Bloomberg Contracts in England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Bloomberg products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Bloomberg over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Bloomberg.

Bloomberg UK / England
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	442	518	546
Rank change year-on-year	+76	+28
Contract jobs citing Bloomberg	140	114	79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.33%	0.23%	0.15%
As % of the Vendors category	0.75%	0.52%	0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted	92	96	52
Median daily rate	£600	£550	£500
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+9.09%	+10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£378	£201	£181
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£675	£700	£650
UK excluding London median daily rate	£428	£475	£500
% change year-on-year	-10.00%	-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	0	2
Median hourly rate	£20.70	-	£17.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate	-	-	-

Bloomberg is in the vendor products and services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all vendor product and service related skills in contract job vacancies advertised in England.

Contract Vendor Product & Service Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for skills associated with vendor products and/or services	18654	21963	22858
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	43.93%	44.48%	44.79%
Number of daily rates quoted	11423	13783	13673
Median daily rate	£427	£409	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+4.40%	+2.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£260	£250	£225
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£575	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£363
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted	624	727	1041
Median hourly rate	£17.50	£19.00	£19.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-7.89%	-
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.15	£11.00	£11.17
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£42.33	£41.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£20.50	£18.47
% change year-on-year	-14.63%	+11.02%

Bloomberg
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing Bloomberg as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Vendors category.

Job vacancy trend for Bloomberg in England

Bloomberg
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Bloomberg in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Bloomberg in England

Bloomberg
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Bloomberg in England over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Bloomberg in England

Bloomberg
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bloomberg in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Bloomberg in England

Bloomberg
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Bloomberg in England over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Bloomberg in England

Bloomberg
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bloomberg within the England region over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. 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	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	+55	136	£600	-	28
Yorkshire	-	3	-	-
South East	+16	1	-	-
Bloomberg UK

Bloomberg
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Bloomberg also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for Bloomberg.

1	131 (50.78%)	Reuters
2	111 (43.02%)	Finance
3	102 (39.53%)	Banking
4	88 (34.11%)	Front Office
5	87 (33.72%)	SQL
6	62 (24.03%)	Agile Software Development
7	60 (23.26%)	Windows
8	52 (20.16%)	Investment Banking
9	51 (19.77%)	Fixed Income
10	46 (17.83%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
11	40 (15.50%)	C#
12	38 (14.73%)	Microsoft Excel
12	38 (14.73%)	Microsoft
13	37 (14.34%)	Python
13	37 (14.34%)	Java

14	36 (13.95%)	Windows 7
15	35 (13.57%)	Electronic Trading
15	35 (13.57%)	Oracle
15	35 (13.57%)	Unix
16	34 (13.18%)	SQL Server
17	33 (12.79%)	Citrix
17	33 (12.79%)	Asset Management
18	32 (12.40%)	Linux
19	29 (11.24%)	Derivative
20	28 (10.85%)	VBA
21	27 (10.47%)	Microsoft Office
21	27 (10.47%)	Equities
21	27 (10.47%)	Multithreading
22	26 (10.08%)	ION Trading
23	25 (9.69%)	Degree

Bloomberg
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	13 (5.04%)	IBM Notes
2	6 (2.33%)	WebSphere
3	4 (1.55%)	Confluence
3	4 (1.55%)	WebLogic
4	3 (1.16%)	MTS
5	2 (0.78%)	Apache
5	2 (0.78%)	Apache Spark
5	2 (0.78%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
5	2 (0.78%)	Oracle Workflow
6	1 (0.39%)	SharePoint
6	1 (0.39%)	Skype for Business

Applications
1	38 (14.73%)	Microsoft Excel
2	27 (10.47%)	Microsoft Office
3	18 (6.98%)	Spreadsheet
4	4 (1.55%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	4 (1.55%)	MS Visio
5	1 (0.39%)	Microsoft Project

Business Applications
1	21 (8.14%)	ION MarketView
2	20 (7.75%)	Bloomberg AIM
3	18 (6.98%)	Eikon
4	15 (5.81%)	thinkFolio
5	14 (5.43%)	Bloomberg TOMS
6	4 (1.55%)	Markit EDM
6	4 (1.55%)	Murex MxG2000
6	4 (1.55%)	Summit
7	3 (1.16%)	SAP FSCM
7	3 (1.16%)	Sentinel
8	2 (0.78%)	BondVision
8	2 (0.78%)	Eagle PACE
8	2 (0.78%)	FINCAD Analytics
8	2 (0.78%)	RMDS
9	1 (0.39%)	IntelliMatch
9	1 (0.39%)	LatentZero
9	1 (0.39%)	Remedy ITSM
9	1 (0.39%)	Sophis RISQUE

Cloud Services
1	10 (3.88%)	Amazon AWS
2	6 (2.33%)	Office 365
3	5 (1.94%)	Cloud Computing
4	2 (0.78%)	IaaS
4	2 (0.78%)	PaaS
4	2 (0.78%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	16 (6.20%)	VPN
2	14 (5.43%)	Cisco IOS
3	12 (4.65%)	TCP/IP
4	7 (2.71%)	DNS
5	4 (1.55%)	Multicast
5	4 (1.55%)	Remote Desktop
5	4 (1.55%)	SAN
6	3 (1.16%)	Firewall
6	3 (1.16%)	Network Security
7	2 (0.78%)	DMZ
7	2 (0.78%)	FIX Connectivity
8	1 (0.39%)	BGP
8	1 (0.39%)	H.323
8	1 (0.39%)	ISDN
8	1 (0.39%)	LAN
8	1 (0.39%)	MGCP
8	1 (0.39%)	MPLS
8	1 (0.39%)	OSPF
8	1 (0.39%)	VoIP
8	1 (0.39%)	WAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	34 (13.18%)	SQL Server
2	12 (4.65%)	KDB
3	11 (4.26%)	Relational Database
4	9 (3.49%)	Big Data
5	6 (2.33%)	Hadoop
5	6 (2.33%)	PostgreSQL
5	6 (2.33%)	SQL Server 2008
5	6 (2.33%)	Sybase ASE
6	4 (1.55%)	Data Warehouse
6	4 (1.55%)	DB2
6	4 (1.55%)	MarkLogic
6	4 (1.55%)	MS Access
7	3 (1.16%)	Oracle Database
7	3 (1.16%)	SAP BW
7	3 (1.16%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
7	3 (1.16%)	SQL Server Integration Services
7	3 (1.16%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
8	2 (0.78%)	DTS
8	2 (0.78%)	Kdb+
8	2 (0.78%)	RDBMS

Development Applications
1	8 (3.10%)	JIRA
1	8 (3.10%)	Subversion
2	6 (2.33%)	TeamCity
2	6 (2.33%)	VSS/SourceSafe
3	4 (1.55%)	ERwin
3	4 (1.55%)	HP UFT
3	4 (1.55%)	Maven
3	4 (1.55%)	Selenium
3	4 (1.55%)	Visual Studio Tools for Office
4	3 (1.16%)	JUnit
4	3 (1.16%)	Moq
4	3 (1.16%)	MSTest
4	3 (1.16%)	NUnit
4	3 (1.16%)	Rhino Mocks
5	2 (0.78%)	Cucumber
5	2 (0.78%)	Gradle
5	2 (0.78%)	Mockito
6	1 (0.39%)	Apache Ivy
6	1 (0.39%)	jMock
6	1 (0.39%)	Toad

General
1	111 (43.02%)	Finance
2	102 (39.53%)	Banking
3	88 (34.11%)	Front Office
4	52 (20.16%)	Investment Banking
5	16 (6.20%)	Back Office
6	9 (3.49%)	Retail
7	8 (3.10%)	Retail Banking
8	6 (2.33%)	Financial Institution
8	6 (2.33%)	Legal
9	3 (1.16%)	Mandarin Language
9	3 (1.16%)	Pharmaceutical
10	2 (0.78%)	Publishing
11	1 (0.39%)	Advertising
11	1 (0.39%)	Corporate Banking
11	1 (0.39%)	French Language
11	1 (0.39%)	Spanish Language
11	1 (0.39%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	81 (31.40%)	Developer
2	68 (26.36%)	Analyst
3	44 (17.05%)	Business Analyst
4	27 (10.47%)	Java Developer
5	23 (8.91%)	Python Developer
6	18 (6.98%)	C# Developer
6	18 (6.98%)	Desktop Support
6	18 (6.98%)	Quantitative Developer
6	18 (6.98%)	SQL Developer
7	14 (5.43%)	Front Office Developer
7	14 (5.43%)	Project Manager
8	12 (4.65%)	.NET Developer
8	12 (4.65%)	Architect
9	10 (3.88%)	Investment Banking Business Analyst
9	10 (3.88%)	Solutions Architect
9	10 (3.88%)	Support Analyst
10	9 (3.49%)	2nd Line Support
10	9 (3.49%)	Support Engineer
11	8 (3.10%)	Senior Developer
11	8 (3.10%)	SQL Server Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	22 (8.53%)	FIX Protocol
2	21 (8.14%)	.NET
3	13 (5.04%)	WPF
4	12 (4.65%)	Spring
5	10 (3.88%)	XML
6	9 (3.49%)	JMS
6	9 (3.49%)	Rendezvous
7	7 (2.71%)	Web Services
8	6 (2.33%)	HTML
8	6 (2.33%)	HTML5
8	6 (2.33%)	Java SE
8	6 (2.33%)	REST
9	5 (1.94%)	Hibernate
9	5 (1.94%)	Murex MxML
9	5 (1.94%)	WCF
9	5 (1.94%)	WinForms
9	5 (1.94%)	XSLT
10	4 (1.55%)	JNI
10	4 (1.55%)	Middleware
10	4 (1.55%)	Murex Flex

Miscellaneous
1	51 (19.77%)	Fixed Income
2	46 (17.83%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
3	29 (11.24%)	Derivative
4	27 (10.47%)	Equities
5	25 (9.69%)	Analytical Skills
6	20 (7.75%)	Blackberry
7	15 (5.81%)	Reference Data
8	13 (5.04%)	BYOD
9	12 (4.65%)	Data Centre
10	9 (3.49%)	Hedge funds
11	7 (2.71%)	Equity Derivative
12	6 (2.33%)	Fintech
12	6 (2.33%)	OTC Derivatives
13	5 (1.94%)	iPad
14	4 (1.55%)	Data Structures
14	4 (1.55%)	Management Information System
15	3 (1.16%)	Algorithms
15	3 (1.16%)	Computer Science
15	3 (1.16%)	SWIFT
15	3 (1.16%)	Video Conferencing

Operating Systems
1	60 (23.26%)	Windows
2	36 (13.95%)	Windows 7
3	35 (13.57%)	Unix
4	32 (12.40%)	Linux
5	14 (5.43%)	Mac OS
6	13 (5.04%)	Android
7	11 (4.26%)	Windows 10
8	10 (3.88%)	Windows Server
9	8 (3.10%)	Solaris
10	7 (2.71%)	AIX
11	3 (1.16%)	Windows 8
11	3 (1.16%)	Windows Server 2008
12	1 (0.39%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12	1 (0.39%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	62 (24.03%)	Agile Software Development
2	35 (13.57%)	Electronic Trading
3	33 (12.79%)	Asset Management
4	27 (10.47%)	Multithreading
5	23 (8.91%)	Investment Management
5	23 (8.91%)	Low Latency
6	22 (8.53%)	SDLC
7	18 (6.98%)	Business Analysis
8	17 (6.59%)	Analytics
9	15 (5.81%)	Migration
10	14 (5.43%)	Data Modelling
10	14 (5.43%)	OO
10	14 (5.43%)	Project Management
11	12 (4.65%)	Data Analytics
11	12 (4.65%)	High Availability
11	12 (4.65%)	Stakeholder Management
11	12 (4.65%)	User Acceptance Testing
12	11 (4.26%)	ITIL
12	11 (4.26%)	Mathematics
12	11 (4.26%)	Risk Management

Programming Languages
1	87 (33.72%)	SQL
2	40 (15.50%)	C#
3	37 (14.34%)	Java
3	37 (14.34%)	Python
4	28 (10.85%)	VBA
5	18 (6.98%)	C++
6	6 (2.33%)	Perl
6	6 (2.33%)	PowerShell
6	6 (2.33%)	R
6	6 (2.33%)	Shell Script
7	5 (1.94%)	JavaScript
7	5 (1.94%)	T-SQL
7	5 (1.94%)	VB
8	4 (1.55%)	C
8	4 (1.55%)	PL/SQL
9	3 (1.16%)	MATLAB
10	2 (0.78%)	Groovy
11	1 (0.39%)	Bash Shell
11	1 (0.39%)	Korn
11	1 (0.39%)	Scala

Qualifications
1	25 (9.69%)	Degree
2	15 (5.81%)	PhD
3	3 (1.16%)	CFA
3	3 (1.16%)	ISEB
3	3 (1.16%)	ISTQB
3	3 (1.16%)	ITIL Certification
3	3 (1.16%)	PMI Certification
4	2 (0.78%)	Cisco Certification
4	2 (0.78%)	MCSA
4	2 (0.78%)	Microsoft Certification
4	2 (0.78%)	SC Cleared
4	2 (0.78%)	Security Cleared
5	1 (0.39%)	CCNA
5	1 (0.39%)	CCNP
5	1 (0.39%)	Master's Degree
5	1 (0.39%)	MBA
5	1 (0.39%)	MCP
5	1 (0.39%)	MCSE
5	1 (0.39%)	MOS
5	1 (0.39%)	Numerate Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	23 (8.91%)	MiFID
2	16 (6.20%)	QA
3	10 (3.88%)	SLA
4	7 (2.71%)	Data Quality
5	3 (1.16%)	PMO
6	2 (0.78%)	COBIT
6	2 (0.78%)	Solvency II
7	1 (0.39%)	Dodd-Frank
7	1 (0.39%)	EMIR

System Software
1	18 (6.98%)	Active Directory
2	10 (3.88%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	6 (2.33%)	Oracle RAC
4	5 (1.94%)	Microsoft App-V
5	4 (1.55%)	XenApp
6	1 (0.39%)	IAG
6	1 (0.39%)	ProxySG
6	1 (0.39%)	Virtual Machines

Systems Management
1	8 (3.10%)	SCCM
2	3 (1.16%)	HP Quality Center
2	3 (1.16%)	ThinApp
2	3 (1.16%)	Thomson Reuters DACS
3	2 (0.78%)	Control-M
3	2 (0.78%)	ITRS Geneos
3	2 (0.78%)	Nessus
3	2 (0.78%)	OpenView
4	1 (0.39%)	AirWatch
4	1 (0.39%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
4	1 (0.39%)	vCenter Server
4	1 (0.39%)	yum

Vendors
1	131 (50.78%)	Reuters
2	38 (14.73%)	Microsoft
3	35 (13.57%)	Oracle
4	33 (12.79%)	Citrix
5	26 (10.08%)	ION Trading
6	24 (9.30%)	Sybase
7	21 (8.14%)	Cisco
8	19 (7.36%)	Murex
9	17 (6.59%)	Charles River
9	17 (6.59%)	HP
9	17 (6.59%)	Tradeweb
10	16 (6.20%)	IBM
11	14 (5.43%)	Calypso
12	13 (5.04%)	Lotus
12	13 (5.04%)	VMware
13	12 (4.65%)	TIBCO
14	10 (3.88%)	FXall
15	9 (3.49%)	FactSet
15	9 (3.49%)	Fidessa
16	7 (2.71%)	Dell