Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in contract IT jobs within the Belfast region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank518
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads259
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.010 %
As % of the category below42.37 %28.13 %
Daily rates quoted106
Average minimum daily rate£310£537
Average daily rate£324£543
% change on same period last year-40.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£378
% change on same period last year+0.62 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.13£26.94
% change on same period last year-10.42 %
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Belfast
Matching contract IT job ads5932
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.096 %0.035 %
Daily rates quoted1911
Average minimum daily rate£270£468
Average daily rate£290£479
% change on same period last year-39.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£489
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£379
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted97
Average minimum hourly rate£20.83£15.61
Average hourly rate£22.19£16.11
% change on same period last year+37.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.56£16.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.38£26.52
% change on same period last year+3.24 %
Finance County AntrimFinance
County Antrim

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Finance
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Finance across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Belfast Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Trend

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

Belfast Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

Belfast Finance Daily Rate Histogram

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Belfast Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast 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.

135 (31.25 %)Oracle
225 (22.32 %)Oracle Financials
324 (21.43 %)SQL
324 (21.43 %)Windows
418 (16.07 %)Oracle Reports
418 (16.07 %)SQL Server
517 (15.18 %)Business Intelligence
616 (14.29 %)Oracle Applications
715 (13.39 %)Cognos
814 (12.50 %)Oracle 8/8i
814 (12.50 %)UNIX
814 (12.50 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
913 (11.61 %)PRINCE2
1012 (10.71 %)ITIL
1012 (10.71 %)Microsoft
1012 (10.71 %)HP
1012 (10.71 %)Release Management
1111 (9.821 %)Oracle 10g
1111 (9.821 %)Oracle 11i
1111 (9.821 %)PL/SQL
1111 (9.821 %)Windows Server 2003
1111 (9.821 %)Oracle EBS
1210 (8.929 %)Telecoms
1210 (8.929 %)Project Management
1210 (8.929 %)Banking
139 (8.036 %)Workflow
139 (8.036 %)ReadSoft
139 (8.036 %)Oracle Workflow
148 (7.143 %)Solaris
148 (7.143 %)Linux

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast 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.

Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (5.357 %)WebSphere
25 (4.464 %).NET
33 (2.679 %)Middleware
42 (1.786 %).NET Framework
51 (0.893 %)SAP Basis
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (8.036 %)Oracle Workflow
26 (5.357 %)WebLogic
33 (2.679 %)SharePoint
33 (2.679 %)MS Exchange
33 (2.679 %)BizTalk Server
42 (1.786 %)IIS
42 (1.786 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (0.893 %)MQSeries
51 (0.893 %)iPlanet
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (6.250 %)MS Office
17 (6.250 %)MS Excel
24 (3.571 %)Spreadsheet
31 (0.893 %)MS Project
31 (0.893 %)MS PowerPoint
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
125 (22.32 %)Oracle Financials
216 (14.29 %)Oracle Applications
314 (12.50 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
411 (9.821 %)Oracle 11i
411 (9.821 %)Oracle EBS
53 (2.679 %)Oracle General Ledger
62 (1.786 %)BASE24
71 (0.893 %)SAP Oil and Gas
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (6.250 %)TCP/IP
22 (1.786 %)ATM
31 (0.893 %)Broadband
31 (0.893 %)SAN
31 (0.893 %)Internet
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (16.07 %)Oracle Reports
118 (16.07 %)SQL Server
214 (12.50 %)Oracle 8/8i
311 (9.821 %)Oracle 10g
46 (5.357 %)SQL Server 2005
55 (4.464 %)RDBMS
64 (3.571 %)SQL Server Integration Services
64 (3.571 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
64 (3.571 %)BusinessObjects
72 (1.786 %)DB2
72 (1.786 %)SQL Server 2000
72 (1.786 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
72 (1.786 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.893 %)SAP BW
81 (0.893 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.893 %)ETL
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (2.679 %)WinRunner
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (8.929 %)Telecoms
110 (8.929 %)Banking
27 (6.250 %)General Ledger
35 (4.464 %)Billing
43 (2.679 %)Investment Banking
43 (2.679 %)Legal
43 (2.679 %)Education
43 (2.679 %)Pharmaceutical
52 (1.786 %)Financial Institution
61 (0.893 %)Government
61 (0.893 %)Publishing
61 (0.893 %)Retail
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (19.64 %)Analyst
214 (12.50 %)Consultant
313 (11.61 %)Developer
411 (9.821 %)Architect
510 (8.929 %)Project Manager
68 (7.143 %)DBA
68 (7.143 %)Administrator
68 (7.143 %)SQL DBA
68 (7.143 %)Cognos Developer
77 (6.250 %)Support Analyst
77 (6.250 %)SQL Server DBA
77 (6.250 %)Systems Administrator
86 (5.357 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
86 (5.357 %)UNIX Administrator
86 (5.357 %)Applications Architect
95 (4.464 %)Cognos Consultant
95 (4.464 %)Contracts Manager
95 (4.464 %)Wintel Support
95 (4.464 %)Data Analyst
104 (3.571 %)Business Analyst
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (3.571 %)Management Information System
14 (3.571 %)Clustering
22 (1.786 %)Tandem
22 (1.786 %)Derivative
22 (1.786 %)PMI
31 (0.893 %)Mainframe
31 (0.893 %)Statistics
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
124 (21.43 %)Windows
214 (12.50 %)UNIX
311 (9.821 %)Windows Server 2003
48 (7.143 %)Solaris
48 (7.143 %)Linux
57 (6.250 %)AIX
66 (5.357 %)Windows 2000
75 (4.464 %)Windows 2000 Server
82 (1.786 %)Windows Vista
91 (0.893 %)Windows NT
91 (0.893 %)Windows XP
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (15.18 %)Business Intelligence
213 (11.61 %)PRINCE2
312 (10.71 %)ITIL
312 (10.71 %)Release Management
410 (8.929 %)Project Management
59 (8.036 %)Workflow
67 (6.250 %)Migration
67 (6.250 %)E-business
67 (6.250 %)User Acceptance Testing
67 (6.250 %)Business Analysis
75 (4.464 %)Incident Management
75 (4.464 %)Service Management
84 (3.571 %)Programme Management
84 (3.571 %)Problem Management
93 (2.679 %)BC Cleared
93 (2.679 %)Security Cleared
93 (2.679 %)Technical Architecture
93 (2.679 %)Web Testing
93 (2.679 %)Test Scripting
93 (2.679 %)Manual Testing
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (21.43 %)SQL
211 (9.821 %)PL/SQL
36 (5.357 %)Java
36 (5.357 %)Transact-SQL
43 (2.679 %)VB.NET
52 (1.786 %)C#
61 (0.893 %)Perl
61 (0.893 %)Shell Script
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (5.357 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (4.464 %)MCSE
33 (2.679 %)CCNA
33 (2.679 %)ISEB
33 (2.679 %)Cisco Certification
33 (2.679 %)MOS
33 (2.679 %)Degree
42 (1.786 %)A+ Certification
42 (1.786 %)PMI Certification
51 (0.893 %)SAP Certification
51 (0.893 %)MCP
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.464 %)QA
23 (2.679 %)SLA
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (3.571 %)Active Directory
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.786 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
135 (31.25 %)Oracle
215 (13.39 %)Cognos
312 (10.71 %)Microsoft
312 (10.71 %)HP
49 (8.036 %)ReadSoft
56 (5.357 %)Sun
64 (3.571 %)Business Objects
73 (2.679 %)Dell
82 (1.786 %)EMC
82 (1.786 %)Avaya
82 (1.786 %)SAP
82 (1.786 %)Sybase
91 (0.893 %)Perforce
91 (0.893 %)Ab Initio
91 (0.893 %)Actuate
91 (0.893 %)Peregrine
91 (0.893 %)VERITAS
91 (0.893 %)Remedy