Refinitiv Eikon
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Eikon skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Eikon over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 594 713 839
Rank change year-on-year +119 +126 -165
Contract jobs citing Eikon 4 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.010% 0.011%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.12% 0.16% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile - £306 £209
25th Percentile £275 £315 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £335 £325
Median % change year-on-year -6.72% +3.08% -4.41%
75th Percentile £341 £356 £738
90th Percentile £346 £368 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £185

All Business Application Skills
UK

Eikon is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,225 3,814 5,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.45% 6.38% 5.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,885 2,195 3,127
10th Percentile £363 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £650
90th Percentile £775 £794 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £515
% change year-on-year - +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 56 57
10th Percentile £14.71 £21.25 £16.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.21 £21.00
Median hourly rate £43.75 £47.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +35.71% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59.82 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £63.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £49.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year -8.16% +108.29% +12.02%

Eikon
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Eikon as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Eikon in the UK

Eikon
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Eikon.

Daily rate trend for Eikon in the UK

Eikon
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Eikon.

Hourly rate trend for Eikon in the UK

Eikon
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Eikon within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +126 4 £313 -6.72% 1
London +100 4 £313 -6.72% 1

Eikon
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) NetSuite
1 2 (50.00%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (50.00%) iPad
1 2 (50.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MCP
1 2 (50.00%) MCSA
1 2 (50.00%) MCSE
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Bloomberg
1 4 (100.00%) Reuters
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) VMware