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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Calypso Developer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Calypso Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Calypso Developer
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank446431444
Rank change year-on-year
Down-15Up+13
Matching contract IT job ads2814164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.058 %0.035 %0.201 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.063 %0.039 %0.216 %
Daily rates quoted113109
Average daily rate£550£600£675
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.330 %-11.11 %
UK excluding London average daily rate---
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
442443633176008
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.49 %91.40 %93.07 %
Daily rates quoted201801157423442
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£213£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£350
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted253630426701
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.500 %-9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.60£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00 %-9.090 %

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.

Calypso Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Calypso Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Calypso Developer Demand Trend

Calypso Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Calypso Developer within the UK.

Calypso Developer Daily Rate Trend

Calypso Developer
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Calypso Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-3326£550-8.33 %
LondonDown-5626£550-8.33 %
City of LondonDown-597£550-
Canary WharfDown-272£625+4.16 %

Calypso Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Calypso Developer in their job title 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 with Calypso Developer in their job title.

162 (100.00 %)Calypso
261 (98.39 %)Java
335 (56.45 %)Derivative
433 (53.23 %)Back Office
518 (29.03 %)OO
613 (20.97 %)OOA/OOD
613 (20.97 %)Scrum
710 (16.13 %)Fixed Income
710 (16.13 %)Front Office
88 (12.90 %)Credit Derivative
88 (12.90 %)Oracle
97 (11.29 %)Finance
105 (8.065 %)J2SE
105 (8.065 %)UNIX
105 (8.065 %)Investment Banking
105 (8.065 %)Banking
114 (6.452 %)Open Source
114 (6.452 %)JDBC
114 (6.452 %)XML
114 (6.452 %)MQSeries
114 (6.452 %)Sybase
114 (6.452 %)SQL
114 (6.452 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
114 (6.452 %)Shell Script
123 (4.839 %)RDBMS
123 (4.839 %)VBA
123 (4.839 %)Perl
123 (4.839 %)User Acceptance Testing
132 (3.226 %)Unit Testing
132 (3.226 %)Continuous Integration

Calypso Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Calypso Developer in their job title 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 with Calypso Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (8.065 %)J2SE
24 (6.452 %)JDBC
24 (6.452 %)XML
32 (3.226 %)J2EE
32 (3.226 %)JMS
32 (3.226 %)Java RMI
32 (3.226 %)JMX
41 (1.613 %)Hibernate
41 (1.613 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (6.452 %)MQSeries
21 (1.613 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (3.226 %)FENICS FX
21 (1.613 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (4.839 %)RDBMS
21 (1.613 %)Oracle 10g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.613 %)JUnit
11 (1.613 %)Maven
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
133 (53.23 %)Back Office
210 (16.13 %)Front Office
37 (11.29 %)Finance
45 (8.065 %)Investment Banking
45 (8.065 %)Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
135 (56.45 %)Derivative
210 (16.13 %)Fixed Income
38 (12.90 %)Credit Derivative
44 (6.452 %)Open Source
44 (6.452 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
52 (3.226 %)Equity Derivative
52 (3.226 %)DTCC
61 (1.613 %)Interest Rate Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (8.065 %)UNIX
22 (3.226 %)Windows
22 (3.226 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
118 (29.03 %)OO
213 (20.97 %)OOA/OOD
213 (20.97 %)Scrum
33 (4.839 %)User Acceptance Testing
42 (3.226 %)Unit Testing
42 (3.226 %)Continuous Integration
42 (3.226 %)Refactoring
42 (3.226 %)Cash Management
42 (3.226 %)Agile Software Development
51 (1.613 %)Migration
51 (1.613 %)Workflow
51 (1.613 %)Time Management
51 (1.613 %)Data Migration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
161 (98.39 %)Java
24 (6.452 %)SQL
24 (6.452 %)Shell Script
33 (4.839 %)VBA
33 (4.839 %)Perl
41 (1.613 %)C
41 (1.613 %)C#
41 (1.613 %)C++
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (3.226 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.613 %)AutoSys
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
162 (100.00 %)Calypso
28 (12.90 %)Oracle
34 (6.452 %)Sybase
42 (3.226 %)Reuters
42 (3.226 %)Bloomberg
51 (1.613 %)Murex