The first table below looks at the demand for Global One skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Global One 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 of the Business Applications category for the London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SunGard Global One
Rank 359 405 412
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +7
Contract jobs citing Global One 18 10 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.083% 0.037% 0.097%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.043% 0.456% 1.127%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 13
Average daily rate £550 £600 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £450 £480
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £650 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1726 2194 2661
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.970% 8.144% 8.563%
Number of daily rates quoted 1021 1194 1598
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 22
Average hourly rate £32.58 £41.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.53% +22.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.40 £15.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £52.50 £62.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Global One
England

Global One
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Global One Jobs Demand Trend

Global One
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Global One Daily Rate Trend

Global One
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Global One across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Global One Daily Rate Histogram

Global One
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Global One Hourly Rate Trend

Global One
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Global One within the London 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
City of London +19 8 £575 -
Canary Wharf -2 3 £550 -12.00%
Global One
England

Global One
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Global One 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 Global One.

1 23 (85.19%) UNIX
2 20 (74.07%) SQL
3 14 (51.85%) Front Office
4 13 (48.15%) Finance
4 13 (48.15%) Perl
5 10 (37.04%) Sybase
5 10 (37.04%) UniData
6 9 (33.33%) Equities
6 9 (33.33%) Asset Management
6 9 (33.33%) Business Objects
6 9 (33.33%) VBA
7 8 (29.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (29.63%) Derivative
8 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
9 5 (18.52%) Investment Management
10 4 (14.81%) Banking
10 4 (14.81%) Change Management
10 4 (14.81%) Middleware
11 3 (11.11%) Configuration Management
11 3 (11.11%) Shell Script
11 3 (11.11%) Firewall
11 3 (11.11%) C#
11 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
11 3 (11.11%) SLA
11 3 (11.11%) SWIFT
11 3 (11.11%) Investment Banking
11 3 (11.11%) Automated Testing
12 2 (7.407%) Business Analysis
12 2 (7.407%) Retail
12 2 (7.407%) Murex

Global One
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (14.81%) Middleware
2 2 (7.407%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (3.704%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Loanet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (37.04%) UniData
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle 10g
General
1 14 (51.85%) Front Office
2 13 (48.15%) Finance
3 4 (14.81%) Banking
4 3 (11.11%) Investment Banking
5 2 (7.407%) Retail
6 1 (3.704%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 19 (70.37%) Analyst
2 12 (44.44%) Developer
3 9 (33.33%) Support Analyst
4 7 (25.93%) Business Analyst
5 6 (22.22%) Analyst Developer
5 6 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (18.52%) Senior Support Analyst
7 3 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (11.11%) Administrator
7 3 (11.11%) Business Support Analyst
8 2 (7.407%) C# Developer
8 2 (7.407%) Applications Support Analyst
8 2 (7.407%) Applications Support
8 2 (7.407%) Senior Business Analyst
9 1 (3.704%) Senior Manager
9 1 (3.704%) Senior Developer
9 1 (3.704%) Oracle Developer
9 1 (3.704%) Developer Analyst
9 1 (3.704%) Support Manager
9 1 (3.704%) IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Equities
2 8 (29.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (29.63%) Derivative
3 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
4 3 (11.11%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 23 (85.19%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 5 (18.52%) Investment Management
3 4 (14.81%) Change Management
4 3 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 3 (11.11%) Automated Testing
5 2 (7.407%) Business Analysis
6 1 (3.704%) Scrum
6 1 (3.704%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.704%) Competitor Analysis
6 1 (3.704%) Financial Modelling
6 1 (3.704%) Financial Analysis
6 1 (3.704%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (74.07%) SQL
2 13 (48.15%) Perl
3 9 (33.33%) VBA
4 3 (11.11%) Shell Script
4 3 (11.11%) C#
5 1 (3.704%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Sybase
2 9 (33.33%) Business Objects
3 2 (7.407%) Murex
4 1 (3.704%) Oracle
4 1 (3.704%) Calypso
4 1 (3.704%) Wall Street Systems