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 8 February 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
8 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank310346224
Rank change year-on-year
Up+36Down-122
Matching contract IT job ads155133568
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.356 %0.288 %0.705 %
As % of the Vendors category0.808 %0.667 %1.607 %
Daily rates quoted8750230
Average daily rate£550£600£625
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.330 %-4.000 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£481£498£503
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£685£700£725
UK excluding London average daily rate£825£625-
% change year-on-year
+32.00 %-
Hourly rates quoted002
Average hourly rate--£20.00
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
191731995035349
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK43.99 %43.25 %43.90 %
Daily rates quoted792356579842
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£225£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£350£350
% change year-on-year
-3.570 %-
Hourly rates quoted118418173118
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£20.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %+7.750 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£12.00£11.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£40.00£38.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-20.45 %+10.00 %

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 8 February 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 8 February 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
EnglandUp+20147£550-8.33 %
LondonDown-11147£550-8.33 %
City of LondonDown-3257£550-8.33 %
Canary WharfDown-253--
Docklands, LondonDown-161£525-2.32 %

Calypso
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 February 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.

1144 (47.06 %)Derivative
2138 (45.10 %)Back Office
3120 (39.22 %)Java
4112 (36.60 %)Banking
591 (29.74 %)Investment Banking
685 (27.78 %)Finance
778 (25.49 %)Murex
870 (22.88 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
952 (16.99 %)Fixed Income
1045 (14.71 %)Front Office
1140 (13.07 %)SQL
1239 (12.75 %)Summit
1338 (12.42 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1432 (10.46 %)Business Analysis
1530 (9.804 %)XML
1629 (9.477 %)UNIX
1727 (8.824 %)Market Risk
1826 (8.497 %)J2EE
1925 (8.170 %)Migration
2023 (7.516 %)Oracle
2122 (7.190 %)Scrum
2221 (6.863 %)Agile Software Development
2319 (6.209 %)Risk Analysis
2319 (6.209 %)FpML
2319 (6.209 %)OO
2418 (5.882 %)Risk Management
2517 (5.556 %)Credit Derivative
2616 (5.229 %)Project Management
2715 (4.902 %)User Acceptance Testing
2813 (4.248 %)FitNesse

Calypso
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 February 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
130 (9.804 %)XML
226 (8.497 %)J2EE
319 (6.209 %)FpML
48 (2.614 %)JMS
57 (2.288 %)Spring
57 (2.288 %)JDBC
66 (1.961 %)J2SE
75 (1.634 %)Hibernate
84 (1.307 %)Java RMI
93 (0.980 %)Swing
102 (0.654 %)JMX
111 (0.327 %)Java SE
111 (0.327 %)XML Messaging
111 (0.327 %)Middleware
111 (0.327 %)JSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
16 (1.961 %)MQSeries
16 (1.961 %)SharePoint
23 (0.980 %)Confluence
23 (0.980 %)CMS
31 (0.327 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (0.980 %)MS Excel
22 (0.654 %)MS Project
22 (0.654 %)MS Visio
22 (0.654 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
139 (12.75 %)Summit
29 (2.941 %)Brady Trinity
36 (1.961 %)Front Arena
36 (1.961 %)Loan IQ
45 (1.634 %)Misys Midas
54 (1.307 %)Endur
63 (0.980 %)Autonomy Scrittura
63 (0.980 %)Interwoven Scrittura
63 (0.980 %)Murex MxG2000
72 (0.654 %)Global One
81 (0.327 %)SAP Bank Analyzer
81 (0.327 %)SAP FI-GL
81 (0.327 %)Sophis VALUE
81 (0.327 %)SunGard GMI
81 (0.327 %)Misys Opics
81 (0.327 %)Beauchamp
81 (0.327 %)Sophis RISQUE
81 (0.327 %)SAP FI
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (3.922 %)RDBMS
23 (0.980 %)SQL Server
32 (0.654 %)OLAP
32 (0.654 %)Oracle 10g
41 (0.327 %)Reference Data
41 (0.327 %)Oracle 11g
41 (0.327 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (0.327 %)Datawarehouse
41 (0.327 %)BusinessObjects
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (4.248 %)FitNesse
26 (1.961 %)Ant
35 (1.634 %)Subversion
35 (1.634 %)ClearCase
35 (1.634 %)Eclipse
35 (1.634 %)JUnit
43 (0.980 %)JIRA
43 (0.980 %)TestDirector
43 (0.980 %)QuickTest Pro
52 (0.654 %)LoadRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1138 (45.10 %)Back Office
2112 (36.60 %)Banking
391 (29.74 %)Investment Banking
485 (27.78 %)Finance
545 (14.71 %)Front Office
65 (1.634 %)Construction
74 (1.307 %)Financial Institution
74 (1.307 %)Telecoms
74 (1.307 %)Retail
74 (1.307 %)General Ledger
74 (1.307 %)Insurance
74 (1.307 %)Retail Banking
82 (0.654 %)Health
82 (0.654 %)Wholesale Banking
91 (0.327 %)Pensions
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1115 (37.58 %)Analyst
2101 (33.01 %)Business Analyst
396 (31.37 %)Developer
479 (25.82 %)Java Developer
558 (18.95 %)Calypso Developer
627 (8.824 %)Project Manager
721 (6.863 %)Risk Analyst
818 (5.882 %)Banking Business Analyst
914 (4.575 %)Agile Java Developer
1012 (3.922 %)Senior Analyst
1111 (3.595 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
1111 (3.595 %)Senior Developer
1210 (3.268 %)Senior Business Analyst
138 (2.614 %)Consultant
138 (2.614 %)Market Risk Analyst
138 (2.614 %)Market Risk Business Analyst
147 (2.288 %)Team Leader
156 (1.961 %)Market Analyst
165 (1.634 %)IT Business Analyst
165 (1.634 %)Senior Java Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1144 (47.06 %)Derivative
270 (22.88 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
352 (16.99 %)Fixed Income
438 (12.42 %)Interest Rate Derivative
527 (8.824 %)Market Risk
617 (5.556 %)Credit Derivative
711 (3.595 %)Equity Derivative
87 (2.288 %)Equities
95 (1.634 %)Credit Risk
104 (1.307 %)Open Source
113 (0.980 %)Swaptions
113 (0.980 %)E-Learning
121 (0.327 %)Spanish Language
121 (0.327 %)Contract for Difference
121 (0.327 %)Economics
121 (0.327 %)AS400
121 (0.327 %)Clustering
121 (0.327 %)PMI
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
129 (9.477 %)UNIX
26 (1.961 %)Windows
32 (0.654 %)Solaris
32 (0.654 %)Windows XP
41 (0.327 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
132 (10.46 %)Business Analysis
225 (8.170 %)Migration
322 (7.190 %)Scrum
421 (6.863 %)Agile Software Development
519 (6.209 %)Risk Analysis
519 (6.209 %)OO
618 (5.882 %)Risk Management
716 (5.229 %)Project Management
815 (4.902 %)User Acceptance Testing
913 (4.248 %)Workflow
1012 (3.922 %)TDD
1111 (3.595 %)OOA/OOD
1210 (3.268 %)GAP Analysis
136 (1.961 %)PRINCE2
136 (1.961 %)Change Management
145 (1.634 %)Stress Testing
145 (1.634 %)Quantitative Analysis
145 (1.634 %)Validation
145 (1.634 %)SSADM
145 (1.634 %)UML
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1120 (39.22 %)Java
240 (13.07 %)SQL
39 (2.941 %)VBA
47 (2.288 %)Shell Script
55 (1.634 %)Perl
55 (1.634 %)C++
64 (1.307 %)C#
73 (0.980 %)PL/SQL
82 (0.654 %)Python
82 (0.654 %)C
82 (0.654 %)Delphi
91 (0.327 %)Korn
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (0.980 %)CIMA
13 (0.980 %)ISEB
22 (0.654 %)PMI Certification
22 (0.654 %)ACCA
22 (0.654 %)Degree
31 (0.327 %)OCP
31 (0.327 %)Oracle Certification
31 (0.327 %)PMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.654 %)QA
21 (0.327 %)Basel II
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.327 %)Veritas Volume Manager
11 (0.327 %)Veritas Cluster Server
11 (0.327 %)NetBackup
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.980 %)HP Quality Center
22 (0.654 %)AutoSys
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
178 (25.49 %)Murex
223 (7.516 %)Oracle
313 (4.248 %)Sophis
410 (3.268 %)Brady
59 (2.941 %)OpenLink
68 (2.614 %)Wall Street Systems
76 (1.961 %)Sybase
85 (1.634 %)Microsoft
85 (1.634 %)Fidessa
94 (1.307 %)SunGard
103 (0.980 %)HP
112 (0.654 %)Veritas
112 (0.654 %)Microgen
112 (0.654 %)Triple Point
121 (0.327 %)Accenture
121 (0.327 %)TIBCO
121 (0.327 %)Bloomberg
121 (0.327 %)Algorithmics
121 (0.327 %)Misys
121 (0.327 %)Temenos