The first table below looks at the demand for Capstone skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Capstone over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fidessa LatentZero Capstone
Rank 518 574 576
Rank change year-on-year
+56 +2
Contract jobs citing Capstone 16 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.034% 0.020% 0.017%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.395% 0.225% 0.177%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 1
Average daily rate £500 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £675 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
4049 5324 5657
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.592% 8.981% 9.398%
Number of daily rates quoted 2008 2592 2772
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £433 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.73% +2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 62 102
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.00 £56.60 £44.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%

Capstone
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Capstone Jobs Demand Trend

Capstone
Daily Rate Trend

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

Capstone Daily Rate Trend

Capstone
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Capstone within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Capstone Daily Rate Histogram

Capstone
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capstone within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +59 15 £475 +18.75%
London +34 15 £475 +18.75%
City of London +10 8 £475 +18.75%
Scotland - 1 £675 -
Glasgow - 1 £675 -

Capstone
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Capstone 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 Capstone.

1 18 (78.26%) Tesseract
1 18 (78.26%) Minerva
1 18 (78.26%) Sentinel
2 14 (60.87%) LatentZero
3 12 (52.17%) Investment Management
4 10 (43.48%) Asset Management
4 10 (43.48%) Front Office
5 9 (39.13%) thinkFolio
6 7 (30.43%) SQL
7 6 (26.09%) Benchmarking
8 5 (21.74%) Fidessa
8 5 (21.74%) Charles River
8 5 (21.74%) Finance
9 4 (17.39%) Banking
9 4 (17.39%) Performance Testing
9 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
9 4 (17.39%) VBA
9 4 (17.39%) HP Quality Center
10 3 (13.04%) Fund Management
10 3 (13.04%) Twitter
10 3 (13.04%) HTTP
10 3 (13.04%) HTTPS
10 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
10 3 (13.04%) Investment Banking
10 3 (13.04%) Workflow
10 3 (13.04%) Fixed Income
11 2 (8.696%) WinForms
11 2 (8.696%) Financial Institution
11 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
11 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Integration Services

Capstone
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Capstone 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 Capstone. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.696%) WinForms
1 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET
1 2 (8.696%) .NET
2 1 (4.348%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Project
1 2 (8.696%) MS Office
1 2 (8.696%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (78.26%) Tesseract
1 18 (78.26%) Minerva
1 18 (78.26%) Sentinel
2 14 (60.87%) LatentZero
3 2 (8.696%) Eagle PACE
3 2 (8.696%) LongView
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) HTTP
1 3 (13.04%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.348%) DTS
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (43.48%) Front Office
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Banking
4 3 (13.04%) Investment Banking
5 2 (8.696%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) Test Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) Support Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) Applications Support
4 2 (8.696%) Applications Support Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Test Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Support Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Applications Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) Fidessa Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Applications Support Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) Functional Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Fixed Income
2 2 (8.696%) Client/Server
2 2 (8.696%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.348%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.348%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Investment Management
2 10 (43.48%) Asset Management
3 6 (26.09%) Benchmarking
4 4 (17.39%) Performance Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Fund Management
5 3 (13.04%) Workflow
6 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
6 2 (8.696%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (8.696%) Project Management
6 2 (8.696%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (4.348%) RAD
7 1 (4.348%) Unit Testing
7 1 (4.348%) Test Management
7 1 (4.348%) Project Planning
7 1 (4.348%) Software Testing
7 1 (4.348%) Migration
7 1 (4.348%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) VBA
3 2 (8.696%) VB
3 2 (8.696%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) thinkFolio
2 5 (21.74%) Fidessa
2 5 (21.74%) Charles River
3 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
4 3 (13.04%) Twitter
5 2 (8.696%) Cadis
6 1 (4.348%) Reuters
6 1 (4.348%) Bloomberg