ION Fidessa
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Fidessa skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Fidessa over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 685 839
Rank change year-on-year +116 +154 -173
Contract jobs citing Fidessa 10 15 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.025% 0.024%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.31% 0.39% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 21
10th Percentile £550 £380 £265
25th Percentile £563 £475 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £600 £598
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +0.42% +52.72%
75th Percentile £769 £631 £675
90th Percentile £800 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

Fidessa is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,246 3,838 5,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.45% 6.40% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,895 2,204 3,104
10th Percentile £364 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £798 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 55 57
10th Percentile £14.71 £21.90 £16.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £43.75 £47.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +35.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £59.82 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £74.50 £63.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £49.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year -8.16% +108.29% -5.90%

Fidessa
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Fidessa as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Fidessa in the UK

Fidessa
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fidessa.

Daily rate trend for Fidessa in the UK

Fidessa
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fidessa over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Fidessa in the UK

Fidessa
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fidessa.

Hourly rate trend for Fidessa in the UK

Fidessa
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fidessa within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +109 9 £750 +30.43% 2
London +106 9 £750 +30.43% 2
Work from Home +116 2 £675 +12.50%

Fidessa
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) FIX Connectivity
General
1 4 (40.00%) Banking
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Front Office
2 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Product Owner
1 3 (30.00%) Product Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Electronic Trading Support
2 2 (20.00%) Fidessa Support
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Unix Support
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Application Support Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Support
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Treasury Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (40.00%) Workflow
2 3 (30.00%) Fintech
2 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (30.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (30.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading
3 2 (20.00%) Capacity Management
3 2 (20.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Electronic Trading
3 2 (20.00%) High Availability
3 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (20.00%) Low Latency
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) SDLC
4 1 (10.00%) UML
4 1 (10.00%) Use Case
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Charles River
1 2 (20.00%) Sophis
2 1 (10.00%) Calypso
2 1 (10.00%) FactSet
2 1 (10.00%) ION Trading
2 1 (10.00%) Murex
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Sybase
2 1 (10.00%) Wallstreet Suite