The first table below looks at the demand for Investment Management skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Investment Management over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Investment Management
Rank 227 250 229
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -21
Contract jobs citing Investment Management 400 415 497
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.818% 0.726% 0.799%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.151% 1.064% 1.187%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 292 334
Average daily rate £500 £550 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £350 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £725 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £425 £438
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -2.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 2
Average hourly rate £17.25 £20.75 £48.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.86% -57.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £17.50 £45.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.25 £27.50 £51.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 £30.00 -
% change year-on-year
-66.66% -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34756 39006 41867
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.08% 68.24% 67.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20821 22293 23938
Average daily rate £413 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1005 1238 1439
Average hourly rate £29.92 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.68% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.98 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.84 £45.00 £46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%

Investment Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Investment Management within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Investment Management Jobs Demand Trend

Investment Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Investment Management Daily Rate Trend

Investment Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Investment Management within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Investment Management Daily Rate Histogram

Investment Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Investment Management Hourly Rate Trend

Investment Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Investment Management within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Investment Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Investment Management
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 Management within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +9 345 £500 -9.90% 65
London -14 292 £500 -13.04% 54
City of London -41 106 £500 -16.66% 20
Scotland +7 53 £450 +10.42% 1
Edinburgh +18 39 £450 -
South East +45 34 £550 +29.41% 7
Surrey - 15 £600 - 1
Canary Wharf +4 11 £500 -10.71%
Docklands, London +9 9 £500 -9.09%
Kent - 9 £500 - 4
Glasgow -19 5 £428 +4.90% 1
East of England +12 4 £488 +8.33%
Essex -9 4 £488 +2.63%
South West +26 3 £365 -14.11%
North West +4 2 £375 +19.04% 3
Brentwood -8 2 £550 +37.50%
West Midlands +11 1 £388 -38.00% 1
Birmingham +7 1 £388 -38.00% 1
Jersey - - - -
Chester - - - -
Altrincham - - - -
Bath - - - -
Manchester - - - - 3
Newbury - - - -
Oxford - - - -
Redhill - - - -
Sevenoaks - - - -
Woking - - - -
Berkshire - - - - 1
Cheshire - - - -

Investment Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Investment Management 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 Management.

1 406 (54.50%) Finance
2 320 (42.95%) Asset Management
3 187 (25.10%) Banking
4 126 (16.91%) SQL
5 114 (15.30%) Front Office
5 114 (15.30%) Business Analysis
6 99 (13.29%) Project Management
7 88 (11.81%) Fund Management
8 76 (10.20%) Java
9 75 (10.07%) Investment Banking
10 73 (9.799%) C#
11 72 (9.664%) Derivative
12 71 (9.530%) SQL Server
13 70 (9.396%) .NET
14 62 (8.322%) User Acceptance Testing
15 60 (8.054%) Wealth Management
15 60 (8.054%) Oracle
16 59 (7.919%) Change Management
16 59 (7.919%) thinkFolio
17 53 (7.114%) Fixed Income
18 51 (6.846%) Microsoft
19 48 (6.443%) ASP.NET
19 48 (6.443%) Agile Software Development
20 47 (6.309%) Risk Management
21 46 (6.174%) Stakeholder Management
22 44 (5.906%) Data Analysis
23 41 (5.503%) Charles River
23 41 (5.503%) XML
24 40 (5.369%) Back Office
25 39 (5.235%) Migration

Investment Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Investment Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 70 (9.396%) .NET
2 48 (6.443%) ASP.NET
3 41 (5.503%) XML
4 19 (2.550%) WCF
5 18 (2.416%) .NET Framework
6 15 (2.013%) ASP.NET MVC
7 14 (1.879%) Apache Flex
8 12 (1.611%) ASP
8 12 (1.611%) WebSphere
9 11 (1.477%) WPF
9 11 (1.477%) NHibernate
9 11 (1.477%) JMS
10 10 (1.342%) Middleware
10 10 (1.342%) Web Services
10 10 (1.342%) CSS
10 10 (1.342%) JSON
10 10 (1.342%) jQuery
11 9 (1.208%) Adobe AIR
11 9 (1.208%) Java EE
12 8 (1.074%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 25 (3.356%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.416%) BizTalk Server
3 13 (1.745%) SAS
4 11 (1.477%) ESB
5 10 (1.342%) Confluence
6 8 (1.074%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (0.671%) Lync
7 5 (0.671%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.537%) MS Exchange
8 4 (0.537%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.537%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.403%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.403%) Apache
10 2 (0.268%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.268%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.268%) WebLogic Portal
10 2 (0.268%) TeamSite
10 2 (0.268%) LiveSite
10 2 (0.268%) Force.com
11 1 (0.134%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 30 (4.027%) MS Excel
2 29 (3.893%) MS Office
3 11 (1.477%) MS Project
4 8 (1.074%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.940%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (2.953%) LatentZero
2 16 (2.148%) Eagle PACE
2 16 (2.148%) Sentinel
3 15 (2.013%) Minerva
4 14 (1.879%) Tesseract
5 13 (1.745%) Capstone
6 7 (0.940%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.940%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.940%) LongView
7 5 (0.671%) Global One
8 4 (0.537%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.537%) Taleo
8 4 (0.537%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.537%) 3000 Xtra
8 4 (0.537%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.403%) Eikon
9 3 (0.403%) Eagle STAR
9 3 (0.403%) SAP FSCM
9 3 (0.403%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.403%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.758%) HTTP
2 19 (2.550%) Internet
3 17 (2.282%) HTTPS
4 9 (1.208%) SSL
5 7 (0.940%) Intranet
5 7 (0.940%) Firewall
6 6 (0.805%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.671%) DNS
8 4 (0.537%) LDAP
8 4 (0.537%) DHCP
8 4 (0.537%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.537%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.268%) Wireless
9 2 (0.268%) WAN
9 2 (0.268%) Network Security
10 1 (0.134%) 4G
10 1 (0.134%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.134%) VPN
10 1 (0.134%) LAN
10 1 (0.134%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (9.530%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.758%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.013%) SQL Server 2005
4 13 (1.745%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (1.611%) SQL Server 2008
6 10 (1.342%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (1.208%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.805%) Oracle 11g
9 5 (0.671%) SQL Server 2012
9 5 (0.671%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (0.537%) SAP BW
10 4 (0.537%) DTS
10 4 (0.537%) OLAP
10 4 (0.537%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.403%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.403%) Oracle 8/8i
11 3 (0.403%) MS Access
11 3 (0.403%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.268%) SQL Server 2000
12 2 (0.268%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 20 (2.685%) JIRA
2 13 (1.745%) Maven
3 8 (1.074%) FlexUnit
4 7 (0.940%) TeamCity
5 6 (0.805%) InstallShield
6 5 (0.671%) Subversion
6 5 (0.671%) JUnit
7 4 (0.537%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.403%) MSTest
8 3 (0.403%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.403%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.268%) WebLogic Workshop
9 2 (0.268%) WinRunner
9 2 (0.268%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.268%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.268%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.134%) jMock
10 1 (0.134%) Git (software)
10 1 (0.134%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.134%) NUnit
General
1 406 (54.50%) Finance
2 187 (25.10%) Banking
3 114 (15.30%) Front Office
4 75 (10.07%) Investment Banking
5 40 (5.369%) Back Office
6 38 (5.101%) Retail
7 25 (3.356%) Corporate Banking
8 20 (2.685%) Financial Institution
9 16 (2.148%) Retail Banking
10 10 (1.342%) Legal
11 9 (1.208%) Marketing
11 9 (1.208%) Private Banking
12 6 (0.805%) Billing
13 5 (0.671%) Publishing
14 3 (0.403%) French Language
14 3 (0.403%) German Language
15 2 (0.268%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.268%) Italian Language
15 2 (0.268%) International Banking
15 2 (0.268%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 373 (50.07%) Analyst
2 261 (35.03%) Business Analyst
3 116 (15.57%) Project Manager
4 111 (14.90%) Developer
5 39 (5.235%) Support Analyst
6 33 (4.430%) Architect
7 29 (3.893%) .NET Developer
7 29 (3.893%) C# Developer
8 26 (3.490%) Test Analyst
9 23 (3.087%) Senior Analyst
9 23 (3.087%) Senior Manager
10 22 (2.953%) Data Analyst
11 21 (2.819%) Senior Project Manager
11 21 (2.819%) Lead Business Analyst
12 20 (2.685%) Technical Analyst
13 19 (2.550%) Consultant
13 19 (2.550%) C# .NET Developer
14 18 (2.416%) Senior Business Analyst
14 18 (2.416%) Banking Business Analyst
15 17 (2.282%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.664%) Derivative
2 53 (7.114%) Fixed Income
3 38 (5.101%) Equities
4 37 (4.966%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 18 (2.416%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.148%) Reference Data
7 10 (1.342%) Mobile Payment
8 9 (1.208%) Hedge funds
9 8 (1.074%) SWIFT
10 7 (0.940%) Mathematics
11 6 (0.805%) PKI
12 5 (0.671%) Credit Risk
12 5 (0.671%) Clustering
12 5 (0.671%) Online Banking
12 5 (0.671%) Computer Science
13 4 (0.537%) Market Risk
13 4 (0.537%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.403%) Mobile Banking
14 3 (0.403%) PMI
14 3 (0.403%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.832%) UNIX
2 32 (4.295%) Windows
3 11 (1.477%) Windows 7
3 11 (1.477%) Linux
4 7 (0.940%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (0.805%) Windows XP
6 5 (0.671%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.671%) AIX
7 4 (0.537%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.403%) Android
9 2 (0.268%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.268%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.134%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.134%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (42.95%) Asset Management
2 114 (15.30%) Business Analysis
3 99 (13.29%) Project Management
4 88 (11.81%) Fund Management
5 62 (8.322%) User Acceptance Testing
6 60 (8.054%) Wealth Management
7 59 (7.919%) Change Management
8 48 (6.443%) Agile Software Development
9 47 (6.309%) Risk Management
10 46 (6.174%) Stakeholder Management
11 44 (5.906%) Data Analysis
12 39 (5.235%) Migration
13 34 (4.564%) E-Commerce
14 33 (4.430%) PRINCE2
14 33 (4.430%) Data Management
15 32 (4.295%) UML
16 31 (4.161%) CRM
17 30 (4.027%) Scrum
18 29 (3.893%) Data Modelling
18 29 (3.893%) OO
Programming Languages
1 126 (16.91%) SQL
2 76 (10.20%) Java
3 73 (9.799%) C#
4 32 (4.295%) VBA
5 19 (2.550%) VB
6 16 (2.148%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.477%) C
8 10 (1.342%) VBScript
8 10 (1.342%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.342%) VB6
9 9 (1.208%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.074%) C++
11 6 (0.805%) MATLAB
11 6 (0.805%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.805%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.537%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.537%) ABAP
13 3 (0.403%) Perl
14 2 (0.268%) XPath
14 2 (0.268%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 38 (5.101%) Degree
2 11 (1.477%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 8 (1.074%) ISEB
4 7 (0.940%) PMI Certification
5 5 (0.671%) CFA
6 4 (0.537%) PMP
7 3 (0.403%) CISSP
7 3 (0.403%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.403%) MBA
8 2 (0.268%) CIMA
8 2 (0.268%) ACCA
8 2 (0.268%) MCSE
9 1 (0.134%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.134%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.134%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.134%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.879%) QA
2 10 (1.342%) SLA
3 7 (0.940%) FATCA
4 5 (0.671%) ISO 9000
5 3 (0.403%) Solvency II
5 3 (0.403%) Basel III
5 3 (0.403%) MiFID
6 2 (0.268%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (2.416%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.477%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.208%) XenApp
4 8 (1.074%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.268%) VMware ESX
5 2 (0.268%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.268%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.268%) XenServer
5 2 (0.268%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 1 (0.134%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.134%) Xen
6 1 (0.134%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 8 (1.074%) Control-M
2 7 (0.940%) SCCM
3 6 (0.805%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 6 (0.805%) WMI
4 5 (0.671%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.268%) Tivoli
5 2 (0.268%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 2 (0.268%) OpenView
6 1 (0.134%) HP SIM
6 1 (0.134%) Puppet
6 1 (0.134%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 60 (8.054%) Oracle
2 59 (7.919%) thinkFolio
3 51 (6.846%) Microsoft
4 41 (5.503%) Charles River
5 34 (4.564%) Cadis
6 23 (3.087%) Bloomberg
7 19 (2.550%) Business Objects
8 18 (2.416%) Sybase
9 17 (2.282%) SAP
9 17 (2.282%) Twitter
10 15 (2.013%) StatPro
10 15 (2.013%) Informatica
11 14 (1.879%) Citrix
12 12 (1.611%) VMware
13 9 (1.208%) Adobe
14 8 (1.074%) Fidessa
14 8 (1.074%) UC4
15 7 (0.940%) SunGard
15 7 (0.940%) Salesforce.com
15 7 (0.940%) Red Hat
London
Our client requires an experienced Business Analyst to work in the London office. You will be required to have a proven background in undertaking analysis work covering Regulatory...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £575.00 - £600.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Business Analyst/Project Manager urgently required by a leading Investment Management firm - this is a unique opportunity to work for the Head of Pricing in a 6-month...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Candidates will be accountable for Business Analysis within the Resourcing Programme focusing on eRecruitment and Applicant Tracking Systems within a major Investmnet Bank The right candidate for the...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £425.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Kent, South East
Job title: Business / Systems Analyst - Process DesignJob Type: Fixed-term ContractDuration: 12 monthsSalary: £36k p/a + Benefits + Possible 15% BonusBusiness / Systems Analyst - Process Design My client, a global...
Rate: £36 per annum + benefits + potential 15% Bonus
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Keywords: Application Support Analyst, OMS, London, Asset Management, Buy-Side, Financial Serivces, ThinkFolio, Fidessa, Latent Zero, SQL, A global investment management group, managing assets for both institutional and...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £250 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £475 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
I.T. Skillfinder
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
I.T. Skillfinder
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
North Point Recruitment
Rate: £225 - £275 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Kent, South East
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Pioneer Consulting
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Orgtel
Rate: £45000 - £47500 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Search Consultancy
Posted: 19 June 2013
Kent, South East
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Hampshire
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Kent, South East
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013