Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Summit 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 Summit over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Business Applications category for the England region.

 Misys Summit
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank262350281
Rank change year-on-year
Up+88Down-69
Matching contract IT job ads23883375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England0.531 %0.227 %0.489 %
As % of the Business Applications category6.434 %2.807 %6.998 %
Daily rates quoted13231167
Average daily rate£550£400£650
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.50 %-38.46 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£230£494
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£600£800
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£230£300
% change year-on-year
+10.86 %-23.33 %
Hourly rates quoted5617
Average hourly rate£31.00£18.96£16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.54 %+14.87 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.75£16.45£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.50£35.25£59.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.50£18.91£16.50
% change year-on-year
+61.29 %+14.60 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
369929575359
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England8.254 %8.090 %6.982 %
Daily rates quoted15729581562
Average daily rate£450£450£475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--5.260 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£300£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£425£450
% change year-on-year
-5.880 %-5.550 %
Hourly rates quoted6965131
Average hourly rate£33.00£27.50£28.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00 %-3.030 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.00£11.50£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£47.60£60.00£55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.50£20.50£25.00
% change year-on-year
+53.65 %-18.00 %
Summit UKSummit
UK

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.

Summit
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Summit across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

England Summit Demand Trend

Summit
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Summit Daily Rate Trend

Summit
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Summit across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

England Summit Daily Rate Histogram

Summit
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Summit Hourly Rate Trend

Summit
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Summit across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

England Summit Hourly Rate Histogram

Summit
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Summit within the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+53228£550+22.22 %
South WestDown-15£275-
South EastDown-43£235-
East MidlandsDown-91--
East of EnglandNew entry-1--
Summit UKSummit
UK

Summit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Summit 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 Summit.

1171 (44.53 %)Banking
2129 (33.59 %)Derivative
3114 (29.69 %)Investment Banking
4111 (28.91 %)C++
5101 (26.30 %)UNIX
697 (25.26 %)SQL
789 (23.18 %)Finance
881 (21.09 %)Front Office
881 (21.09 %)Sybase
972 (18.75 %)Back Office
1065 (16.93 %)Migration
1156 (14.58 %)Business Analysis
1255 (14.32 %)Murex
1348 (12.50 %)Fixed Income
1443 (11.20 %)C
1542 (10.94 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1641 (10.68 %)Project Management
1739 (10.16 %)Oracle
1836 (9.375 %)Calypso
1934 (8.854 %)Java
1934 (8.854 %)Interest Rate Derivative
2031 (8.073 %)User Acceptance Testing
2127 (7.031 %)Equity Derivative
2224 (6.250 %)Credit Derivative
2322 (5.729 %)SQL Server
2322 (5.729 %)Windows
2322 (5.729 %)RDBMS
2419 (4.948 %)Shell Script
2518 (4.688 %)XML
2617 (4.427 %)VB

Summit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Summit 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 Summit. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
118 (4.688 %)XML
213 (3.385 %).NET
312 (3.125 %)XML Messaging
411 (2.865 %)FpML
510 (2.604 %)JSP
67 (1.823 %)Spring
76 (1.563 %)XSL
76 (1.563 %)Hibernate
85 (1.302 %)CORBA
94 (1.042 %)Web Services
94 (1.042 %)Middleware
103 (0.781 %)AJAX
112 (0.521 %)MDX
112 (0.521 %)Django
112 (0.521 %)J2EE
112 (0.521 %)CSS
112 (0.521 %)XHTML
112 (0.521 %)Swing
112 (0.521 %)WinForms
121 (0.260 %)Flash
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (0.781 %)MQSeries
22 (0.521 %)MS Exchange
31 (0.260 %)SharePoint
31 (0.260 %)WebLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (2.344 %)MS Office
28 (2.083 %)MS Excel
32 (0.521 %)Spreadsheet
32 (0.521 %)MS PowerPoint
32 (0.521 %)MS Project
41 (0.260 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (1.042 %)SAP FI-GL
23 (0.781 %)SAP Bank Analyzer
23 (0.781 %)Loan IQ
23 (0.781 %)SunGard GMI
32 (0.521 %)Front Arena
41 (0.260 %)Adaptiv
41 (0.260 %)Global One
41 (0.260 %)Murex MxG2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (0.781 %)VLAN
21 (0.260 %)VRRP
21 (0.260 %)MPLS
21 (0.260 %)WAN
21 (0.260 %)VPN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (5.729 %)SQL Server
122 (5.729 %)RDBMS
210 (2.604 %)BusinessObjects
38 (2.083 %)Oracle 10g
46 (1.563 %)Oracle 8/8i
46 (1.563 %)ETL
55 (1.302 %)MS Access
55 (1.302 %)Sybase ASE
64 (1.042 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
64 (1.042 %)Datawarehouse
73 (0.781 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
73 (0.781 %)Data Cleansing
73 (0.781 %)SQL Server Integration Services
82 (0.521 %)SQL Server 2005
82 (0.521 %)Reference Data
82 (0.521 %)MySQL
82 (0.521 %)Data Mining
91 (0.260 %)Data Mart
91 (0.260 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (0.260 %)Sybase IQ
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (1.563 %)Ant
25 (1.302 %)Subversion
25 (1.302 %)Eclipse
25 (1.302 %)ClearCase
25 (1.302 %)JUnit
33 (0.781 %)ERwin
42 (0.521 %)TestDirector
51 (0.260 %)ClearQuest
England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1171 (44.53 %)Banking
2114 (29.69 %)Investment Banking
389 (23.18 %)Finance
481 (21.09 %)Front Office
572 (18.75 %)Back Office
66 (1.563 %)General Ledger
75 (1.302 %)Financial Institution
83 (0.781 %)Retail
83 (0.781 %)Education
91 (0.260 %)Multimedia
91 (0.260 %)Aerospace
91 (0.260 %)Health
91 (0.260 %)Law
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1139 (36.20 %)Analyst
2130 (33.85 %)Developer
3106 (27.60 %)Business Analyst
460 (15.63 %)Summit Developer
555 (14.32 %)Summit Business Analyst
645 (11.72 %)Project Manager
738 (9.896 %)C++ Developer
813 (3.385 %)Programme Manager
912 (3.125 %)Support Analyst
912 (3.125 %)Senior Analyst
912 (3.125 %)Consultant
1010 (2.604 %)Senior Business Analyst
1010 (2.604 %)Senior Developer
119 (2.344 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
128 (2.083 %)Business Manager
137 (1.823 %)Business Project Manager
137 (1.823 %)Summit Support Analyst
137 (1.823 %)Team Leader
137 (1.823 %)DBA
137 (1.823 %)Java Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1129 (33.59 %)Derivative
248 (12.50 %)Fixed Income
342 (10.94 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
434 (8.854 %)Interest Rate Derivative
527 (7.031 %)Equity Derivative
624 (6.250 %)Credit Derivative
79 (2.344 %)Exotic Derivative
79 (2.344 %)Market Risk
86 (1.563 %)Mathematics
86 (1.563 %)Data Conversion
95 (1.302 %)Equities
104 (1.042 %)STB
113 (0.781 %)Credit Risk
113 (0.781 %)DTCC
113 (0.781 %)Computer Science
122 (0.521 %)E-Learning
131 (0.260 %)Clustering
131 (0.260 %)Replication
131 (0.260 %)NHS
131 (0.260 %)Data Integration
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1101 (26.30 %)UNIX
222 (5.729 %)Windows
38 (2.083 %)Solaris
43 (0.781 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (0.781 %)Linux
52 (0.521 %)Windows XP
52 (0.521 %)AIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
165 (16.93 %)Migration
256 (14.58 %)Business Analysis
341 (10.68 %)Project Management
431 (8.073 %)User Acceptance Testing
517 (4.427 %)Risk Management
614 (3.646 %)Data Migration
713 (3.385 %)Data Analysis
811 (2.865 %)Data Modelling
811 (2.865 %)GAP Analysis
98 (2.083 %)Software Architecture
107 (1.823 %)Requirements Analysis
116 (1.563 %)Systems Analysis
125 (1.302 %)Workflow
125 (1.302 %)Stakeholder Management
125 (1.302 %)Business Intelligence
125 (1.302 %)Unit Testing
125 (1.302 %)Risk Analysis
125 (1.302 %)System Testing
134 (1.042 %)ITIL
134 (1.042 %)PRINCE2
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1111 (28.91 %)C++
297 (25.26 %)SQL
343 (11.20 %)C
434 (8.854 %)Java
519 (4.948 %)Shell Script
617 (4.427 %)VB
713 (3.385 %)Perl
812 (3.125 %)T-SQL
99 (2.344 %)C#
107 (1.823 %)VBA
115 (1.302 %)PHP
124 (1.042 %)JavaScript
133 (0.781 %)Python
133 (0.781 %)Delphi
133 (0.781 %)Korn
141 (0.260 %)VBScript
141 (0.260 %)VB.NET
141 (0.260 %)ActionScript
141 (0.260 %)PL/SQL
141 (0.260 %)ActionScript 3.0
England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (2.865 %)Degree
23 (0.781 %)ISEB
32 (0.521 %)Security Cleared
32 (0.521 %)CCNA
32 (0.521 %)ITIL Certification
32 (0.521 %)Cisco Certification
41 (0.260 %)ACCA
41 (0.260 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.260 %)CCNP
41 (0.260 %)SC Cleared
41 (0.260 %)ICAEW
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.083 %)QA
25 (1.302 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.521 %)SLA
41 (0.260 %)IAS 39
41 (0.260 %)Basel II
England IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (1.302 %)Oracle RMAN
24 (1.042 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
31 (0.260 %)Active Directory
31 (0.260 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (0.260 %)Veritas Cluster Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (1.563 %)AutoSys
25 (1.302 %)Data Guard
34 (1.042 %)CONTROL-M
34 (1.042 %)Tivoli
41 (0.260 %)NetBackup
41 (0.260 %)HP Quality Center
England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
181 (21.09 %)Sybase
255 (14.32 %)Murex
339 (10.16 %)Oracle
436 (9.375 %)Calypso
515 (3.906 %)Misys
613 (3.385 %)Bloomberg
711 (2.865 %)SAP
711 (2.865 %)Sophis
810 (2.604 %)Business Objects
96 (1.563 %)Fidessa
104 (1.042 %)Tieto
104 (1.042 %)SunGard
113 (0.781 %)GoldenSource
113 (0.781 %)Accenture
113 (0.781 %)Informatica
113 (0.781 %)Temenos
122 (0.521 %)Wall Street Systems
122 (0.521 %)Cognos
122 (0.521 %)Cisco
122 (0.521 %)IBM