The first table below looks at the demand for ION MarketView skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ION MarketView over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Business Applications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ION Trading MarketView
Rank 477 556 390
Rank change year-on-year
+79 -166
Contract jobs citing ION MarketView 52 28 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.112% 0.048% 0.328%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.309% 0.536% 3.503%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 18 128
Average daily rate £513 £475 £650
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.94% -26.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £550
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £675 £750
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3974 5226 5709
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.566% 8.961% 9.352%
Number of daily rates quoted 1967 2539 2786
Average daily rate £445 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 58 104
Average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%

ION MarketView
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ION MarketView within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

ION MarketView Jobs Demand Trend

ION MarketView
Daily Rate Trend

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

ION MarketView Daily Rate Trend

ION MarketView
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ION MarketView within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

ION MarketView Daily Rate Histogram

ION MarketView
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ION MarketView within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 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
England +70 52 £513 +7.94%
London +60 50 £538 +13.15%
City of London +12 9 £513 +7.94%
West Midlands - 2 £425 -
Birmingham - 2 £425 -

ION MarketView
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ION MarketView 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 ION MarketView.

1 74 (100.00%) ION Trading
2 64 (86.49%) Fixed Income
3 43 (58.11%) Electronic Trading
4 42 (56.76%) Front Office
5 36 (48.65%) Bloomberg
6 34 (45.95%) UNIX
7 32 (43.24%) SQL
8 27 (36.49%) Reuters
9 25 (33.78%) Banking
10 24 (32.43%) Java
11 17 (22.97%) Investment Banking
11 17 (22.97%) Tradeweb
12 16 (21.62%) Windows
13 14 (18.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 14 (18.92%) Finance
14 13 (17.57%) Agile Software Development
14 13 (17.57%) Swing
14 13 (17.57%) Sybase
15 12 (16.22%) TDD
15 12 (16.22%) RMDS
16 11 (14.86%) Multithreading
17 10 (13.51%) MarketAxess
17 10 (13.51%) Refactoring
17 10 (13.51%) eSpeed
17 10 (13.51%) MTS
17 10 (13.51%) OO
18 9 (12.16%) Algorithmic Trading
19 8 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
19 8 (10.81%) Unit Testing
19 8 (10.81%) Root Cause Analysis

ION MarketView
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ION MarketView 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 ION MarketView. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (17.57%) Swing
2 8 (10.81%) J2EE
3 5 (6.757%) XML
4 3 (4.054%) XHTML
4 3 (4.054%) HTML
4 3 (4.054%) SOAP
4 3 (4.054%) Ajax
5 2 (2.703%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (2.703%) Web Services
6 1 (1.351%) Hibernate
6 1 (1.351%) J2SE
6 1 (1.351%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 10 (13.51%) MTS
2 2 (2.703%) Apache
Business Applications
1 12 (16.22%) RMDS
2 2 (2.703%) Bloomberg TOMS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.703%) LAN
1 2 (2.703%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.108%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.351%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.703%) Subversion
1 2 (2.703%) Oracle APEX
1 2 (2.703%) Ant
1 2 (2.703%) JUnit
General
1 42 (56.76%) Front Office
2 25 (33.78%) Banking
3 17 (22.97%) Investment Banking
4 14 (18.92%) Finance
5 2 (2.703%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.351%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 39 (52.70%) Analyst
2 23 (31.08%) Support Analyst
3 19 (25.68%) Developer
4 18 (24.32%) Java Developer
5 16 (21.62%) Business Analyst
6 6 (8.108%) Senior Developer
6 6 (8.108%) Senior Java Developer
7 4 (5.405%) Support Specialist
8 2 (2.703%) Applications Support
9 1 (1.351%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (1.351%) Financial Business Analyst
9 1 (1.351%) C# Developer
9 1 (1.351%) Applications Support Analyst
9 1 (1.351%) Senior C# Developer
9 1 (1.351%) 2nd Line Support
9 1 (1.351%) Support Consultant
9 1 (1.351%) Support Engineer
9 1 (1.351%) Consultant
9 1 (1.351%) Financial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 64 (86.49%) Fixed Income
2 14 (18.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (4.054%) Derivative
4 2 (2.703%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.703%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 34 (45.95%) UNIX
2 16 (21.62%) Windows
3 3 (4.054%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (58.11%) Electronic Trading
2 13 (17.57%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (16.22%) TDD
4 11 (14.86%) Multithreading
5 10 (13.51%) Refactoring
5 10 (13.51%) OO
6 9 (12.16%) Algorithmic Trading
7 8 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (10.81%) Unit Testing
7 8 (10.81%) Root Cause Analysis
7 8 (10.81%) Project Planning
8 5 (6.757%) E-Commerce
9 3 (4.054%) Business Analysis
10 2 (2.703%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (2.703%) Portfolio Management
10 2 (2.703%) ITIL
10 2 (2.703%) PRINCE2
10 2 (2.703%) Pair Programming
11 1 (1.351%) Extreme Programming
Programming Languages
1 32 (43.24%) SQL
2 24 (32.43%) Java
3 4 (5.405%) C++
4 3 (4.054%) Shell Script
4 3 (4.054%) C
4 3 (4.054%) C#
4 3 (4.054%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.054%) Perl
4 3 (4.054%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (2.703%) PMP
1 2 (2.703%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 74 (100.00%) ION Trading
2 36 (48.65%) Bloomberg
3 27 (36.49%) Reuters
4 17 (22.97%) Tradeweb
5 13 (17.57%) Sybase
6 10 (13.51%) MarketAxess
6 10 (13.51%) eSpeed
7 4 (5.405%) Oracle
7 4 (5.405%) Fidessa
8 2 (2.703%) Sun