Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Investment Banking over the 3 months to 3 September 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 terms in our General category.

LinkInvestment Banking
Location
3 months to
3 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank81222
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+10
Matching contract IT job ads687033434092
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.39 %8.651 %5.584 %
As % of the General category21.06 %17.35 %11.63 %
Daily rates quoted462818452334
Average daily rate£550£500£500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£350£350
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£625£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£369£356£375
% change year-on-year
+3.500 %-5.000 %
Hourly rates quoted164531
Average hourly rate£18.70£56.25£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-66.75 %+60.71 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£15.60£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.50£78.13£75.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£35.00
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
326261927135198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK54.11 %49.87 %48.03 %
Daily rates quoted17795827313660
Average daily rate£475£450£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£250£265
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£625£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£350£380
% change year-on-year
+4.280 %-7.890 %
Hourly rates quoted10749432049
Average hourly rate£21.50£25.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.25£11.25£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£55.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.50£25.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
-6.000 %-16.66 %

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.

Investment Banking
Demand Trend

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

Investment Banking Demand Trend

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Investment Banking Daily Rate Trend

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Investment Banking within the UK over the 3 months to 3 September 2010.

Investment Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Investment Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Investment Banking within the UK over the 3 months to 3 September 2010.

Investment Banking Hourly Rate Histogram

Investment Banking
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 Investment Banking within the UK over the 3 months to 3 September 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+46793£550+10.00 %
LondonNo change06709£550+10.00 %
City of LondonNo change02805£550+10.00 %
Canary WharfNo change0253£575+15.00 %
Docklands, LondonDown-2103£425-10.52 %
ScotlandUp+540£345-16.36 %
South WestUp+633£350-3.44 %
South EastDown-2028£540+66.15 %
County AntrimNo change025£350+75.00 %
BelfastNo change025£350+75.00 %
Northern IrelandDown-325£350+75.00 %
GlasgowUp+1123£340+4.61 %
DorsetUp+1117£322-9.61 %
BournemouthUp+917£322-9.61 %
EdinburghDown-1512£375-25.00 %
North WestDown-117£375-
East of EnglandNew entry-7£280-
SurreyNew entry-7£488-
CambridgeshireNew entry-7£280-
PeterboroughNew entry-5£280-
BristolDown-73£400-8.57 %
CroydonDown-83£425-22.72 %
HampshireDown-143£670+106.15 %
StreetNew entry-3£350-
LiverpoolNew entry-3£350-
MerseysideNew entry-3£350-
SomersetNew entry-3£350-
BerkshireDown-232£438+212.50 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-2£375-
StirlingNew entry-2£475-

Investment Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking.

113418 (99.99 %)Banking
24637 (34.56 %)Finance
33195 (23.81 %)SQL
42897 (21.59 %)Java
52885 (21.50 %)Front Office
62715 (20.23 %)Derivative
72283 (17.01 %)C#
82029 (15.12 %)Oracle
91982 (14.77 %)UNIX
101635 (12.18 %).NET
111574 (11.73 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
121539 (11.47 %)SQL Server
131483 (11.05 %)Fixed Income
141401 (10.44 %)Business Analysis
151372 (10.22 %)Project Management
161349 (10.05 %)Sybase
171328 (9.896 %)Equities
181215 (9.054 %)Back Office
191172 (8.734 %)C++
201014 (7.556 %)XML
211013 (7.549 %)Windows
22883 (6.580 %)Credit Risk
23862 (6.424 %)Risk Management
24842 (6.275 %)Linux
25818 (6.096 %)Spring
26704 (5.246 %)Microsoft
27683 (5.090 %)MS Excel
28680 (5.067 %)Equity Derivative
29671 (5.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
30650 (4.844 %)Market Risk

Investment Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11635 (12.18 %).NET
21014 (7.556 %)XML
3818 (6.096 %)Spring
4609 (4.538 %)Hibernate
5492 (3.666 %)WinForms
6458 (3.413 %)J2EE
7416 (3.100 %)ASP.NET
8398 (2.966 %)Middleware
9393 (2.929 %)Web Services
10379 (2.824 %)WPF
11268 (1.997 %)HTML
12252 (1.878 %).NET Framework
13250 (1.863 %)JMS
14247 (1.841 %)AJAX
15218 (1.625 %)Swing
16204 (1.520 %)Silverlight
17199 (1.483 %)WCF
18196 (1.461 %)J2SE
19183 (1.364 %)WebSphere
20182 (1.356 %)XSLT
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1275 (2.049 %)SharePoint
2187 (1.394 %)Tomcat
3179 (1.334 %)WebLogic
4126 (0.939 %)Apache
5113 (0.842 %)Rendezvous
6110 (0.820 %)TIBCO EMS
7108 (0.805 %)MQSeries
896 (0.715 %)IIS
973 (0.544 %)SAS
973 (0.544 %)WebSphere MQ
1051 (0.380 %)MTS
1150 (0.373 %)MS Exchange
1242 (0.313 %)Oracle Workflow
1340 (0.298 %)Lotus Notes
1438 (0.283 %)WebSphere Application Server
1534 (0.253 %)CMS
1632 (0.238 %)Progress Apama
1730 (0.224 %)ESB
1829 (0.216 %)Office Project Server
1926 (0.194 %)WebSphere Message Broker
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1683 (5.090 %)MS Excel
2352 (2.623 %)MS Visio
3341 (2.541 %)MS Project
4313 (2.333 %)MS Office
5282 (2.101 %)MS PowerPoint
6106 (0.790 %)Spreadsheet
746 (0.343 %)CA Clarity
822 (0.164 %)Photoshop
918 (0.134 %)Adobe Illustrator
1014 (0.104 %)MATLAB
118 (0.060 %)Acrobat
122 (0.015 %)AutoCAD
131 (0.007 %)DOC1
131 (0.007 %)Fireworks
131 (0.007 %)Adobe Captivate
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1107 (0.797 %)Summit
274 (0.551 %)ION MarketView
362 (0.462 %)RMDS
450 (0.373 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
544 (0.328 %)BusinessWorks
641 (0.306 %)Global One
730 (0.224 %)Dynamics CRM
821 (0.156 %)Loan IQ
920 (0.149 %)Endur
1019 (0.142 %)Algo Collateral
1118 (0.134 %)Rolfe and Nolan
1118 (0.134 %)SunGard Stream Clearvision
1216 (0.119 %)Autonomy Scrittura
1216 (0.119 %)Interwoven Scrittura
1314 (0.104 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1314 (0.104 %)Oracle 11i
1413 (0.097 %)BancWare
1413 (0.097 %)Oracle BPM
1512 (0.089 %)Bloomberg TOMS
1512 (0.089 %)TIBCO iProcess
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1183 (1.364 %)Internet
2158 (1.177 %)TCP/IP
3137 (1.021 %)SAN
4135 (1.006 %)Firewall
596 (0.715 %)LAN
695 (0.708 %)WAN
780 (0.596 %)DNS
876 (0.566 %)Intranet
959 (0.440 %)LDAP
1030 (0.224 %)VoIP
1129 (0.216 %)HTTP
1226 (0.194 %)Network Security
1325 (0.186 %)DHCP
1424 (0.179 %)PBX
1521 (0.156 %)BIG-IP
1521 (0.156 %)OSPF
1521 (0.156 %)VPN
1521 (0.156 %)NAS
1620 (0.149 %)BGP
1719 (0.142 %)SSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11539 (11.47 %)SQL Server
2438 (3.264 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
3334 (2.489 %)SQL Server 2005
4331 (2.467 %)Reference Data
5318 (2.370 %)ETL
6311 (2.318 %)RDBMS
7307 (2.288 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8269 (2.005 %)Oracle 10g
9250 (1.863 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10222 (1.654 %)BusinessObjects
11167 (1.245 %)SQL Server 2008
12116 (0.864 %)MS Access
13111 (0.827 %)SQL Server 2000
1491 (0.678 %)Oracle 8/8i
1491 (0.678 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1590 (0.671 %)OLAP
1687 (0.648 %)DTS
1779 (0.589 %)Oracle 11g
1868 (0.507 %)DB2
1966 (0.492 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1289 (2.154 %)Subversion
2267 (1.990 %)JUnit
3164 (1.222 %)Maven
4163 (1.215 %)ClearCase
5147 (1.095 %)Visual Studio
6133 (0.991 %)Eclipse
7127 (0.946 %)Ant
8123 (0.917 %)NUnit
9107 (0.797 %)QuickTest Pro
1099 (0.738 %)JIRA
1182 (0.611 %)TestDirector
1182 (0.611 %)TeamCity
1263 (0.469 %)CruiseControl
1355 (0.410 %)Selenium
1453 (0.395 %)LoadRunner
1543 (0.320 %)EasyMock
1639 (0.291 %)JBehave
1735 (0.261 %)ClearQuest
1830 (0.224 %)Oracle APEX
1830 (0.224 %)IntelliJ
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113418 (99.99 %)Banking
24637 (34.56 %)Finance
32885 (21.50 %)Front Office
41215 (9.054 %)Back Office
5229 (1.707 %)Financial Institution
6188 (1.401 %)Legal
7141 (1.051 %)General Ledger
8140 (1.043 %)Retail
984 (0.626 %)Education
1073 (0.544 %)Insurance
1171 (0.529 %)Telecoms
1269 (0.514 %)Retail Banking
1357 (0.425 %)Government
1450 (0.373 %)Corporate Banking
1545 (0.335 %)Construction
1640 (0.298 %)Pensions
1736 (0.268 %)Health
1835 (0.261 %)Marketing
1928 (0.209 %)Private Banking
2022 (0.164 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14728 (35.23 %)Developer
24391 (32.72 %)Analyst
32975 (22.17 %)Business Analyst
41667 (12.42 %)Java Developer
51285 (9.576 %)Project Manager
61186 (8.838 %)C# Developer
7790 (5.887 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
8741 (5.522 %)Banking Business Analyst
9445 (3.316 %)C++ Developer
10441 (3.286 %).NET Developer
11427 (3.182 %)Senior Developer
12386 (2.877 %)Support Analyst
13325 (2.422 %)Senior Analyst
14310 (2.310 %)SQL Developer
15306 (2.280 %)Architect
16232 (1.729 %)Test Analyst
17222 (1.654 %)Applications Support
18218 (1.625 %)Data Analyst
18218 (1.625 %)Oracle Developer
19202 (1.505 %)Technical Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12715 (20.23 %)Derivative
21574 (11.73 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31483 (11.05 %)Fixed Income
41328 (9.896 %)Equities
5883 (6.580 %)Credit Risk
6680 (5.067 %)Equity Derivative
7650 (4.844 %)Market Risk
8557 (4.151 %)Multithreading
9525 (3.912 %)Credit Derivative
10434 (3.234 %)Interest Rate Derivative
11266 (1.982 %)Hedge funds
12140 (1.043 %)Mathematics
13129 (0.961 %)Computer Science
14124 (0.924 %)Grid Computing
1598 (0.730 %)Management Information System
1598 (0.730 %)Clustering
1695 (0.708 %)PMI
1794 (0.700 %)Client/Server
1889 (0.663 %)Replication
1983 (0.619 %)N-Tier
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11982 (14.77 %)UNIX
21013 (7.549 %)Windows
3842 (6.275 %)Linux
4466 (3.473 %)Solaris
5124 (0.924 %)Windows Server 2003
6109 (0.812 %)Windows XP
773 (0.544 %)Windows Server 2008
863 (0.469 %)Red Hat Linux
955 (0.410 %)AIX
1043 (0.320 %)Windows 2000
1136 (0.268 %)Windows 7
1232 (0.238 %)VMS
1325 (0.186 %)HPUX
1423 (0.171 %)Windows 2000 Server
1514 (0.104 %)Windows NT
1612 (0.089 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1710 (0.075 %)Windows Vista
188 (0.060 %)SUSE
194 (0.030 %)MVS
203 (0.022 %)OpenVMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11401 (10.44 %)Business Analysis
21372 (10.22 %)Project Management
3862 (6.424 %)Risk Management
4671 (5.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
5648 (4.829 %)Agile Software Development
6641 (4.777 %)Migration
7580 (4.322 %)OO
8499 (3.719 %)Data Modelling
9446 (3.324 %)Change Management
10427 (3.182 %)Workflow
11415 (3.093 %)PRINCE2
12389 (2.899 %)UML
13361 (2.690 %)TDD
14359 (2.675 %)E-Commerce
15348 (2.593 %)Stakeholder Management
16341 (2.541 %)Data Analysis
17320 (2.385 %)Electronic Trading
18286 (2.131 %)Asset Management
19284 (2.116 %)RAD
20255 (1.900 %)Business Intelligence
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13195 (23.81 %)SQL
22897 (21.59 %)Java
32283 (17.01 %)C#
41172 (8.734 %)C++
5591 (4.404 %)VBA
6558 (4.158 %)Perl
7466 (3.473 %)PL/SQL
8444 (3.309 %)Shell Script
9292 (2.176 %)JavaScript
10286 (2.131 %)C
11252 (1.878 %)T-SQL
12220 (1.639 %)VB
13149 (1.110 %)Python
1487 (0.648 %)XPath
1572 (0.537 %)VBScript
1669 (0.514 %)VC++
1669 (0.514 %)Korn
1768 (0.507 %)VB.NET
1862 (0.462 %)VB6
1961 (0.455 %)Tcl
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1518 (3.860 %)Degree
2132 (0.984 %)PMI Certification
3104 (0.775 %)ISEB
479 (0.589 %)CIMA
568 (0.507 %)ACCA
660 (0.447 %)Microsoft Certification
755 (0.410 %)Cisco Certification
852 (0.388 %)MCSE
948 (0.358 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1047 (0.350 %)PMP
1135 (0.261 %)ISTQB
1233 (0.246 %)CISSP
1327 (0.201 %)CCIE
1422 (0.164 %)ITIL Certification
1422 (0.164 %)CISM
1519 (0.142 %)CISA
1615 (0.112 %)CCNP
1714 (0.104 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1714 (0.104 %)MCP
1714 (0.104 %)ISEB Practitioner
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1457 (3.406 %)QA
2103 (0.768 %)Basel II
364 (0.477 %)SLA
446 (0.343 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
531 (0.231 %)MiFID
626 (0.194 %)ISO/IEC 27001
717 (0.127 %)ISO 9001
816 (0.119 %)COBIT
914 (0.104 %)BS7799
105 (0.037 %)GAAP
105 (0.037 %)WAI
112 (0.015 %)WCAG
112 (0.015 %)EFQM
121 (0.007 %)IAS 39
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1164 (1.222 %)Active Directory
248 (0.358 %)VMware Infrastructure
340 (0.298 %)NFS
433 (0.246 %)Oracle RAC
526 (0.194 %)Veritas Volume Manager
526 (0.194 %)MSMQ
623 (0.171 %)Veritas Cluster Server
720 (0.149 %)VMware ESX
818 (0.134 %)SRDF
916 (0.119 %)Orbix
916 (0.119 %)Oracle RMAN
1011 (0.082 %)vSphere
1110 (0.075 %)XenDesktop
129 (0.067 %)XenApp
137 (0.052 %)Samba
137 (0.052 %)EMC RecoverPoint
145 (0.037 %)Veritas File System
154 (0.030 %)Hyper-V
154 (0.030 %)Citrix Presentation Server
163 (0.022 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1156 (1.163 %)HP Quality Center
1156 (1.163 %)AutoSys
234 (0.253 %)NetBackup
234 (0.253 %)Tivoli
234 (0.253 %)MSI
332 (0.238 %)OpenView
428 (0.209 %)BMC PATROL
525 (0.186 %)Control-M
525 (0.186 %)Data Guard
621 (0.156 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
621 (0.156 %)SCCM
720 (0.149 %)TIBCO Hawk
814 (0.104 %)Dollar Universe
814 (0.104 %)Tivoli NetView
814 (0.104 %)Netcool
911 (0.082 %)BMC Performance Manager
1010 (0.075 %)MOM
118 (0.060 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
118 (0.060 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
127 (0.052 %)HP Data Protector
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12029 (15.12 %)Oracle
21349 (10.05 %)Sybase
3704 (5.246 %)Microsoft
4420 (3.130 %)TIBCO
5335 (2.496 %)Bloomberg
6332 (2.474 %)Reuters
7226 (1.684 %)Murex
8222 (1.654 %)Business Objects
9221 (1.647 %)Fidessa
10159 (1.185 %)Informatica
11149 (1.110 %)Calypso
12146 (1.088 %)HP
13145 (1.081 %)IBM
14140 (1.043 %)Cisco
15135 (1.006 %)DataSynapse
16125 (0.932 %)Sun
17116 (0.864 %)ION Trading
18115 (0.857 %)VMware
19110 (0.820 %)Cognos
19110 (0.820 %)Citrix