Sophis VALUE Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Sophis VALUE skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sophis VALUE 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 Business Applications category.

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Location Canary Wharf City of London England London UK	3 months to 19 Mar 2010	Same period 2009	Same period 2008
Rank	481	-	589
Rank change year-on-year	- 0
Matching contract IT job ads	12	0	11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	0.025 %	-	0.013 %
As % of the Business Applications category	0.290 %	-	0.186 %
Daily rates quoted	9	0	6
Average daily rate	£650	-	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-	£375
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	4140	3363	5928
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	8.570 %	8.525 %	7.212 %
Daily rates quoted	1665	1022	1650
Average daily rate	£450	£450	£475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	- -5.260 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£283	£300	£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£650
UK excluding London average daily rate	£400	£425	£450
% change year-on-year	-5.880 % -5.550 %
Hourly rates quoted	70	68	138
Average hourly rate	£32.75	£24.75	£28.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	+32.32 % -13.82 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£15.00	£11.15	£12.30
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.55	£57.00	£57.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.50	£20.50	£25.00
% change year-on-year	+53.65 % -18.00 %

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sophis VALUE within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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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 Sophis VALUE 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.

Location	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	-	12	£650	-
London	-	12	£650	-
Canary Wharf	-	9	£650	-
City of London	-	2	£625	-

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (100.00 %) Sophis 2 10 (71.43 %) Sophis RISQUE 2 10 (71.43 %) Derivative 2 10 (71.43 %) Equity Derivative 3 6 (42.86 %) Calypso 3 6 (42.86 %) Migration 3 6 (42.86 %) GAP Analysis 3 6 (42.86 %) VBA 3 6 (42.86 %) Business Analysis 4 4 (28.57 %) Sophis Toolkit 4 4 (28.57 %) C++ 5 3 (21.43 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 2 (14.29 %) C# 6 2 (14.29 %) SQL 7 1 (7.143 %) Perl

7 1 (7.143 %) UNIX 7 1 (7.143 %) Front Office 7 1 (7.143 %) Back Office 7 1 (7.143 %) Finance 7 1 (7.143 %) Financial Institution 7 1 (7.143 %) Greeks

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 4 (28.57 %) Sophis Toolkit	Business Applications 1 10 (71.43 %) Sophis RISQUE
General 1 1 (7.143 %) Front Office 1 1 (7.143 %) Back Office 1 1 (7.143 %) Finance 1 1 (7.143 %) Financial Institution	Job Titles 1 7 (50.00 %) Sophis Business Analyst 1 7 (50.00 %) Business Analyst 1 7 (50.00 %) Analyst 2 6 (42.86 %) Developer 2 6 (42.86 %) Sophis Developer 3 1 (7.143 %) VBA Developer
Miscellaneous 1 10 (71.43 %) Derivative 1 10 (71.43 %) Equity Derivative	Operating Systems 1 1 (7.143 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (42.86 %) Migration 1 6 (42.86 %) GAP Analysis 1 6 (42.86 %) Business Analysis 2 3 (21.43 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 1 (7.143 %) Greeks	Programming Languages 1 6 (42.86 %) VBA 2 4 (28.57 %) C++ 3 2 (14.29 %) C# 3 2 (14.29 %) SQL 4 1 (7.143 %) Perl
Vendors 1 14 (100.00 %) Sophis 2 6 (42.86 %) Calypso