Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Murex Flex skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Murex Flex over the 3 months to 19 March 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 of the Application Development category.

 Murex Flex API
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank477398498
Rank change year-on-year
Down-79Up+100
Matching contract IT job ads1643102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.033 %0.109 %0.124 %
As % of the Application Development category0.124 %0.493 %0.513 %
Daily rates quoted141267
Average daily rate£688£750£700
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.330 %+7.140 %
UK excluding London average daily rate---
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12893871819870
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.69 %22.10 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted657530396466
Average daily rate£375£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4254911255
Average hourly rate£30.00£29.70£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.010 %-7.180 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.30£14.50£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %

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.

Murex Flex
Demand Trend

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

Murex Flex Demand Trend

Murex Flex
Daily Rate Trend

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

Murex Flex Daily Rate Trend

Murex Flex
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Murex Flex within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 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
EnglandDown-7116£688-8.33 %
LondonDown-9116£688-8.33 %
City of LondonDown-656£663-26.38 %
Canary WharfDown-291£700+7.69 %

Murex Flex
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Murex Flex 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 Murex Flex.

125 (100.00 %)Murex
222 (88.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
222 (88.00 %)C++
321 (84.00 %)Java
416 (64.00 %)Front Office
515 (60.00 %)Risk Management
610 (40.00 %)UNIX
79 (36.00 %)Derivative
87 (28.00 %)Equities
96 (24.00 %)Windows
105 (20.00 %)Migration
105 (20.00 %)Interest Rate Derivative
114 (16.00 %)SQL
121 (4.000 %)Murex MxML
121 (4.000 %)Equity Derivative
121 (4.000 %)Java SE
121 (4.000 %)Degree
121 (4.000 %)Banking
121 (4.000 %)Investment Banking
121 (4.000 %)Fixed Income

Murex Flex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Murex Flex 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 Murex Flex. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (4.000 %)Murex MxML
11 (4.000 %)Java SE
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
116 (64.00 %)Front Office
21 (4.000 %)Banking
21 (4.000 %)Investment Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
117 (68.00 %)Developer
213 (52.00 %)Murex Developer
310 (40.00 %)Murex Flex Developer
45 (20.00 %)Java Developer
52 (8.000 %)Development Specialist
52 (8.000 %)Murex Specialist
61 (4.000 %)Murex Analyst
61 (4.000 %)Integration Specialist
61 (4.000 %)C++/Java Developer
61 (4.000 %)C++ Analyst Programmer
61 (4.000 %)C++ Programmer
61 (4.000 %)Analyst Programmer
61 (4.000 %)Programmer
61 (4.000 %)C++ Developer
61 (4.000 %)Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
122 (88.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
29 (36.00 %)Derivative
37 (28.00 %)Equities
45 (20.00 %)Interest Rate Derivative
51 (4.000 %)Equity Derivative
51 (4.000 %)Fixed Income
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
110 (40.00 %)UNIX
26 (24.00 %)Windows
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (60.00 %)Risk Management
25 (20.00 %)Migration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
122 (88.00 %)C++
221 (84.00 %)Java
34 (16.00 %)SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (4.000 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
125 (100.00 %)Murex