BlackRock Aladdin
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Aladdin skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Aladdin over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 653 818
Rank change year-on-year +112 +165 -189
Contract jobs citing Aladdin 45 45 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.077% 0.054%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.39% 1.20% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 37 37
10th Percentile - £435 £588
25th Percentile £500 £625 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £750 £675
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £656 £775 £750
90th Percentile £725 £836 £843
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £550

All Business Application Skills
UK

Aladdin is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,237 3,736 5,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.53% 6.42% 5.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,882 2,146 3,110
10th Percentile £375 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £461 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £680 £653
90th Percentile £787 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £526 £515
% change year-on-year -0.10% +2.04% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 57 55
10th Percentile £14.71 £22.58 £16.13
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £40.33 £49.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.70% +40.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.00 £61.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.23 £50.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year -17.54% +112.54% -5.90%

Aladdin
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Aladdin as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Aladdin in the UK

Aladdin
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aladdin.

Daily rate trend for Aladdin in the UK

Aladdin
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aladdin over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Aladdin in the UK

Aladdin
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aladdin within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +113 45 £570 -24.00% 11
London +99 45 £570 -24.00% 11
Work from Home +97 5 £700 -3.45% 1

Aladdin
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.22%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (28.89%) SimCorp Dimension
2 2 (4.44%) Bloomberg AIM
2 2 (4.44%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 19 (42.22%) AWS
2 7 (15.56%) Azure
3 6 (13.33%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.44%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.22%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (2.22%) dbt
5 1 (2.22%) GitHub
5 1 (2.22%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) Crystal Reports
1 6 (13.33%) Power BI
1 6 (13.33%) Tableau
2 1 (2.22%) Data Hub
2 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.22%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.22%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.22%) Spark SQL
2 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) JIRA
2 1 (2.22%) GitLab
General
1 34 (75.56%) Finance
2 23 (51.11%) Banking
2 23 (51.11%) Front Office
3 12 (26.67%) Investment Banking
4 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 21 (46.67%) Analyst
2 15 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 14 (31.11%) Data Business Analyst
4 12 (26.67%) Finance Business Analyst
4 12 (26.67%) Financial Analyst
4 12 (26.67%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
5 6 (13.33%) Applications Support
5 6 (13.33%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.67%) Asset Management Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Asset Management Business Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Developer
6 3 (6.67%) Implementation Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Portfolio Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) SimCorp Support
7 2 (4.44%) .NET Developer
7 2 (4.44%) Data Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Data Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Programme Manager
7 2 (4.44%) SQL Developer
8 1 (2.22%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (2.22%) ADO
2 1 (2.22%) Pandas
2 1 (2.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 20 (44.44%) Hedge funds
2 16 (35.56%) Derivative
3 15 (33.33%) Equities
4 13 (28.89%) Fixed Income
5 12 (26.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (26.67%) Product Ownership
6 3 (6.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (82.22%) Asset Management
2 28 (62.22%) Agile
3 24 (53.33%) Investment Management
4 18 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 18 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (31.11%) Order Management
5 14 (31.11%) Roadmaps
6 13 (28.89%) Machine Learning
6 13 (28.89%) Portfolio Management
7 12 (26.67%) Fintech
8 9 (20.00%) Data Analysis
9 8 (17.78%) Scrum
10 7 (15.56%) DevOps
10 7 (15.56%) Project Management
11 6 (13.33%) ITIL
12 5 (11.11%) API Integration
13 4 (8.89%) Decision-Making
13 4 (8.89%) Migration
13 4 (8.89%) Waterfall
13 4 (8.89%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 27 (60.00%) SQL
2 23 (51.11%) Python
3 11 (24.44%) PowerShell
4 4 (8.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (6.67%) CFA
2 2 (4.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 18 (40.00%) Bloomberg
2 13 (28.89%) SimCorp
3 12 (26.67%) BISAM
4 7 (15.56%) Oracle
5 6 (13.33%) ServiceNow
6 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
7 3 (6.67%) Charles River
8 2 (4.44%) Avaloq