Equities Contracts in England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equities in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Equities over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over 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.

Equities UK / England
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	247	406	332
Rank change year-on-year	+159	-74
Contract jobs citing Equities	398	229	313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.94%	0.47%	0.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	2.79%	1.41%	1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted	321	151	246
Median daily rate	£600	£575	£550
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+4.34%	+4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£475	£425	£450
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£700	£700	£725
UK excluding London median daily rate	£421	£400	£438
% change year-on-year	+5.12%	-8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	0
Median hourly rate	-	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	-	-	-

Equities is in the generic IT skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Generic IT Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	14253	16209	16371
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	33.54%	33.27%	32.10%
Number of daily rates quoted	9344	10788	10479
Median daily rate	£463	£440	£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.11%	+3.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£280	£273	£253
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£615	£613
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£390	£375
% change year-on-year	+2.56%	+4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	440	523	587
Median hourly rate	£22.00	£21.50	£18.90
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+2.32%	+13.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.00	£12.49	£12.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£47.13	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.00	£23.00	£18.90
% change year-on-year	+8.69%	+21.69%

Equities
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Equities in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate trend for Equities in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Equities in England over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Equities in England

Equities
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for Equities in England

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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 Equities within the England region over the 3 months to 25 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	+88	398	£600	-	98
Equities UK

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Equities 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 Equities.

1	373 (50.27%)	Finance
2	351 (47.30%)	Front Office
3	332 (44.74%)	Banking
4	316 (42.59%)	Java
5	272 (36.66%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
6	227 (30.59%)	Fixed Income
7	218 (29.38%)	Investment Banking
8	201 (27.09%)	Derivative
9	180 (24.26%)	Multithreading
10	176 (23.72%)	Electronic Trading
11	175 (23.58%)	SQL
12	160 (21.56%)	C#
13	151 (20.35%)	Agile Software Development
14	147 (19.81%)	Low Latency
15	131 (17.65%)	C++

16	116 (15.63%)	MiFID
17	115 (15.50%)	SDLC
18	107 (14.42%)	Analytical Skills
19	94 (12.67%)	Unix
20	93 (12.53%)	Linux
21	83 (11.19%)	FIX Protocol
22	82 (11.05%)	Oracle
23	76 (10.24%)	Equity Derivative
24	74 (9.97%)	Multithreaded Programming
25	71 (9.57%)	Greenfield Project
25	71 (9.57%)	.NET
26	69 (9.30%)	JavaScript
27	61 (8.22%)	Risk Management
28	60 (8.09%)	Degree
29	59 (7.95%)	Windows

Equities
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	21 (2.83%)	Confluence
2	14 (1.89%)	Apache Spark
3	6 (0.81%)	Apache
3	6 (0.81%)	Tomcat
4	4 (0.54%)	Elasticsearch
4	4 (0.54%)	SharePoint
4	4 (0.54%)	WebSphere
5	2 (0.27%)	Apache Pig
5	2 (0.27%)	Oracle Coherence
5	2 (0.27%)	Oracle SOA Suite
6	1 (0.13%)	DataSynapse
6	1 (0.13%)	IIS
6	1 (0.13%)	JBoss
6	1 (0.13%)	Jupyter
6	1 (0.13%)	Oracle Workflow
6	1 (0.13%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	24 (3.23%)	Microsoft Excel
2	12 (1.62%)	Microsoft Office
2	12 (1.62%)	Microsoft Project
3	6 (0.81%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	6 (0.81%)	MS Visio
4	3 (0.40%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	26 (3.50%)	ION MarketView
2	8 (1.08%)	Global One
3	7 (0.94%)	thinkFolio
4	5 (0.67%)	IntelliMatch
4	5 (0.67%)	Markit EDM
5	4 (0.54%)	Endur
5	4 (0.54%)	SunGard Martini
6	3 (0.40%)	Minerva
6	3 (0.40%)	SimCorp Dimension
6	3 (0.40%)	SunGard GMI
7	2 (0.27%)	Bloomberg AIM
7	2 (0.27%)	Eagle PACE
7	2 (0.27%)	LatentZero
8	1 (0.13%)	Actimize
8	1 (0.13%)	Bloomberg TOMS
8	1 (0.13%)	Loan IQ
8	1 (0.13%)	RMDS
8	1 (0.13%)	SunGard APT

Cloud Services
1	1 (0.13%)	Cloud Computing
1	1 (0.13%)	GitHub
1	1 (0.13%)	Microsoft Azure
1	1 (0.13%)	OpenShift

Communications & Networking
1	9 (1.21%)	FIX Connectivity
2	8 (1.08%)	TCP/IP
3	4 (0.54%)	Multicast
4	3 (0.40%)	tcpdump
5	2 (0.27%)	PuTTY
6	1 (0.13%)	Firewall
6	1 (0.13%)	FTP
6	1 (0.13%)	HTTP
6	1 (0.13%)	Kerberos
6	1 (0.13%)	LAN
6	1 (0.13%)	LDAP
6	1 (0.13%)	WAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	52 (7.01%)	SQL Server
2	44 (5.93%)	Relational Database
3	33 (4.45%)	Big Data
4	27 (3.64%)	KDB
5	24 (3.23%)	RDBMS
6	19 (2.56%)	Hadoop
7	18 (2.43%)	Kdb+
8	17 (2.29%)	Oracle Database
9	13 (1.75%)	Data Warehouse
10	10 (1.35%)	SQL Server Integration Services
10	10 (1.35%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
11	9 (1.21%)	HBase
12	8 (1.08%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
13	7 (0.94%)	Hazelcast
14	6 (0.81%)	Apache Cassandra
14	6 (0.81%)	Data Lake
14	6 (0.81%)	MariaDB
14	6 (0.81%)	Sybase ASE
14	6 (0.81%)	Tick Data
15	5 (0.67%)	DB2

Development Applications
1	47 (6.33%)	JIRA
2	33 (4.45%)	Git (software)
3	18 (2.43%)	Grunt
4	17 (2.29%)	Maven
4	17 (2.29%)	TeamCity
5	14 (1.89%)	Cucumber
6	13 (1.75%)	Subversion
7	12 (1.62%)	JUnit
7	12 (1.62%)	TestRail
8	11 (1.48%)	Gradle
9	9 (1.21%)	gulp
9	9 (1.21%)	Jenkins
10	7 (0.94%)	webpack
11	6 (0.81%)	Eclipse
11	6 (0.81%)	IntelliJ
11	6 (0.81%)	Mocha
11	6 (0.81%)	Visual Studio
12	5 (0.67%)	Mockito
12	5 (0.67%)	NUnit
12	5 (0.67%)	Selenium

General
1	373 (50.27%)	Finance
2	351 (47.30%)	Front Office
3	332 (44.74%)	Banking
4	218 (29.38%)	Investment Banking
5	39 (5.26%)	Back Office
6	27 (3.64%)	Financial Institution
7	16 (2.16%)	Legal
8	14 (1.89%)	Retail
9	11 (1.48%)	Telecoms
10	10 (1.35%)	Marketing
11	8 (1.08%)	German Language
11	8 (1.08%)	Prime Brokerage
12	7 (0.94%)	Games
13	4 (0.54%)	Corporate Banking
13	4 (0.54%)	French Language
14	2 (0.27%)	Advertising
15	1 (0.13%)	Publishing
15	1 (0.13%)	Retail Banking

Job Titles
1	440 (59.30%)	Developer
2	228 (30.73%)	Java Developer
3	163 (21.97%)	Analyst
4	127 (17.12%)	Business Analyst
5	78 (10.51%)	C# Developer
6	71 (9.57%)	Electronic Trading Developer
7	67 (9.03%)	Senior Developer
8	66 (8.89%)	Front Office Developer
9	59 (7.95%)	Electronic Trading Java Developer
10	48 (6.47%)	C++ Developer
10	48 (6.47%)	Senior Java Developer
11	38 (5.12%)	.NET Developer
12	37 (4.99%)	Low Latency Java Developer
13	30 (4.04%)	Project Manager
14	29 (3.91%)	MiFID Business Analyst
15	27 (3.64%)	C# .NET Developer
16	26 (3.50%)	Investment Banking Business Analyst
17	25 (3.37%)	Support Analyst
18	24 (3.23%)	JavaScript Developer
19	21 (2.83%)	Investment Banking Java Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	83 (11.19%)	FIX Protocol
2	71 (9.57%)	.NET
3	48 (6.47%)	HTML
3	48 (6.47%)	HTML5
4	47 (6.33%)	JNI
5	44 (5.93%)	AngularJS
6	35 (4.72%)	CSS
6	35 (4.72%)	Spring
6	35 (4.72%)	WPF
7	29 (3.91%)	React
8	28 (3.77%)	XML
9	27 (3.64%)	CSS3
9	27 (3.64%)	Middleware
10	20 (2.70%)	REST
11	19 (2.56%)	WinForms
12	18 (2.43%)	JMS
13	15 (2.02%)	Redux
14	14 (1.89%)	Node.js
15	12 (1.62%)	Sass
15	12 (1.62%)	Twitter Bootstrap

Miscellaneous
1	272 (36.66%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
2	227 (30.59%)	Fixed Income
3	201 (27.09%)	Derivative
4	107 (14.42%)	Analytical Skills
5	76 (10.24%)	Equity Derivative
6	71 (9.57%)	Greenfield Project
7	55 (7.41%)	Fintech
8	29 (3.91%)	Computer Science
8	29 (3.91%)	Hedge funds
9	26 (3.50%)	Algorithms
9	26 (3.50%)	Reference Data
10	25 (3.37%)	User Experience
11	21 (2.83%)	N-Tier
12	20 (2.70%)	OTC Derivatives
13	19 (2.56%)	Virtual Team
14	17 (2.29%)	Market Risk
15	12 (1.62%)	Data Structures
15	12 (1.62%)	Enterprise Software
15	12 (1.62%)	TWAP
15	12 (1.62%)	VWAP

Operating Systems
1	94 (12.67%)	Unix
2	93 (12.53%)	Linux
3	59 (7.95%)	Windows
4	8 (1.08%)	Windows Server
5	3 (0.40%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	2 (0.27%)	Solaris
7	1 (0.13%)	Windows Server 2003
7	1 (0.13%)	Windows Server 2008
7	1 (0.13%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	180 (24.26%)	Multithreading
2	176 (23.72%)	Electronic Trading
3	151 (20.35%)	Agile Software Development
4	147 (19.81%)	Low Latency
5	115 (15.50%)	SDLC
6	74 (9.97%)	Multithreaded Programming
7	61 (8.22%)	Risk Management
8	57 (7.68%)	Business Analysis
9	56 (7.55%)	OO
10	54 (7.28%)	Project Management
11	51 (6.87%)	Scrum
12	48 (6.47%)	TDD
13	47 (6.33%)	Asset Management
14	45 (6.06%)	Data Management
15	44 (5.93%)	Analytics
16	43 (5.80%)	Algorithmic Trading
17	42 (5.66%)	Test Automation
18	39 (5.26%)	Stakeholder Management
19	37 (4.99%)	User Acceptance Testing
20	35 (4.72%)	Migration

Programming Languages
1	316 (42.59%)	Java
2	175 (23.58%)	SQL
3	160 (21.56%)	C#
4	131 (17.65%)	C++
5	69 (9.30%)	JavaScript
6	48 (6.47%)	Python
6	48 (6.47%)	Shell Script
7	44 (5.93%)	C
7	44 (5.93%)	Perl
8	37 (4.99%)	Scala
9	24 (3.23%)	PL/SQL
10	22 (2.96%)	VBA
11	15 (2.02%)	ES6
12	13 (1.75%)	T-SQL
13	11 (1.48%)	PHP
13	11 (1.48%)	VB
14	6 (0.81%)	TypeScript
15	5 (0.67%)	Bash Shell
15	5 (0.67%)	Ruby
15	5 (0.67%)	XAML

Qualifications
1	60 (8.09%)	Degree
2	17 (2.29%)	ISEB
3	15 (2.02%)	PMI Certification
4	11 (1.48%)	Numerate Degree
5	9 (1.21%)	PMP
6	6 (0.81%)	MBA
7	2 (0.27%)	CFA
7	2 (0.27%)	Computer Science Degree
7	2 (0.27%)	ISTQB
7	2 (0.27%)	Master's Degree
7	2 (0.27%)	PhD
8	1 (0.13%)	ACCA
8	1 (0.13%)	BPSS Clearance
8	1 (0.13%)	CIMA
8	1 (0.13%)	CISA
8	1 (0.13%)	CISSP
8	1 (0.13%)	IIBA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	116 (15.63%)	MiFID
2	53 (7.14%)	QA
3	16 (2.16%)	EMIR
4	13 (1.75%)	Dodd-Frank
5	4 (0.54%)	Basel III
5	4 (0.54%)	IFRS
5	4 (0.54%)	PMO
6	3 (0.40%)	CRD IV
7	2 (0.27%)	COREP
7	2 (0.27%)	Data Quality
7	2 (0.27%)	GAAP
7	2 (0.27%)	GDPR
7	2 (0.27%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
7	2 (0.27%)	SLA
7	2 (0.27%)	Solvency II
8	1 (0.13%)	FATCA
8	1 (0.13%)	ISAE 3402
8	1 (0.13%)	ISO 20022
8	1 (0.13%)	UCITS

System Software
1	8 (1.08%)	Docker
2	2 (0.27%)	HDFS
3	1 (0.13%)	Active Directory
3	1 (0.13%)	Tivoli Workload Scheduler

Systems Management
1	5 (0.67%)	Ansible
1	5 (0.67%)	Control-M
1	5 (0.67%)	ITRS Geneos
1	5 (0.67%)	Kubernetes
2	4 (0.54%)	HP Quality Center
2	4 (0.54%)	Thomson Reuters DACS
3	1 (0.13%)	CA Single Sign-On
3	1 (0.13%)	Ganglia
3	1 (0.13%)	HP Fortify
3	1 (0.13%)	Kibana
3	1 (0.13%)	logstash
3	1 (0.13%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
3	1 (0.13%)	RSA Archer
3	1 (0.13%)	Tivoli

Vendors
1	82 (11.05%)	Oracle
2	57 (7.68%)	Sybase
3	50 (6.74%)	ION Trading
4	46 (6.20%)	Fidessa
5	27 (3.64%)	Bloomberg
6	24 (3.23%)	TIBCO
7	20 (2.70%)	Microsoft
8	17 (2.29%)	Reuters
9	15 (2.02%)	Murex
10	14 (1.89%)	Calypso
11	12 (1.62%)	IBM
12	10 (1.35%)	Informatica
13	9 (1.21%)	Charles River
13	9 (1.21%)	Citrix
14	8 (1.08%)	Google
14	8 (1.08%)	SimCorp
14	8 (1.08%)	SunGard
15	6 (0.81%)	Fixnetix
16	5 (0.67%)	Atlassian
16	5 (0.67%)	Remedy