The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SmartStream 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 SmartStream over the 3 months to 20 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 SmartStream.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SmartStream
Rank 522 563 565
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +2
Contract jobs citing SmartStream 11 10 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.024% 0.017% 0.038%
As % of the Vendors category 0.050% 0.037% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 11
Average daily rate £513 £550 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.81% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £460 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £575 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £448 - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £52.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21868 27126 28034
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.50% 46.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11659 13853 14018
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £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 1197 1299 1587
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 £11.21 £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%

SmartStream
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SmartStream Jobs Demand Trend

SmartStream
Daily Rate Trend

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

SmartStream Daily Rate Trend

SmartStream
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SmartStream within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

SmartStream Daily Rate Histogram

SmartStream
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SmartStream Hourly Rate Trend

SmartStream
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SmartStream within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +63 10 £525 -4.54%
London +21 10 £525 -4.54%
City of London +20 3 £488 -11.36%
Canary Wharf -8 1 £550 -4.34%
Scotland - 1 £448 -

SmartStream
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SmartStream 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 SmartStream.

1 9 (56.25%) SQL
2 8 (50.00%) Oracle
3 5 (31.25%) UNIX
4 4 (25.00%) Banking
4 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Cash Management
5 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Unit Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Integration Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Finance
5 3 (18.75%) Migration
6 2 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (6.250%) C
7 1 (6.250%) C++
7 1 (6.250%) Java
7 1 (6.250%) Perl
7 1 (6.250%) UML
7 1 (6.250%) Cognos
7 1 (6.250%) SOA
7 1 (6.250%) ETL
7 1 (6.250%) HTTP
7 1 (6.250%) IBM
7 1 (6.250%) Software AG
7 1 (6.250%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (6.250%) TIBCO
7 1 (6.250%) ProC
7 1 (6.250%) Asset Management
7 1 (6.250%) Zachman Framework
7 1 (6.250%) TOGAF

SmartStream
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) J2EE
1 1 (6.250%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) CMS
1 1 (6.250%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) ProC
1 1 (6.250%) FitNesse
General
1 4 (25.00%) Banking
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
3 1 (6.250%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Test Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (6.250%) Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Systems Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Business Architect
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (6.250%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
1 4 (25.00%) Cash Management
2 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
2 3 (18.75%) Migration
2 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (18.75%) Unit Testing
2 3 (18.75%) Integration Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
3 1 (6.250%) System Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Investment Management
3 1 (6.250%) Performance Management
3 1 (6.250%) Fund Accounting
3 1 (6.250%) Asset Management
3 1 (6.250%) Zachman Framework
3 1 (6.250%) TOGAF
3 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (6.250%) Fund Management
3 1 (6.250%) UML
3 1 (6.250%) SOA
3 1 (6.250%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) SQL
2 1 (6.250%) AWK
2 1 (6.250%) C
2 1 (6.250%) C++
2 1 (6.250%) Java
2 1 (6.250%) Perl
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (6.250%) Cognos
2 1 (6.250%) IBM
2 1 (6.250%) Software AG
2 1 (6.250%) TIBCO
2 1 (6.250%) Actimize
2 1 (6.250%) Fundtech
2 1 (6.250%) Pega
2 1 (6.250%) Cadis
London
Smartstream, TLM, Premium, 2.7, Recs, Reconciliations, TLM Schema, KB, Unix... The successful candidate will join the development team and be responsible for the migration and maintenance of...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Title: Test Analyst (mainly manual with some automation) Looking for an experienced Test Analyst, with Smartsream TLM experience, ideally on Oracle and Linux.Key Skills: Need to have...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Our client is a leading tier 1 bank and they are looking for a test analyst to work within cash management... group of companies, the fourth largest staffing...
Aston Carter
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Senior Test Analyst, London, Investment Banking, £450-550 per day A Tier 1 Investment Bank in London urgently requires a Senior Test Analyst, to work on a 6-...
Orgtel
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013