Summit Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Summit skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Summit over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Business Applications category.

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.

Misys Summit
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012		Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank497444333
Rank change year-on-year
Down-53Down-111
Matching contract IT job ads80134217
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.137 %0.223 %0.393 %
As % of the Business Applications category1.533 %2.394 %4.778 %
Number of daily rates quoted5896136
Average daily rate£400£525£550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.80 %-4.54 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£238£233£400
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£633£660£610
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£300£363
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-17.24 %
Number of hourly rates quoted1106
Average hourly rate£14.70£29.25£33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.76 %-11.36 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.70£30.50£31.00
% change year-on-year
-51.81 %-1.61 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category		521955974542
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.928 %9.304 %8.230 %
Number of daily rates quoted252727512014
Average daily rate£450£450£440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+2.27 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£300£260
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£438£420£400
% change year-on-year
+4.16 %+5.00 %
Number of hourly rates quoted6310387
Average hourly rate£26.25£24.00£30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.37 %-21.31 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£15.10£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£56.45£43.88£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.34£22.75£35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.59 %-35.00 %

Summit
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Summit within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Summit Demand Trend

Summit
Daily Rate Trend

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

Summit Daily Rate Trend

Summit
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Summit within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

Summit Daily Rate Histogram

Summit
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Summit Hourly Rate Trend

Summit
Top 22 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Summit within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-5279£400-25.58 %
LondonDown-2646£475-16.66 %
City of LondonUp+1327£464-15.63 %
South WestDown-2514£276+13.33 %
East MidlandsDown-47£320-6.02 %
DevonDown-67£276+7.80 %
East of EnglandDown-15£500+90.47 %
CornwallUp+14--
EssexNew entry-4£500-
North WestNew entry-4£350-
ManchesterNew entry-3£350-
West MidlandsNew entry-2--
South EastUp+31£265-7.82 %
MerseysideNew entry-1--
SomersetNew entry-1--
NorthamptonshireNew entry-1£238-
KentNew entry-1£265-
CambridgeshireNew entry-1£338-
StreetNew entry-1--
MaidstoneNew entry-1£265-
LiverpoolNew entry-1--
CambridgeNew entry-1£338-

Summit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Summit 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 Summit.

154 (38.57 %)Finance
235 (25.00 %)SQL
331 (22.14 %)Java
429 (20.71 %)C++
525 (17.86 %)Banking
623 (16.43 %)C#
623 (16.43 %)Project Management
722 (15.71 %)UNIX
722 (15.71 %)Back Office
820 (14.29 %)Derivative
918 (12.86 %)XML
918 (12.86 %)Murex
1015 (10.71 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1015 (10.71 %)Solaris
1114 (10.00 %)Oracle
1114 (10.00 %)Fixed Income
1213 (9.286 %)Investment Banking
1213 (9.286 %)C
1312 (8.571 %)OO
1411 (7.857 %)HTML
1411 (7.857 %)SQL Server
1411 (7.857 %)SAP
1411 (7.857 %)Calypso
1411 (7.857 %)Business Analysis
1510 (7.143 %)MS Excel
1510 (7.143 %)CRM
169 (6.429 %)UML
169 (6.429 %).NET
169 (6.429 %)Informatica
169 (6.429 %)Risk Management

Summit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Summit 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 Summit. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
118 (12.86 %)XML
211 (7.857 %)HTML
39 (6.429 %).NET
48 (5.714 %)CSS
57 (5.000 %)Middleware
66 (4.286 %)ASP.NET
75 (3.571 %)EJB
84 (2.857 %)STL
84 (2.857 %)Web Services
93 (2.143 %)J2EE
93 (2.143 %)CORBA
93 (2.143 %)Flash
93 (2.143 %)Java EE
93 (2.143 %)JPA
93 (2.143 %)Qt
102 (1.429 %)jQuery
102 (1.429 %)Silverlight
102 (1.429 %)EJB 3.0
102 (1.429 %)HTML5
102 (1.429 %)Hibernate
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (5.000 %)SharePoint
25 (3.571 %)CMS
34 (2.857 %)IIS
43 (2.143 %)Joomla!
43 (2.143 %)GlassFish
52 (1.429 %)Amazon AWS
61 (0.714 %)SAS
61 (0.714 %)MS Exchange
61 (0.714 %)Tomcat
61 (0.714 %)concrete5
61 (0.714 %)WordPress
61 (0.714 %)Drupal
61 (0.714 %)Immediacy CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (7.143 %)MS Excel
26 (4.286 %)MS Project
33 (2.143 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.429 %)MS Visio
42 (1.429 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (2.857 %)Oracle ERP
22 (1.429 %)Oracle EBS R12
22 (1.429 %)Oracle EBS
22 (1.429 %)PORTIA
22 (1.429 %)Front Arena
22 (1.429 %)SimCorp Dimension
22 (1.429 %)HiPortfolio
22 (1.429 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.714 %)Adaptiv
31 (0.714 %)Finacle
31 (0.714 %)Rolfe and Nolan
31 (0.714 %)Bloomberg TOMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (4.286 %)Unified Communications
22 (1.429 %)3G
22 (1.429 %)TCP/IP
22 (1.429 %)ADSL
31 (0.714 %)LAN
31 (0.714 %)WAN
31 (0.714 %)DHCP
31 (0.714 %)DNS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (7.857 %)SQL Server
26 (4.286 %)MySQL
34 (2.857 %)Sybase ASE
34 (2.857 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
42 (1.429 %)Oracle 11g
42 (1.429 %)Oracle BI EE
42 (1.429 %)SQL Server 2008
42 (1.429 %)ETL
51 (0.714 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.714 %)MS Access
51 (0.714 %)EDRMS
51 (0.714 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.714 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (1.429 %)Oracle Forms
21 (0.714 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.714 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (0.714 %)MSI
21 (0.714 %)Wise Package Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
154 (38.57 %)Finance
225 (17.86 %)Banking
322 (15.71 %)Back Office
413 (9.286 %)Investment Banking
57 (5.000 %)Local Government
66 (4.286 %)Marketing
75 (3.571 %)Front Office
84 (2.857 %)Retail
93 (2.143 %)Financial Institution
102 (1.429 %)Legal
102 (1.429 %)Retail Banking
111 (0.714 %)General Ledger
111 (0.714 %)Advertising
111 (0.714 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
141 (29.29 %)Analyst
232 (22.86 %)Developer
330 (21.43 %)Business Analyst
417 (12.14 %)Project Manager
515 (10.71 %)Consultant
611 (7.857 %)Architect
79 (6.429 %)Solutions Architect
79 (6.429 %)Summit Developer
88 (5.714 %)Business Manager
88 (5.714 %)Technical Consultant
97 (5.000 %)Business Project Manager
106 (4.286 %)Network Manager
115 (3.571 %)Senior Business Analyst
115 (3.571 %)Programmer
115 (3.571 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
115 (3.571 %)Risk Analyst
115 (3.571 %).NET Developer
115 (3.571 %)Senior Analyst
124 (2.857 %)C# .NET Developer
124 (2.857 %)C# Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
120 (14.29 %)Derivative
215 (10.71 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
314 (10.00 %)Fixed Income
47 (5.000 %)Market Risk
54 (2.857 %)Interest Rate Derivative
63 (2.143 %)Credit Derivative
63 (2.143 %)Equities
63 (2.143 %)Management Information System
72 (1.429 %)Computer Science
72 (1.429 %)Credit Risk
72 (1.429 %)SWIFT
72 (1.429 %)Social Media
72 (1.429 %)E-Learning
72 (1.429 %)SCORM
81 (0.714 %)Exotic Derivative
81 (0.714 %)Equity Derivative
81 (0.714 %)Statistics
81 (0.714 %)Physics
81 (0.714 %)Tandem
81 (0.714 %)Digital Media
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
122 (15.71 %)UNIX
215 (10.71 %)Solaris
36 (4.286 %)Windows
42 (1.429 %)Linux
51 (0.714 %)Windows NT
51 (0.714 %)Windows 7
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (16.43 %)Project Management
212 (8.571 %)OO
311 (7.857 %)Business Analysis
410 (7.143 %)CRM
59 (6.429 %)UML
59 (6.429 %)Risk Management
67 (5.000 %)PRINCE2
67 (5.000 %)Data Management
67 (5.000 %)Migration
67 (5.000 %)Business Transformation
76 (4.286 %)Cash Management
76 (4.286 %)Programme Management
76 (4.286 %)Enterprise Architecture
76 (4.286 %)PRINCE
76 (4.286 %)B2C
85 (3.571 %)ERP
85 (3.571 %)Requirements Analysis
85 (3.571 %)Stakeholder Management
85 (3.571 %)Change Management
85 (3.571 %)Stress Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
135 (25.00 %)SQL
231 (22.14 %)Java
329 (20.71 %)C++
423 (16.43 %)C#
513 (9.286 %)C
68 (5.714 %)JavaScript
77 (5.000 %)PHP
86 (4.286 %)VBA
95 (3.571 %)VB
95 (3.571 %)Perl
104 (2.857 %)Korn
104 (2.857 %)VB.NET
113 (2.143 %)ActionScript
122 (1.429 %)T-SQL
122 (1.429 %)PL/SQL
122 (1.429 %)COBOL
131 (0.714 %)VBScript
131 (0.714 %)Shell Script
131 (0.714 %)ActionScript 3.0
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (5.000 %)Degree
23 (2.143 %)ACCA
23 (2.143 %)CIMA
32 (1.429 %)Cisco Certification
32 (1.429 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (1.429 %)ITIL Certification
32 (1.429 %)CCNP
32 (1.429 %)MCSE
41 (0.714 %)SAS Certification
41 (0.714 %)SC Cleared
41 (0.714 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.143 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
13 (2.143 %)QA
22 (1.429 %)Solvency II
22 (1.429 %)Basel II
31 (0.714 %)Basel III
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (2.143 %)Orbix
22 (1.429 %)Active Directory
31 (0.714 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (2.857 %)HP Quality Center
21 (0.714 %)Tivoli
21 (0.714 %)MAILsweeper
21 (0.714 %)SCCM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
118 (12.86 %)Murex
214 (10.00 %)Oracle
311 (7.857 %)SAP
311 (7.857 %)Calypso
49 (6.429 %)Informatica
58 (5.714 %)Cisco
58 (5.714 %)JBoss
67 (5.000 %)Sophis
76 (4.286 %)Microsoft
76 (4.286 %)Sybase
84 (2.857 %)Sun
93 (2.143 %)Business Objects
93 (2.143 %)SunGard
102 (1.429 %)Advent
102 (1.429 %)Microgen
102 (1.429 %)Fiserv
102 (1.429 %)UC4
102 (1.429 %)Cadis
102 (1.429 %)BI-SAM
102 (1.429 %)SimCorp
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