OpenLink Contracts

OpenLink
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of OpenLink products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OpenLink over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within OpenLink Software, Inc.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 543 666
Rank change year-on-year +72 +123 +142
Contract jobs citing OpenLink 48 57 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.13% 0.079%
As % of the Vendors category 0.35% 0.31% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 44 40
10th Percentile £600 £700 -
25th Percentile £688 £744 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £775 £775
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% - +6.90%
75th Percentile £850 £800 £825
90th Percentile £963 £914 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.25 - -
Median hourly rate £80.50 - -
75th Percentile £80.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Vendors
UK

OpenLink falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

OpenLink
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OpenLink in the UK

OpenLink
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for OpenLink in the UK

OpenLink
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenLink over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OpenLink in the UK

OpenLink
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OpenLink.

Hourly rate trend for OpenLink in the UK

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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 OpenLink within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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 +58 46 £775 +1.64% 28
London +30 46 £775 +1.64% 28
Work from Home +45 20 £750 -6.25% 8

OpenLink
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 44 (91.67%) Endur
2 1 (2.08%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
2 1 (2.08%) OpenLink RightAngle
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.50%) Azure
2 4 (8.33%) AWS
3 3 (6.25%) OpenShift
3 3 (6.25%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.33%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 2 (4.17%) RDBMS
3 2 (4.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Git
2 1 (2.08%) Gemini Tracker
2 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 23 (47.92%) Finance
2 13 (27.08%) Back Office
3 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Banking
4 3 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Front Office
6 1 (2.08%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (41.67%) Developer
2 17 (35.42%) OpenLink Developer
3 15 (31.25%) Consultant
3 15 (31.25%) Endur Consultant
3 15 (31.25%) OpenLink Consultant
4 14 (29.17%) Analyst
5 13 (27.08%) Business Analyst
5 13 (27.08%) Endur Developer
6 12 (25.00%) OpenLink Business Analyst
7 11 (22.92%) Endur Business Analyst
7 11 (22.92%) OpenLink Analyst
8 10 (20.83%) Endur Analyst
9 5 (10.42%) ETRM Developer
9 5 (10.42%) Functional Consultant
10 4 (8.33%) Commodities Business Analyst
11 3 (6.25%) Analyst Developer
11 3 (6.25%) ETRM Consultant
11 3 (6.25%) Senior
12 2 (4.17%) Senior Functional Consultant
12 2 (4.17%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.42%) .NET
2 4 (8.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.17%) Swaptions
3 1 (2.08%) DTCC
3 1 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.08%) PMI
3 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (52.08%) ETRM
2 16 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 8 (16.67%) Agile
4 7 (14.58%) SDLC
5 6 (12.50%) Use Case
6 5 (10.42%) DevOps
6 5 (10.42%) Microservices
6 5 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (8.33%) Information Security
7 4 (8.33%) Release Management
8 3 (6.25%) CI/CD
8 3 (6.25%) Data Modelling
8 3 (6.25%) Project Management
9 2 (4.17%) BDD
9 2 (4.17%) Business Analysis
9 2 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Architecture
9 2 (4.17%) Project Delivery
9 2 (4.17%) Roadmaps
9 2 (4.17%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (47.92%) SQL
2 12 (25.00%) Python
3 10 (20.83%) Java
4 8 (16.67%) C#
5 4 (8.33%) PL/SQL
6 3 (6.25%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.17%) VB
8 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (4.17%) Degree
2 1 (2.08%) IIBA
2 1 (2.08%) ISEB
2 1 (2.08%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) EMIR
1 1 (2.08%) MiFID
1 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (12.50%) Oracle
2 3 (6.25%) AppDynamics
2 3 (6.25%) Splunk
3 2 (4.17%) Sybase
3 2 (4.17%) TIBCO
4 1 (2.08%) Trayport