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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Calypso products and/or services in IT contracts across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Calypso over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCalypso
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank227253
Rank change on same period last yearUp+26
Matching contract IT job ads506486
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.649 %0.546 %
As % of the category below1.503 %1.274 %
Daily rates quoted328244
Average minimum daily rate£575£558
Average daily rate£630£597
% change on same period last year+5.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£684£636
UK excluding London average daily rate£1,050£600
% change on same period last year+75.00 %
Hourly rates quoted00
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-
Vendors UKVendors
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3366738142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled43.19 %42.85 %
Daily rates quoted963310300
Average minimum daily rate£383£384
Average daily rate£408£406
% change on same period last year+0.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£434£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£356
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted29213034
Average minimum hourly rate£22.04£23.09
Average hourly rate£23.62£24.56
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.19£26.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.58£24.88
% change on same period last year-9.23 %

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.

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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Calypso across 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 contract IT jobs ads citing Calypso across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

Calypso Daily Rate Histogram

Calypso
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Calypso Hourly Rate Trend

Calypso
Top 5 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Calypso within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1EnglandUp+31505£630+5.36 %
2LondonUp+31503£627+5.04 %
3City of LondonDown-8140£607+8.61 %
4Docklands, LondonUp+31132£643+13.98 %
5Canary WharfUp+510£604-

Calypso
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Calypso also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Calypso.

1617 (56.24 %)Derivative
2551 (50.23 %)Java
3411 (37.47 %)Back Office
4400 (36.46 %)Banking
5383 (34.91 %)Finance
6334 (30.45 %)Investment Banking
7273 (24.89 %)Front Office
8254 (23.15 %)Unix
9243 (22.15 %)Credit Derivative
10202 (18.41 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
11182 (16.59 %)Sybase
12173 (15.77 %)Oracle
13164 (14.95 %)Fixed Income
14159 (14.49 %)SQL
15146 (13.31 %)Murex
16145 (13.22 %)XML
17118 (10.76 %)Migration
1893 (8.478 %)Equities
1990 (8.204 %)Summit
2087 (7.931 %)Perl
2178 (7.110 %)Equity Derivative
2266 (6.016 %)J2EE
2361 (5.561 %)Business Analysis
2361 (5.561 %)Spring
2458 (5.287 %)Interest Rate Derivative
2557 (5.196 %)Hibernate
2650 (4.558 %)Windows
2749 (4.467 %)Workflow
2848 (4.376 %)C++
2947 (4.284 %)Shell Script

Calypso
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Calypso also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Calypso. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1145 (13.22 %)XML
266 (6.016 %)J2EE
361 (5.561 %)Spring
457 (5.196 %)Hibernate
522 (2.005 %)XSLT
619 (1.732 %).NET
718 (1.641 %)FpML
718 (1.641 %)XML Messaging
812 (1.094 %)HTML
812 (1.094 %)JMS
812 (1.094 %)CGI
99 (0.820 %)Swing
107 (0.638 %)J2SE
107 (0.638 %)Java RMI
116 (0.547 %)WebSphere
116 (0.547 %).NET Framework
116 (0.547 %)Murex Flex
124 (0.365 %)JDBC
133 (0.273 %)Servlets
133 (0.273 %)ASP.NET
Application Platforms
113 (1.185 %)JBoss
26 (0.547 %)MQSeries
26 (0.547 %)WebSphere MQ
33 (0.273 %)MS Exchange
41 (0.091 %)Exchange Server 5.5
41 (0.091 %)ESB
41 (0.091 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
18 (0.729 %)MS Excel
22 (0.182 %)MS Project
31 (0.091 %)MS Office
Business Applications
190 (8.204 %)Summit
26 (0.547 %)FRONT ARENA
34 (0.365 %)Fidessa
34 (0.365 %)Misys Opics
43 (0.273 %)Temenos T24
43 (0.273 %)Temenos Globus
52 (0.182 %)Kondor+
52 (0.182 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
61 (0.091 %)Misys Equation
61 (0.091 %)Misys Midas
61 (0.091 %)FLEXCUBE
61 (0.091 %)Adaptiv
61 (0.091 %)Endur
61 (0.091 %)Findur
Communications & Networking
12 (0.182 %)WINS
21 (0.091 %)SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
120 (1.823 %)RDBMS
216 (1.459 %)SQL Server
314 (1.276 %)Oracle 8/8i
410 (0.912 %)Reference Data
58 (0.729 %)SQL Server 2005
66 (0.547 %)SQL Server 2000
73 (0.273 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
73 (0.273 %)Data Mart
73 (0.273 %)MS Access
73 (0.273 %)DTS
82 (0.182 %)Oracle 10g
82 (0.182 %)Datawarehouse
91 (0.091 %)Informix
91 (0.091 %)ETL
91 (0.091 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (0.091 %)MySQL
Development Applications
133 (3.008 %)Ant
218 (1.641 %)JUnit
314 (1.276 %)CruiseControl
410 (0.912 %)Subversion
56 (0.547 %)Rational Rose
56 (0.547 %)TestDirector
65 (0.456 %)ClearQuest
74 (0.365 %)Eclipse
81 (0.091 %)Flash
81 (0.091 %)ClearCase
General
1411 (37.47 %)Back Office
2400 (36.46 %)Banking
3383 (34.91 %)Finance
4334 (30.45 %)Investment Banking
5273 (24.89 %)Front Office
640 (3.646 %)Financial Institution
76 (0.547 %)General Ledger
82 (0.182 %)International Banking
82 (0.182 %)Games
91 (0.091 %)Retail
91 (0.091 %)Construction
Job Titles
1479 (43.66 %)Developer
2393 (35.82 %)Analyst
3332 (30.26 %)Calypso Developer
4293 (26.71 %)Business Analyst
5253 (23.06 %)Java Developer
680 (7.293 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
753 (4.831 %)Project Manager
851 (4.649 %)Senior Developer
851 (4.649 %)Banking Business Analyst
947 (4.284 %)Support Analyst
1036 (3.282 %)Test Manager
1135 (3.191 %)Senior Analyst
1135 (3.191 %)Programmer
1234 (3.099 %)Consultant
1332 (2.917 %)Analyst Developer
1430 (2.735 %)Analyst Programmer
1526 (2.370 %)Perl Developer
1625 (2.279 %)Front Office Developer
1722 (2.005 %)Sybase Developer
1821 (1.914 %)Release Engineer
Miscellaneous
1617 (56.24 %)Derivative
2243 (22.15 %)Credit Derivative
3202 (18.41 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4164 (14.95 %)Fixed Income
593 (8.478 %)Equities
678 (7.110 %)Equity Derivative
758 (5.287 %)Interest Rate Derivative
836 (3.282 %)Asset Management
927 (2.461 %)Contract for Difference
1023 (2.097 %)DTCC
1119 (1.732 %)Multithreading
1215 (1.367 %)Economics
1310 (0.912 %)Cantonese Language
149 (0.820 %)Credit Risk
154 (0.365 %)Management Information System
154 (0.365 %)Data Integration
163 (0.273 %)French Language
172 (0.182 %)German Language
172 (0.182 %)Market Risk
172 (0.182 %)Exotic Derivative
Operating Systems
1254 (23.15 %)Unix
250 (4.558 %)Windows
325 (2.279 %)Solaris
412 (1.094 %)Windows XP
511 (1.003 %)Windows NT
69 (0.820 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1118 (10.76 %)Migration
261 (5.561 %)Business Analysis
349 (4.467 %)Workflow
442 (3.829 %)Change Management
531 (2.826 %)Project Management
630 (2.735 %)Investment Management
724 (2.188 %)UML
822 (2.005 %)Release Management
919 (1.732 %)User Acceptance Testing
919 (1.732 %)Test Management
1018 (1.641 %)Automated Testing
1018 (1.641 %)OO
1116 (1.459 %)Risk Management
1116 (1.459 %)Performance Testing
1214 (1.276 %)Agile Software Development
1214 (1.276 %)Test Scripting
1313 (1.185 %)Data Modelling
146 (0.547 %)Quantitative Analysis
146 (0.547 %)System Testing
155 (0.456 %)Time Management
Programming Languages
1551 (50.23 %)Java
2159 (14.49 %)SQL
387 (7.931 %)Perl
448 (4.376 %)C++
547 (4.284 %)Shell Script
633 (3.008 %)VB
728 (2.552 %)VBA
826 (2.370 %)C
913 (1.185 %)Transact-SQL
1012 (1.094 %)PL/SQL
1111 (1.003 %)C#
129 (0.820 %)Python
138 (0.729 %)VB.NET
141 (0.091 %)Ada
141 (0.091 %)SQR
141 (0.091 %)Euclid
Qualifications
126 (2.370 %)Degree
21 (0.091 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (0.091 %)ACCA
21 (0.091 %)CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
117 (1.550 %)QA
26 (0.547 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
26 (0.547 %)Basel II
System Software
11 (0.091 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
113 (1.185 %)AutoSys
Vendors
1182 (16.59 %)Sybase
2173 (15.77 %)Oracle
3146 (13.31 %)Murex
421 (1.914 %)Sophis
55 (0.456 %)SeeBeyond
55 (0.456 %)Reuters
55 (0.456 %)Bloomberg
64 (0.365 %)Thunderhead
73 (0.273 %)OpenLink
73 (0.273 %)SimCorp
73 (0.273 %)Misys
73 (0.273 %)Temenos
73 (0.273 %)Microsoft
73 (0.273 %)Sun
81 (0.091 %)SAP
81 (0.091 %)IBM
81 (0.091 %)TIBCO
81 (0.091 %)DataSynapse
81 (0.091 %)Wall Street Systems
81 (0.091 %)Algorithmics
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