The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term APACS in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited APACS over the 3 months to 22 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 England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)
Rank 510 569 562
Rank change year-on-year
+59 -7
Contract jobs citing APACS 4 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.009% 0.002% 0.004%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.035% 0.007% 0.012%
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
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11343 13713 16199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.87% 25.28% 29.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6998 8224 9756
Average daily rate £440 £435 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.14% -17.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £258 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 499 636 683
Average hourly rate £23.75 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
APACS
UK

APACS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England APACS Daily Rate Trend

APACS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing APACS across the England region.

England APACS Hourly Rate Trend

APACS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APACS within the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London - 3 - -
South East - 1 - -
APACS
UK

APACS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 19 (73.08%) EMV
2 18 (69.23%) Finance
3 15 (57.69%) EPoS
4 12 (46.15%) C
4 12 (46.15%) C++
5 11 (42.31%) VeriFone
6 9 (34.62%) Chip and PIN
7 7 (26.92%) Linux
7 7 (26.92%) ISO 8583
8 6 (23.08%) Test Scripting
9 4 (15.38%) ISEB
9 4 (15.38%) Validation
10 3 (11.54%) Banking
10 3 (11.54%) Temenos T24
10 3 (11.54%) TSYS
10 3 (11.54%) Hyperion
10 3 (11.54%) EFT
10 3 (11.54%) EFTPOS
10 3 (11.54%) E-Commerce
10 3 (11.54%) Mobile Commerce
10 3 (11.54%) Smartcard
11 2 (7.692%) OpenLink
11 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2
11 2 (7.692%) Mercator
11 2 (7.692%) VocaLink
11 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
11 2 (7.692%) Test Management
11 2 (7.692%) Wincor Nixdorf
11 2 (7.692%) Retail
11 2 (7.692%) Migration

APACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (3.846%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Temenos T24
2 1 (3.846%) BASE24
2 1 (3.846%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) MySQL
General
1 18 (69.23%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Banking
3 2 (7.692%) Retail
4 1 (3.846%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Software Developer
1 11 (42.31%) Developer
2 8 (30.77%) Tester
3 5 (19.23%) Software Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Programmer
4 4 (15.38%) Software Programmer
4 4 (15.38%) C++ Developer
4 4 (15.38%) Systems Tester
4 4 (15.38%) C++ Programmer
5 3 (11.54%) C Developer
5 3 (11.54%) C Programmer
6 2 (7.692%) Test Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Test Team Leader
7 1 (3.846%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Team Leader
7 1 (3.846%) Implementation Manager
7 1 (3.846%) EMV Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 19 (73.08%) EMV
2 15 (57.69%) EPoS
3 9 (34.62%) Chip and PIN
4 3 (11.54%) EFT
4 3 (11.54%) EFTPOS
4 3 (11.54%) Smartcard
5 2 (7.692%) SWIFT
6 1 (3.846%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.846%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Test Scripting
2 4 (15.38%) Validation
3 3 (11.54%) E-Commerce
3 3 (11.54%) Mobile Commerce
4 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2
4 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (7.692%) Test Management
4 2 (7.692%) Migration
4 2 (7.692%) Change Management
5 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.846%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (3.846%) Data Mapping
5 1 (3.846%) Cash Management
5 1 (3.846%) Project Management
5 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.846%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 12 (46.15%) C
1 12 (46.15%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) ISEB
2 1 (3.846%) Degree
2 1 (3.846%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) ISO 8583
2 1 (3.846%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) VeriFone
2 3 (11.54%) TSYS
2 3 (11.54%) Hyperion
3 2 (7.692%) OpenLink
3 2 (7.692%) Mercator
3 2 (7.692%) VocaLink
3 2 (7.692%) Wincor Nixdorf
3 2 (7.692%) T-Plan
4 1 (3.846%) jBASE
4 1 (3.846%) Temenos
4 1 (3.846%) SAP
4 1 (3.846%) Sage
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