The first table below looks at the demand for FastVal skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FastVal 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SunGard FastVal
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing FastVal 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - - -
As % of the Business Applications category - - -
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 - - -
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3974 5226 5709
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.566% 8.961% 9.352%
Number of daily rates quoted 1967 2539 2786
Average daily rate £445 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 58 104
Average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%

FastVal
Top 14 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) SunGard
1 3 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 3 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Derivative
1 3 (100.00%) Statistics
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Physics
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) SunGard APT

FastVal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) SunGard APT
General
1 3 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Derivative
1 3 (100.00%) Statistics
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Physics
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SunGard