SWIFT 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 prevalence of the term SWIFT in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SWIFT over the 3 months to 22 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)
Rank 274 300 280
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -20
Contract jobs citing SWIFT 113 118 155
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.514% 0.432% 0.506%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.553% 1.350% 1.337%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 82 100
Average daily rate £500 £465 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.52% -7.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £276 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £718 £613
UK excluding London average daily rate £385 £391 £450
% change year-on-year
-1.53% -13.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £17.93 £46.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-61.02% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.25 - £29.00
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 7277 8743 11592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.09% 31.98% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5057 5942 7822
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 213 195
Average hourly rate £23.00 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.22% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
SWIFT
England

SWIFT
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SWIFT across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

London SWIFT Jobs Demand Trend

SWIFT
Daily Rate Trend

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

London SWIFT Daily Rate Trend

SWIFT
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SWIFT across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London SWIFT Daily Rate Histogram

SWIFT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London SWIFT Hourly Rate Trend

SWIFT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SWIFT within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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 +9 56 £469 -1.31%
Canary Wharf -5 2 £500 +5.26%
Bromley - 1 - -
SWIFT
England

SWIFT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SWIFT 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 SWIFT.

1 98 (54.75%) Banking
2 68 (37.99%) Finance
3 42 (23.46%) Oracle
4 39 (21.79%) SQL
5 36 (20.11%) UNIX
6 35 (19.55%) XML
7 34 (18.99%) Investment Banking
8 31 (17.32%) IBM
9 30 (16.76%) Java
10 27 (15.08%) Windows
10 27 (15.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 26 (14.53%) Cash Management
12 23 (12.85%) SQL Server
13 19 (10.61%) TIBCO
14 18 (10.06%) Back Office
15 17 (9.497%) Sybase
15 17 (9.497%) WebSphere
16 16 (8.939%) Business Analysis
16 16 (8.939%) Retail
17 15 (8.380%) .NET
18 14 (7.821%) Windows Server 2003
18 14 (7.821%) Change Management
18 14 (7.821%) ESB
19 13 (7.263%) Use Case
19 13 (7.263%) WebSphere Message Broker
19 13 (7.263%) Software AG
19 13 (7.263%) ITIL
20 12 (6.704%) Microsoft
20 12 (6.704%) Project Management
20 12 (6.704%) WebSphere MQ

SWIFT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SWIFT 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 SWIFT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 35 (19.55%) XML
2 17 (9.497%) WebSphere
3 15 (8.380%) .NET
4 11 (6.145%) Middleware
5 9 (5.028%) J2EE
6 7 (3.911%) XSL
7 6 (3.352%) FIXML
7 6 (3.352%) HTML
8 5 (2.793%) .NET Framework
8 5 (2.793%) JSP
8 5 (2.793%) ASP.NET
8 5 (2.793%) ODBC
8 5 (2.793%) OLE DB
8 5 (2.793%) WSDL
9 4 (2.235%) FpML
9 4 (2.235%) ASP
9 4 (2.235%) EDIFACT
10 3 (1.676%) SAP Basis
10 3 (1.676%) Spring
10 3 (1.676%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 14 (7.821%) ESB
2 13 (7.263%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 12 (6.704%) WebSphere MQ
4 5 (2.793%) Alfresco
4 5 (2.793%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
4 5 (2.793%) IIS
4 5 (2.793%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.793%) Apache
4 5 (2.793%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.676%) SAP Portal
5 3 (1.676%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (1.676%) NetWeaver
6 2 (1.117%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (1.117%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.559%) MQSeries
Applications
1 11 (6.145%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.352%) MS Office
3 5 (2.793%) Fireworks
4 4 (2.235%) MS Excel
5 2 (1.117%) MS Project
6 1 (0.559%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.793%) Temenos T24
1 5 (2.793%) MultiFonds
2 3 (1.676%) SAP GTS
2 3 (1.676%) Global One
3 2 (1.117%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.117%) Summit
4 1 (0.559%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.559%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.559%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.559%) Front Arena
4 1 (0.559%) Beauchamp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.911%) Internet
2 5 (2.793%) Firewall
3 2 (1.117%) SWIFTNet
4 1 (0.559%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.559%) AMQP
4 1 (0.559%) SSH
4 1 (0.559%) HTTP
4 1 (0.559%) TELNET
4 1 (0.559%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (12.85%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.469%) DB2
3 5 (2.793%) MySQL
3 5 (2.793%) MS Access
3 5 (2.793%) OLTP
4 3 (1.676%) GIS
4 3 (1.676%) SAP BW
5 2 (1.117%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (1.117%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.117%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.559%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (0.559%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.559%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.559%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.559%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (0.559%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 5 (2.793%) WinDbg
1 5 (2.793%) Axure RP
2 2 (1.117%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.117%) JUnit
2 2 (1.117%) jMock
3 1 (0.559%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.559%) TestNG
General
1 98 (54.75%) Banking
2 68 (37.99%) Finance
3 34 (18.99%) Investment Banking
4 18 (10.06%) Back Office
5 16 (8.939%) Retail
6 9 (5.028%) Corporate Banking
7 8 (4.469%) Legal
8 7 (3.911%) Financial Institution
9 6 (3.352%) Retail Banking
9 6 (3.352%) International Banking
10 2 (1.117%) Front Office
11 1 (0.559%) Wholesale Banking
11 1 (0.559%) Billing
11 1 (0.559%) Advertising
11 1 (0.559%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (46.93%) Analyst
2 43 (24.02%) Business Analyst
3 24 (13.41%) Support Analyst
4 22 (12.29%) Consultant
5 21 (11.73%) Developer
5 21 (11.73%) Payments Business Analyst
6 18 (10.06%) Architect
7 9 (5.028%) Java Developer
7 9 (5.028%) Project Manager
8 7 (3.911%) WebSphere Developer
8 7 (3.911%) Applications Support
8 7 (3.911%) Test Analyst
9 6 (3.352%) Process Analyst
9 6 (3.352%) Security Consultant
9 6 (3.352%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.352%) Business Process Analyst
9 6 (3.352%) Applications Support Analyst
10 5 (2.793%) Operations Support Analyst
10 5 (2.793%) Operations Analyst
10 5 (2.793%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 9 (5.028%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.469%) Equities
4 5 (2.793%) Smartphone
4 5 (2.793%) Psychology
4 5 (2.793%) iPad
4 5 (2.793%) Open Source
4 5 (2.793%) Tandem
4 5 (2.793%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.676%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.117%) NHS
6 2 (1.117%) PMI
6 2 (1.117%) APACS
6 2 (1.117%) Derivative
7 1 (0.559%) Statistics
7 1 (0.559%) CMDB
7 1 (0.559%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.559%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.559%) Physics
7 1 (0.559%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 36 (20.11%) UNIX
2 27 (15.08%) Windows
3 14 (7.821%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (6.145%) Solaris
4 11 (6.145%) Windows XP
5 7 (3.911%) zOS
6 5 (2.793%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.117%) Linux
8 1 (0.559%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.559%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (14.53%) Cash Management
2 16 (8.939%) Business Analysis
3 14 (7.821%) Change Management
4 13 (7.263%) Use Case
4 13 (7.263%) ITIL
5 12 (6.704%) Project Management
5 12 (6.704%) Migration
5 12 (6.704%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (6.145%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (5.587%) Asset Management
7 10 (5.587%) Waterfall
8 9 (5.028%) Risk Management
8 9 (5.028%) E-Commerce
9 8 (4.469%) ERP
9 8 (4.469%) Information Security
9 8 (4.469%) Service Management
9 8 (4.469%) Investment Management
10 7 (3.911%) Time Management
10 7 (3.911%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (3.911%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 39 (21.79%) SQL
2 30 (16.76%) Java
3 10 (5.587%) Perl
4 7 (3.911%) C
4 7 (3.911%) C#
4 7 (3.911%) COBOL
5 5 (2.793%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.793%) VBScript
5 5 (2.793%) VB
6 3 (1.676%) Korn
6 3 (1.676%) ABAP
7 2 (1.117%) Bourne shell
7 2 (1.117%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.559%) XPath
8 1 (0.559%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.559%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 7 (3.911%) SC Cleared
1 7 (3.911%) Security Cleared
1 7 (3.911%) CISSP
2 5 (2.793%) Degree
2 5 (2.793%) CISM
3 4 (2.235%) ISEB
4 2 (1.117%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.117%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.469%) COBIT
2 3 (1.676%) SLA
3 2 (1.117%) FATCA
3 2 (1.117%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.117%) QA
4 1 (0.559%) Basel III
System Software
1 3 (1.676%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (4.469%) Tivoli
2 4 (2.235%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 42 (23.46%) Oracle
2 31 (17.32%) IBM
3 19 (10.61%) TIBCO
4 17 (9.497%) Sybase
5 13 (7.263%) Software AG
6 12 (6.704%) Microsoft
7 11 (6.145%) Misys
8 8 (4.469%) SAP
8 8 (4.469%) GoldenSource
9 7 (3.911%) Thunderhead
9 7 (3.911%) Citrix
9 7 (3.911%) OpenLink
10 5 (2.793%) Mercator
10 5 (2.793%) Lotus
10 5 (2.793%) Plumtree
11 4 (2.235%) JBoss
12 3 (1.676%) T-Plan
12 3 (1.676%) IXOS
12 3 (1.676%) Bloomberg
13 2 (1.117%) Calypso
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