The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance 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 terms in our General category for the Aberdeen region.

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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 11 7 15
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +8
Contract jobs citing Finance 14 25 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 10.00% 12.82% 7.609%
As % of the General category 40.00% 64.10% 41.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 3
Average daily rate £315 £383 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £329
10% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £453 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-7.50% -9.09%
All of the General Category
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
35 39 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 25.00% 20.00% 18.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 11
Average daily rate £339 £346 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.16% +0.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £273 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £416 £468 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
Average hourly rate £15.77 £23.25 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.17% +55.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £15.85 £13.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.91 £30.65 £38.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Finance
Scotland

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Finance across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Aberdeen Finance Jobs Demand Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Finance across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Aberdeen Finance Daily Rate Histogram

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Finance across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Finance 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 Finance.

1 11 (33.33%) ITIL
1 11 (33.33%) HP
2 10 (30.30%) SharePoint
2 10 (30.30%) Problem Management
3 9 (27.27%) Windows
3 9 (27.27%) Oracle
4 8 (24.24%) Project Management
5 7 (21.21%) Lotus
5 7 (21.21%) Thin Client
5 7 (21.21%) Intranet
5 7 (21.21%) C#
5 7 (21.21%) HTML
5 7 (21.21%) JavaScript
5 7 (21.21%) .NET
5 7 (21.21%) CSS
5 7 (21.21%) Web Services
5 7 (21.21%) XML
5 7 (21.21%) XSLT
5 7 (21.21%) Linux
5 7 (21.21%) OOP
5 7 (21.21%) OO
5 7 (21.21%) Lotus Notes
5 7 (21.21%) ISO 9001
5 7 (21.21%) Fat Client
5 7 (21.21%) jQuery
5 7 (21.21%) CAML
5 7 (21.21%) SharePoint 2010
5 7 (21.21%) Kindle
5 7 (21.21%) Document Management
5 7 (21.21%) Incident Management

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Finance 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 Finance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (21.21%) HTML
1 7 (21.21%) .NET
1 7 (21.21%) CSS
1 7 (21.21%) Web Services
1 7 (21.21%) XML
1 7 (21.21%) XSLT
1 7 (21.21%) jQuery
1 7 (21.21%) CAML
Application Platforms
1 10 (30.30%) SharePoint
2 7 (21.21%) Lotus Notes
2 7 (21.21%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (6.061%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (6.061%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.030%) MS Project
2 1 (3.030%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) SAP R/3
2 2 (6.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (3.030%) SAP CCM
3 1 (3.030%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) Intranet
2 5 (15.15%) WAN
2 5 (15.15%) LAN
3 4 (12.12%) Firewall
3 4 (12.12%) VPN
4 3 (9.091%) NetScreen
5 2 (6.061%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.030%) VoIP
6 1 (3.030%) EIGRP
6 1 (3.030%) MGCP
6 1 (3.030%) BGP
6 1 (3.030%) Wireless
6 1 (3.030%) H.323
6 1 (3.030%) VLAN
6 1 (3.030%) IP Telephony
6 1 (3.030%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (3.030%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.061%) GIS
1 2 (6.061%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (6.061%) Telecoms
1 2 (6.061%) Advertising
2 1 (3.030%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Developer
1 7 (21.21%) SharePoint Developer
2 6 (18.18%) Technical Leader
3 5 (15.15%) Analyst
4 3 (9.091%) Coordinator
4 3 (9.091%) Security Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Team Leader
5 2 (6.061%) Support Team Leader
5 2 (6.061%) SAP Support
5 2 (6.061%) SAP Team Leader
5 2 (6.061%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.030%) Technical Support
6 1 (3.030%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (3.030%) Applications Support
6 1 (3.030%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) Consultant
6 1 (3.030%) SAP BW Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Thin Client
1 7 (21.21%) Fat Client
1 7 (21.21%) Kindle
2 3 (9.091%) CMDB
3 2 (6.061%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) Windows
2 7 (21.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) ITIL
2 10 (30.30%) Problem Management
3 8 (24.24%) Project Management
4 7 (21.21%) OOP
4 7 (21.21%) OO
4 7 (21.21%) Document Management
4 7 (21.21%) Incident Management
5 3 (9.091%) Configuration Management
5 3 (9.091%) Change Management
5 3 (9.091%) Data Management
5 3 (9.091%) Migration
5 3 (9.091%) Release Management
6 2 (6.061%) Capacity Management
6 2 (6.061%) Project Planning
6 2 (6.061%) CRM
7 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.030%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.030%) Business Analysis
7 1 (3.030%) Network Design
7 1 (3.030%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) C#
1 7 (21.21%) JavaScript
2 3 (9.091%) C
3 2 (6.061%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (9.091%) CCSP
2 3 (9.091%) CISSP
2 3 (9.091%) Degree
3 2 (6.061%) CIMA
3 2 (6.061%) ACCA
4 1 (3.030%) CCIE
4 1 (3.030%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) ISO 9001
2 2 (6.061%) SLA
3 1 (3.030%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.030%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) HP
2 9 (27.27%) Oracle
3 7 (21.21%) Lotus
4 6 (18.18%) Cisco
4 6 (18.18%) SAP
5 3 (9.091%) Juniper
6 2 (6.061%) Primavera
7 1 (3.030%) Citrix
7 1 (3.030%) Remedy
7 1 (3.030%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.030%) VMware
7 1 (3.030%) Riverbed