The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of StreamBase 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 StreamBase 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 StreamBase Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
StreamBase
Rank 520 571 573
Rank change year-on-year
+51 +2
Contract jobs citing StreamBase 9 13 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.019% 0.022% 0.018%
As % of the Vendors category 0.041% 0.048% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 6
Average daily rate £500 £675 £625
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.92% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £520 £563
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £775 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
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%

StreamBase
Jobs Demand Trend

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

StreamBase Jobs Demand Trend

StreamBase
Daily Rate Trend

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

StreamBase Daily Rate Trend

StreamBase
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing StreamBase within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

StreamBase Daily Rate Histogram

StreamBase
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 StreamBase 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 +42 9 £500 -25.92%
London +34 9 £500 -25.92%
City of London +11 2 £700 +13.36%

StreamBase
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 10 (62.50%) Java
2 8 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (50.00%) Complex Event Processing
3 6 (37.50%) Murex
4 5 (31.25%) C#
4 5 (31.25%) Finance
4 5 (31.25%) JIRA
5 4 (25.00%) Front Office
5 4 (25.00%) Esper
5 4 (25.00%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) UNIX
6 3 (18.75%) Middleware
6 3 (18.75%) Remedy
6 3 (18.75%) Process Management
6 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (18.75%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 3 (18.75%) Pattern Recognition
6 3 (18.75%) Extreme Programming
6 3 (18.75%) Spanish Language
6 3 (18.75%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (18.75%) Rapid Prototyping
7 2 (12.50%) 29West
7 2 (12.50%) Linux
7 2 (12.50%) Python
7 2 (12.50%) Oracle
8 1 (6.250%) ITIL
8 1 (6.250%) J2SE
8 1 (6.250%) Bloomberg
8 1 (6.250%) TIBCO
8 1 (6.250%) Rendezvous

StreamBase
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (25.00%) Esper
2 3 (18.75%) Middleware
3 1 (6.250%) J2SE
3 1 (6.250%) Spring
3 1 (6.250%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) Rendezvous
1 1 (6.250%) Kafka
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) JIRA
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Front Office
3 3 (18.75%) Spanish Language
4 1 (6.250%) Banking
4 1 (6.250%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Business Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Lead Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Business Support Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Murex Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Junior
5 1 (6.250%) Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Applications Support
5 1 (6.250%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Java Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Junior Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Junior Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (6.250%) Derivative
2 1 (6.250%) Equities
2 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) UNIX
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Complex Event Processing
2 3 (18.75%) Process Management
2 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (18.75%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 3 (18.75%) Pattern Recognition
2 3 (18.75%) Extreme Programming
2 3 (18.75%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (18.75%) Rapid Prototyping
3 1 (6.250%) ITIL
3 1 (6.250%) TDD
3 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
3 1 (6.250%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (6.250%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) Java
2 5 (31.25%) C#
3 4 (25.00%) SQL
4 2 (12.50%) Python
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Murex
2 3 (18.75%) Remedy
3 2 (12.50%) 29West
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (6.250%) Bloomberg
4 1 (6.250%) TIBCO