office
2 14 (24.14%) Banking
3 13 (22.41%) Investment Banking
3 13 (22.41%) Finance
4 10 (17.24%) French Language
Job Titles
1 27 (46.55%) Analyst
2 24 (41.38%) Business Analyst
3 21 (36.21%) Market Risk Analyst
4 19 (32.76%) Market Risk Business Analyst
5 18 (31.03%) Developer
6 16 (27.59%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
7 13 (22.41%) Risk Analyst
7 13 (22.41%) Market Analyst
8 9 (15.52%) Java Developer
9 8 (13.79%) Technical Analyst
10 7 (12.07%) Technical Business Analyst
11 5 (8.621%) Project Manager
11 5 (8.621%) C# Developer
11 5 (8.621%) Senior Developer
12 4 (6.897%) Quantitative Analyst
13 3 (5.172%) Senior Analyst
14 2 (3.448%) Tester
14 2 (3.448%) Test Analyst
14 2 (3.448%) Project Analyst
14 2 (3.448%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (41.38%) Market Risk
2 21 (36.21%) Derivative
3 17 (29.31%) Fixed Income
4 11 (18.97%) Equity Derivative
4 11 (18.97%) Credit Derivative
5 10 (17.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (8.621%) Grid Computing
7 4 (6.897%) Management Information System
7 4 (6.897%) Credit Risk
8 2 (3.448%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.448%) Windows
1 2 (3.448%) Linux
2 1 (1.724%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (37.93%) Risk Management
2 19 (32.76%) Data Analysis
3 18 (31.03%) Monte Carlo Method
4 16 (27.59%) Analytics
5 14 (24.14%) OO
5 14 (24.14%) Business Analysis
6 13 (22.41%) Validation
7 11 (18.97%) CRM
8 4 (6.897%) Regression Testing
8 4 (6.897%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (6.897%) Scrum
8 4 (6.897%) Use Case
8 4 (6.897%) Multithreading
8 4 (6.897%) BDD
8 4 (6.897%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (6.897%) TDD
9 3 (5.172%) Software Testing
9 3 (5.172%) Stress Testing
9 3 (5.172%) MVVM
9 3 (5.172%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 32 (55.17%) SQL
2 24 (41.38%) C#
2 24 (41.38%) Java
3 20 (34.48%) VBA
3 20 (34.48%) Python
4 15 (25.86%) Jython
5 9 (15.52%) C++
6 4 (6.897%) Perl
7 3 (5.172%) XAML
Qualifications
1 3 (5.172%) ISTQB
1 3 (5.172%) ISEB
2 2 (3.448%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.97%) Basel II
2 10 (17.24%) Basel III
3 3 (5.172%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (5.172%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (17.24%) Oracle
2 3 (5.172%) Sybase
2 3 (5.172%) Murex
2 3 (5.172%) HP
3 1 (1.724%) Bloomberg