The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VocaLink products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VocaLink over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within VocaLink Limited.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VocaLink
Rank 512 556 565
Rank change year-on-year
+44 +9
Contract jobs citing VocaLink 1 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.002% 0.006% 0.011%
As % of the Vendors category 0.005% 0.012% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £550
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19388 24654 25908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.63% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10664 13039 13321
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1105 1232 1516
Average hourly rate £19.63 £19.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
VocaLink
UK

VocaLink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England VocaLink Jobs Demand Trend

VocaLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

England VocaLink Daily Rate Trend

VocaLink
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VocaLink within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
South East +13 1 - -
VocaLink
UK

VocaLink
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing VocaLink 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 VocaLink.

1 6 (66.67%) EFT
1 6 (66.67%) Wincor Nixdorf
1 6 (66.67%) ISO 8583
1 6 (66.67%) VeriFone
2 5 (55.56%) EFTPOS
2 5 (55.56%) EPoS
2 5 (55.56%) Smartcard
2 5 (55.56%) Mobile Commerce
2 5 (55.56%) E-Commerce
3 4 (44.44%) ATM
3 4 (44.44%) Retail
4 3 (33.33%) TSYS
4 3 (33.33%) BASE24
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle
5 2 (22.22%) Misys
5 2 (22.22%) Temenos
5 2 (22.22%) APACS
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) EMV
5 2 (22.22%) Chip and PIN
5 2 (22.22%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (22.22%) Banking
6 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (11.11%) SWIFT
6 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (11.11%) WebSphere
6 1 (11.11%) QA
6 1 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS

VocaLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing VocaLink 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 VocaLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) BASE24
2 2 (22.22%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) ATM
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (44.44%) Retail
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Test Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Test Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Support
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) EFT
2 5 (55.56%) EFTPOS
2 5 (55.56%) EPoS
2 5 (55.56%) Smartcard
3 2 (22.22%) APACS
3 2 (22.22%) EMV
3 2 (22.22%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (11.11%) SWIFT
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Mobile Commerce
1 5 (55.56%) E-Commerce
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) ISO 8583
2 1 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Wincor Nixdorf
1 6 (66.67%) VeriFone
2 3 (33.33%) TSYS
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (22.22%) Misys
3 2 (22.22%) Temenos
4 1 (11.11%) NCR
4 1 (11.11%) Sage
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft