The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of OpenLink products and/or services 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 OpenLink over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within OpenLink Financial, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenLink
Rank 187 196 207
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +11
Contract jobs citing OpenLink 16 22 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.251% 0.280% 0.388%
As % of the Vendors category 0.553% 0.663% 0.921%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 19 31
Average daily rate £613 £625 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £520 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £675 £675 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £625 £603 £463
% change year-on-year
+3.73% +30.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2893 3319 4124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 45.35% 42.20% 42.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2051 2268 2847
Average daily rate £431 £425 £489
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.47% -13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £285 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 101 131
Average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £21.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% -6.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £93.00 £39.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
OpenLink
London

OpenLink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London OpenLink Jobs Demand Trend

OpenLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London OpenLink Daily Rate Trend

OpenLink
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OpenLink across the City of London region.

City of London OpenLink Hourly Rate Trend

OpenLink
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing OpenLink 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 OpenLink.

1 21 (70.00%) Endur
2 16 (53.33%) Finance
3 8 (26.67%) Back Office
3 8 (26.67%) Risk Management
4 7 (23.33%) Java
4 7 (23.33%) SQL
4 7 (23.33%) SWIFT
5 6 (20.00%) Aligne
5 6 (20.00%) ETRM
5 6 (20.00%) .NET
6 5 (16.67%) C#
6 5 (16.67%) VBA
6 5 (16.67%) SunGard
6 5 (16.67%) Financial Institution
6 5 (16.67%) Banking
6 5 (16.67%) ZaiNet
7 4 (13.33%) Derivative
7 4 (13.33%) Change Management
7 4 (13.33%) Mercator
7 4 (13.33%) VB.NET
7 4 (13.33%) Temenos T24
7 4 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (13.33%) Trayport
8 3 (10.00%) SAP GTS
8 3 (10.00%) Test Scripting
8 3 (10.00%) SLA
8 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
8 3 (10.00%) SAP
9 2 (6.667%) TIBCO
9 2 (6.667%) C++

OpenLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing OpenLink 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 OpenLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (20.00%) .NET
Business Applications
1 21 (70.00%) Endur
2 6 (20.00%) Aligne
3 5 (16.67%) ZaiNet
4 4 (13.33%) Temenos T24
5 3 (10.00%) SAP GTS
6 1 (3.333%) Summit
Development Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Subversion
1 1 (3.333%) ClearCase
General
1 16 (53.33%) Finance
2 8 (26.67%) Back Office
3 5 (16.67%) Financial Institution
3 5 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (3.333%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.333%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 13 (43.33%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Developer
3 4 (13.33%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Consultant
3 4 (13.33%) Support Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Business Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Test Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Technical Support
5 2 (6.667%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (6.667%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.667%) Trainer
5 2 (6.667%) Business Consultant
5 2 (6.667%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Test Leader
6 1 (3.333%) UAT Test Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.333%) C++ Developer
6 1 (3.333%) C# Developer
6 1 (3.333%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) SWIFT
2 4 (13.33%) Derivative
3 2 (6.667%) APACS
4 1 (3.333%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.333%) E-Learning
4 1 (3.333%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Risk Management
2 6 (20.00%) ETRM
3 4 (13.33%) Change Management
3 4 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (10.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (6.667%) Test Management
5 2 (6.667%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (3.333%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.333%) System Testing
6 1 (3.333%) Business Analysis
6 1 (3.333%) Competitor Analysis
6 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.333%) Configuration Management
6 1 (3.333%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) Java
1 7 (23.33%) SQL
2 5 (16.67%) C#
2 5 (16.67%) VBA
3 4 (13.33%) VB.NET
4 2 (6.667%) C++
4 2 (6.667%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (6.667%) Degree
2 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) SunGard
2 4 (13.33%) Mercator
2 4 (13.33%) Trayport
3 3 (10.00%) SAP
4 2 (6.667%) TIBCO
4 2 (6.667%) T-Plan
5 1 (3.333%) ION Trading
5 1 (3.333%) Fidessa
5 1 (3.333%) Murex
City, London
My client, a large multinational Energy company, requires an Openlink Business Analyst / Configuration Analyst. The role involves maintaining the current Tempest System whilst it is run concurrently with...
Aston Carter
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013