South East Fund Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Fund Management skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Fund Management over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bristol City of London Docklands, London East of England Edinburgh England Huddersfield Kent London M4 Corridor Norfolk Norwich Reading Scotland South East South West Surrey Tonbridge UK West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	229	265
Rank change on same period last year	+36
Matching contract IT job ads	19	30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.025 %	0.030 %
As % of the category below	0.262 %	0.336 %
Daily rates quoted	6	10
Average minimum daily rate	£475	£440
Average daily rate	£500	£480
% change on same period last year	+4.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£525	£520
UK excluding London average daily rate	£515	£453
% change on same period last year	+13.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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	-
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching contract IT job ads	7239	8941
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.649 %	9.046 %
Daily rates quoted	2063	2489
Average minimum daily rate	£354	£356
Average daily rate	£375	£377
% change on same period last year	-0.38 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£397
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	672	835
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.83	£30.65
Average hourly rate	£29.35	£32.51
% change on same period last year	-9.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.88	£34.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Fund Management across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Fund Management across the South East region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fund Management across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Fund Management across the South East region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fund Management within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Surrey	-8	7	-	-
Kent	+8	4	-	-
Berkshire	+38	4	£450	-
M4 Corridor	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Fund Management 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 Fund Management.

1 14 (58.33 %) Asset Management 2 10 (41.67 %) Finance 3 9 (37.50 %) Investment Management 4 8 (33.33 %) Migration 5 7 (29.17 %) Data Analysis 5 7 (29.17 %) Investment Banking 5 7 (29.17 %) Banking 6 5 (20.83 %) Eagle PACE 6 5 (20.83 %) Data Architecture 7 4 (16.67 %) SQL 7 4 (16.67 %) Datawarehouse 8 3 (12.50 %) DB2 8 3 (12.50 %) UNIX 8 3 (12.50 %) RPG 8 3 (12.50 %) AS400

9 2 (8.333 %) Business Analysis 9 2 (8.333 %) Workflow 9 2 (8.333 %) Project Management 9 2 (8.333 %) Windows 10 1 (4.167 %) AIX 10 1 (4.167 %) Windows 2000 10 1 (4.167 %) RAD 10 1 (4.167 %) RUP 10 1 (4.167 %) DSDM 10 1 (4.167 %) MS Visio 10 1 (4.167 %) SOA 10 1 (4.167 %) Ethernet 10 1 (4.167 %) IBM 10 1 (4.167 %) Active Directory 10 1 (4.167 %) HP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Fund Management 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 Fund Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (4.167 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 5 (20.83 %) Eagle PACE 2 1 (4.167 %) Eagle STAR 2 1 (4.167 %) HiPortfolio
Communications & Networking 1 1 (4.167 %) Ethernet 1 1 (4.167 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (16.67 %) Datawarehouse 2 3 (12.50 %) DB2 3 1 (4.167 %) SQL Server 3 1 (4.167 %) Data Cleansing
Development Applications 1 1 (4.167 %) TestDirector	General 1 10 (41.67 %) Finance 2 7 (29.17 %) Banking 2 7 (29.17 %) Investment Banking 3 1 (4.167 %) Marketing 3 1 (4.167 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 14 (58.33 %) Analyst 2 9 (37.50 %) Business Analyst 3 6 (25.00 %) Project Manager 4 5 (20.83 %) Data Analyst 5 4 (16.67 %) Senior Analyst 5 4 (16.67 %) Business Data Analyst 6 3 (12.50 %) Migration Project Manager 6 3 (12.50 %) Analyst Programmer 6 3 (12.50 %) Programmer 6 3 (12.50 %) Support Analyst 6 3 (12.50 %) Applications Support 7 2 (8.333 %) Senior Programmer 7 2 (8.333 %) Senior Analyst Programmer 7 2 (8.333 %) Senior Support Analyst 8 1 (4.167 %) Infrastructure Manager 8 1 (4.167 %) AS400 Support 8 1 (4.167 %) Senior Infrastructure Analyst 8 1 (4.167 %) Senior Business Analyst 8 1 (4.167 %) Infrastructure Analyst 8 1 (4.167 %) Architect	Miscellaneous 1 3 (12.50 %) AS400 2 1 (4.167 %) Derivative
Operating Systems 1 3 (12.50 %) UNIX 2 2 (8.333 %) Windows 3 1 (4.167 %) AIX 3 1 (4.167 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (58.33 %) Asset Management 2 9 (37.50 %) Investment Management 3 8 (33.33 %) Migration 4 7 (29.17 %) Data Analysis 5 5 (20.83 %) Data Architecture 6 2 (8.333 %) Workflow 6 2 (8.333 %) Business Analysis 6 2 (8.333 %) Project Management 7 1 (4.167 %) Disaster Recovery 7 1 (4.167 %) Risk Assessment 7 1 (4.167 %) RAD 7 1 (4.167 %) RUP 7 1 (4.167 %) DSDM 7 1 (4.167 %) SOA 7 1 (4.167 %) Internet Marketing 7 1 (4.167 %) Zachman Framework 7 1 (4.167 %) TOGAF 7 1 (4.167 %) Data Migration 7 1 (4.167 %) Data Mapping
Programming Languages 1 4 (16.67 %) SQL 2 3 (12.50 %) RPG 3 1 (4.167 %) VB 3 1 (4.167 %) Shell Script	System Software 1 1 (4.167 %) Active Directory 1 1 (4.167 %) VMware ESX 1 1 (4.167 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management 1 1 (4.167 %) WSUS	Vendors 1 1 (4.167 %) IBM 1 1 (4.167 %) HP 1 1 (4.167 %) Intel 1 1 (4.167 %) Citrix 1 1 (4.167 %) VMware 1 1 (4.167 %) Altiris 1 1 (4.167 %) GoldenSource 1 1 (4.167 %) SimCorp