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

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within OpenLink Financial, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenLink
Rank 344 332 267
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -65
Contract jobs citing OpenLink 45 73 171
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.204% 0.271% 0.557%
As % of the Vendors category 0.452% 0.608% 1.234%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 56 115
Average daily rate £650 £625 £530
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +17.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £488 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £750 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £625 £625 £463
% change year-on-year
- +35.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9950 12001 13861
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.17% 44.48% 45.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6268 7285 8366
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £270 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 295 401
Average hourly rate £21.67 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £36.03 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
OpenLink
England

OpenLink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London OpenLink Jobs Demand Trend

OpenLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

London OpenLink Daily Rate Trend

OpenLink
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OpenLink across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London OpenLink Daily Rate Histogram

OpenLink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London OpenLink Hourly Rate Trend

OpenLink
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenLink within the London 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
City of London +5 15 £625 -
OpenLink
England

OpenLink
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing OpenLink 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 OpenLink.

1 72 (84.71%) Endur
2 38 (44.71%) Finance
3 32 (37.65%) ETRM
4 24 (28.24%) Risk Management
4 24 (28.24%) Java
5 18 (21.18%) Aligne
5 18 (21.18%) Back Office
6 16 (18.82%) ZaiNet
6 16 (18.82%) SQL
7 15 (17.65%) SunGard
8 14 (16.47%) .NET
9 13 (15.29%) VBA
9 13 (15.29%) Derivative
9 13 (15.29%) Degree
10 12 (14.12%) Trayport
10 12 (14.12%) VB.NET
11 11 (12.94%) Change Management
12 10 (11.76%) VB
12 10 (11.76%) TIBCO
13 9 (10.59%) Project Management
14 8 (9.412%) C#
15 7 (8.235%) Oracle
15 7 (8.235%) PRINCE2
15 7 (8.235%) Front Office
15 7 (8.235%) Banking
15 7 (8.235%) E-Learning
15 7 (8.235%) SWIFT
16 6 (7.059%) MS PowerPoint
16 6 (7.059%) Workflow
16 6 (7.059%) Data Modelling

OpenLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 14 (16.47%) .NET
2 1 (1.176%) SOAP
Applications
1 6 (7.059%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 72 (84.71%) Endur
2 18 (21.18%) Aligne
3 16 (18.82%) ZaiNet
4 4 (4.706%) Temenos T24
5 3 (3.529%) SAP GTS
6 2 (2.353%) OpenLink RightAngle
7 1 (1.176%) Summit
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.059%) SQL Server
1 6 (7.059%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.176%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (1.176%) ClearCase
1 1 (1.176%) Selenium
1 1 (1.176%) Subversion
General
1 38 (44.71%) Finance
2 18 (21.18%) Back Office
3 7 (8.235%) Front Office
3 7 (8.235%) Banking
4 5 (5.882%) Financial Institution
5 2 (2.353%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.176%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 25 (29.41%) Analyst
2 12 (14.12%) Developer
3 11 (12.94%) Trainer
4 10 (11.76%) Business Analyst
5 9 (10.59%) Support Analyst
6 8 (9.412%) Project Manager
7 6 (7.059%) Technical Analyst
7 6 (7.059%) Technical Support
7 6 (7.059%) Consultant
8 5 (5.882%) Support Manager
9 4 (4.706%) Technical Support Analyst
9 4 (4.706%) Applications Support
10 3 (3.529%) Test Analyst
10 3 (3.529%) Applications Support Analyst
11 2 (2.353%) Analyst Developer
11 2 (2.353%) Business Consultant
11 2 (2.353%) Technical Manager
11 2 (2.353%) IT Project Manager
11 2 (2.353%) Technical Support Manager
11 2 (2.353%) Training Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.29%) Derivative
2 7 (8.235%) E-Learning
2 7 (8.235%) SWIFT
3 6 (7.059%) PMI
4 4 (4.706%) Computer Science
4 4 (4.706%) Swaptions
5 3 (3.529%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.353%) APACS
6 2 (2.353%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.176%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.176%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (37.65%) ETRM
2 24 (28.24%) Risk Management
3 11 (12.94%) Change Management
4 9 (10.59%) Project Management
5 7 (8.235%) PRINCE2
6 6 (7.059%) Workflow
6 6 (7.059%) Data Modelling
7 5 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (4.706%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (4.706%) Supplier Management
9 3 (3.529%) Test Management
9 3 (3.529%) Test Scripting
10 2 (2.353%) Logistics
10 2 (2.353%) Time Management
10 2 (2.353%) Problem Management
10 2 (2.353%) Algorithmic Trading
10 2 (2.353%) Incident Management
10 2 (2.353%) Service Delivery
10 2 (2.353%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (2.353%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 24 (28.24%) Java
2 16 (18.82%) SQL
3 13 (15.29%) VBA
4 12 (14.12%) VB.NET
5 10 (11.76%) VB
6 8 (9.412%) C#
7 2 (2.353%) C++
Qualifications
1 13 (15.29%) Degree
2 6 (7.059%) PMI Certification
2 6 (7.059%) ISEB
3 1 (1.176%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.529%) SLA
1 3 (3.529%) QA
System Software
1 3 (3.529%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.176%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (1.176%) WMI
Vendors
1 15 (17.65%) SunGard
2 12 (14.12%) Trayport
3 10 (11.76%) TIBCO
4 7 (8.235%) Oracle
5 6 (7.059%) Sybase
6 4 (4.706%) Mercator
7 3 (3.529%) SAP
8 2 (2.353%) Murex
8 2 (2.353%) T-Plan
9 1 (1.176%) Fidessa
9 1 (1.176%) HP
9 1 (1.176%) Remedy
9 1 (1.176%) Triple Point
9 1 (1.176%) ION Trading
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Aston Carter
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
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The successful Technical Analyst will need to have good knowledge of C# and VBA development and have excellent communication skills... Knowledge of an ETRM trading system, such as...
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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My client, atop tier energy trading company requires an experienced Project Manager with Openlink ENDUR experience to work closely with the business on an implementation project... Prince 2...
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Rate: £600 - £650 per annum
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