The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Fiserv products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Fiserv 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 Vendors currently tracked.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Fiserv, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fiserv
Rank 520 579 573
Rank change year-on-year
+59 -6
Contract jobs citing Fiserv 9 5 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.019% 0.009% 0.018%
As % of the Vendors category 0.041% 0.018% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 8
Average daily rate £425 £900 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-52.77% +87.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 - £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21803 27081 28409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11623 13840 14202
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1174 1312 1605
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.22 £11.50 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Fiserv
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Fiserv Jobs Demand Trend

Fiserv
Daily Rate Trend

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

Fiserv Daily Rate Trend

Fiserv
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fiserv within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Fiserv Daily Rate Histogram

Fiserv
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Fiserv Hourly Rate Trend

Fiserv
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fiserv 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 +48 7 £575 -36.11%
London +38 4 £575 -36.11%
Dorset - 3 - -
Weymouth - 3 - -
South West - 3 - -
City of London +13 1 £575 -

Fiserv
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

1 15 (83.33%) Finance
2 12 (66.67%) Retail
2 12 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 10 (55.56%) SQL
4 7 (38.89%) Oracle
4 7 (38.89%) ITIL
4 7 (38.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
4 7 (38.89%) Lawson
4 7 (38.89%) Time Management
4 7 (38.89%) Degree
4 7 (38.89%) Software Testing
4 7 (38.89%) Incident Management
4 7 (38.89%) Kronos
5 5 (27.78%) Banking
5 5 (27.78%) Retail Banking
6 4 (22.22%) EPoS
6 4 (22.22%) Mobile Commerce
6 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
6 4 (22.22%) Web Services
6 4 (22.22%) ATG
6 4 (22.22%) Analytics
7 3 (16.67%) JMeter
7 3 (16.67%) JIRA
7 3 (16.67%) ISEB
8 1 (5.556%) Financial Institution
8 1 (5.556%) Cadis
8 1 (5.556%) Derivative
8 1 (5.556%) Salerio

Fiserv
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (22.22%) Web Services
Business Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Lawson
2 1 (5.556%) Salerio
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JMeter
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 15 (83.33%) Finance
2 12 (66.67%) Retail
3 5 (27.78%) Banking
3 5 (27.78%) Retail Banking
4 1 (5.556%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Applications Support
3 5 (27.78%) Software Tester
3 5 (27.78%) Tester
3 5 (27.78%) Software Test Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Test Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Consultant
4 4 (22.22%) Support Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Help Desk Analyst
5 3 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (16.67%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) EPoS
2 1 (5.556%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 7 (38.89%) ITIL
2 7 (38.89%) Time Management
2 7 (38.89%) Software Testing
2 7 (38.89%) Incident Management
3 4 (22.22%) Mobile Commerce
3 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
3 4 (22.22%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Oracle
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
1 7 (38.89%) Kronos
2 4 (22.22%) ATG
3 1 (5.556%) Cadis