LatentZero Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of LatentZero products and/or services in IT contracts across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LatentZero over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location City of London Docklands, London England London South East Thames Valley UK	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	469	604
Rank change on same period last year	+135
Matching contract IT job ads	108	64
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.143 %	0.064 %
As % of the category below	0.331 %	0.146 %
Daily rates quoted	57	25
Average minimum daily rate	£496	£472
Average daily rate	£560	£502
% change on same period last year	+11.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£624	£531
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£250
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors UK
Matching contract IT job ads	32587	43890
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	43.00 %	43.71 %
Daily rates quoted	9719	12502
Average minimum daily rate	£379	£385
Average daily rate	£404	£408
% change on same period last year	-1.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£429	£432
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	2858	3786
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.47	£23.84
Average hourly rate	£24.01	£25.37
% change on same period last year	-5.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.55	£26.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.13 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Fidessa LatentZero Limited.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LatentZero within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 6 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LatentZero within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
England	+114	107	£560	+11.68 %
London	+122	106	£560	+4.53 %
City of London	+14	46	£598	+19.35 %
Docklands, London	-	1	£500	-
South East	-	1	-	-
Thames Valley	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing LatentZero 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 LatentZero.

1 162 (65.32 %) Asset Management 2 132 (53.23 %) Fixed Income 3 118 (47.58 %) Capstone 4 110 (44.35 %) Front Office 5 103 (41.53 %) Investment Management 6 96 (38.71 %) Minerva 7 83 (33.47 %) Tesseract 8 75 (30.24 %) Derivative 9 62 (25.00 %) Equities 10 61 (24.60 %) Sentinel 11 60 (24.19 %) Finance 12 57 (22.98 %) SQL 13 51 (20.56 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 14 46 (18.55 %) Business Analysis 15 43 (17.34 %) Fidessa

16 37 (14.92 %) thinkFolio 17 35 (14.11 %) Charles River 18 30 (12.10 %) Fund Management 19 22 (8.871 %) Banking 20 21 (8.468 %) Bloomberg 21 20 (8.065 %) GoldenSource 22 18 (7.258 %) Investment Banking 23 17 (6.855 %) Data Analysis 23 17 (6.855 %) UNIX 24 16 (6.452 %) Perl 24 16 (6.452 %) Equity Derivative 25 15 (6.048 %) FIX Protocol 25 15 (6.048 %) XML 26 14 (5.645 %) Oracle 27 12 (4.839 %) Financial Institution

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing LatentZero 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 LatentZero. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 15 (6.048 %) FIX Protocol 1 15 (6.048 %) XML 2 5 (2.016 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 6 (2.419 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 2 (0.806 %) MS Visio 1 2 (0.806 %) MS Project 1 2 (0.806 %) MS Office 1 2 (0.806 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 118 (47.58 %) Capstone 2 96 (38.71 %) Minerva 3 83 (33.47 %) Tesseract 4 61 (24.60 %) Sentinel 5 5 (2.016 %) Decalog 6 4 (1.613 %) HiInvest 7 3 (1.210 %) HiPortfolio 8 2 (0.806 %) LongView 9 1 (0.403 %) Summit
Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (2.823 %) SQL Server 2 3 (1.210 %) Datawarehouse 3 2 (0.806 %) Crystal Reports 3 2 (0.806 %) Reference Data	General 1 110 (44.35 %) Front Office 2 60 (24.19 %) Finance 3 22 (8.871 %) Banking 4 18 (7.258 %) Investment Banking 5 12 (4.839 %) Financial Institution 6 9 (3.629 %) Back Office 7 2 (0.806 %) Pensions 7 2 (0.806 %) Retail 8 1 (0.403 %) Legal
Job Titles 1 172 (69.35 %) Analyst 2 104 (41.94 %) Business Analyst 3 43 (17.34 %) Support Analyst 4 39 (15.73 %) Project Manager 5 17 (6.855 %) Technical Analyst 6 16 (6.452 %) FIX Analyst 7 15 (6.048 %) Technical Support Analyst 7 15 (6.048 %) Technical Support 8 14 (5.645 %) Developer 9 12 (4.839 %) Senior Analyst 9 12 (4.839 %) Senior Business Analyst 10 11 (4.435 %) Systems Analyst 11 7 (2.823 %) Developer Analyst 11 7 (2.823 %) Analyst Developer 12 6 (2.419 %) Business Manager 12 6 (2.419 %) Fidessa Analyst 13 5 (2.016 %) Systems Developer 14 4 (1.613 %) Data Analyst 14 4 (1.613 %) Fidessa Business Analyst 15 3 (1.210 %) Banking Business Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 132 (53.23 %) Fixed Income 2 75 (30.24 %) Derivative 3 62 (25.00 %) Equities 4 51 (20.56 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 5 16 (6.452 %) Equity Derivative 6 4 (1.613 %) PMI
Operating Systems 1 17 (6.855 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 162 (65.32 %) Asset Management 2 103 (41.53 %) Investment Management 3 46 (18.55 %) Business Analysis 4 30 (12.10 %) Fund Management 5 17 (6.855 %) Data Analysis 6 12 (4.839 %) Process Management 6 12 (4.839 %) Project Management 7 10 (4.032 %) Workflow 8 9 (3.629 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 7 (2.823 %) Data Mapping 10 6 (2.419 %) Data Management 11 5 (2.016 %) Algorithmic Trading 11 5 (2.016 %) PRINCE2 12 4 (1.613 %) Electronic Trading 13 3 (1.210 %) Benchmarking 13 3 (1.210 %) Regression Testing 14 2 (0.806 %) Data Modelling 14 2 (0.806 %) UML 14 2 (0.806 %) OO 14 2 (0.806 %) RUP
Programming Languages 1 57 (22.98 %) SQL 2 16 (6.452 %) Perl 3 9 (3.629 %) PL/SQL 4 5 (2.016 %) VB 5 2 (0.806 %) VBA	Qualifications 1 6 (2.419 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.613 %) QA	Systems Management 1 9 (3.629 %) OpenView 2 2 (0.806 %) AutoSys
Vendors 1 43 (17.34 %) Fidessa 2 37 (14.92 %) thinkFolio 3 35 (14.11 %) Charles River 4 21 (8.468 %) Bloomberg 5 20 (8.065 %) GoldenSource 6 14 (5.645 %) Oracle 7 9 (3.629 %) HP 8 7 (2.823 %) Microsoft 9 5 (2.016 %) Tradeweb 9 5 (2.016 %) Reuters 10 4 (1.613 %) NYFIX 11 2 (0.806 %) Linedata 11 2 (0.806 %) Sybase 11 2 (0.806 %) Wall Street Systems 12 1 (0.403 %) Murex 12 1 (0.403 %) SunGard 12 1 (0.403 %) Axiom