The first table below looks at the demand for Investment Management 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 Investment Management over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Investment Management
Rank 156 139 162
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +23
Contract jobs citing Investment Management 285 364 375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.316% 1.351% 1.207%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.760% 1.881% 1.696%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 263 266
Average daily rate £500 £550 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £371 £355 £324
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £750 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £369
% change year-on-year
+5.55% +22.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £24.50 £48.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -49.74%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16194 19350 22109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.77% 71.83% 71.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11076 12690 14542
Average daily rate £450 £450 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 340 350
Average hourly rate £30.00 £26.23 £27.23
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.39% -3.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £102.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Investment Management
England

Investment Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Investment Management Jobs Demand Trend

Investment Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Investment Management Daily Rate Trend

Investment Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Investment Management across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Investment Management Daily Rate Histogram

Investment Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Investment Management Hourly Rate Trend

Investment Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Management within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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 -20 121 £500 -9.09%
Canary Wharf -1 10 £500 -10.71%
Docklands, London +6 6 £469 -14.77%
Investment Management
England

Investment Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Investment Management 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 Investment Management.

1 289 (50.00%) Finance
2 276 (47.75%) Asset Management
3 147 (25.43%) Banking
4 106 (18.34%) Front Office
5 91 (15.74%) SQL
5 91 (15.74%) Business Analysis
6 87 (15.05%) Fund Management
7 75 (12.98%) Project Management
8 72 (12.46%) Derivative
9 61 (10.55%) .NET
10 60 (10.38%) Java
10 60 (10.38%) C#
10 60 (10.38%) Investment Banking
11 58 (10.03%) SQL Server
12 56 (9.689%) Fixed Income
13 55 (9.516%) thinkFolio
14 54 (9.343%) Wealth Management
15 52 (8.997%) User Acceptance Testing
16 50 (8.651%) Change Management
17 42 (7.266%) Back Office
18 40 (6.920%) Agile Software Development
19 38 (6.574%) Charles River
19 38 (6.574%) Microsoft
20 36 (6.228%) ASP.NET
20 36 (6.228%) Data Analysis
21 34 (5.882%) Risk Management
22 33 (5.709%) Oracle
23 32 (5.536%) Stakeholder Management
23 32 (5.536%) Equities
24 31 (5.363%) Foreign Exchange (FX)

Investment Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Investment Management 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 Investment Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 61 (10.55%) .NET
2 36 (6.228%) ASP.NET
3 25 (4.325%) XML
4 18 (3.114%) .NET Framework
5 13 (2.249%) Apache Flex
6 10 (1.730%) WinForms
6 10 (1.730%) Middleware
6 10 (1.730%) CSS
6 10 (1.730%) WCF
6 10 (1.730%) WPF
6 10 (1.730%) ASP.NET MVC
7 8 (1.384%) Web Services
7 8 (1.384%) Adobe AIR
7 8 (1.384%) Java EE
8 7 (1.211%) Spring
8 7 (1.211%) WebSphere
8 7 (1.211%) jQuery
8 7 (1.211%) ASP
8 7 (1.211%) Parsley
9 6 (1.038%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 17 (2.941%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.422%) BizTalk Server
3 12 (2.076%) SAS
4 10 (1.730%) ESB
5 9 (1.557%) Confluence
6 6 (1.038%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (0.692%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.519%) MS Exchange
8 3 (0.519%) Lync
8 3 (0.519%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.346%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.346%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.173%) Jetty
10 1 (0.173%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.173%) Apache
10 1 (0.173%) WebLogic Portal
10 1 (0.173%) WebSphere MQ
10 1 (0.173%) CMS
10 1 (0.173%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.173%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 23 (3.979%) MS Excel
2 20 (3.460%) MS Office
3 10 (1.730%) MS Project
4 8 (1.384%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.211%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.346%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (4.325%) LatentZero
2 18 (3.114%) Eagle PACE
3 15 (2.595%) Sentinel
4 14 (2.422%) Minerva
5 12 (2.076%) Capstone
5 12 (2.076%) Tesseract
6 9 (1.557%) Eagle STAR
7 7 (1.211%) LongView
8 5 (0.865%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (0.865%) Global One
9 4 (0.692%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.692%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.692%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.692%) SAP PM
10 3 (0.519%) Taleo
11 2 (0.346%) Oracle ERP
11 2 (0.346%) SimCorp Dimension
11 2 (0.346%) MultiFonds
12 1 (0.173%) Summit
12 1 (0.173%) Beauchamp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.498%) HTTP
2 20 (3.460%) HTTPS
3 12 (2.076%) Internet
4 7 (1.211%) Intranet
5 5 (0.865%) SSL
5 5 (0.865%) Firewall
6 4 (0.692%) DNS
6 4 (0.692%) Network Security
7 3 (0.519%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.519%) WAN
7 3 (0.519%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.519%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.346%) Wireless
8 2 (0.346%) DHCP
8 2 (0.346%) LAN
8 2 (0.346%) LDAP
9 1 (0.173%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.173%) VPN
9 1 (0.173%) Extranet
9 1 (0.173%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (10.03%) SQL Server
2 21 (3.633%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (3.114%) SQL Server 2005
4 11 (1.903%) SQL Server 2008
5 9 (1.557%) Crystal Reports
6 8 (1.384%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.211%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (1.211%) DTS
8 6 (1.038%) SQL Server 2012
8 6 (1.038%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.692%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.519%) MS Access
11 2 (0.346%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.346%) MySQL
11 2 (0.346%) Oracle 8/8i
11 2 (0.346%) Oracle 9i
11 2 (0.346%) Data Mart
12 1 (0.173%) PerformancePoint
12 1 (0.173%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.173%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 18 (3.114%) JIRA
2 10 (1.730%) Maven
3 8 (1.384%) TeamCity
4 7 (1.211%) FlexUnit
5 6 (1.038%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.865%) Subversion
7 4 (0.692%) InstallShield
7 4 (0.692%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.519%) JUnit
8 3 (0.519%) MSTest
8 3 (0.519%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.519%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.346%) WinRunner
9 2 (0.346%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.173%) NUnit
10 1 (0.173%) Git (software)
10 1 (0.173%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.173%) Rational Rose
10 1 (0.173%) WebLogic Workshop
10 1 (0.173%) PHPUnit
General
1 289 (50.00%) Finance
2 147 (25.43%) Banking
3 106 (18.34%) Front Office
4 60 (10.38%) Investment Banking
5 42 (7.266%) Back Office
6 21 (3.633%) Retail
7 20 (3.460%) Financial Institution
8 12 (2.076%) Corporate Banking
9 9 (1.557%) Private Banking
10 8 (1.384%) Legal
11 7 (1.211%) Retail Banking
12 5 (0.865%) Billing
12 5 (0.865%) Marketing
13 4 (0.692%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.519%) Publishing
15 1 (0.173%) International Banking
15 1 (0.173%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.173%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.173%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 305 (52.77%) Analyst
2 230 (39.79%) Business Analyst
3 93 (16.09%) Developer
4 82 (14.19%) Project Manager
5 29 (5.017%) Support Analyst
6 26 (4.498%) .NET Developer
7 24 (4.152%) C# Developer
8 21 (3.633%) Senior Analyst
9 18 (3.114%) Senior Business Analyst
9 18 (3.114%) Programme Manager
10 17 (2.941%) Technical Analyst
10 17 (2.941%) Consultant
11 16 (2.768%) Applications Support
11 16 (2.768%) Data Analyst
11 16 (2.768%) Lead Business Analyst
11 16 (2.768%) C# .NET Developer
12 15 (2.595%) Financial Business Analyst
13 13 (2.249%) Test Analyst
14 12 (2.076%) Java Developer
14 12 (2.076%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 72 (12.46%) Derivative
2 56 (9.689%) Fixed Income
3 32 (5.536%) Equities
4 31 (5.363%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (2.768%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.422%) Reference Data
7 10 (1.730%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.211%) SWIFT
9 6 (1.038%) Mobile Payment
10 5 (0.865%) Mathematics
11 4 (0.692%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.692%) Clustering
11 4 (0.692%) Computer Science
12 3 (0.519%) PKI
12 3 (0.519%) Credit Risk
12 3 (0.519%) Market Risk
12 3 (0.519%) Blackberry
12 3 (0.519%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.346%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.346%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.979%) Windows
2 20 (3.460%) UNIX
3 7 (1.211%) Windows 7
4 5 (0.865%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (0.692%) Windows XP
6 3 (0.519%) Linux
6 3 (0.519%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.346%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.346%) Android
8 1 (0.173%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (47.75%) Asset Management
2 91 (15.74%) Business Analysis
3 87 (15.05%) Fund Management
4 75 (12.98%) Project Management
5 54 (9.343%) Wealth Management
6 52 (8.997%) User Acceptance Testing
7 50 (8.651%) Change Management
8 40 (6.920%) Agile Software Development
9 36 (6.228%) Data Analysis
10 34 (5.882%) Risk Management
11 32 (5.536%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (5.017%) Migration
13 27 (4.671%) UML
14 25 (4.325%) OO
15 24 (4.152%) CRM
15 24 (4.152%) Scrum
16 23 (3.979%) Data Management
17 21 (3.633%) MVC
17 21 (3.633%) Waterfall
18 20 (3.460%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 91 (15.74%) SQL
2 60 (10.38%) Java
2 60 (10.38%) C#
3 25 (4.325%) VBA
4 11 (1.903%) C
5 10 (1.730%) VB
6 9 (1.557%) Shell Script
7 8 (1.384%) T-SQL
7 8 (1.384%) C++
7 8 (1.384%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.211%) VBScript
8 7 (1.211%) VB.NET
9 6 (1.038%) MATLAB
10 5 (0.865%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.692%) ABAP
11 4 (0.692%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.346%) Perl
12 2 (0.346%) PHP
12 2 (0.346%) XPath
13 1 (0.173%) VB6
Qualifications
1 27 (4.671%) Degree
2 7 (1.211%) PMP
2 7 (1.211%) PMI Certification
3 6 (1.038%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 6 (1.038%) CFA
4 5 (0.865%) ISEB
4 5 (0.865%) MBA
5 3 (0.519%) CISSP
5 3 (0.519%) CIMA
5 3 (0.519%) ACCA
6 1 (0.173%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.211%) FATCA
2 6 (1.038%) QA
2 6 (1.038%) MiFID
3 4 (0.692%) SLA
4 3 (0.519%) Solvency II
5 2 (0.346%) Basel III
6 1 (0.173%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 16 (2.768%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.211%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.865%) XenApp
4 2 (0.346%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 1 (0.173%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.173%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 8 (1.384%) Control-M
2 5 (0.865%) SCCM
3 4 (0.692%) WMI
4 3 (0.519%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.346%) Tivoli
5 2 (0.346%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 2 (0.346%) OpenView
Vendors
1 55 (9.516%) thinkFolio
2 38 (6.574%) Charles River
2 38 (6.574%) Microsoft
3 33 (5.709%) Oracle
4 28 (4.844%) Cadis
5 20 (3.460%) Twitter
6 18 (3.114%) Bloomberg
7 15 (2.595%) StatPro
7 15 (2.595%) Business Objects
8 13 (2.249%) Sybase
9 12 (2.076%) SAP
10 10 (1.730%) Informatica
10 10 (1.730%) Citrix
11 8 (1.384%) VMware
11 8 (1.384%) Adobe
12 7 (1.211%) Cisco
12 7 (1.211%) UC4
13 6 (1.038%) InterSystems
13 6 (1.038%) Salesforce.com
13 6 (1.038%) SunGard
City of London
You will meet the following requirements: Strong core BA skills: Business Case Analysis, Requirements gathering, Gap Analysis and specification writing Investment Management or Asset Management background Experience of...
Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
You will meet the following requirements: Strong core BA skills: Business Case Analysis, Requirements gathering, Gap Analysis and specification writing Investment Management or Asset Management background Experience of...
Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
You will meet the following requirements: Strong core BA skills: Business Case Analysis, Requirements gathering, Gap Analysis and specification writing Investment Management or Asset Management background Experience of...
Orgtel
Rate: £425 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
My London based Investment Management client urgently requires a strong Figaro Business Analyst to join their Change team.EXPERIENCE OF IMPLEMENTING FIGARO IS ESSENTIAL.You will also need:-...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
They have demonstrated excellent success in recent times with major client wins covering in excess of 10 locations worldwide, including UK, Europe, South Africa, APAC and USA, for...
Aston Carter
Rate: £15 - £20 per hour
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Business Analyst/Project Manager urgently required by a leading Investment Management firm - this is a unique opportunity to work for the Head of Pricing in a 6-month...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
Microsoft Development Lead, C#, ASP.NET, MVC, platforms (Sharepoint/biztalk/crm) , SQL, Asset Management, Investment Management, Wealth Management... Key roles: -Management of the Microsoft Development technical environment/architecture... -...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
My client, a leading Investment Management firm, requires a Process Analyst to work within their Regulatory Risk team. The successful candidate will be required to participate in the...
Aston Carter
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
My client, a leading investment management firm in the West End have a requirement for a Head of IT / Technology Manager to run there entire IT function consisting...
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £600 - £700 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
product development manager, funds, fund of fund, mutual funds, delivery, investment, UCITS, non-UCITS, IMC, CFA, MBA. Product Development Manager with strong understanding of investment products, investment management...
JM
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013