Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Financial Institution over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

LinkFinancial Institution
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank165118
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-47
Matching contract IT job ads3061067
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.891 %1.386 %
As % of the General category1.838 %2.897 %
Daily rates quoted120395
Average daily rate£425£425
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£256£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£308£373
% change on same period last year-17.44 %
Hourly rates quoted1223
Average hourly rate£7.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-62.50 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£7.50£23.75
% change on same period last year-68.42 %
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralAll General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1665336836
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK48.48 %47.84 %
Daily rates quoted704713533
Average daily rate£450£450
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£245£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£400
% change on same period last year-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted8092174
Average hourly rate£22.50£23.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-2.170 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£25.00

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.

Financial Institution
Demand Trend

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

Financial Institution Demand Trend

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Trend

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

Financial Institution Daily Rate Trend

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Financial Institution within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Financial Institution Daily Rate Histogram

Financial Institution
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Financial Institution Hourly Rate Trend

Financial Institution
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Financial Institution within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Financial Institution Hourly Rate Histogram

Financial Institution
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Institution within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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-44288£425-
LondonDown-26230£425-10.52 %
City of LondonDown-7104£450+12.50 %
East MidlandsUp+4615£278-51.73 %
North WestUp+3715£263-34.37 %
South EastUp+1715--
ScotlandUp+514£475+72.72 %
EdinburghDown-314£475+84.46 %
CheshireUp+3213£263-34.37 %
ChesterUp+1812£263-12.50 %
Docklands, LondonUp+812£425-17.07 %
DerbyshireNew entry-11£305-
DerbyNew entry-11£305-
LeicestershireNew entry-11--
KegworthNew entry-11--
South WestUp+429£400-20.00 %
BristolUp+187£400-
BuckinghamshireNo change07--
Canary WharfDown-47£425+1.19 %
Milton KeynesDown-87--
BerkshireUp+174--
ReadingUp+173--
WiltshireUp+282£450-
SwindonUp+232£450-
HampshireUp+222--
CroydonUp+82£200-
ManchesterUp+301£300-29.41 %
NorthamptonshireUp+101--
NorthamptonUp+91--
North EastNew entry-1--

Financial Institution
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution.

1660 (100.00 %)Finance
2216 (32.73 %)Banking
3103 (15.61 %)SQL
484 (12.73 %)Investment Banking
578 (11.82 %)Windows
676 (11.52 %)C#
765 (9.848 %)SQL Server
863 (9.545 %).NET
962 (9.394 %)Oracle
1061 (9.242 %)Microsoft
1160 (9.091 %)UNIX
1256 (8.485 %)Asset Management
1355 (8.333 %)Risk Management
1355 (8.333 %)SAS
1451 (7.727 %)Retail
1451 (7.727 %)Retail Banking
1549 (7.424 %)Java
1646 (6.970 %)Front Office
1744 (6.667 %)Project Management
1841 (6.212 %)Derivative
1841 (6.212 %)Windows Server 2003
1937 (5.606 %)Datawarehouse
2035 (5.303 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2134 (5.152 %)MS Office
2230 (4.545 %)XML
2230 (4.545 %)Migration
2329 (4.394 %)Insurance
2329 (4.394 %)Internet
2428 (4.242 %)Business Intelligence
2526 (3.939 %)Windows XP

Financial Institution
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
163 (9.545 %).NET
230 (4.545 %)XML
326 (3.939 %)ASP.NET
419 (2.879 %)HTML
518 (2.727 %)WebServices
518 (2.727 %)AJAX
613 (1.970 %)WinForms
712 (1.818 %)J2EE
811 (1.667 %)Middleware
910 (1.515 %)WebSphere
109 (1.364 %)CSS
118 (1.212 %)JSP
126 (0.909 %)XSLT
126 (0.909 %).NET Framework
126 (0.909 %)NHibernate
126 (0.909 %)WCF
135 (0.758 %)WPF
135 (0.758 %)MDX
135 (0.758 %)DOM
144 (0.606 %)ASP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
155 (8.333 %)SAS
214 (2.121 %)SharePoint
310 (1.515 %)IIS
47 (1.061 %)WebLogic
54 (0.606 %)MS Exchange
54 (0.606 %)MQSeries
54 (0.606 %)CMS
54 (0.606 %)SharePoint Server 2007
63 (0.455 %)TIBCO EMS
63 (0.455 %)Exchange Server 2003
63 (0.455 %)Tuxedo
63 (0.455 %)Lotus Notes
72 (0.303 %)WebSphere Application Server
72 (0.303 %)Documentum
72 (0.303 %)WebSphere MQ
72 (0.303 %)WebLogic Portal
72 (0.303 %)Rendezvous
72 (0.303 %)CICS
72 (0.303 %)Alfresco
72 (0.303 %)LiveLink
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
134 (5.152 %)MS Office
224 (3.636 %)MS Excel
316 (2.424 %)MS Project
412 (1.818 %)MS PowerPoint
511 (1.667 %)MS Visio
65 (0.758 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.303 %)InfoPath
81 (0.152 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.152 %)Photoshop
81 (0.152 %)QuarkXPress
81 (0.152 %)Fireworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (1.515 %)Summit
29 (1.364 %)BusinessWorks
38 (1.212 %)Loan IQ
46 (0.909 %)TIBCO iProcess
55 (0.758 %)Oracle Applications
63 (0.455 %)BASE24
63 (0.455 %)Oracle HRMS
63 (0.455 %)Khalix
63 (0.455 %)Remedy ITSM
72 (0.303 %)Hyperion Planning
72 (0.303 %)RMDS
72 (0.303 %)Misys Midas
72 (0.303 %)Oracle Financials
81 (0.152 %)Oracle 11i
81 (0.152 %)Microsoft CRM
81 (0.152 %)SAP FI
81 (0.152 %)Oracle EBS
81 (0.152 %)Adaptiv
81 (0.152 %)Misys Opics
81 (0.152 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
129 (4.394 %)Internet
215 (2.273 %)Firewall
311 (1.667 %)TCP/IP
410 (1.515 %)LAN
58 (1.212 %)WAN
67 (1.061 %)OSPF
67 (1.061 %)BGP
76 (0.909 %)VPN
76 (0.909 %)VoIP
85 (0.758 %)Network Security
94 (0.606 %)EIGRP
94 (0.606 %)RTP
103 (0.455 %)VRRP
103 (0.455 %)MPLS
103 (0.455 %)SAN
103 (0.455 %)ATM
103 (0.455 %)SMS
103 (0.455 %)Intranet
112 (0.303 %)PBX
112 (0.303 %)PSTN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
165 (9.848 %)SQL Server
237 (5.606 %)Datawarehouse
316 (2.424 %)BusinessObjects
415 (2.273 %)SQL Server 2005
513 (1.970 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
612 (1.818 %)Oracle 9i
612 (1.818 %)OLAP
711 (1.667 %)Oracle 10g
711 (1.667 %)SQL Server Integration Services
810 (1.515 %)ETL
98 (1.212 %)Crystal Reports
98 (1.212 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
107 (1.061 %)Oracle Reports
107 (1.061 %)DB2
107 (1.061 %)SQL Server 2008
116 (0.909 %)SQL Server 2000
116 (0.909 %)Essbase
116 (0.909 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
125 (0.758 %)MS Access
125 (0.758 %)TOAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (1.212 %)Oracle Forms
27 (1.061 %)ERwin
27 (1.061 %)NUnit
35 (0.758 %)Eclipse
44 (0.606 %)ClearCase
44 (0.606 %)TestDirector
53 (0.455 %)QuickTest Pro
53 (0.455 %)Visual Studio
53 (0.455 %)Selenium
53 (0.455 %)TestNG
62 (0.303 %)ReSharper
62 (0.303 %)WinRunner
62 (0.303 %)ClearQuest
71 (0.152 %)Ant
71 (0.152 %)LoadRunner
71 (0.152 %)WebLogic Workshop
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1660 (100.00 %)Finance
2216 (32.73 %)Banking
384 (12.73 %)Investment Banking
451 (7.727 %)Retail
451 (7.727 %)Retail Banking
546 (6.970 %)Front Office
629 (4.394 %)Insurance
717 (2.576 %)Back Office
812 (1.818 %)Legal
911 (1.667 %)Law
106 (0.909 %)Education
115 (0.758 %)Telecoms
115 (0.758 %)General Ledger
115 (0.758 %)Marketing
124 (0.606 %)Government
133 (0.455 %)Health
133 (0.455 %)Construction
142 (0.303 %)Auditing
142 (0.303 %)Wholesale Banking
142 (0.303 %)Corporate Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1213 (32.27 %)Analyst
2144 (21.82 %)Developer
367 (10.15 %)Business Analyst
447 (7.121 %)Project Manager
542 (6.364 %)Consultant
542 (6.364 %)Strategy Analyst
630 (4.545 %)Support Analyst
630 (4.545 %)C# Developer
724 (3.636 %)Architect
823 (3.485 %)Test Analyst
921 (3.182 %).NET Developer
1016 (2.424 %)DBA
1016 (2.424 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1115 (2.273 %)Senior Developer
1115 (2.273 %)Administrator
1213 (1.970 %)1st Line Support
1213 (1.970 %)Web Developer
1312 (1.818 %)Coordinator
1312 (1.818 %)Programmer
1411 (1.667 %)SQL DBA
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
141 (6.212 %)Derivative
235 (5.303 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
324 (3.636 %)Equities
422 (3.333 %)Credit Risk
518 (2.727 %)Fixed Income
613 (1.970 %)Market Risk
712 (1.818 %)Mainframe
811 (1.667 %)Client/Server
97 (1.061 %)Credit Derivative
106 (0.909 %)Management Information System
114 (0.606 %)Grid Computing
114 (0.606 %)Replication
114 (0.606 %)Multithreading
114 (0.606 %)Spanish Language
114 (0.606 %)Interest Rate Derivative
123 (0.455 %)Mathematics
123 (0.455 %)German Language
123 (0.455 %)Tandem
123 (0.455 %)AS400
123 (0.455 %)N-Tier
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
178 (11.82 %)Windows
260 (9.091 %)UNIX
341 (6.212 %)Windows Server 2003
426 (3.939 %)Windows XP
518 (2.727 %)Solaris
612 (1.818 %)Windows 2000
79 (1.364 %)Linux
86 (0.909 %)Windows Vista
93 (0.455 %)AIX
93 (0.455 %)VMS
102 (0.303 %)HPUX
111 (0.152 %)NetWare
111 (0.152 %)MVS
111 (0.152 %)Windows Server 2008
111 (0.152 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.152 %)Windows NT
111 (0.152 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
156 (8.485 %)Asset Management
255 (8.333 %)Risk Management
344 (6.667 %)Project Management
430 (4.545 %)Migration
528 (4.242 %)Business Intelligence
625 (3.788 %)Business Analysis
722 (3.333 %)PRINCE2
722 (3.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
817 (2.576 %)OO
916 (2.424 %)ITIL
916 (2.424 %)Agile Software Development
1015 (2.273 %)Workflow
1114 (2.121 %)Data Modelling
1114 (2.121 %)Change Management
1213 (1.970 %)Stakeholder Management
1213 (1.970 %)Release Management
1312 (1.818 %)Service Delivery
1411 (1.667 %)Scrum
1510 (1.515 %)Use Case
1510 (1.515 %)Integration Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1103 (15.61 %)SQL
276 (11.52 %)C#
349 (7.424 %)Java
424 (3.636 %)C++
518 (2.727 %)JavaScript
617 (2.576 %)VBA
715 (2.273 %)VB
715 (2.273 %)PL/SQL
811 (1.667 %)VB6
910 (1.515 %)C
109 (1.364 %)Perl
118 (1.212 %)VB.NET
127 (1.061 %)Shell Script
136 (0.909 %)RPG
136 (0.909 %)T-SQL
145 (0.758 %)COBOL
153 (0.455 %)JCL
162 (0.303 %)AWK
162 (0.303 %)Assembly Language
162 (0.303 %)Python
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (2.121 %)Degree
212 (1.818 %)ISEB
310 (1.515 %)Microsoft Certification
49 (1.364 %)Cisco Certification
49 (1.364 %)MCSE
49 (1.364 %)A+ Certification
57 (1.061 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
57 (1.061 %)PRINCE2 Certification
65 (0.758 %)CCNP
74 (0.606 %)CCIE
74 (0.606 %)PMI Certification
83 (0.455 %)PMP
92 (0.303 %)Security Cleared
92 (0.303 %)ITIL Certification
92 (0.303 %)CCNA
92 (0.303 %)Citrix Certification
101 (0.152 %)CISSP
101 (0.152 %)CCA
101 (0.152 %)CISA
101 (0.152 %)CCVP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (3.485 %)QA
25 (0.758 %)SLA
34 (0.606 %)ISO17799
43 (0.455 %)PCI DSS
52 (0.303 %)Basel II
61 (0.152 %)ISO27001
61 (0.152 %)COBIT
61 (0.152 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (2.121 %)Active Directory
24 (0.606 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.455 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.152 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.152 %)AquaLogic
41 (0.152 %)LiteSpeed
41 (0.152 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.152 %)Hyper-V
41 (0.152 %)Veritas Volume Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.606 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (0.455 %)BMC PATROL
23 (0.455 %)CiscoWorks
23 (0.455 %)TIBCO Hawk
32 (0.303 %)OpenView
32 (0.303 %)MOM
32 (0.303 %)CONTROL-M
41 (0.152 %)ARCserve
41 (0.152 %)AutoSys
41 (0.152 %)Tivoli
41 (0.152 %)ZENworks
41 (0.152 %)Foglight
41 (0.152 %)HP NNM
41 (0.152 %)SCCM
41 (0.152 %)Cacti
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
162 (9.394 %)Oracle
261 (9.242 %)Microsoft
326 (3.939 %)Sybase
416 (2.424 %)Business Objects
515 (2.273 %)Bloomberg
515 (2.273 %)Remedy
614 (2.121 %)Cisco
713 (1.970 %)IBM
811 (1.667 %)Misys
811 (1.667 %)SAP
811 (1.667 %)Cognos
811 (1.667 %)TIBCO
910 (1.515 %)BMC
109 (1.364 %)ProClarity
118 (1.212 %)Wall Street Systems
118 (1.212 %)Reuters
118 (1.212 %)Murex
118 (1.212 %)Hyperion
127 (1.061 %)HP
127 (1.061 %)McAfee Security