Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

LinkSpread Betting
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank394554
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+160
Matching contract IT job ads1528
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.044 %0.036 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.181 %0.174 %
Daily rates quoted76
Average daily rate£500£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year+25.00 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£325-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
830216056
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK24.17 %20.85 %
Daily rates quoted38145708
Average daily rate£450£500
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£235£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£360
% change on same period last year-11.73 %
Hourly rates quoted6201354
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.10£41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£21.00
% change on same period last year-4.760 %

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.

Spread Betting
Demand Trend

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

Spread Betting Demand Trend

Spread Betting
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spread Betting within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Spread Betting Daily Rate Histogram

Spread Betting
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 6 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 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+17115£500+25.00 %
LondonUp+12212£500+25.00 %
City of LondonUp+656£500+50.82 %
South EastUp+953£325-
HampshireNew entry-3£325-
WinchesterNew entry-3£325-

Spread Betting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

113 (46.43 %)Banking
211 (39.29 %)Investment Banking
211 (39.29 %)Scrum
211 (39.29 %)Derivative
310 (35.71 %)Finance
310 (35.71 %)AJAX
310 (35.71 %)TDD
310 (35.71 %)JavaScript
49 (32.14 %)SQL
49 (32.14 %)Java
58 (28.57 %)Equities
58 (28.57 %)SQL Server
58 (28.57 %)Contract for Difference
67 (25.00 %).NET
67 (25.00 %)J2EE
67 (25.00 %)C#
67 (25.00 %)Spring
76 (21.43 %)Games
76 (21.43 %)Hibernate
76 (21.43 %)Fixed Income
76 (21.43 %)Sybase
76 (21.43 %)ASP.NET
76 (21.43 %)Online Games
85 (17.86 %)WebLogic
94 (14.29 %)Ant
94 (14.29 %)Oracle
94 (14.29 %)Eclipse
94 (14.29 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
94 (14.29 %)UML
94 (14.29 %)OO

Spread Betting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (35.71 %)AJAX
27 (25.00 %).NET
27 (25.00 %)J2EE
27 (25.00 %)Spring
36 (21.43 %)Hibernate
36 (21.43 %)ASP.NET
44 (14.29 %)GWT
44 (14.29 %)DWR
53 (10.71 %)YUI
53 (10.71 %)WinForms
62 (7.143 %)Struts
62 (7.143 %)XML
71 (3.571 %)J2SE
71 (3.571 %)JMS
71 (3.571 %)EJB
71 (3.571 %)CSS
71 (3.571 %)HTML
71 (3.571 %)EJB 3.0
71 (3.571 %)WebSphere
71 (3.571 %).NET Framework
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (17.86 %)WebLogic
21 (3.571 %)IIS
21 (3.571 %)Tomcat
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.571 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (28.57 %)SQL Server
21 (3.571 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (14.29 %)Ant
14 (14.29 %)Eclipse
22 (7.143 %)NUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (46.43 %)Banking
211 (39.29 %)Investment Banking
310 (35.71 %)Finance
46 (21.43 %)Games
46 (21.43 %)Online Games
52 (7.143 %)Back Office
61 (3.571 %)Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (78.57 %)Developer
29 (32.14 %)Java Developer
37 (25.00 %)J2EE Developer
37 (25.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
45 (17.86 %)JavaScript Developer
45 (17.86 %)C# Developer
45 (17.86 %)Web Developer
54 (14.29 %).NET Developer
63 (10.71 %)Business Analyst
63 (10.71 %)Analyst
63 (10.71 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
72 (7.143 %)Senior Developer
72 (7.143 %)Senior Java Developer
81 (3.571 %)VBA Developer
81 (3.571 %)ASP.NET Developer
81 (3.571 %)Programmer
81 (3.571 %)Applications Support
81 (3.571 %)Administrator
81 (3.571 %)Consultant
81 (3.571 %)GUI Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (39.29 %)Derivative
28 (28.57 %)Contract for Difference
28 (28.57 %)Equities
36 (21.43 %)Fixed Income
44 (14.29 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
52 (7.143 %)Spanish Language
52 (7.143 %)Multithreading
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (7.143 %)UNIX
21 (3.571 %)Windows
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (39.29 %)Scrum
210 (35.71 %)TDD
34 (14.29 %)Continuous Integration
34 (14.29 %)UML
34 (14.29 %)OO
43 (10.71 %)Extreme Programming
43 (10.71 %)DSDM
43 (10.71 %)Data Management
52 (7.143 %)Agile Software Development
61 (3.571 %)RAD
61 (3.571 %)E-Commerce
61 (3.571 %)Data Modelling
61 (3.571 %)Configuration Management
61 (3.571 %)Migration
61 (3.571 %)Load Balancing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (35.71 %)JavaScript
29 (32.14 %)Java
29 (32.14 %)SQL
37 (25.00 %)C#
42 (7.143 %)Perl
42 (7.143 %)T-SQL
42 (7.143 %)VBA
51 (3.571 %)VB.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.571 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (21.43 %)Sybase
24 (14.29 %)Oracle
24 (14.29 %)Google
33 (10.71 %)Yahoo!
41 (3.571 %)JBoss
41 (3.571 %)VMware
41 (3.571 %)DevExpress