The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term APACS 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 APACS over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)
Rank 198 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing APACS 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.016% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.050% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2008 2575 4008
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.61% 32.71% 40.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1491 1993 3106
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 66 54
Average hourly rate £24.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.62% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.39 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £44.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
APACS
London

APACS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London APACS Jobs Demand Trend

APACS
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London APACS Daily Rate Trend

APACS
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing APACS 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 APACS.

1 2 (100.00%) Mercator
1 2 (100.00%) OpenLink
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Temenos T24
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFT
1 2 (100.00%) T-Plan
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) SAP GTS
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System

APACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing APACS 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 APACS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Temenos T24
2 1 (50.00%) SAP GTS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Test Team Leader
2 1 (50.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFT
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Mercator
1 2 (100.00%) OpenLink
1 2 (100.00%) T-Plan
2 1 (50.00%) SAP