Finance IT Contracts in Bedfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 17 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 Bedfordshire 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 2 1 9
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +8
Contract jobs citing Finance 33 64 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 17.84% 22.70% 12.24%
As % of the General category 44.00% 50.39% 37.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 37 17
Average daily rate £425 £325 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.76% -5.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £225 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £560 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £20.70 £20.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.95% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.39 £22.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-11.86% -
All of the General Category
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 75 127 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 40.54% 45.04% 32.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 60 50
Average daily rate £400 £338 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £225 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £489 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 2
Average hourly rate £32.75 £36.75 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.88% +22.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Finance
East of England

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Luton +3 14 £425 +30.76%
Dunstable -1 5 £450 +34.32%
Bedford 0 3 £300 -47.82%
Finance
East of England

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 15 (26.32%) Management Information System
1 15 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (22.81%) Project Management
3 12 (21.05%) Oracle
3 12 (21.05%) PRINCE2
4 11 (19.30%) Retail
5 10 (17.54%) E-Commerce
6 8 (14.04%) SQL Server
6 8 (14.04%) MS Visio
6 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
6 8 (14.04%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (12.28%) Business Analysis
7 7 (12.28%) Citrix
7 7 (12.28%) Hyperion
7 7 (12.28%) Change Management
7 7 (12.28%) Oracle EBS R12
8 6 (10.53%) ITIL
8 6 (10.53%) Windows
8 6 (10.53%) Local Government
9 5 (8.772%) Banking
9 5 (8.772%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (8.772%) Service Delivery
9 5 (8.772%) VMware
9 5 (8.772%) Cisco
9 5 (8.772%) SQL
9 5 (8.772%) Agresso
9 5 (8.772%) VMware Infrastructure
9 5 (8.772%) Windows 7
10 4 (7.018%) XenApp
10 4 (7.018%) XenDesktop

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 Platforms
1 4 (7.018%) IIS
2 3 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (14.04%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.509%) MS Office
2 2 (3.509%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.754%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.754%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (14.04%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (12.28%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (8.772%) Agresso
4 4 (7.018%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (3.509%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (3.509%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (1.754%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (1.754%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (1.754%) Oracle iRecruitment
6 1 (1.754%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.018%) Nortel Meridian
2 2 (3.509%) HTTP
3 1 (1.754%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.754%) Intranet
3 1 (1.754%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.04%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.018%) OLAP
2 4 (7.018%) Essbase
2 4 (7.018%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (5.263%) QlikView
4 2 (3.509%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.754%) GIS
5 1 (1.754%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.754%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.754%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (1.754%) eCATT
General
1 11 (19.30%) Retail
2 6 (10.53%) Local Government
3 5 (8.772%) Banking
4 1 (1.754%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.754%) Legal
4 1 (1.754%) Games
Job Titles
1 17 (29.82%) Analyst
2 16 (28.07%) Business Analyst
3 15 (26.32%) Project Manager
4 7 (12.28%) Programme Manager
5 4 (7.018%) Architect
6 3 (5.263%) Administrator
6 3 (5.263%) Systems Manager
6 3 (5.263%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (5.263%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 3 (5.263%) Developer
7 2 (3.509%) Payments Business Analyst
7 2 (3.509%) MIS Manager
7 2 (3.509%) Oracle Analyst
7 2 (3.509%) Hyperion Analyst
7 2 (3.509%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (3.509%) Finance Systems Manager
7 2 (3.509%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.509%) Technical Architect
8 1 (1.754%) Business Developer
8 1 (1.754%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.32%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.018%) IVR
3 1 (1.754%) Statistics
3 1 (1.754%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.754%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.754%) EPoS
3 1 (1.754%) NHS
3 1 (1.754%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.53%) Windows
2 5 (8.772%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.754%) Windows 2000
3 1 (1.754%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.754%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.754%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (22.81%) Project Management
3 12 (21.05%) PRINCE2
4 10 (17.54%) E-Commerce
5 7 (12.28%) Change Management
5 7 (12.28%) Business Analysis
6 6 (10.53%) ITIL
7 5 (8.772%) Service Delivery
7 5 (8.772%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (7.018%) TOGAF
8 4 (7.018%) ERP
8 4 (7.018%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (5.263%) Programme Management
9 3 (5.263%) Revenue Management
9 3 (5.263%) Use Case
10 2 (3.509%) Data Analysis
10 2 (3.509%) Supplier Management
10 2 (3.509%) PRINCE
11 1 (1.754%) Configuration Management
11 1 (1.754%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.772%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (5.263%) Degree
2 2 (3.509%) ISTQB
2 2 (3.509%) ISEB
3 1 (1.754%) HNC
3 1 (1.754%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.263%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.509%) ISO 9001
2 2 (3.509%) TickIT
2 2 (3.509%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.754%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (8.772%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (7.018%) XenApp
2 4 (7.018%) XenDesktop
2 4 (7.018%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.754%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 4 (7.018%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (1.754%) ZENworks
2 1 (1.754%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (21.05%) Oracle
2 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
3 7 (12.28%) Citrix
3 7 (12.28%) Hyperion
4 5 (8.772%) VMware
4 5 (8.772%) Cisco
5 4 (7.018%) Nortel
6 3 (5.263%) Cognos
7 2 (3.509%) IBM
7 2 (3.509%) SAP
7 2 (3.509%) Mercator
8 1 (1.754%) NorthgateArinso
8 1 (1.754%) Novell
8 1 (1.754%) Sun
8 1 (1.754%) HP
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