Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Calypso products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Calypso over the 3 months to 19 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 Vendors currently tracked.

LinkCalypso
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank361290217
Rank change year-on-year
Down-71Down-73
Matching contract IT job ads135154552
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.279 %0.390 %0.672 %
As % of the Vendors category0.637 %0.885 %1.549 %
Daily rates quoted7438259
Average daily rate£600£575£625
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.340 %-8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£478£450£500
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£693£700£750
UK excluding London average daily rate£750--
Hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
211921741035634
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK43.87 %44.13 %43.35 %
Daily rates quoted9143508310163
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£230£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£350£360
% change year-on-year
-5.710 %-2.770 %
Hourly rates quoted121613663140
Average hourly rate£20.00£21.50£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.970 %+2.380 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.46£11.50£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.46£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£21.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %+5.000 %

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Calypso Technology.

Calypso
Demand Trend

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

Calypso Demand Trend

Calypso
Daily Rate Trend

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

Calypso Daily Rate Trend

Calypso
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Calypso within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Calypso Daily Rate Histogram

Calypso
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Calypso Hourly Rate Trend

Calypso
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Calypso within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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-67125£600+4.34 %
LondonDown-84125£600+4.34 %
City of LondonDown-6540£550-15.38 %
Canary WharfDown-239£650+8.33 %
Docklands, LondonDown-142£550+11.39 %

Calypso
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Calypso 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 Calypso.

1164 (53.25 %)Derivative
2134 (43.51 %)Back Office
3117 (37.99 %)Java
4107 (34.74 %)Banking
588 (28.57 %)Investment Banking
678 (25.32 %)Murex
678 (25.32 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
773 (23.70 %)Finance
842 (13.64 %)Fixed Income
939 (12.66 %)Front Office
1038 (12.34 %)SQL
1136 (11.69 %)Summit
1136 (11.69 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1136 (11.69 %)Business Analysis
1235 (11.36 %)Migration
1332 (10.39 %)Sophis
1431 (10.06 %)Equity Derivative
1528 (9.091 %)UNIX
1624 (7.792 %)Scrum
1722 (7.143 %)Agile Software Development
1821 (6.818 %)Credit Derivative
1821 (6.818 %)Market Risk
1821 (6.818 %)OO
1920 (6.494 %)XML
1920 (6.494 %)J2EE
1920 (6.494 %)Oracle
1920 (6.494 %)Risk Analysis
2018 (5.844 %)Project Management
2115 (4.870 %)FitNesse
2213 (4.221 %)OOA/OOD

Calypso
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Calypso 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 Calypso. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
120 (6.494 %)XML
120 (6.494 %)J2EE
212 (3.896 %)FpML
37 (2.273 %)JDBC
37 (2.273 %)J2SE
37 (2.273 %)Spring
46 (1.948 %)Hibernate
46 (1.948 %)JMS
53 (0.974 %)Java RMI
53 (0.974 %)JMX
62 (0.649 %)Swing
71 (0.325 %)JSP
71 (0.325 %)XML Messaging
71 (0.325 %)Java SE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (2.273 %)MQSeries
17 (2.273 %)SharePoint
23 (0.974 %)CMS
23 (0.974 %)Confluence
31 (0.325 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (0.649 %)Spreadsheet
12 (0.649 %)MS Excel
21 (0.325 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
136 (11.69 %)Summit
29 (2.922 %)Loan IQ
36 (1.948 %)Sophis RISQUE
36 (1.948 %)Sophis VALUE
45 (1.623 %)Misys Midas
45 (1.623 %)Interwoven Scrittura
45 (1.623 %)Autonomy Scrittura
54 (1.299 %)Front Arena
63 (0.974 %)SunGard GMI
72 (0.649 %)Global One
72 (0.649 %)FENICS FX
72 (0.649 %)Kondor+
81 (0.325 %)Murex MxG2000
81 (0.325 %)SAP FI
81 (0.325 %)SAP Bank Analyzer
81 (0.325 %)Misys Opics
81 (0.325 %)SAP FI-GL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (3.247 %)RDBMS
22 (0.649 %)Oracle 10g
31 (0.325 %)BusinessObjects
31 (0.325 %)Data Mining
31 (0.325 %)Datawarehouse
31 (0.325 %)SQL Server
31 (0.325 %)Oracle 11g
31 (0.325 %)Reference Data
31 (0.325 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
115 (4.870 %)FitNesse
28 (2.597 %)JUnit
36 (1.948 %)Ant
45 (1.623 %)Eclipse
45 (1.623 %)ClearCase
45 (1.623 %)Subversion
54 (1.299 %)QuickTest Pro
63 (0.974 %)JIRA
72 (0.649 %)LoadRunner
72 (0.649 %)TestDirector
81 (0.325 %)Maven
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1134 (43.51 %)Back Office
2107 (34.74 %)Banking
388 (28.57 %)Investment Banking
473 (23.70 %)Finance
539 (12.66 %)Front Office
65 (1.623 %)Construction
65 (1.623 %)Financial Institution
65 (1.623 %)General Ledger
74 (1.299 %)Retail
74 (1.299 %)Insurance
74 (1.299 %)Retail Banking
74 (1.299 %)Telecoms
82 (0.649 %)Law
91 (0.325 %)Health
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1123 (39.94 %)Analyst
2108 (35.06 %)Business Analyst
394 (30.52 %)Developer
474 (24.03 %)Java Developer
561 (19.81 %)Calypso Developer
621 (6.818 %)Risk Analyst
716 (5.195 %)Banking Business Analyst
815 (4.870 %)Sophis Business Analyst
815 (4.870 %)Project Manager
913 (4.221 %)Agile Java Developer
913 (4.221 %)Senior Analyst
1011 (3.571 %)Senior Business Analyst
1110 (3.247 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
128 (2.597 %)Team Leader
137 (2.273 %)Senior Developer
137 (2.273 %)Consultant
145 (1.623 %)Front Office Developer
145 (1.623 %)Programmer
145 (1.623 %)Support Analyst
145 (1.623 %)Market Risk Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1164 (53.25 %)Derivative
278 (25.32 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
342 (13.64 %)Fixed Income
436 (11.69 %)Interest Rate Derivative
531 (10.06 %)Equity Derivative
621 (6.818 %)Credit Derivative
621 (6.818 %)Market Risk
710 (3.247 %)Equities
85 (1.623 %)Credit Risk
85 (1.623 %)DTCC
94 (1.299 %)E-Learning
94 (1.299 %)Open Source
102 (0.649 %)Swaptions
111 (0.325 %)Replication
111 (0.325 %)AS400
111 (0.325 %)French Language
111 (0.325 %)Contract for Difference
111 (0.325 %)Economics
111 (0.325 %)Clustering
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
128 (9.091 %)UNIX
28 (2.597 %)Windows
33 (0.974 %)Linux
42 (0.649 %)Solaris
42 (0.649 %)Windows XP
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
136 (11.69 %)Business Analysis
235 (11.36 %)Migration
324 (7.792 %)Scrum
422 (7.143 %)Agile Software Development
521 (6.818 %)OO
620 (6.494 %)Risk Analysis
718 (5.844 %)Project Management
813 (4.221 %)OOA/OOD
912 (3.896 %)TDD
912 (3.896 %)User Acceptance Testing
1011 (3.571 %)Workflow
1110 (3.247 %)GAP Analysis
125 (1.623 %)Validation
125 (1.623 %)Change Management
125 (1.623 %)Quantitative Analysis
125 (1.623 %)Stress Testing
134 (1.299 %)Software Testing
134 (1.299 %)Test Management
134 (1.299 %)Regression Testing
134 (1.299 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1117 (37.99 %)Java
238 (12.34 %)SQL
38 (2.597 %)VBA
46 (1.948 %)Shell Script
55 (1.623 %)C++
55 (1.623 %)Perl
63 (0.974 %)C
63 (0.974 %)C#
72 (0.649 %)PL/SQL
72 (0.649 %)VB
81 (0.325 %)Korn
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (1.299 %)Degree
14 (1.299 %)CIMA
23 (0.974 %)ISEB
23 (0.974 %)ACCA
31 (0.325 %)OCP
31 (0.325 %)Oracle Certification
31 (0.325 %)PMP
31 (0.325 %)PMI Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.948 %)QA
22 (0.649 %)SLA
31 (0.325 %)Basel II
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.325 %)Veritas Volume Manager
11 (0.325 %)Veritas Cluster Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.974 %)HP Quality Center
22 (0.649 %)AutoSys
31 (0.325 %)NetBackup
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
178 (25.32 %)Murex
232 (10.39 %)Sophis
320 (6.494 %)Oracle
412 (3.896 %)Wall Street Systems
56 (1.948 %)Sybase
65 (1.623 %)Microsoft
65 (1.623 %)Fidessa
65 (1.623 %)SunGard
65 (1.623 %)OpenLink
73 (0.974 %)HP
73 (0.974 %)Accenture
73 (0.974 %)Bloomberg
73 (0.974 %)Temenos
82 (0.649 %)Microgen
82 (0.649 %)Triple Point
82 (0.649 %)Reuters
82 (0.649 %)Veritas
82 (0.649 %)BearingPoint
91 (0.325 %)Misys
91 (0.325 %)Sun