City of London SimCorp Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SimCorp products and/or services in IT contracts within the City of London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SimCorp over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location City of London England London South East Surrey UK	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	222	197
Rank change on same period last year	-25
Matching contract IT job ads	1	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.027 %	0.060 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£500
Average daily rate	-	£500
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	3752	3351
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.982 %	3.438 %
Daily rates quoted	1952	1430
Average minimum daily rate	£423	£438
Average daily rate	£455	£466
% change on same period last year	-2.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£487	£493
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£357
% change on same period last year	-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	165	140
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.84	£20.14
Average hourly rate	£25.62	£21.69
% change on same period last year	+18.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.41	£23.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.18	£25.11
% change on same period last year	-7.68 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within SimCorp.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SimCorp across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SimCorp 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.

1 2 (50.00 %) HiPortfolio 1 2 (50.00 %) Asset Management 1 2 (50.00 %) SimCorp Dimension 2 1 (25.00 %) Thomson PORTIA 2 1 (25.00 %) InvestOne 2 1 (25.00 %) Investment Management 2 1 (25.00 %) MultiFonds 2 1 (25.00 %) Charles River 2 1 (25.00 %) Finance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SimCorp 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications 1 2 (50.00 %) HiPortfolio 1 2 (50.00 %) SimCorp Dimension 2 1 (25.00 %) Thomson PORTIA 2 1 (25.00 %) InvestOne 2 1 (25.00 %) MultiFonds	General 1 1 (25.00 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 3 (75.00 %) Analyst 2 2 (50.00 %) Business Analyst 3 1 (25.00 %) Project Manager 3 1 (25.00 %) Technical Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 2 (50.00 %) Asset Management
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (25.00 %) Investment Management	Vendors 1 1 (25.00 %) Charles River