London Risk Analysis Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Risk Analysis skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Risk Analysis over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Risk Analysis
Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Barnsley Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Leeds Liverpool Livingston London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Salisbury Scotland Shropshire Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stockton-on-Tees Surrey Telford UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	297	356
Rank change on same period last year	+59
Matching contract IT job ads	108	122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.143 %	0.122 %
As % of the category below	0.571 %	0.497 %
Daily rates quoted	38	45
Average minimum daily rate	£420	£485
Average daily rate	£440	£515
% change on same period last year	-14.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£459	£546
UK excluding London average daily rate	£374	£319
% change on same period last year	+17.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£21.50
Average hourly rate	-	£23.75
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.15	£28.81
% change on same period last year	+1.17 %
Processes & Methodologies London
Matching contract IT job ads	18924	24528
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	24.97 %	24.43 %
Daily rates quoted	8608	9608
Average minimum daily rate	£411	£416
Average daily rate	£442	£443
% change on same period last year	-0.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£473	£470
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£377
% change on same period last year	+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	627	906
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.18	£28.82
Average hourly rate	£27.93	£30.78
% change on same period last year	-9.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.68	£32.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.34	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+0.55 %
Risk Analysis 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.

Risk Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Risk Analysis across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Risk Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Risk Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Risk Analysis across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Risk Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analysis within the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 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.

Location	Rank 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 London	-17	21	£433	-9.09 %
Luton	-	7	£330	-
Docklands, London	-	2	-	-
Canary Wharf	+10	1	-	-

Risk Analysis England

Risk Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Risk Analysis 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 Risk Analysis.

1 101 (51.53 %) Finance 2 70 (35.71 %) Derivative 3 66 (33.67 %) Banking 4 45 (22.96 %) SQL Server 5 44 (22.45 %) Fixed Income 6 42 (21.43 %) Front Office 7 41 (20.92 %) Oracle 7 41 (20.92 %) SQL 8 37 (18.88 %) Retail 8 37 (18.88 %) Credit Derivative 9 36 (18.37 %) Retail Banking 10 35 (17.86 %) Investment Management 11 34 (17.35 %) .NET 12 31 (15.82 %) C# 13 23 (11.73 %) XML

13 23 (11.73 %) Project Management 13 23 (11.73 %) Microsoft 14 22 (11.22 %) VBA 15 21 (10.71 %) C++ 15 21 (10.71 %) XSLT 16 20 (10.20 %) Risk Management 17 19 (9.694 %) Migration 17 19 (9.694 %) Investment Banking 18 18 (9.184 %) Information Security 18 18 (9.184 %) Oracle 10g 18 18 (9.184 %) Visual Studio 19 17 (8.673 %) Windows 19 17 (8.673 %) DataSynapse 20 16 (8.163 %) UNIX 20 16 (8.163 %) Oracle 8/8i

Risk Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Risk Analysis 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 Risk Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 34 (17.35 %) .NET 2 23 (11.73 %) XML 3 21 (10.71 %) XSLT 4 7 (3.571 %) FpML 5 6 (3.061 %) HTML 5 6 (3.061 %) J2EE 6 4 (2.041 %) ODBC 7 3 (1.531 %) EJB 7 3 (1.531 %) CSS 7 3 (1.531 %) JDBC 7 3 (1.531 %) JSP 7 3 (1.531 %) XSL 7 3 (1.531 %) Swing 7 3 (1.531 %) CGI 8 2 (1.020 %) Spring 8 2 (1.020 %) FIX Protocol 9 1 (0.510 %) ASP.NET 9 1 (0.510 %) ISPF 9 1 (0.510 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 9 (4.592 %) BizTalk Server 2 4 (2.041 %) Apache 2 4 (2.041 %) IIS 3 3 (1.531 %) SharePoint 3 3 (1.531 %) Tomcat 4 2 (1.020 %) JBoss 5 1 (0.510 %) MS Exchange 5 1 (0.510 %) Documentum 5 1 (0.510 %) MQSeries 5 1 (0.510 %) CICS
Applications 1 9 (4.592 %) MS Excel 2 4 (2.041 %) MS Visio 2 4 (2.041 %) MS Project 3 2 (1.020 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (0.510 %) Spreadsheet 4 1 (0.510 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 15 (7.653 %) RMDS 2 4 (2.041 %) Endur 3 1 (0.510 %) SAP PS 3 1 (0.510 %) VisionPLUS 3 1 (0.510 %) ZaiNet
Communications & Networking 1 4 (2.041 %) Network Security 2 3 (1.531 %) HTTP 2 3 (1.531 %) TCP/IP 2 3 (1.531 %) Internet 2 3 (1.531 %) Firewall 3 2 (1.020 %) ADSL 3 2 (1.020 %) ISDN 4 1 (0.510 %) VPN 4 1 (0.510 %) Intrusion Detection	Database & Business Intelligence 1 45 (22.96 %) SQL Server 2 18 (9.184 %) Oracle 10g 3 16 (8.163 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 15 (7.653 %) SQL Server 2005 5 10 (5.102 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 3 (1.531 %) Oracle Reports 6 3 (1.531 %) Oracle 9i 6 3 (1.531 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 2 (1.020 %) MS Access 7 2 (1.020 %) DB2 8 1 (0.510 %) BusinessObjects XI 8 1 (0.510 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 8 1 (0.510 %) Reference Data 8 1 (0.510 %) DTS 8 1 (0.510 %) Data Mining 8 1 (0.510 %) ETL 8 1 (0.510 %) BusinessObjects 8 1 (0.510 %) TOAD 8 1 (0.510 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 8 1 (0.510 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 18 (9.184 %) Visual Studio 2 13 (6.633 %) TestDirector 3 4 (2.041 %) Eclipse 4 2 (1.020 %) QuickTest Pro 4 2 (1.020 %) Rational Rose 5 1 (0.510 %) LoadRunner 5 1 (0.510 %) WinRunner	General 1 101 (51.53 %) Finance 2 66 (33.67 %) Banking 3 42 (21.43 %) Front Office 4 37 (18.88 %) Retail 5 36 (18.37 %) Retail Banking 6 19 (9.694 %) Investment Banking 7 15 (7.653 %) Education 8 12 (6.122 %) Government 9 11 (5.612 %) Financial Institution 10 6 (3.061 %) Back Office 11 5 (2.551 %) Law 12 4 (2.041 %) Legal 13 3 (1.531 %) Marketing 13 3 (1.531 %) Construction 14 2 (1.020 %) Telecoms 14 2 (1.020 %) Advertising 14 2 (1.020 %) Publishing 14 2 (1.020 %) Police 14 2 (1.020 %) Insurance 15 1 (0.510 %) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles 1 39 (19.90 %) Analyst 2 38 (19.39 %) Developer 3 35 (17.86 %) Trainee 4 23 (11.73 %) Project Manager 5 21 (10.71 %) Consultant 6 20 (10.20 %) Risk Analyst 7 17 (8.673 %) Business Analyst 8 13 (6.633 %) C++ Developer 9 12 (6.122 %) Security Consultant 10 10 (5.102 %) C# Developer 11 8 (4.082 %) BizTalk Developer 12 6 (3.061 %) Market Risk Analyst 12 6 (3.061 %) Security Analyst 12 6 (3.061 %) Market Analyst 13 5 (2.551 %) Test Manager 13 5 (2.551 %) Front Office Developer 13 5 (2.551 %) Support Analyst 14 4 (2.041 %) Security Architect 14 4 (2.041 %) Architect 14 4 (2.041 %) Credit Risk Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 70 (35.71 %) Derivative 2 44 (22.45 %) Fixed Income 3 37 (18.88 %) Credit Derivative 4 16 (8.163 %) French Language 5 11 (5.612 %) RMADS 5 11 (5.612 %) Market Risk 6 9 (4.592 %) Credit Risk 6 9 (4.592 %) CESG 7 8 (4.082 %) Equity Derivative 8 6 (3.061 %) CESG CLAS 9 5 (2.551 %) Interest Rate Derivative 9 5 (2.551 %) Equities 10 3 (1.531 %) W3C 10 3 (1.531 %) Interactive TV 11 2 (1.020 %) AS400 11 2 (1.020 %) Management Information System 11 2 (1.020 %) Web 2.0 11 2 (1.020 %) Tandem 11 2 (1.020 %) iDTV 11 2 (1.020 %) Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 17 (8.673 %) Windows 2 16 (8.163 %) UNIX 3 5 (2.551 %) Linux 4 4 (2.041 %) AIX 5 3 (1.531 %) Solaris 6 2 (1.020 %) Red Hat Linux 7 1 (0.510 %) zOS 7 1 (0.510 %) MVS	Processes & Methodologies 1 35 (17.86 %) Investment Management 2 23 (11.73 %) Project Management 3 20 (10.20 %) Risk Management 4 19 (9.694 %) Migration 5 18 (9.184 %) Information Security 6 15 (7.653 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 13 (6.633 %) Asset Management 8 12 (6.122 %) PRINCE2 8 12 (6.122 %) Security Cleared 9 11 (5.612 %) Business Development 10 10 (5.102 %) SC Cleared 11 8 (4.082 %) Risk Assessment 11 8 (4.082 %) Requirements Analysis 11 8 (4.082 %) UML 11 8 (4.082 %) Test Management 12 7 (3.571 %) Business Continuity 12 7 (3.571 %) Stakeholder Management 13 6 (3.061 %) DSDM 13 6 (3.061 %) Technical Architecture 14 5 (2.551 %) RUP
Programming Languages 1 41 (20.92 %) SQL 2 31 (15.82 %) C# 3 22 (11.22 %) VBA 4 21 (10.71 %) C++ 5 8 (4.082 %) C 6 7 (3.571 %) Java 7 4 (2.041 %) JavaScript 8 3 (1.531 %) Perl 8 3 (1.531 %) VC++ 9 2 (1.020 %) RPG 10 1 (0.510 %) VB 10 1 (0.510 %) VB.NET 10 1 (0.510 %) PL/SQL 10 1 (0.510 %) JCL	Qualifications 1 15 (7.653 %) ISEB 2 10 (5.102 %) CISSP 3 6 (3.061 %) ISEB Practitioner 4 5 (2.551 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 3 (1.531 %) Degree 6 2 (1.020 %) CCNA 6 2 (1.020 %) Cisco Certification 7 1 (0.510 %) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (3.571 %) PCI DSS 2 6 (3.061 %) CESG Infosec 3 5 (2.551 %) QA 4 3 (1.531 %) ISO27001 5 2 (1.020 %) COBIT 5 2 (1.020 %) BS7799 5 2 (1.020 %) ISO17799 5 2 (1.020 %) COSO 6 1 (0.510 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 6 1 (0.510 %) Basel II	System Software 1 1 (0.510 %) Active Directory 1 1 (0.510 %) RACF
Systems Management 1 2 (1.020 %) MOM 1 2 (1.020 %) SCOM	Vendors 1 41 (20.92 %) Oracle 2 23 (11.73 %) Microsoft 3 17 (8.673 %) DataSynapse 4 15 (7.653 %) Reuters 5 9 (4.592 %) BT 6 6 (3.061 %) OpenLink 7 3 (1.531 %) Altova 7 3 (1.531 %) VERITAS 8 2 (1.020 %) Sophis 8 2 (1.020 %) NetIQ 8 2 (1.020 %) Remedy 8 2 (1.020 %) Red Hat 8 2 (1.020 %) Cisco 8 2 (1.020 %) IBM 9 1 (0.510 %) Triple Point 9 1 (0.510 %) Infor 9 1 (0.510 %) Qualys 9 1 (0.510 %) Business Objects 9 1 (0.510 %) SAP 9 1 (0.510 %) Progress