BlackRock Aladdin
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Aladdin skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Aladdin over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 674 811
Rank change year-on-year +118 +137 -187
Contract jobs citing Aladdin 38 42 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.070% 0.050%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.18% 1.10% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 34 33
10th Percentile - £470 £570
25th Percentile £500 £634 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £750 £675
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £678 £775 £750
90th Percentile £725 £868 £848
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £550

All Business Application Skills
UK

Aladdin is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,227 3,815 5,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.45% 6.39% 5.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,887 2,194 3,114
10th Percentile £363 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £794 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £526 £516
% change year-on-year -0.19% +1.94% +8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 56 57
10th Percentile £14.71 £21.25 £16.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.21 £21.00
Median hourly rate £43.75 £47.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +35.71% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59.82 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £63.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £49.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year -8.16% +108.29% +12.02%

Aladdin
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Aladdin as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Aladdin in the UK

Aladdin
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aladdin.

Daily rate trend for Aladdin in the UK

Aladdin
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aladdin over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Aladdin in the UK

Aladdin
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aladdin within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +116 38 £600 -20.00% 6
London +108 38 £600 -20.00% 6
Work from Home +112 5 £700 -6.67%

Aladdin
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.63%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (18.42%) SimCorp Dimension
2 2 (5.26%) Bloomberg AIM
2 2 (5.26%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 17 (44.74%) AWS
2 6 (15.79%) Azure
3 5 (13.16%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.26%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.63%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (2.63%) dbt
5 1 (2.63%) GitHub
5 1 (2.63%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) Crystal Reports
1 5 (13.16%) Power BI
1 5 (13.16%) Tableau
2 1 (2.63%) Data Hub
2 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.63%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.63%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.63%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.63%) Spark SQL
2 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (13.16%) JIRA
General
1 28 (73.68%) Finance
2 21 (55.26%) Front Office
3 19 (50.00%) Banking
4 11 (28.95%) Investment Banking
5 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.89%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (52.63%) Analyst
2 14 (36.84%) Business Analyst
3 13 (34.21%) Data Business Analyst
4 11 (28.95%) Finance Business Analyst
4 11 (28.95%) Financial Analyst
4 11 (28.95%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
5 6 (15.79%) Project Manager
6 5 (13.16%) Applications Support
7 3 (7.89%) Asset Management Analyst
7 3 (7.89%) Asset Management Business Analyst
7 3 (7.89%) Implementation Analyst
7 3 (7.89%) Portfolio Analyst
7 3 (7.89%) SimCorp Support
8 2 (5.26%) Data Analyst
8 2 (5.26%) Programme Manager
9 1 (2.63%) Architect
9 1 (2.63%) Data Architect
9 1 (2.63%) Developer
9 1 (2.63%) Senior Manager
9 1 (2.63%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) ADO
1 1 (2.63%) Pandas
1 1 (2.63%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 18 (47.37%) Hedge funds
2 15 (39.47%) Derivative
3 14 (36.84%) Equities
4 12 (31.58%) Fixed Income
5 11 (28.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (28.95%) Product Ownership
6 3 (7.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (2.63%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (78.95%) Asset Management
2 26 (68.42%) Agile
3 23 (60.53%) Investment Management
4 16 (42.11%) Artificial Intelligence
4 16 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (34.21%) Roadmaps
6 12 (31.58%) Machine Learning
6 12 (31.58%) Order Management
6 12 (31.58%) Portfolio Management
7 11 (28.95%) Fintech
8 8 (21.05%) Data Analysis
9 7 (18.42%) Project Management
9 7 (18.42%) Scrum
10 6 (15.79%) DevOps
11 5 (13.16%) ITIL
12 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
12 4 (10.53%) Migration
12 4 (10.53%) Waterfall
13 3 (7.89%) Change Management
13 3 (7.89%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (55.26%) Python
2 20 (52.63%) SQL
3 5 (13.16%) PowerShell
4 4 (10.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) CFA
2 2 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 17 (44.74%) Bloomberg
2 11 (28.95%) BISAM
3 7 (18.42%) SimCorp
4 5 (13.16%) ServiceNow
5 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
6 3 (7.89%) Charles River
7 2 (5.26%) Avaloq
7 2 (5.26%) Oracle