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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SunGard
Rank 457 469 468
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -1
Contract jobs citing SunGard 72 115 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.155% 0.197% 0.190%
As % of the Vendors category 0.330% 0.425% 0.408%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 57 70
Average daily rate £450 £550 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £340 £460
10% offered a daily rate of more than £660 £700 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £443 £525 -
% change year-on-year
-15.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £39.51 £50.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.99% -
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%

SunGard
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SunGard Jobs Demand Trend

SunGard
Daily Rate Trend

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

SunGard Daily Rate Trend

SunGard
Daily Rate Histogram

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

SunGard Daily Rate Histogram

SunGard
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SunGard Hourly Rate Trend

SunGard
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SunGard 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 +4 72 £450 -18.18%
London -5 65 £450 -18.18%
City of London +13 29 £450 -28.00%
East of England - 5 £443 -
Cambridgeshire - 5 £443 -
Peterborough - 3 £443 -
East Midlands - 1 £350 -

SunGard
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 71 (63.96%) Finance
2 36 (32.43%) Banking
3 32 (28.83%) Risk Management
4 31 (27.93%) SQL
5 25 (22.52%) Java
6 24 (21.62%) SQL Server
7 23 (20.72%) C#
7 23 (20.72%) .NET
8 21 (18.92%) Asset Management
9 20 (18.02%) Derivative
10 19 (17.12%) VBA
11 18 (16.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 17 (15.32%) Adaptiv
13 16 (14.41%) Aligne
13 16 (14.41%) Crystal Reports
14 15 (13.51%) OpenLink
14 15 (13.51%) Endur
14 15 (13.51%) Investment Banking
15 14 (12.61%) ZaiNet
16 13 (11.71%) VB.NET
17 12 (10.81%) Trayport
17 12 (10.81%) Cash Management
18 11 (9.910%) Market Risk
19 10 (9.009%) Subversion
19 10 (9.009%) Management Information System
20 9 (8.108%) Front Office
20 9 (8.108%) Perforce
20 9 (8.108%) C
20 9 (8.108%) ASP.NET
20 9 (8.108%) Project Management

SunGard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 23 (20.72%) .NET
2 9 (8.108%) ASP.NET
2 9 (8.108%) WPF
3 6 (5.405%) .NET Framework
3 6 (5.405%) JSP
3 6 (5.405%) Struts
4 3 (2.703%) XML
5 2 (1.802%) MDX
5 2 (1.802%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.901%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.901%) Murex MxML
6 1 (0.901%) FpML
6 1 (0.901%) ASP
6 1 (0.901%) STL
Application Platforms
1 6 (5.405%) IIS
1 6 (5.405%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (1.802%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.802%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (0.901%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.901%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (4.505%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.802%) MS Office
2 2 (1.802%) PowerPivot
3 1 (0.901%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.901%) S-PLUS
3 1 (0.901%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (15.32%) Adaptiv
2 16 (14.41%) Aligne
3 15 (13.51%) Endur
4 14 (12.61%) ZaiNet
5 9 (8.108%) SunGard Panorama
5 9 (8.108%) SunGard APT
6 7 (6.306%) SunGard GMI
7 6 (5.405%) 3000 Xtra
7 6 (5.405%) RMDS
8 3 (2.703%) FastVal
9 2 (1.802%) SunGard AvantGard
9 2 (1.802%) SunGard Martini
9 2 (1.802%) Front Arena
9 2 (1.802%) Eagle STAR
9 2 (1.802%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
10 1 (0.901%) SunGard Stream Ubix
10 1 (0.901%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.405%) Firewall
2 2 (1.802%) FTP
3 1 (0.901%) SAN
3 1 (0.901%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (21.62%) SQL Server
2 16 (14.41%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (2.703%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (2.703%) PerformancePoint
3 3 (2.703%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (2.703%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.802%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.901%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.901%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.901%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.901%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (0.901%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.901%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 10 (9.009%) Subversion
2 6 (5.405%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (2.703%) JIRA
4 1 (0.901%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (0.901%) Moq
4 1 (0.901%) NUnit
4 1 (0.901%) TestDirector
4 1 (0.901%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.901%) ClearCase
General
1 71 (63.96%) Finance
2 36 (32.43%) Banking
3 15 (13.51%) Investment Banking
4 9 (8.108%) Front Office
5 7 (6.306%) Back Office
6 6 (5.405%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.802%) Legal
8 1 (0.901%) French Language
8 1 (0.901%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.901%) Private Banking
8 1 (0.901%) Advertising
8 1 (0.901%) Law
8 1 (0.901%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (34.23%) Analyst
2 29 (26.13%) Developer
3 22 (19.82%) Business Analyst
4 13 (11.71%) Support Analyst
5 9 (8.108%) Project Manager
6 8 (7.207%) Applications Support
6 8 (7.207%) Consultant
7 7 (6.306%) 3rd Line Support
7 7 (6.306%) Applications Support Analyst
8 6 (5.405%) Technical Analyst
9 5 (4.505%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (3.604%) Technical Manager
10 4 (3.604%) Technical Support Analyst
10 4 (3.604%) Technical Support
11 3 (2.703%) Technical Delivery Manager
11 3 (2.703%) Technical Business Analyst
11 3 (2.703%) Python Developer
11 3 (2.703%) Applications Developer
11 3 (2.703%) Analyst Developer
11 3 (2.703%) Business Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.02%) Derivative
2 18 (16.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (9.910%) Market Risk
4 10 (9.009%) Management Information System
5 7 (6.306%) Computer Science
6 6 (5.405%) Mathematics
6 6 (5.405%) Physics
6 6 (5.405%) Statistics
7 4 (3.604%) Equities
7 4 (3.604%) Fixed Income
7 4 (3.604%) AS400
7 4 (3.604%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.802%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.901%) Kindle
9 1 (0.901%) SWIFT
9 1 (0.901%) Open Source
9 1 (0.901%) Online Banking
9 1 (0.901%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.901%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.604%) Windows
1 4 (3.604%) OS/400
2 1 (0.901%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (28.83%) Risk Management
2 21 (18.92%) Asset Management
3 12 (10.81%) Cash Management
4 9 (8.108%) Project Management
4 9 (8.108%) Business Analysis
4 9 (8.108%) MVVM
5 8 (7.207%) Risk Analysis
5 8 (7.207%) Statistical Analysis
5 8 (7.207%) Quality Management
6 7 (6.306%) OO
6 7 (6.306%) Stress Testing
6 7 (6.306%) ETRM
7 6 (5.405%) Investment Management
7 6 (5.405%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (4.505%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (3.604%) PRINCE2
9 4 (3.604%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (3.604%) PDM
9 4 (3.604%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (3.604%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (27.93%) SQL
2 25 (22.52%) Java
3 23 (20.72%) C#
4 19 (17.12%) VBA
5 13 (11.71%) VB.NET
6 9 (8.108%) C
7 7 (6.306%) C++
8 6 (5.405%) VBScript
8 6 (5.405%) VB
8 6 (5.405%) VB6
9 4 (3.604%) Perl
9 4 (3.604%) RPG
9 4 (3.604%) Python
9 4 (3.604%) RPG IV
10 3 (2.703%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.901%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (3.604%) Degree
2 2 (1.802%) PMP
2 2 (1.802%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.901%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (0.901%) ISEB
3 1 (0.901%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.306%) QA
2 6 (5.405%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.901%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.901%) GAAP
Systems Management
1 1 (0.901%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (13.51%) OpenLink
2 12 (10.81%) Trayport
3 9 (8.108%) Perforce
4 8 (7.207%) Bloomberg
4 8 (7.207%) Microsoft
5 7 (6.306%) Business Objects
6 6 (5.405%) Cadis
6 6 (5.405%) Citrix
6 6 (5.405%) Reuters
7 4 (3.604%) Oracle
8 3 (2.703%) thinkFolio
8 3 (2.703%) StatPro
9 2 (1.802%) Charles River
9 2 (1.802%) Sun
9 2 (1.802%) Murex
9 2 (1.802%) SimCorp
9 2 (1.802%) IT2
10 1 (0.901%) CyberTech
10 1 (0.901%) Microgen
10 1 (0.901%) Atlassian
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