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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
StatPro
Rank 520 575 580
Rank change year-on-year
+55 +5
Contract jobs citing StatPro 10 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.022% 0.005% 0.013%
As % of the Vendors category 0.046% 0.011% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 5
Average daily rate £500 £200 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+150.00% -27.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £200 -
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%

StatPro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

StatPro Jobs Demand Trend

StatPro
Daily Rate Trend

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

StatPro Daily Rate Trend

StatPro
Hourly Rate Trend

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

StatPro Hourly Rate Trend

StatPro
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing StatPro 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 10 £500 -42.85%
London - 10 £500 -
City of London - 4 £500 -
Canary Wharf - 1 £575 -

StatPro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 15 (65.22%) Investment Management
2 14 (60.87%) Risk Management
3 12 (52.17%) Asset Management
3 12 (52.17%) SAS
3 12 (52.17%) Analytics
4 11 (47.83%) Finance
5 10 (43.48%) Scrum
5 10 (43.48%) Wealth Management
6 9 (39.13%) Data Analysis
6 9 (39.13%) Waterfall
6 9 (39.13%) UML
6 9 (39.13%) MS Visio
7 7 (30.43%) Business Analysis
7 7 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (26.09%) Project Management
9 5 (21.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (21.74%) Fund Management
9 5 (21.74%) Performance Management
10 4 (17.39%) thinkFolio
10 4 (17.39%) Market Risk
10 4 (17.39%) Degree
10 4 (17.39%) Banking
11 3 (13.04%) HTTP
11 3 (13.04%) MS Project
11 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
11 3 (13.04%) HTTPS
11 3 (13.04%) SunGard
11 3 (13.04%) Private Banking
11 3 (13.04%) Cash Management
11 3 (13.04%) Twitter

StatPro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 12 (52.17%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (39.13%) MS Visio
2 3 (13.04%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) SimCorp Dimension
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) HTTP
1 3 (13.04%) HTTPS
General
1 11 (47.83%) Finance
2 4 (17.39%) Banking
3 3 (13.04%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (73.91%) Business Analyst
1 17 (73.91%) Analyst
2 8 (34.78%) Project Manager
3 6 (26.09%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (26.09%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Project Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Risk Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Business Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Market Risk Business Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Performance Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Risk Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Business Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Market Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (17.39%) Market Risk
3 2 (8.696%) Credit Risk
4 1 (4.348%) SWIFT
4 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.348%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Investment Management
2 14 (60.87%) Risk Management
3 12 (52.17%) Analytics
3 12 (52.17%) Asset Management
4 10 (43.48%) Scrum
4 10 (43.48%) Wealth Management
5 9 (39.13%) Waterfall
5 9 (39.13%) Data Analysis
5 9 (39.13%) UML
6 7 (30.43%) Business Analysis
6 7 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (26.09%) Project Management
8 5 (21.74%) Fund Management
8 5 (21.74%) Performance Management
9 3 (13.04%) Cash Management
9 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
10 1 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 2 (8.696%) PMP
2 2 (8.696%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.348%) CFA
3 1 (4.348%) APMP
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) thinkFolio
2 3 (13.04%) SunGard
2 3 (13.04%) Twitter
3 1 (4.348%) Algorithmics
3 1 (4.348%) SimCorp
3 1 (4.348%) BI-SAM