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The table below looks at the demand for Sophis VALUE 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 Sophis VALUE over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSophis VALUE
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank386461
Rank change on same period last yearUp+75
Matching contract IT job ads138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.563 %0.226 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£663£500
Average daily rate£731£650
% change on same period last year+12.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£800£800
UK excluding London average daily rate£550-
% 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 ads23103543
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.252 %3.580 %
Daily rates quoted7591196
Average minimum daily rate£437£464
Average daily rate£473£499
% change on same period last year-5.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£508£534
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£423
% change on same period last year+4.89 %
Hourly rates quoted6490
Average minimum hourly rate£37.45£25.47
Average hourly rate£40.90£27.58
% change on same period last year+48.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£44.35£29.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.75£28.14
% change on same period last year-12.03 %
Sophis VALUE EnglandSophis VALUE
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.

Sophis VALUE
Demand Trend

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

London Sophis VALUE Demand Trend

Sophis VALUE
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Sophis VALUE Daily Rate Trend

Sophis VALUE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sophis VALUE across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London Sophis VALUE Daily Rate Histogram

Sophis VALUE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sophis VALUE within the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
Canary WharfNew entry-2--
City of LondonNew entry-1--
Sophis VALUE EnglandSophis VALUE
England

Sophis VALUE
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Sophis VALUE 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 Sophis VALUE.

119 (100.00 %)Sophis
214 (73.68 %)Derivative
312 (63.16 %)Equity Derivative
411 (57.89 %)Sophis RISQUE
510 (52.63 %)C#
66 (31.58 %)Fund Management
75 (26.32 %)Sophis Toolkit
75 (26.32 %)C++
75 (26.32 %).NET
75 (26.32 %)ASP.NET
75 (26.32 %)Finance
84 (21.05 %)Asset Management
84 (21.05 %)Risk Management
93 (15.79 %)Business Analysis
93 (15.79 %)Investment Management
93 (15.79 %)User Acceptance Testing
93 (15.79 %)RDBMS
93 (15.79 %)SQL
102 (10.53 %)Management Information System
102 (10.53 %)Migration
102 (10.53 %)Requirements Analysis
111 (5.263 %)Agile Software Development
111 (5.263 %)Stress Testing
111 (5.263 %)Fixed Income
111 (5.263 %)Equities
111 (5.263 %)VBA
111 (5.263 %)Data Modelling
111 (5.263 %)Oracle

Sophis VALUE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Sophis VALUE 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 Sophis VALUE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (26.32 %).NET
15 (26.32 %)ASP.NET
15 (26.32 %)Sophis Toolkit
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (57.89 %)Sophis RISQUE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.79 %)RDBMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (26.32 %)Finance
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (78.95 %)Developer
28 (42.11 %)Sophis Developer
34 (21.05 %)Sophis Business Analyst
34 (21.05 %)Business Analyst
34 (21.05 %)Analyst
42 (10.53 %).NET Developer
42 (10.53 %)C# Developer
51 (5.263 %)C++ Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (73.68 %)Derivative
212 (63.16 %)Equity Derivative
32 (10.53 %)Management Information System
41 (5.263 %)Fixed Income
41 (5.263 %)Equities
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (31.58 %)Fund Management
24 (21.05 %)Risk Management
24 (21.05 %)Asset Management
33 (15.79 %)Business Analysis
33 (15.79 %)User Acceptance Testing
33 (15.79 %)Investment Management
42 (10.53 %)Requirements Analysis
42 (10.53 %)Migration
51 (5.263 %)Agile Software Development
51 (5.263 %)Data Modelling
51 (5.263 %)Stress Testing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (52.63 %)C#
25 (26.32 %)C++
33 (15.79 %)SQL
41 (5.263 %)VBA
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (100.00 %)Sophis
21 (5.263 %)Oracle