The first table below looks at the demand for Prophet skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Prophet 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 South East 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 iWorks Prophet
Rank 223 235 238
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +3
Contract jobs citing Prophet 1 4 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.013% 0.039% 0.145%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.165% 0.445% 1.693%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 9
Average daily rate £288 £400 £800
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.12% -50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £375 £800
% change year-on-year
-23.33% -53.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
605 898 886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 7.762% 8.851% 8.541%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 468 364
Average daily rate £433 £445 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.80% +11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £588 £544
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 14
Average hourly rate £23.00 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.39% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £13.50 £8.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £53.00 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Prophet
England

Prophet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Prophet Jobs Demand Trend

Prophet
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Prophet Daily Rate Trend

Prophet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Prophet within the South East 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
Hampshire -11 1 £288 -28.12%
Prophet
England

Prophet
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Prophet 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 Prophet.

1 3 (33.33%) System Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Solvency II
2 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (22.22%) QA
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
3 1 (11.11%) MoSes

Prophet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MoSes
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Test Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Test Team Leader
3 3 (33.33%) Team Leader
4 2 (22.22%) Financial Business Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Financial Services Business Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) System Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Solvency II
2 2 (22.22%) QA