The first table below looks at the demand for Global One skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Global One over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SunGard Global One
Rank 522 561 571
Rank change year-on-year
+39 +10
Contract jobs citing Global One 19 9 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.039% 0.016% 0.048%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.465% 0.176% 0.515%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 14
Average daily rate £550 £600 £590
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +1.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £517 £450 £466
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £450
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
4087 5106 5825
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.494% 8.798% 9.358%
Number of daily rates quoted 2036 2417 2878
Average daily rate £448 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.55% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £290 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £408
% change year-on-year
- +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 54 106
Average hourly rate £33.00 £32.25 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.32% +7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £63.00 £56.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+44.00% -13.79%

Global One
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Global One Jobs Demand Trend

Global One
Daily Rate Trend

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

Global One Daily Rate Trend

Global One
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Global One within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Global One Daily Rate Histogram

Global One
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Global One Hourly Rate Trend

Global One
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Global One within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +36 19 £550 -8.33%
England +23 19 £550 -8.33%

Global One
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Global One 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 Global One.

1 20 (80.00%) UNIX
2 18 (72.00%) SQL
3 14 (56.00%) Finance
4 12 (48.00%) Front Office
5 10 (40.00%) Perl
6 9 (36.00%) VBA
6 9 (36.00%) Business Objects
6 9 (36.00%) Equities
6 9 (36.00%) Asset Management
7 8 (32.00%) Derivative
7 8 (32.00%) UniData
7 8 (32.00%) Sybase
7 8 (32.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (28.00%) Management Information System
9 5 (20.00%) Banking
9 5 (20.00%) Investment Management
10 4 (16.00%) Investment Banking
10 4 (16.00%) Change Management
10 4 (16.00%) Middleware
11 3 (12.00%) Configuration Management
11 3 (12.00%) Shell Script
11 3 (12.00%) SLA
11 3 (12.00%) Firewall
11 3 (12.00%) Automated Testing
12 2 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
12 2 (8.000%) Business Analysis
12 2 (8.000%) SWIFT
12 2 (8.000%) Murex
13 1 (4.000%) Calypso
13 1 (4.000%) Oracle 10g

Global One
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Global One 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 Global One. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (16.00%) Middleware
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Loanet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (32.00%) UniData
2 1 (4.000%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (56.00%) Finance
2 12 (48.00%) Front Office
3 5 (20.00%) Banking
4 4 (16.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.000%) Back Office
5 1 (4.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Analyst
2 10 (40.00%) Developer
3 8 (32.00%) Business Analyst
4 7 (28.00%) Support Analyst
5 6 (24.00%) Analyst Developer
6 5 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (16.00%) Senior Support Analyst
8 3 (12.00%) Administrator
8 3 (12.00%) Systems Administrator
8 3 (12.00%) Business Support Analyst
9 2 (8.000%) Senior Business Analyst
10 1 (4.000%) Applications Support
10 1 (4.000%) Oracle Developer
10 1 (4.000%) C# Developer
10 1 (4.000%) Applications Support Analyst
10 1 (4.000%) IT Business Analyst
10 1 (4.000%) Financial Analyst
10 1 (4.000%) Banking Business Analyst
10 1 (4.000%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
10 1 (4.000%) Equity Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Equities
2 8 (32.00%) Derivative
2 8 (32.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (28.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.000%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 20 (80.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Asset Management
2 5 (20.00%) Investment Management
3 4 (16.00%) Change Management
4 3 (12.00%) Configuration Management
4 3 (12.00%) Automated Testing
5 2 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (8.000%) Business Analysis
6 1 (4.000%) Risk Management
6 1 (4.000%) Scrum
6 1 (4.000%) Competitor Analysis
6 1 (4.000%) Financial Modelling
6 1 (4.000%) Financial Analysis
6 1 (4.000%) Waterfall
6 1 (4.000%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 18 (72.00%) SQL
2 10 (40.00%) Perl
3 9 (36.00%) VBA
4 3 (12.00%) Shell Script
5 1 (4.000%) C#
5 1 (4.000%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Business Objects
2 8 (32.00%) Sybase
3 2 (8.000%) Murex
4 1 (4.000%) Calypso
4 1 (4.000%) Oracle
4 1 (4.000%) Wall Street Systems