The first table below looks at the demand for FIX Protocol skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FIX Protocol over the 3 months to 17 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 Application Development category for the South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
Rank 222 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing FIX Protocol 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.013% - -
As % of the Application Development category 0.051% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 - £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1945 2328 2759
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.89% 22.92% 26.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1021 1162 1249
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £239 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 106 194
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £39.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.65 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £41.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
FIX Protocol
England

FIX Protocol
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing FIX Protocol across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East FIX Protocol Jobs Demand Trend

FIX Protocol
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing FIX Protocol across the South East region.

South East FIX Protocol Daily Rate Trend

FIX Protocol
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing FIX Protocol across the South East region.

South East FIX Protocol Hourly Rate Trend

FIX Protocol
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FIX Protocol within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Berkshire - 1 - -
FIX Protocol
England

FIX Protocol
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing FIX Protocol 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 FIX Protocol.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ICM
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SIGTRAN
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

FIX Protocol
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing FIX Protocol 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 FIX Protocol. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ICM
1 1 (100.00%) SIGTRAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware