Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Reuters Market Data System (RMDS) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RMDS over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReuters Market Data System (RMDS)
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank330306
Rank change on same period last yearDown-24
Matching contract IT job ads42166
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.177 %
As % of the category below2.066 %5.020 %
Daily rates quoted2690
Average minimum daily rate£358£453
Average daily rate£390£476
% change on same period last year-18.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£499
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
London
Matching contract IT job ads20333307
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.224 %3.520 %
Daily rates quoted6381084
Average minimum daily rate£433£473
Average daily rate£468£510
% change on same period last year-8.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£502£548
UK excluding London average daily rate£447£433
% change on same period last year+3.19 %
Hourly rates quoted4038
Average minimum hourly rate£37.41£27.65
Average hourly rate£40.19£32.56
% change on same period last year+23.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.96£37.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.58£27.18
% change on same period last year+8.86 %
RMDS EnglandRMDS
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.

RMDS
Demand Trend

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

London RMDS Demand Trend

RMDS
Daily Rate Trend

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

London RMDS Daily Rate Trend

RMDS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RMDS across the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

London RMDS Daily Rate Histogram

RMDS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London RMDS Hourly Rate Trend

RMDS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RMDS within the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 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-4127£390-16.97 %
Canary WharfUp+122--
Docklands, LondonUp+241--
RMDS EnglandRMDS
England

RMDS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing RMDS 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 RMDS.

1105 (79.55 %)Reuters
284 (63.64 %)Banking
378 (59.09 %)Bloomberg
464 (48.48 %)Finance
552 (39.39 %)UNIX
643 (32.58 %)Investment Banking
741 (31.06 %)Windows
834 (25.76 %)Linux
932 (24.24 %)Retail
932 (24.24 %)Retail Banking
932 (24.24 %)Investment Management
1030 (22.73 %)Solaris
1121 (15.91 %)Front Office
1219 (14.39 %)TCP/IP
1318 (13.64 %)Cisco
1318 (13.64 %)C#
1318 (13.64 %).NET
1318 (13.64 %)Oracle
1318 (13.64 %)Migration
1318 (13.64 %)Derivative
1417 (12.88 %)Web Design
1417 (12.88 %)Mitel
1516 (12.12 %)SQL Server
1516 (12.12 %)XML
1516 (12.12 %)VBA
1615 (11.36 %)Oracle 8/8i
1615 (11.36 %)XSLT
1615 (11.36 %)Oracle 10g
1615 (11.36 %)RDF
1615 (11.36 %)SQL Server 2005

RMDS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing RMDS 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 RMDS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (13.64 %).NET
216 (12.12 %)XML
315 (11.36 %)XSLT
42 (1.515 %)WinForms
51 (0.758 %)Adobe Flex
51 (0.758 %)FpML
51 (0.758 %)WebServices
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (6.818 %)Rendezvous
23 (2.273 %)Office Communications Server
31 (0.758 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (0.758 %)IIS
31 (0.758 %)Lotus Notes
31 (0.758 %)MS Exchange
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (5.303 %)Spreadsheet
24 (3.030 %)MS Office
33 (2.273 %)MS Excel
41 (0.758 %)MS Visio
41 (0.758 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.758 %)MS Project
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (14.39 %)TCP/IP
26 (4.545 %)LAN
26 (4.545 %)WAN
33 (2.273 %)Ethernet
41 (0.758 %)DHCP
41 (0.758 %)DNS
41 (0.758 %)Internet
41 (0.758 %)Firewall
41 (0.758 %)Cisco PIX
41 (0.758 %)Cisco ASA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (12.12 %)SQL Server
215 (11.36 %)Oracle 8/8i
215 (11.36 %)Oracle 10g
215 (11.36 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (5.303 %)DTS
41 (0.758 %)SQL Server 2000
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.515 %)ClearCase
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
184 (63.64 %)Banking
264 (48.48 %)Finance
343 (32.58 %)Investment Banking
432 (24.24 %)Retail Banking
432 (24.24 %)Retail
521 (15.91 %)Front Office
615 (11.36 %)Education
74 (3.030 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.758 %)Back Office
81 (0.758 %)Construction
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
132 (24.24 %)Trainee
228 (21.21 %)Analyst
323 (17.42 %)Support Analyst
422 (16.67 %)Data Analyst
422 (16.67 %)Market Data Analyst
422 (16.67 %)Market Analyst
514 (10.61 %)Data Architect
514 (10.61 %)Architect
67 (5.303 %)Developer
75 (3.788 %)Technical Support
84 (3.030 %)Technical Support Analyst
84 (3.030 %)Technical Analyst
93 (2.273 %)Senior Support Analyst
93 (2.273 %)C# Developer
93 (2.273 %)Business Data Analyst
93 (2.273 %)Systems Engineer
93 (2.273 %)Senior Analyst
93 (2.273 %)Business Analyst
102 (1.515 %)Support Engineer
102 (1.515 %)Infrastructure Engineer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (13.64 %)Derivative
215 (11.36 %)French Language
215 (11.36 %)Credit Derivative
311 (8.333 %)Equities
42 (1.515 %)Equity Derivative
42 (1.515 %)Multithreading
42 (1.515 %)Data Integration
51 (0.758 %)Blackberry
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
152 (39.39 %)UNIX
241 (31.06 %)Windows
334 (25.76 %)Linux
430 (22.73 %)Solaris
59 (6.818 %)Windows XP
61 (0.758 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.758 %)Red Hat Linux
61 (0.758 %)Windows 2000
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
132 (24.24 %)Investment Management
218 (13.64 %)Migration
317 (12.88 %)Web Design
415 (11.36 %)RDF
415 (11.36 %)Risk Analysis
510 (7.576 %)ITIL
68 (6.061 %)User Acceptance Testing
77 (5.303 %)Release Management
86 (4.545 %)Service Delivery
94 (3.030 %)Service Management
103 (2.273 %)Integration Testing
112 (1.515 %)Business Analysis
112 (1.515 %)Project Management
121 (0.758 %)Benchmarking
121 (0.758 %)Validation
121 (0.758 %)Data Analysis
121 (0.758 %)Technical Architecture
121 (0.758 %)Fund Management
121 (0.758 %)Data Architecture
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (13.64 %)C#
216 (12.12 %)VBA
314 (10.61 %)Shell Script
410 (7.576 %)Perl
58 (6.061 %)C++
63 (2.273 %)Java
71 (0.758 %)JavaScript
71 (0.758 %)SQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (0.758 %)ITIL Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (1.515 %)Active Directory
21 (0.758 %)Backup Exec
21 (0.758 %)MSMQ
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.758 %)TIBCO Hawk
11 (0.758 %)WSUS
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1105 (79.55 %)Reuters
278 (59.09 %)Bloomberg
318 (13.64 %)Oracle
318 (13.64 %)Cisco
417 (12.88 %)Mitel
513 (9.848 %)TIBCO
612 (9.091 %)CQG
710 (7.576 %)Telerate
88 (6.061 %)Wall Street Systems
97 (5.303 %)GL TRADE
106 (4.545 %)Sybase
106 (4.545 %)Microsoft
113 (2.273 %)Radianz
121 (0.758 %)BT
121 (0.758 %)HP
121 (0.758 %)VERITAS
121 (0.758 %)Lotus
121 (0.758 %)Red Hat
121 (0.758 %)IBM