Stress Testing Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Stress Testing 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 Stress Testing 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
Stress Testing
Rank 316 314 285
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -29
Contract jobs citing Stress Testing 61 101 161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.282% 0.375% 0.518%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.377% 0.522% 0.728%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 80 96
Average daily rate £550 £550 £588
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £350 £378
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £469 £333
% change year-on-year
-25.33% +40.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
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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%
Stress Testing
England

Stress Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Stress Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Stress Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Stress Testing Daily Rate Trend

Stress Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Stress Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Stress Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Stress Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Stress Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stress Testing 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 -12 22 £475 +10.14%
Canary Wharf +1 3 £800 +77.77%
Stress Testing
England

Stress Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 66 (51.16%) Market Risk
2 59 (45.74%) Banking
3 56 (43.41%) Finance
4 47 (36.43%) SQL
5 45 (34.88%) Risk Management
6 32 (24.81%) Investment Banking
7 26 (20.16%) Front Office
8 23 (17.83%) Data Modelling
9 22 (17.05%) Project Management
9 22 (17.05%) Business Analysis
10 21 (16.28%) UML
11 20 (15.50%) Degree
12 19 (14.73%) Java
13 18 (13.95%) Derivative
14 17 (13.18%) Agile Software Development
14 17 (13.18%) .NET
14 17 (13.18%) MS Excel
15 16 (12.40%) Equities
15 16 (12.40%) Test Scripting
16 15 (11.63%) Performance Testing
16 15 (11.63%) Fixed Income
16 15 (11.63%) Microsoft
17 14 (10.85%) Oracle
17 14 (10.85%) Linux
18 13 (10.08%) XML
18 13 (10.08%) JIRA
18 13 (10.08%) Credit Risk
19 12 (9.302%) SQL Server
20 11 (8.527%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 11 (8.527%) Stakeholder Management

Stress Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 17 (13.18%) .NET
2 13 (10.08%) XML
3 8 (6.202%) SOAP
3 8 (6.202%) Ajax
4 5 (3.876%) JSON
4 5 (3.876%) HTML
4 5 (3.876%) ASP.NET
4 5 (3.876%) soapUI
5 4 (3.101%) Web Services
5 4 (3.101%) jQuery
6 3 (2.326%) REST
6 3 (2.326%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (1.550%) KnockoutJS
7 2 (1.550%) CSS
7 2 (1.550%) Servlets
7 2 (1.550%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.550%) WCF
7 2 (1.550%) LINQ
8 1 (0.775%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.775%) Lucene
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.326%) Oracle Coherence
1 3 (2.326%) SAS
1 3 (2.326%) SharePoint
1 3 (2.326%) Confluence
2 2 (1.550%) Apache
2 2 (1.550%) CMS
3 1 (0.775%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.775%) iPlanet
3 1 (0.775%) ATG Dynamo
3 1 (0.775%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.775%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.775%) Lync
3 1 (0.775%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (0.775%) Amazon S3
3 1 (0.775%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 17 (13.18%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.326%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (1.550%) MS Project
4 1 (0.775%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.775%) MS Office
4 1 (0.775%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 6 (4.651%) Adaptiv
2 1 (0.775%) Summit
2 1 (0.775%) Bloomberg TOMS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.202%) HTTP
2 6 (4.651%) HTTPS
3 5 (3.876%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.775%) Firewall
4 1 (0.775%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.302%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.101%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.326%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (2.326%) DataStage
4 2 (1.550%) MySQL
4 2 (1.550%) QlikView
4 2 (1.550%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.550%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.775%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.775%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.775%) PerformancePoint
5 1 (0.775%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.775%) MS Access
5 1 (0.775%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.775%) DB2
5 1 (0.775%) MarkLogic
5 1 (0.775%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 13 (10.08%) JIRA
2 9 (6.977%) JMeter
3 7 (5.426%) Visual Studio
4 6 (4.651%) Hudson
4 6 (4.651%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (3.876%) Selenium
5 5 (3.876%) ClearCase
5 5 (3.876%) OpenSTA
5 5 (3.876%) Git (software)
6 4 (3.101%) Subversion
7 3 (2.326%) LoadRunner
8 2 (1.550%) Mercurial
8 2 (1.550%) JUnit
8 2 (1.550%) TestDirector
8 2 (1.550%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.775%) NUnit
9 1 (0.775%) QuickTest Pro
9 1 (0.775%) Rhino Mocks
9 1 (0.775%) Moq
General
1 59 (45.74%) Banking
2 56 (43.41%) Finance
3 32 (24.81%) Investment Banking
4 26 (20.16%) Front Office
5 7 (5.426%) Back Office
6 4 (3.101%) Retail
7 3 (2.326%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.550%) Legal
8 2 (1.550%) Marketing
8 2 (1.550%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.775%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.775%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.775%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.775%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 78 (60.47%) Analyst
2 53 (41.09%) Business Analyst
3 42 (32.56%) Market Risk Analyst
4 38 (29.46%) Market Risk Business Analyst
5 28 (21.71%) Risk Analyst
6 20 (15.50%) Market Analyst
7 14 (10.85%) Project Manager
7 14 (10.85%) Test Analyst
8 12 (9.302%) Developer
9 7 (5.426%) Technical Business Analyst
9 7 (5.426%) Tester
10 6 (4.651%) Java Developer
10 6 (4.651%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (4.651%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (4.651%) Solutions Analyst
11 5 (3.876%) Performance Test Analyst
11 5 (3.876%) Banking Business Analyst
11 5 (3.876%) Performance Analyst
11 5 (3.876%) IT Business Analyst
11 5 (3.876%) QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 66 (51.16%) Market Risk
2 18 (13.95%) Derivative
3 16 (12.40%) Equities
4 15 (11.63%) Fixed Income
5 13 (10.08%) Credit Risk
6 11 (8.527%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 11 (8.527%) Credit Derivative
7 6 (4.651%) Open Source
8 4 (3.101%) Blackberry
9 3 (2.326%) Economics
9 3 (2.326%) Swaptions
9 3 (2.326%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.550%) Replication
10 2 (1.550%) Mathematics
11 1 (0.775%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 1 (0.775%) Equity Derivative
11 1 (0.775%) Physics
11 1 (0.775%) Computer Science
11 1 (0.775%) Reference Data
11 1 (0.775%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.85%) Linux
2 7 (5.426%) UNIX
2 7 (5.426%) Windows
3 3 (2.326%) Android
3 3 (2.326%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.550%) Windows Phone 7
4 2 (1.550%) Windows Phone
4 2 (1.550%) Windows Phone 8
5 1 (0.775%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.775%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (0.775%) CentOS
5 1 (0.775%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.775%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (34.88%) Risk Management
2 23 (17.83%) Data Modelling
3 22 (17.05%) Project Management
3 22 (17.05%) Business Analysis
4 21 (16.28%) UML
5 17 (13.18%) Agile Software Development
6 16 (12.40%) Test Scripting
7 15 (11.63%) Performance Testing
8 11 (8.527%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (8.527%) Integration Testing
9 10 (7.752%) Monte Carlo Method
10 9 (6.977%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (6.977%) Analytics
10 9 (6.977%) User Stories
11 8 (6.202%) Data Analysis
12 7 (5.426%) Use Case
12 7 (5.426%) Security Testing
12 7 (5.426%) Regression Testing
12 7 (5.426%) ETL
12 7 (5.426%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 47 (36.43%) SQL
2 19 (14.73%) Java
3 9 (6.977%) C#
4 7 (5.426%) JavaScript
4 7 (5.426%) VBA
5 5 (3.876%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.326%) Objective-C
6 3 (2.326%) C++
6 3 (2.326%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.550%) VB
7 2 (1.550%) C
7 2 (1.550%) Perl
8 1 (0.775%) Ruby
8 1 (0.775%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.775%) Python
8 1 (0.775%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (15.50%) Degree
2 6 (4.651%) Postgraduate
3 3 (2.326%) DV Cleared
3 3 (2.326%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.775%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.775%) ISEB
4 1 (0.775%) RHCE
4 1 (0.775%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.752%) QA
2 8 (6.202%) Basel II
3 6 (4.651%) Basel III
4 2 (1.550%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 7 (5.426%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.550%) Nagios
3 1 (0.775%) ZABBIX
3 1 (0.775%) Cacti
3 1 (0.775%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (11.63%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.85%) Oracle
3 8 (6.202%) Murex
4 7 (5.426%) Algorithmics
5 6 (4.651%) SunGard
6 5 (3.876%) Bloomberg
7 4 (3.101%) IBM
8 3 (2.326%) Calypso
9 2 (1.550%) Wall Street Systems
9 2 (1.550%) Perforce
9 2 (1.550%) Reuters
10 1 (0.775%) Sophis
10 1 (0.775%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.775%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.775%) ATG
10 1 (0.775%) JBoss
10 1 (0.775%) HP
10 1 (0.775%) BEA
10 1 (0.775%) Cognos
10 1 (0.775%) Business Objects
QA / Test Analyst - Trading Systems, OTC Derivatives, Futures
City, London
Knowledge of credit derivatives, bonds, swaps and commodities trading is beneficial... Technical Skills *.NET and Microsoft Technologies *Experience using PerfMon *PowerShell, basic scripting skills *Knowledge of MS SQL...
Streamline Connections
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
QA / Test Analyst - Trading Systems, OTC Derivatives, Futures
City of London
Knowledge of credit derivatives, bonds, swaps and commodities trading is beneficial... Technical Skills *.NET and Microsoft Technologies *Experience using PerfMon *PowerShell, basic scripting skills *Knowledge of MS SQL...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stress Testing Analyst
London
Incumbent will focus on financial stress testing, sensitivity analysis and capital impact analysis * Previous stress testing experience is essential for the role and the job will involve taking...
Aston Carter
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
ASP.NET, SQL, ANALYST DEVELOPER, BANKING, LONDON
City, London
A leading global investment bank are currently recruiting for a strong Analyst Developer with ASP.Net and excellent SQL skills to work in a reference data IT team...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Market Risk Reporting Analyst
City, London
This person will be responsible for end-to-end process of collating market risk data with overall ownership of the Equity Derivatives Business, both global and regional... Ownership...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Engineer
London
SPIRENT/ IXIA/ LoadRunner / Performance testing / Networking / Stress Testing / Scripts Fantastic role working for the most innovative company in IT today at the forefront of Cloud based Solutions!... - Good...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Data Delivery PM, Regulatory/Credit Risk, £600-650
City of London
Data Project Manager, London, Banking, Reference/Client Data, Transformation/Integration, £600-650 per day A key banking client in London urgently requires a Data PM to govern and...
Orgtel
Rate: £600 - £650 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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