The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Pega 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 Pega over the 3 months to 17 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 Pegasystems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pega
Rank 373 422 526
Rank change year-on-year
+49 +104
Contract jobs citing Pega 160 156 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.345% 0.268% 0.101%
As % of the Vendors category 0.735% 0.576% 0.217%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 64 28
Average daily rate £505 £500 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.00% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £665 £600 £548
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £418 £450
% change year-on-year
+19.61% -7.11%
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
21775 27088 28510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.93% 46.48% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11633 13855 14263
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 1193 1289 1605
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Pega
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Pega Jobs Demand Trend

Pega
Daily Rate Trend

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

Pega Daily Rate Trend

Pega
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Pega within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Pega Daily Rate Histogram

Pega
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Pega Hourly Rate Trend

Pega
Top 26 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pega within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +57 147 £525 +5.00%
London +48 117 £528 -4.09%
City of London +34 42 £550 +4.76%
West Midlands -3 17 £500 +19.61%
Shropshire +2 16 £500 +19.61%
Telford +2 13 £500 +8.93%
Scotland -26 10 £350 -11.11%
Canary Wharf -6 6 £575 -4.16%
Stirling - 6 £350 -
East of England +14 4 £750 -
Halifax +10 4 £478 +15.75%
West Yorkshire -1 4 £478 +15.75%
Yorkshire -5 4 £478 +15.75%
Brentwood - 3 £763 -
Essex - 3 £763 -
South East +24 2 - -
Berkshire - 2 - -
South West +24 1 - -
Bristol +11 1 - -
Birmingham +10 1 £475 -
Midlands +8 1 - -
Edinburgh +4 1 - -
Hertfordshire +2 1 £325 -
North West - 1 £575 -
Watford - 1 £325 -
Manchester - 1 £575 -

Pega
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Pega 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 Pega.

1 103 (47.03%) Banking
2 53 (24.20%) Finance
3 49 (22.37%) Workflow
4 48 (21.92%) SQL
5 44 (20.09%) XML
6 43 (19.63%) Investment Banking
7 40 (18.26%) SOA
8 38 (17.35%) Web Services
9 35 (15.98%) Oracle
10 32 (14.61%) Unit Testing
11 30 (13.70%) WebLogic
11 30 (13.70%) UML
12 29 (13.24%) WebSphere
13 28 (12.79%) Java
14 27 (12.33%) J2EE
15 24 (10.96%) WSDL
15 24 (10.96%) MS Visio
16 23 (10.50%) SOAP
17 22 (10.05%) Project Management
18 21 (9.589%) Requirements Analysis
19 20 (9.132%) Retail
19 20 (9.132%) XSD
20 18 (8.219%) Use Case
21 17 (7.763%) JMS
21 17 (7.763%) Process Management
22 16 (7.306%) WebSphere Application Server
22 16 (7.306%) Business Analysis
23 15 (6.849%) MQSeries
23 15 (6.849%) Data Modelling
24 14 (6.393%) Linux

Pega
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Pega 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 Pega. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 44 (20.09%) XML
2 38 (17.35%) Web Services
3 29 (13.24%) WebSphere
4 27 (12.33%) J2EE
5 24 (10.96%) WSDL
6 23 (10.50%) SOAP
7 20 (9.132%) XSD
8 17 (7.763%) JMS
9 10 (4.566%) JSP
10 8 (3.653%) HTML
11 6 (2.740%) CSS
12 5 (2.283%) Ajax
13 4 (1.826%) Application Packaging
14 2 (0.913%) jBPM
14 2 (0.913%) XML Messaging
15 1 (0.457%) Hibernate
15 1 (0.457%) Spring
15 1 (0.457%) Middleware
15 1 (0.457%) COM
15 1 (0.457%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 30 (13.70%) WebLogic
2 16 (7.306%) WebSphere Application Server
3 15 (6.849%) MQSeries
4 4 (1.826%) FileNet
5 3 (1.370%) ESB
6 1 (0.457%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 1 (0.457%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.457%) SAP EP
6 1 (0.457%) AquaLogic
6 1 (0.457%) SugarCRM
6 1 (0.457%) TIBCO EMS
6 1 (0.457%) SAS
6 1 (0.457%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.457%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (10.96%) MS Visio
2 7 (3.196%) MS Excel
3 5 (2.283%) MS Office
4 1 (0.457%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (3.653%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.457%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.457%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.457%) Unica Affinium
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.826%) HTTP
2 1 (0.457%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.566%) TOAD
2 5 (2.283%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.913%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.457%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.457%) DB2
4 1 (0.457%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.457%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (1.370%) Rational Rose
1 3 (1.370%) ERwin
1 3 (1.370%) JIRA
2 2 (0.913%) Rational Performance Tester
3 1 (0.457%) NWDI
3 1 (0.457%) NWDS
3 1 (0.457%) JUnit
3 1 (0.457%) ClearCase
General
1 103 (47.03%) Banking
2 53 (24.20%) Finance
3 43 (19.63%) Investment Banking
4 20 (9.132%) Retail
5 11 (5.023%) Retail Banking
6 8 (3.653%) Corporate Banking
7 7 (3.196%) Back Office
8 5 (2.283%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.283%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.913%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.913%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.457%) Marketing
10 1 (0.457%) German Language
10 1 (0.457%) Publishing
10 1 (0.457%) Legal
Job Titles
1 75 (34.25%) Architect
2 61 (27.85%) Analyst
3 47 (21.46%) Business Analyst
4 42 (19.18%) Developer
5 27 (12.33%) Consultant
6 15 (6.849%) Lead Architect
7 14 (6.393%) Project Manager
7 14 (6.393%) Lead Developer
8 13 (5.936%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
9 11 (5.023%) Systems Architect
9 11 (5.023%) Developer Analyst
9 11 (5.023%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (5.023%) Programmer
10 10 (4.566%) Banking Business Analyst
11 7 (3.196%) Training Manager
12 6 (2.740%) Senior Architect
12 6 (2.740%) Technical Business Analyst
12 6 (2.740%) Senior Systems Architect
12 6 (2.740%) Technical Analyst
13 4 (1.826%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.653%) Reference Data
2 7 (3.196%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.283%) Life Science
3 5 (2.283%) E-Learning
4 2 (0.913%) Online Banking
4 2 (0.913%) Client/Server
4 2 (0.913%) N-Tier
4 2 (0.913%) PMI
4 2 (0.913%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.913%) Data Integration
4 2 (0.913%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (0.457%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.457%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.457%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.393%) Linux
2 10 (4.566%) UNIX
3 1 (0.457%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (22.37%) Workflow
2 40 (18.26%) SOA
3 32 (14.61%) Unit Testing
4 30 (13.70%) UML
5 22 (10.05%) Project Management
6 21 (9.589%) Requirements Analysis
7 18 (8.219%) Use Case
8 17 (7.763%) Process Management
9 16 (7.306%) Business Analysis
10 15 (6.849%) Data Modelling
11 13 (5.936%) Wealth Management
12 12 (5.479%) Software Architecture
13 11 (5.023%) Waterfall
13 11 (5.023%) OO
14 10 (4.566%) OOA/OOD
14 10 (4.566%) Agile Software Development
14 10 (4.566%) User Acceptance Testing
15 9 (4.110%) BPMN
15 9 (4.110%) Validation
15 9 (4.110%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 48 (21.92%) SQL
2 28 (12.79%) Java
3 10 (4.566%) PL/SQL
4 8 (3.653%) Shell Script
5 5 (2.283%) Ada
6 2 (0.913%) Perl
6 2 (0.913%) C
7 1 (0.457%) C++
7 1 (0.457%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (1.826%) Degree
2 3 (1.370%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (0.913%) PMP
3 2 (0.913%) PMI Certification
3 2 (0.913%) PgMP
3 2 (0.913%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.653%) SLA
2 4 (1.826%) MiFID
3 1 (0.457%) QA
3 1 (0.457%) FATCA
Systems Management
1 9 (4.110%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 35 (15.98%) Oracle
2 12 (5.479%) JBoss
3 11 (5.023%) TIBCO
4 10 (4.566%) IBM
5 9 (4.110%) HP
6 4 (1.826%) BEA
7 3 (1.370%) Microsoft
7 3 (1.370%) webMethods
7 3 (1.370%) Lombardi
8 2 (0.913%) Teradata
8 2 (0.913%) Actimize
9 1 (0.457%) Kofax
9 1 (0.457%) Ab Initio
9 1 (0.457%) Unica
9 1 (0.457%) Fundtech
9 1 (0.457%) Cordys
9 1 (0.457%) SmartStream
9 1 (0.457%) Cognos
9 1 (0.457%) Chordiant
9 1 (0.457%) Sybase
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