The first table below looks at the demand for Adaptiv skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Adaptiv over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Business Applications category for the City of London region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SunGard Adaptiv
Rank 190 213 234
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +21
Contract jobs citing Adaptiv 13 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.202% 0.051% 0.021%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.486% 0.745% 0.277%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 2
Average daily rate £450 - £638
90% offered a daily rate of more than £374 - £628
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 - £648
UK excluding London average daily rate £600 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
523 537 722
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 8.139% 6.830% 7.459%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 365 516
Average daily rate £450 £455 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.09% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £313 £363
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 2
Average hourly rate £32.58 £50.00 £34.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.84% +45.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £14.75 £19.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.51 £56.25 £48.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
Adaptiv
London

Adaptiv
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Adaptiv across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

City of London Adaptiv Jobs Demand Trend

Adaptiv
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Adaptiv across the City of London region.

City of London Adaptiv Daily Rate Trend

Adaptiv
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adaptiv across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

City of London Adaptiv Daily Rate Histogram

Adaptiv
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Adaptiv 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 Adaptiv.

1 11 (73.33%) SunGard
2 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 7 (46.67%) C
3 7 (46.67%) C#
3 7 (46.67%) SunGard Panorama
3 7 (46.67%) Perforce
3 7 (46.67%) Banking
3 7 (46.67%) Subversion
3 7 (46.67%) WPF
3 7 (46.67%) MVVM
4 6 (40.00%) Finance
5 4 (26.67%) SQL
5 4 (26.67%) Market Risk
6 3 (20.00%) Credit Risk
6 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (20.00%) PerformancePoint
6 3 (20.00%) MDX
6 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (20.00%) T-SQL
6 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET
6 3 (20.00%) OO
6 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
6 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (20.00%) Advertising
6 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (20.00%) .NET
7 2 (13.33%) Bloomberg
7 2 (13.33%) Investment Banking

Adaptiv
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Adaptiv 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 Adaptiv. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (46.67%) WPF
2 3 (20.00%) MDX
2 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (6.667%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.667%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 7 (46.67%) SunGard Panorama
2 1 (6.667%) Bloomberg TOMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (20.00%) PerformancePoint
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Subversion
2 1 (6.667%) JIRA
2 1 (6.667%) ClearCase
2 1 (6.667%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (46.67%) Banking
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Advertising
4 2 (13.33%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.667%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Market Risk Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Market Risk Business Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Credit Risk Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Market Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Market Risk
2 3 (20.00%) Credit Risk
3 1 (6.667%) Credit Derivative
3 1 (6.667%) Derivative
3 1 (6.667%) Fixed Income
3 1 (6.667%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) MVVM
2 3 (20.00%) OO
2 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (13.33%) Stress Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
4 1 (6.667%) Monte Carlo Method
4 1 (6.667%) Test Strategy
4 1 (6.667%) Business Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) Project Planning
4 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.667%) MVC
4 1 (6.667%) Project Management
4 1 (6.667%) RUP
4 1 (6.667%) UML
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) C
1 7 (46.67%) C#
2 4 (26.67%) SQL
3 3 (20.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (6.667%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) SunGard
2 7 (46.67%) Perforce
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (13.33%) Bloomberg
5 1 (6.667%) Murex
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Posted: 20 May 2013