Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Misys Loan IQ skills across the UK with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Loan IQ over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMisys Loan IQ
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank515495
Rank change on same period last yearDown-20
Matching contract IT job ads49144
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.070 %0.149 %
As % of the category below0.935 %2.064 %
Daily rates quoted3786
Average minimum daily rate£443£485
Average daily rate£493£508
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£543£532
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
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-
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads52426977
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.471 %7.215 %
Daily rates quoted13381933
Average minimum daily rate£425£436
Average daily rate£459£467
% change on same period last year-1.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£494£499
UK excluding London average daily rate£444£426
% change on same period last year+4.34 %
Hourly rates quoted137209
Average minimum hourly rate£30.32£25.66
Average hourly rate£32.93£27.67
% change on same period last year+19.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.55£29.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.02£27.53
% change on same period last year-9.13 %

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.

Loan IQ
Demand Trend

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

Loan IQ Demand Trend

Loan IQ
Daily Rate Trend

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

Loan IQ Daily Rate Trend

Loan IQ
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Loan IQ within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Loan IQ Daily Rate Histogram

Loan IQ
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Loan IQ Hourly Rate Trend

Loan IQ
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Loan IQ within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonDown-1946£493-3.04 %
EnglandDown-446£493-3.04 %
City of LondonDown-729£503-2.51 %

Loan IQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Loan IQ 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 Loan IQ.

179 (61.24 %)Banking
272 (55.81 %)Finance
352 (40.31 %)Investment Banking
437 (28.68 %)Oracle
531 (24.03 %)SQL
625 (19.38 %)Java
724 (18.60 %)TestDirector
724 (18.60 %)Back Office
823 (17.83 %)Migration
823 (17.83 %)User Acceptance Testing
823 (17.83 %)PL/SQL
823 (17.83 %)Cognos
919 (14.73 %)Financial Institution
1012 (9.302 %)Business Analysis
1012 (9.302 %)Summit
1110 (7.752 %)Misys Midas
1110 (7.752 %)Datawarehouse
1110 (7.752 %)MS Excel
129 (6.977 %)Microsoft
129 (6.977 %)SQL Server
129 (6.977 %)Crystal Reports
129 (6.977 %)MS Office
129 (6.977 %)Windows
129 (6.977 %)Fixed Income
138 (6.202 %)QA
147 (5.426 %)Business Objects
147 (5.426 %)Data Modelling
147 (5.426 %)BusinessObjects
156 (4.651 %)Oracle Reports
156 (4.651 %)Data Migration

Loan IQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Loan IQ 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 Loan IQ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (3.101 %)XML
23 (2.326 %)Middleware
32 (1.550 %).NET
32 (1.550 %)ASP
32 (1.550 %)ASP.NET
41 (0.775 %)OLE
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (7.752 %)MS Excel
29 (6.977 %)MS Office
34 (3.101 %)MS Project
34 (3.101 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (2.326 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (9.302 %)Summit
210 (7.752 %)Misys Midas
33 (2.326 %)Misys Opics
33 (2.326 %)Bankmaster
33 (2.326 %)Misys Equation
41 (0.775 %)Oracle General Ledger
41 (0.775 %)Oracle Applications
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (7.752 %)Datawarehouse
29 (6.977 %)SQL Server
29 (6.977 %)Crystal Reports
37 (5.426 %)BusinessObjects
46 (4.651 %)Oracle Reports
54 (3.101 %)DTS
54 (3.101 %)Oracle Discoverer
54 (3.101 %)Oracle 10g
63 (2.326 %)Data Cleansing
63 (2.326 %)Oracle OWB
63 (2.326 %)Star Schema
72 (1.550 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (1.550 %)Oracle 9i
72 (1.550 %)SQL Server 2000
81 (0.775 %)ReportNet
81 (0.775 %)Data Mart
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
124 (18.60 %)TestDirector
21 (0.775 %)Oracle Forms
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
179 (61.24 %)Banking
272 (55.81 %)Finance
352 (40.31 %)Investment Banking
424 (18.60 %)Back Office
519 (14.73 %)Financial Institution
65 (3.876 %)General Ledger
71 (0.775 %)Retail
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
166 (51.16 %)Analyst
230 (23.26 %)Developer
322 (17.05 %)Business Analyst
421 (16.28 %)Support Analyst
519 (14.73 %)Test Analyst
615 (11.63 %)Cognos Developer
712 (9.302 %)Senior Analyst
811 (8.527 %)Senior Test Analyst
910 (7.752 %)Banking Business Analyst
108 (6.202 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
108 (6.202 %)Report Developer
117 (5.426 %)Environment Manager
126 (4.651 %)Project Manager
126 (4.651 %)Administrator
126 (4.651 %)Technical Analyst
135 (3.876 %)Oracle Developer
144 (3.101 %)Business Support Analyst
144 (3.101 %)Oracle Database Developer
144 (3.101 %)Database Developer
144 (3.101 %)Project Leader
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (6.977 %)Fixed Income
24 (3.101 %)Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (6.977 %)Windows
25 (3.876 %)Linux
25 (3.876 %)UNIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
123 (17.83 %)Migration
123 (17.83 %)User Acceptance Testing
212 (9.302 %)Business Analysis
37 (5.426 %)Data Modelling
46 (4.651 %)Data Migration
54 (3.101 %)Manual Testing
54 (3.101 %)Configuration Management
54 (3.101 %)Stakeholder Management
54 (3.101 %)Unit Testing
54 (3.101 %)Integration Testing
54 (3.101 %)Test Management
63 (2.326 %)Test Scripting
63 (2.326 %)Project Management
63 (2.326 %)OO
63 (2.326 %)Risk Management
72 (1.550 %)Business Intelligence
72 (1.550 %)Change Management
72 (1.550 %)Regression Testing
72 (1.550 %)Release Management
81 (0.775 %)Asset Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (24.03 %)SQL
225 (19.38 %)Java
323 (17.83 %)PL/SQL
42 (1.550 %)C#
42 (1.550 %)VB
51 (0.775 %)VB.NET
51 (0.775 %)C
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (6.202 %)QA
22 (1.550 %)SLA
31 (0.775 %)Basel II
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
137 (28.68 %)Oracle
223 (17.83 %)Cognos
39 (6.977 %)Microsoft
47 (5.426 %)Business Objects
55 (3.876 %)Misys
62 (1.550 %)Calypso
62 (1.550 %)Sybase