APACS Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term APACS in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited APACS 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)
Rank 524 582 582
Rank change year-on-year
+58 0
Contract jobs citing APACS 5 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.003% 0.003%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.041% 0.014% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
Search 1 APACS jobs
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 12308 14298 17184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.53% 24.52% 28.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7390 8376 10196
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 536 662 725
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.15 £45.00 £42.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%

APACS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

APACS Jobs Demand Trend

APACS
Daily Rate Trend

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

APACS Daily Rate Trend

APACS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

APACS Hourly Rate Trend

APACS
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APACS within the UK 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
England +50 5 - -
London - 4 - -
South East - 1 - -
City of London - 1 - -

APACS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing APACS 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 APACS.

1 20 (76.92%) EMV
2 18 (69.23%) Finance
3 15 (57.69%) EPoS
4 13 (50.00%) C
4 13 (50.00%) C++
5 12 (46.15%) VeriFone
6 8 (30.77%) Chip and PIN
7 7 (26.92%) Linux
7 7 (26.92%) ISO 8583
8 6 (23.08%) Test Scripting
9 4 (15.38%) EFTPOS
9 4 (15.38%) ISEB
9 4 (15.38%) Validation
10 3 (11.54%) Banking
10 3 (11.54%) Hyperion
10 3 (11.54%) E-Commerce
10 3 (11.54%) Smartcard
10 3 (11.54%) EFT
10 3 (11.54%) Mobile Commerce
10 3 (11.54%) Temenos T24
11 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
11 2 (7.692%) Test Management
11 2 (7.692%) VocaLink
11 2 (7.692%) TSYS
11 2 (7.692%) SWIFT
11 2 (7.692%) T-Plan
11 2 (7.692%) Mercator
11 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2
11 2 (7.692%) OpenLink
11 2 (7.692%) Retail

APACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing APACS 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 APACS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (3.846%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Temenos T24
2 1 (3.846%) BASE24
2 1 (3.846%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) MySQL
General
1 18 (69.23%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Banking
3 2 (7.692%) Retail
4 1 (3.846%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Developer
2 11 (42.31%) Software Developer
3 7 (26.92%) Tester
4 5 (19.23%) C++ Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Software Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) Systems Tester
5 4 (15.38%) Analyst
5 4 (15.38%) Programmer
5 4 (15.38%) Software Programmer
5 4 (15.38%) C++ Programmer
6 3 (11.54%) C Developer
6 3 (11.54%) C Programmer
7 2 (7.692%) Business Analyst
7 2 (7.692%) Test Analyst
8 1 (3.846%) Test Team Leader
8 1 (3.846%) C++ Software Engineer
8 1 (3.846%) Team Leader
8 1 (3.846%) Implementation Manager
8 1 (3.846%) Senior Business Analyst
8 1 (3.846%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 20 (76.92%) EMV
2 15 (57.69%) EPoS
3 8 (30.77%) Chip and PIN
4 4 (15.38%) EFTPOS
5 3 (11.54%) Smartcard
5 3 (11.54%) EFT
6 2 (7.692%) SWIFT
7 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
7 1 (3.846%) PMI
7 1 (3.846%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (3.846%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Test Scripting
2 4 (15.38%) Validation
3 3 (11.54%) E-Commerce
3 3 (11.54%) Mobile Commerce
4 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (7.692%) Test Management
4 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2
4 2 (7.692%) Migration
4 2 (7.692%) Change Management
5 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.846%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (3.846%) Cash Management
5 1 (3.846%) PRINCE
5 1 (3.846%) Project Management
5 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) C
1 13 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (3.846%) Embedded C
2 1 (3.846%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) ISEB
2 1 (3.846%) Degree
2 1 (3.846%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) ISO 8583
2 1 (3.846%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) VeriFone
2 3 (11.54%) Hyperion
3 2 (7.692%) VocaLink
3 2 (7.692%) TSYS
3 2 (7.692%) T-Plan
3 2 (7.692%) Mercator
3 2 (7.692%) OpenLink
3 2 (7.692%) Wincor Nixdorf
4 1 (3.846%) jBASE
4 1 (3.846%) Temenos
4 1 (3.846%) Sage
4 1 (3.846%) SAP
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