Spread Betting Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Spread Betting in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Spread Betting over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spread Betting
Rank 517 532 569
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +37
Contract jobs citing Spread Betting 23 49 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.049% 0.084% 0.018%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.184% 0.341% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 30 9
Average daily rate £300 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.41% -19.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £588 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 12468 14366 16938
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.41% 24.57% 28.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7504 8442 10060
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £252 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 669 716
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.33 £11.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.85 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%

Spread Betting
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Spread Betting within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Spread Betting Jobs Demand Trend

Spread Betting
Daily Rate Trend

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

Spread Betting Daily Rate Trend

Spread Betting
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spread Betting within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Spread Betting Daily Rate Histogram

Spread Betting
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Spread Betting Hourly Rate Trend

Spread Betting
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 Spread Betting within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +19 23 £300 -29.41%
London -8 23 £300 -25.92%
City of London +14 10 £300 -27.27%

Spread Betting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Spread Betting 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 Spread Betting.

1 21 (70.00%) Finance
2 18 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 14 (46.67%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (43.33%) Java
5 12 (40.00%) Scrum
6 11 (36.67%) HTML
6 11 (36.67%) .NET
7 9 (30.00%) CSS
7 9 (30.00%) Derivative
7 9 (30.00%) Web Development
7 9 (30.00%) Computer Science
7 9 (30.00%) Open Source
8 8 (26.67%) HTML5
8 8 (26.67%) Degree
8 8 (26.67%) Online Betting
8 8 (26.67%) Postgraduate
8 8 (26.67%) C++
8 8 (26.67%) C
8 8 (26.67%) LAMP
8 8 (26.67%) Games
9 7 (23.33%) Ajax
9 7 (23.33%) HTTP
9 7 (23.33%) Ext JS
9 7 (23.33%) JSON
9 7 (23.33%) jQuery
9 7 (23.33%) Sencha
10 5 (16.67%) Banking
11 4 (13.33%) OO
11 4 (13.33%) QA
12 3 (10.00%) Selenium

Spread Betting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Spread Betting 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 Spread Betting. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (36.67%) HTML
1 11 (36.67%) .NET
2 9 (30.00%) CSS
3 8 (26.67%) HTML5
3 8 (26.67%) LAMP
4 7 (23.33%) Ajax
4 7 (23.33%) Ext JS
4 7 (23.33%) JSON
4 7 (23.33%) jQuery
5 2 (6.667%) J2EE
5 2 (6.667%) Hibernate
5 2 (6.667%) WPF
6 1 (3.333%) .NET Framework
6 1 (3.333%) Silverlight
6 1 (3.333%) WCF
6 1 (3.333%) Spring
6 1 (3.333%) WinForms
6 1 (3.333%) ASP.NET
6 1 (3.333%) Middleware
6 1 (3.333%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.667%) CMS
1 2 (6.667%) Drupal
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (3.333%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (3.333%) OmniGraffle
1 1 (3.333%) Photoshop
1 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 7 (23.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) MySQL
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.333%) Essbase
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Selenium
2 2 (6.667%) WebDriver
3 1 (3.333%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.333%) TestNG
3 1 (3.333%) Subversion
3 1 (3.333%) JUnit
3 1 (3.333%) Eclipse
General
1 21 (70.00%) Finance
2 8 (26.67%) Online Betting
2 8 (26.67%) Games
3 5 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (6.667%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Developer
2 7 (23.33%) Web Developer
3 3 (10.00%) C# Developer
4 2 (6.667%) Java Developer
4 2 (6.667%) Drupal Developer
5 1 (3.333%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (3.333%) QA Leader
5 1 (3.333%) Automated Test Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) QA Test Manager
5 1 (3.333%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (3.333%) User Experience Designer
5 1 (3.333%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (3.333%) Designer
5 1 (3.333%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (3.333%) Consultant
5 1 (3.333%) QA Manager
5 1 (3.333%) Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Test Manager
5 1 (3.333%) Test Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Derivative
1 9 (30.00%) Computer Science
1 9 (30.00%) Open Source
2 1 (3.333%) Online Gambling
2 1 (3.333%) Social Media
2 1 (3.333%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.333%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.333%) RIA
2 1 (3.333%) Online Banking
2 1 (3.333%) Contract for Difference
2 1 (3.333%) Handset
2 1 (3.333%) Web 2.0
2 1 (3.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.333%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.333%) Android
1 1 (3.333%) Windows
1 1 (3.333%) Linux
1 1 (3.333%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (40.00%) Scrum
3 9 (30.00%) Web Development
4 4 (13.33%) OO
5 3 (10.00%) TDD
6 2 (6.667%) Software Engineering
6 2 (6.667%) Business Development
6 2 (6.667%) Algorithmic Trading
6 2 (6.667%) Dependency Injection
6 2 (6.667%) Memory Management
6 2 (6.667%) Electronic Trading
6 2 (6.667%) BDD
6 2 (6.667%) Automation Testing
7 1 (3.333%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.333%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.333%) ATDD
7 1 (3.333%) Performance Testing
7 1 (3.333%) Test Scripting
7 1 (3.333%) Multithreading
7 1 (3.333%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 18 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (43.33%) Java
3 8 (26.67%) C++
3 8 (26.67%) C
4 3 (10.00%) C#
5 2 (6.667%) PHP
6 1 (3.333%) Perl
6 1 (3.333%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) Degree
1 8 (26.67%) Postgraduate
2 1 (3.333%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.333%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Sencha
2 2 (6.667%) Oracle
3 1 (3.333%) JBoss
3 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.333%) Hyperion
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