The first table below looks at the demand for Sophis RISQUE skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sophis RISQUE over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Misys Sophis RISQUE
Rank 509 547 549
Rank change year-on-year
+38 +2
Contract jobs citing Sophis RISQUE 3 10 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.007% 0.019% 0.011%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.085% 0.218% 0.123%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 2
Average daily rate £500 £525 £613
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -14.28%
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
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3543 4592 4863
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.375% 8.582% 8.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 1887 2355 2527
Average daily rate £450 £450 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 56 86
Average hourly rate £37.80 £34.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.17% +70.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.25 £14.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.50 £38.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
Sophis RISQUE
UK

Sophis RISQUE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Sophis RISQUE Jobs Demand Trend

Sophis RISQUE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Sophis RISQUE across the England region.

England Sophis RISQUE Daily Rate Trend

Sophis RISQUE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sophis RISQUE within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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 +9 3 £500 -4.76%
Sophis RISQUE
UK

Sophis RISQUE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sophis RISQUE 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 Sophis RISQUE.

1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) VB
1 5 (100.00%) VBA
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) Sophis
1 5 (100.00%) Derivative
1 5 (100.00%) Equity Derivative
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) JIRA
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Wiki
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle OLAP
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (80.00%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (80.00%) Confluence
2 4 (80.00%) Banking
2 4 (80.00%) VB6
2 4 (80.00%) Investment Banking
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Perforce
2 4 (80.00%) Equities
2 4 (80.00%) OLAP
2 4 (80.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (80.00%) Data Warehouse

Sophis RISQUE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sophis RISQUE 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 Sophis RISQUE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) Confluence
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle OLAP
1 4 (80.00%) OLAP
1 4 (80.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
1 4 (80.00%) Investment Banking
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Developer
1 5 (100.00%) PL/SQL Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle Database Developer
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Database Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Derivative
1 5 (100.00%) Equity Derivative
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Wiki
2 4 (80.00%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
1 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) VB
1 5 (100.00%) VBA
2 4 (80.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) Sophis
2 4 (80.00%) Perforce