The first table below looks at the demand for Loan IQ 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 Loan IQ 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Misys Loan IQ
Rank 194 211 210
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -1
Contract jobs citing Loan IQ 5 8 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.079% 0.102% 0.351%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.975% 1.465% 4.630%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 28
Average daily rate £600 £575 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% +4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £533 £555 £500
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £595 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
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
513 546 756
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 8.076% 6.936% 7.581%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 373 540
Average daily rate £450 £450 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £300 £350
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% +4.16%
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 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Loan IQ
London

Loan IQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Loan IQ Jobs Demand Trend

Loan IQ
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Loan IQ Daily Rate Trend

Loan IQ
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Loan IQ across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Loan IQ Daily Rate Histogram

Loan IQ
Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
3 5 (45.45%) Project Management
4 4 (36.36%) Business Analysis
4 4 (36.36%) Investment Banking
5 3 (27.27%) Back Office
5 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (18.18%) SQL
6 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
7 1 (9.091%) Product Management
7 1 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (9.091%) Oracle
7 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
7 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
7 1 (9.091%) TestDirector
7 1 (9.091%) International Banking
7 1 (9.091%) Degree
7 1 (9.091%) QA

Loan IQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
3 4 (36.36%) Investment Banking
4 3 (27.27%) Back Office
5 1 (9.091%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Banking Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Programme Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Project Management
2 4 (36.36%) Business Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
5 1 (9.091%) Product Management
5 1 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle
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