The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Contract for Difference in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Contract for Difference over the 3 months to 17 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 for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Contract for Difference (CFD)
Rank 803 784 764
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -20
Permanent jobs citing Contract for Difference 27 79 95
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.027% 0.070% 0.081%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.079% 0.207% 0.232%
Number of salaries quoted 23 68 83
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,000 £40,500
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £75,000 £74,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 - £43,750
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
34218 38130 40996
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 33.93% 33.57% 35.07%
Number of salaries quoted 28363 32372 34472
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £29,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Contract for Difference
UK

Contract for Difference
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Contract for Difference across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England Contract for Difference Jobs Demand Trend

Contract for Difference
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Contract for Difference across the England region.

England Contract for Difference Salary Trend

Contract for Difference
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Contract for Difference across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Contract for Difference Salary Histogram

Contract for Difference
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contract for Difference within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -25 23 £57,500 +21.05%
South East - 4 £50,000 -
Contract for Difference
UK

Contract for Difference
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Contract for Difference 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Contract for Difference.

1 61 (83.56%) Finance
2 39 (53.42%) Derivative
3 38 (52.05%) Spread Betting
4 26 (35.62%) Banking
5 25 (34.25%) SQL
6 24 (32.88%) C#
7 23 (31.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 22 (30.14%) Business Analysis
9 21 (28.77%) QA
9 21 (28.77%) JavaScript
10 20 (27.40%) Project Management
11 18 (24.66%) .NET
12 17 (23.29%) Investment Banking
13 16 (21.92%) Equities
14 14 (19.18%) Web Development
14 14 (19.18%) CSS
15 13 (17.81%) Business Intelligence
16 12 (16.44%) Degree
16 12 (16.44%) CMS
16 12 (16.44%) Back Office
16 12 (16.44%) Fixed Income
17 11 (15.07%) Ajax
17 11 (15.07%) PHP
18 10 (13.70%) VBA
18 10 (13.70%) QuickTest Pro
18 10 (13.70%) TDD
18 10 (13.70%) Open Source
19 9 (12.33%) HTML5
19 9 (12.33%) CSS3
19 9 (12.33%) Agile Software Development

Contract for Difference
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Contract for Difference also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Contract for Difference. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (24.66%) .NET
2 14 (19.18%) CSS
3 11 (15.07%) Ajax
4 9 (12.33%) HTML5
4 9 (12.33%) CSS3
5 7 (9.589%) Memcached
5 7 (9.589%) jQuery
6 6 (8.219%) Ext JS
6 6 (8.219%) WCF
6 6 (8.219%) WPF
6 6 (8.219%) YUI
6 6 (8.219%) SVG
6 6 (8.219%) WinForms
6 6 (8.219%) Node.js
6 6 (8.219%) HTML5 Canvas
7 5 (6.849%) JSP
8 4 (5.479%) XHTML
9 2 (2.740%) HTML
9 2 (2.740%) Spring
9 2 (2.740%) XML
Application Platforms
1 12 (16.44%) CMS
2 7 (9.589%) Drupal
2 7 (9.589%) Apache Solr
3 1 (1.370%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.370%) IIS
3 1 (1.370%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (1.370%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.110%) DNS
2 2 (2.740%) Internet
2 2 (2.740%) DHCP
2 2 (2.740%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.589%) MySQL
1 7 (9.589%) SQL Server
1 7 (9.589%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.479%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (13.70%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (8.219%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.740%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.370%) MSTest
4 1 (1.370%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (1.370%) JIRA
4 1 (1.370%) FitNesse
General
1 61 (83.56%) Finance
2 26 (35.62%) Banking
3 17 (23.29%) Investment Banking
4 12 (16.44%) Back Office
5 7 (9.589%) General Ledger
6 5 (6.849%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.740%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.370%) Games
8 1 (1.370%) French Language
8 1 (1.370%) Japanese Language
8 1 (1.370%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 26 (35.62%) Developer
2 24 (32.88%) Analyst
3 21 (28.77%) Web Developer
4 13 (17.81%) Business Analyst
5 12 (16.44%) Tester
6 10 (13.70%) Functional Tester
7 8 (10.96%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (10.96%) Senior Developer
8 7 (9.589%) PHP Developer
8 7 (9.589%) Senior Web Developer
8 7 (9.589%) PHP Web Developer
8 7 (9.589%) Senior PHP Developer
8 7 (9.589%) Senior PHP Web Developer
9 6 (8.219%) Senior Business Analyst
10 5 (6.849%) Project Manager
10 5 (6.849%) Front-End Developer
11 4 (5.479%) Front-End Web Developer
11 4 (5.479%) Agile Project Manager
11 4 (5.479%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
11 4 (5.479%) CSS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 39 (53.42%) Derivative
2 38 (52.05%) Spread Betting
3 23 (31.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 16 (21.92%) Equities
5 12 (16.44%) Fixed Income
6 10 (13.70%) Open Source
7 6 (8.219%) Visualisation
7 6 (8.219%) Replication
8 4 (5.479%) Management Information System
9 2 (2.740%) Client/Server
9 2 (2.740%) RIA
9 2 (2.740%) Computer Science
9 2 (2.740%) Hedge funds
10 1 (1.370%) Swaptions
10 1 (1.370%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.589%) Android
2 1 (1.370%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.14%) Business Analysis
2 20 (27.40%) Project Management
3 14 (19.18%) Web Development
4 13 (17.81%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (13.70%) TDD
6 9 (12.33%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (10.96%) Scrum
7 8 (10.96%) CRM
8 7 (9.589%) IT Governance
9 6 (8.219%) Requirements Analysis
9 6 (8.219%) Data Analysis
9 6 (8.219%) OO
9 6 (8.219%) MVVM
9 6 (8.219%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (6.849%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (6.849%) PRINCE2
11 4 (5.479%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
11 4 (5.479%) Wealth Management
12 2 (2.740%) Business Development
12 2 (2.740%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 25 (34.25%) SQL
2 24 (32.88%) C#
3 21 (28.77%) JavaScript
4 11 (15.07%) PHP
5 10 (13.70%) VBA
6 5 (6.849%) Java
7 4 (5.479%) C
8 1 (1.370%) Perl
8 1 (1.370%) ECMAScript
8 1 (1.370%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (16.44%) Degree
2 1 (1.370%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (28.77%) QA
System Software
1 7 (9.589%) Varnish
Vendors
1 4 (5.479%) Business Objects
1 4 (5.479%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.740%) Pega
3 1 (1.370%) JBoss
3 1 (1.370%) Sybase
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