The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SimCorp 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 SimCorp 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 SimCorp.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SimCorp
Rank 525 540 556
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +16
Contract jobs citing SimCorp 4 44 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.075% 0.046%
As % of the Vendors category 0.018% 0.162% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 34 24
Average daily rate - £750 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +36.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £1,000 £160
% change year-on-year
- +525.00%
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%

SimCorp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SimCorp Jobs Demand Trend

SimCorp
Daily Rate Trend

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

SimCorp Daily Rate Trend

SimCorp
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SimCorp Hourly Rate Trend

SimCorp
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SimCorp 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 +7 4 - -
London -1 4 - -
City of London -18 2 - -

SimCorp
Top 27 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (60.00%) SimCorp Dimension
2 7 (46.67%) Back Office
2 7 (46.67%) Finance
3 6 (40.00%) Asset Management
4 5 (33.33%) Fund Management
4 5 (33.33%) Project Management
5 4 (26.67%) Financial Institution
5 4 (26.67%) Fund Accounting
6 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
7 2 (13.33%) SunGard
7 2 (13.33%) Front Office
7 2 (13.33%) Banking
7 2 (13.33%) Cadis
7 2 (13.33%) Investment Management
7 2 (13.33%) Eagle STAR
7 2 (13.33%) Charles River
7 2 (13.33%) Economics
7 2 (13.33%) Degree
7 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
7 2 (13.33%) Physics
8 1 (6.667%) Derivative
8 1 (6.667%) BI-SAM
8 1 (6.667%) Fixed Income
8 1 (6.667%) Equities
8 1 (6.667%) StatPro
8 1 (6.667%) ITIL
8 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence

SimCorp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 9 (60.00%) SimCorp Dimension
2 2 (13.33%) Eagle STAR
General
1 7 (46.67%) Back Office
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Financial Institution
3 2 (13.33%) Front Office
3 2 (13.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Business Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Business Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Business Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Lead Business Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Implementation Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Developer Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Economics
1 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
1 2 (13.33%) Physics
2 1 (6.667%) Derivative
2 1 (6.667%) Fixed Income
2 1 (6.667%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 5 (33.33%) Fund Management
2 5 (33.33%) Project Management
3 4 (26.67%) Fund Accounting
4 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (13.33%) Investment Management
6 1 (6.667%) ITIL
6 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) SunGard
1 2 (13.33%) Cadis
1 2 (13.33%) Charles River
2 1 (6.667%) BI-SAM
2 1 (6.667%) StatPro
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