The first table below looks at the demand for Investment Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Investment Management 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 South West 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
Investment Management
Rank 101 134 -
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -
Contract jobs citing Investment Management 7 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.347% 0.062% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.521% 0.091% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £369
% change year-on-year
+5.55% +22.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1344 2204 1843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.63% 68.13% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1360 953
Average daily rate £375 £390 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +1.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 110 129
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £39.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Investment Management
England

Investment Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Investment Management across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West Investment Management Jobs Demand Trend

Investment Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Investment Management across the South West region.

South West Investment Management Daily Rate Trend

Investment Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Investment Management across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West Investment Management Daily Rate Histogram

Investment Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Investment Management across the South West region.

South West Investment Management Hourly Rate Trend

Investment Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Management within the South West 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
Wiltshire +4 4 £350 -
Dorset - 1 £500 -
Somerset - 1 - -
Investment Management
England

Investment Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Investment 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 Investment Management.

1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) ERP
2 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) VBA
3 4 (36.36%) Banking
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Back Office
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Business Objects
5 2 (18.18%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (18.18%) HTTP
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 2 (18.18%) Epicor
5 2 (18.18%) Legal
5 2 (18.18%) Investment Banking
5 2 (18.18%) General Ledger
5 2 (18.18%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (18.18%) Product Management
5 2 (18.18%) Mobile Payment
6 1 (9.091%) Process Architecture
6 1 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (9.091%) REST
6 1 (9.091%) Twitter
6 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
6 1 (9.091%) Degree
6 1 (9.091%) JSON
6 1 (9.091%) Fund Management
6 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting

Investment Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Investment 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 Investment Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (9.091%) REST
1 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
1 1 (9.091%) JSON
1 1 (9.091%) JMS
1 1 (9.091%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) HTTP
2 1 (9.091%) Internet
2 1 (9.091%) HTTPS
2 1 (9.091%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Banking
3 3 (27.27%) Back Office
4 2 (18.18%) Legal
4 2 (18.18%) Investment Banking
4 2 (18.18%) General Ledger
4 2 (18.18%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (9.091%) Retail
5 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Support Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) IT Support
3 2 (18.18%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Applications Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (9.091%) Reference Data
2 1 (9.091%) Derivative
2 1 (9.091%) Equities
2 1 (9.091%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) ERP
2 3 (27.27%) Change Management
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Product Management
4 1 (9.091%) Process Architecture
4 1 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (9.091%) Fund Management
4 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
4 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
4 1 (9.091%) Business Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Asset Management
4 1 (9.091%) Data Management
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
1 5 (45.45%) VBA
2 1 (9.091%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Business Objects
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Epicor
3 1 (9.091%) Twitter
3 1 (9.091%) Wall Street Systems
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle