The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Wall Street Systems 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 Wall Street Systems 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 Wall Street Systems.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wall Street Systems
Rank 529 564 552
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -12
Contract jobs citing Wall Street Systems 4 9 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.015% 0.060%
As % of the Vendors category 0.018% 0.033% 0.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 22
Average daily rate £350 £501 £565
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.13% -11.32%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £565
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
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%

Wall Street Systems
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wall Street Systems Jobs Demand Trend

Wall Street Systems
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wall Street Systems Daily Rate Trend

Wall Street Systems
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Wall Street Systems Daily Rate Histogram

Wall Street Systems
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wall Street Systems Hourly Rate Trend

Wall Street Systems
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wall Street Systems 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 +58 4 £350 -30.13%
London +15 3 £350 -30.13%
City of London +20 2 £350 -17.64%
South West - 1 - -
Street - 1 - -
Somerset - 1 - -

Wall Street Systems
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (62.50%) Derivative
2 4 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 4 (50.00%) Banking
2 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) Murex
3 3 (37.50%) Calypso
3 3 (37.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (25.00%) Reuters
4 2 (25.00%) Bloomberg
4 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (25.00%) VBA
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (25.00%) Credit Derivative
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Front Office
4 2 (25.00%) Market Risk
4 2 (25.00%) Stress Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Investment Management
5 1 (12.50%) Reference Data
5 1 (12.50%) DataPower
5 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
5 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
5 1 (12.50%) ESB
5 1 (12.50%) JIRA
5 1 (12.50%) Back Office
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Global One

Wall Street Systems
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) SOAP
1 1 (12.50%) XML
1 1 (12.50%) JMS
1 1 (12.50%) WSDL
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Process Server
1 1 (12.50%) ESB
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Message Broker
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Global One
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
1 1 (12.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Banking
1 4 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Front Office
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Back Office
3 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Market Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Market Risk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Derivative
2 3 (37.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (25.00%) Credit Derivative
3 2 (25.00%) Market Risk
4 1 (12.50%) Reference Data
4 1 (12.50%) DataPower
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Stress Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Investment Management
2 1 (12.50%) SOA
2 1 (12.50%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) VBA
2 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (12.50%) C#
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Murex
2 3 (37.50%) Calypso
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (25.00%) Reuters
3 2 (25.00%) Bloomberg
4 1 (12.50%) Sophis
4 1 (12.50%) IBM
4 1 (12.50%) ILOG