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This section looks at the demand for Financial Products Markup Language (FpML) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FpML over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial Products Markup Language (FpML)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank133-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.211 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£363
% change on same period last year-9.17 %
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-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads946931
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.248 %0.927 %
Daily rates quoted175132
Average minimum daily rate£311£296
Average daily rate£329£324
% change on same period last year+1.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted8985
Average minimum hourly rate£27.32£25.56
Average hourly rate£30.20£28.70
% change on same period last year+5.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.09£31.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
FpML EnglandFpML
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.

FpML
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing FpML across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West FpML Demand Trend

FpML
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FpML within the North West 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.

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
MerseysideNew entry-1--
ManchesterNew entry-1--
CheshireNew entry-1--
FpML EnglandFpML
England

FpML
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing FpML 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 FpML.

12 (100.00 %)C#
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)XSLT
12 (100.00 %)BizTalk Server
12 (100.00 %)Front Office
12 (100.00 %)Finance
12 (100.00 %)Asset Management
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
12 (100.00 %)Risk Analysis

FpML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing FpML 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 FpML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)XSLT
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (100.00 %)BizTalk Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Front Office
12 (100.00 %)Finance
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)BizTalk Developer
11 (50.00 %)Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)Asset Management
12 (100.00 %)Risk Analysis
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)C#