The first table below looks at the demand for SimCorp Dimension 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 SimCorp Dimension 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
SimCorp Dimension
Rank - 194 232
Contract jobs citing SimCorp Dimension 0 25 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London - 0.318% 0.130%
As % of the Business Applications category - 4.579% 1.720%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 23 12
Average daily rate - £700 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +21.73%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £1,000 -
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%
SimCorp Dimension
London

SimCorp Dimension
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London SimCorp Dimension Jobs Demand Trend

SimCorp Dimension
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London SimCorp Dimension Daily Rate Trend

SimCorp Dimension
Top 11 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (100.00%) SimCorp
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
3 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 4 (66.67%) Fund Management
3 4 (66.67%) Financial Institution
4 2 (33.33%) Investment Management
4 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) Fixed Income
5 1 (16.67%) Equities
5 1 (16.67%) Back Office

SimCorp Dimension
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Financial Institution
3 1 (16.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Implementation Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Developer Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Fixed Income
1 1 (16.67%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Fund Management
2 2 (33.33%) Investment Management
2 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SimCorp