The first table below looks at the demand for Aligne skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Aligne over the 3 months to 17 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.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SunGard Aligne
Rank 521 562 587
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +25
Contract jobs citing Aligne 9 16 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.019% 0.027% 0.002%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.226% 0.308% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 1
Average daily rate £413 £425 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -22.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3983 5191 5719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.584% 8.907% 9.330%
Number of daily rates quoted 1982 2535 2796
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 61 104
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.15 £14.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.60 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%

Aligne
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Aligne within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Aligne Jobs Demand Trend

Aligne
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aligne Daily Rate Trend

Aligne
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Aligne within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Aligne Daily Rate Histogram

Aligne
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Aligne within the UK.

Aligne Hourly Rate Trend

Aligne
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aligne within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +41 9 £413 -2.94%
London +14 9 £413 -2.94%
City of London +10 2 - -

Aligne
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Aligne 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 Aligne.

1 17 (80.95%) Endur
1 17 (80.95%) ZaiNet
2 16 (76.19%) Risk Management
2 16 (76.19%) SunGard
2 16 (76.19%) OpenLink
3 14 (66.67%) Trayport
4 13 (61.90%) Derivative
4 13 (61.90%) Finance
4 13 (61.90%) Java
4 13 (61.90%) SQL
5 12 (57.14%) VB.NET
5 12 (57.14%) VBA
5 12 (57.14%) .NET
5 12 (57.14%) ETRM
6 4 (19.05%) C#
6 4 (19.05%) QA
7 3 (14.29%) Project Management
7 3 (14.29%) Front Office
8 2 (9.524%) Management Information System
8 2 (9.524%) Configuration Management
8 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (9.524%) PMI
8 2 (9.524%) PMI Certification
8 2 (9.524%) MS Project
8 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
8 2 (9.524%) MS Visio
8 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
8 2 (9.524%) Time Management
8 2 (9.524%) Degree
8 2 (9.524%) Change Control

Aligne
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Aligne 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 Aligne. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (57.14%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (9.524%) MS Project
1 2 (9.524%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (80.95%) Endur
1 17 (80.95%) ZaiNet
2 1 (4.762%) OpenLink RightAngle
General
1 13 (61.90%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Front Office
3 1 (4.762%) Back Office
3 1 (4.762%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Developer
2 6 (28.57%) Support Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Business Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Technical Support
4 3 (14.29%) Applications Support
4 3 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Applications Support Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (9.524%) Project Manager
5 2 (9.524%) Applications Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Programme Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Process Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Technical Specialist
6 1 (4.762%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (61.90%) Derivative
2 2 (9.524%) PMI
2 2 (9.524%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.762%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Risk Management
2 12 (57.14%) ETRM
3 3 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
4 2 (9.524%) Configuration Management
4 2 (9.524%) Change Control
4 2 (9.524%) Time Management
5 1 (4.762%) Analytics
5 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.762%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) Java
1 13 (61.90%) SQL
2 12 (57.14%) VB.NET
2 12 (57.14%) VBA
3 4 (19.05%) C#
4 1 (4.762%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (9.524%) PMI Certification
1 2 (9.524%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) SunGard
1 16 (76.19%) OpenLink
2 14 (66.67%) Trayport
3 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.762%) Murex
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