Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Adaptiv skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Adaptiv over the 3 months to 22 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.

LinkSunGard Adaptiv
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank476445587
Rank change year-on-year
Down-31Up+142
Matching contract IT job ads1119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.002 %0.003 %0.023 %
As % of the Business Applications category0.024 %0.030 %0.321 %
Daily rates quoted1117
Average daily rate£600£650£500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %+30.00 %
UK excluding London average daily rate--£375
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
414233805911
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.522 %8.516 %7.208 %
Daily rates quoted167310371651
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£278£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 quoted7069137
Average hourly rate£32.75£27.75£29.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.01 %-5.480 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£11.25£12.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£47.55£55.00£57.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.50£20.75£25.00
% change year-on-year
+51.80 %-17.00 %

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.

Adaptiv
Demand Trend

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

Adaptiv Demand Trend

Adaptiv
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Adaptiv within the UK.

Adaptiv Daily Rate Trend

Adaptiv
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adaptiv within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
EnglandDown-381£600-7.69 %
LondonDown-691£600-7.69 %

Adaptiv
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Adaptiv 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 Adaptiv.

13 (75.00 %)SunGard
13 (75.00 %)Credit Risk
22 (50.00 %)Murex
22 (50.00 %)Risk Management
22 (50.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31 (25.00 %)J2EE
31 (25.00 %)Oracle
31 (25.00 %)WebLogic
31 (25.00 %)Management Information System
31 (25.00 %)Back Office
31 (25.00 %)Finance
31 (25.00 %)Hibernate
31 (25.00 %)Summit
31 (25.00 %)Banking
31 (25.00 %)Spring
31 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
31 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
31 (25.00 %)AJAX
31 (25.00 %)Risk Analysis
31 (25.00 %)Market Risk
31 (25.00 %)Monte Carlo Method

Adaptiv
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Adaptiv 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 Adaptiv. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)J2EE
11 (25.00 %)Hibernate
11 (25.00 %)Spring
11 (25.00 %)AJAX
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)WebLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (25.00 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Back Office
11 (25.00 %)Finance
11 (25.00 %)Banking
11 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Business Analyst
13 (75.00 %)Analyst
13 (75.00 %)Risk Analyst
22 (50.00 %)Credit Analyst
22 (50.00 %)Credit Risk Business Analyst
22 (50.00 %)Credit Risk Analyst
31 (25.00 %)Architect
31 (25.00 %)Senior Business Analyst
31 (25.00 %)Senior Analyst
31 (25.00 %)Senior Risk Analyst
31 (25.00 %)Senior Credit Risk Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)Credit Risk
22 (50.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31 (25.00 %)Management Information System
31 (25.00 %)Market Risk
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Risk Management
21 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
21 (25.00 %)Risk Analysis
21 (25.00 %)Monte Carlo Method
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (75.00 %)SunGard
22 (50.00 %)Murex
31 (25.00 %)Oracle