The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire 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 Berkshire 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 8 7 8
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 257 328 328
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 10.73% 10.43% 11.02%
As % of the General category 25.07% 20.79% 27.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 175 153
Average daily rate £400 £390 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £300 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £519 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 8
Average hourly rate £11.50 £31.85 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-63.89% +189.54%
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
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1025 1578 1192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 42.80% 50.17% 40.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 466 401
Average daily rate £370 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.82% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £235 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £469 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 28 42
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.70 £10.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Finance
South East

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Reading +12 103 £373 -0.66%
Slough -13 28 £450 -
Newbury -1 13 £343 +14.16%
Bracknell -11 10 £425 +19.71%
Windsor 0 8 £305 -19.94%
Maidenhead -5 8 £525 -
Wokingham +1 1 £275 -23.61%
Finance
South East

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 118 (22.78%) Telecoms
2 112 (21.62%) Project Management
3 77 (14.86%) Microsoft
4 71 (13.71%) MS Excel
5 70 (13.51%) SQL
6 62 (11.97%) PRINCE2
7 52 (10.04%) Oracle
8 51 (9.846%) Java
8 51 (9.846%) Windows
9 49 (9.459%) SAP
10 45 (8.687%) Banking
11 41 (7.915%) MS PowerPoint
11 41 (7.915%) .NET
11 41 (7.915%) ITIL
12 39 (7.529%) Migration
13 38 (7.336%) Agile Software Development
14 36 (6.950%) MS Project
15 34 (6.564%) Stakeholder Management
16 33 (6.371%) SQL Server
17 32 (6.178%) ETL
18 30 (5.792%) Business Intelligence
18 30 (5.792%) Degree
19 29 (5.598%) CRM
19 29 (5.598%) Data Warehouse
20 28 (5.405%) MS Office
20 28 (5.405%) C#
20 28 (5.405%) Matrix Management
21 27 (5.212%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 27 (5.212%) Web Services
21 27 (5.212%) XML

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 41 (7.915%) .NET
2 27 (5.212%) Web Services
2 27 (5.212%) XML
3 22 (4.247%) WCF
3 22 (4.247%) jQuery
4 20 (3.861%) ASP.NET
5 18 (3.475%) HTML
5 18 (3.475%) Middleware
6 17 (3.282%) Spring
7 15 (2.896%) J2EE
8 14 (2.703%) Hibernate
8 14 (2.703%) Apache CXF
9 13 (2.510%) ASP.NET MVC
9 13 (2.510%) CSS
10 9 (1.737%) Struts
11 8 (1.544%) .NET Framework
11 8 (1.544%) WebSphere
11 8 (1.544%) Struts2
12 6 (1.158%) Ajax
13 5 (0.965%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 19 (3.668%) Apache
1 19 (3.668%) Tomcat
2 11 (2.124%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.931%) IIS
4 9 (1.737%) ESB
5 7 (1.351%) CMS
6 6 (1.158%) BizTalk Server
7 5 (0.965%) Windows Azure
7 5 (0.965%) Lotus Notes
8 4 (0.772%) IBM HTTP Server
9 3 (0.579%) Oracle UPK
9 3 (0.579%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.579%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.386%) FileNet
10 2 (0.386%) SAS
10 2 (0.386%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.193%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.193%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.193%) Exchange Server 2003
11 1 (0.193%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 71 (13.71%) MS Excel
2 41 (7.915%) MS PowerPoint
3 36 (6.950%) MS Project
4 28 (5.405%) MS Office
5 18 (3.475%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.737%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.579%) Open Workbench
7 3 (0.579%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.386%) Maya
9 1 (0.193%) Fireworks
9 1 (0.193%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.703%) Agresso
1 14 (2.703%) SAP FI
2 10 (1.931%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (1.544%) SAP FI/CO
3 8 (1.544%) SAP CO
3 8 (1.544%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.351%) Oracle EBS R12
4 7 (1.351%) CODA-Financials
4 7 (1.351%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (1.158%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (1.158%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (1.158%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.965%) Dynamics GP
6 5 (0.965%) HFM
7 4 (0.772%) CA Clarity
8 3 (0.579%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.386%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.386%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.386%) Oracle 11i
9 2 (0.386%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.896%) TCP/IP
2 13 (2.510%) HTTP
3 12 (2.317%) Internet
4 11 (2.124%) 3G
4 11 (2.124%) SAN
4 11 (2.124%) LAN
4 11 (2.124%) WAN
5 8 (1.544%) Firewall
5 8 (1.544%) VPN
6 7 (1.351%) ATM
7 6 (1.158%) Network Security
8 5 (0.965%) LTE
8 5 (0.965%) SSL
8 5 (0.965%) DNS
9 4 (0.772%) VLAN
9 4 (0.772%) Broadband
9 4 (0.772%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.772%) CTI
9 4 (0.772%) Radio Access Network
10 3 (0.579%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.371%) SQL Server
2 29 (5.598%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.317%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (2.317%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (1.931%) Oracle 8/8i
5 9 (1.737%) SQL Server 2008
5 9 (1.737%) DB2
6 6 (1.158%) Star Schema
6 6 (1.158%) OLAP
6 6 (1.158%) SAP BW
7 5 (0.965%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (0.965%) Oracle 11g
7 5 (0.965%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.965%) MS Access
8 4 (0.772%) GIS
8 4 (0.772%) TOAD
8 4 (0.772%) DataStage
9 3 (0.579%) Oracle 10g
9 3 (0.579%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.579%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 18 (3.475%) Jenkins
2 16 (3.089%) Eclipse
3 14 (2.703%) Maven
3 14 (2.703%) JUnit
3 14 (2.703%) SpecFlow
4 12 (2.317%) Visual Studio
5 9 (1.737%) Team Foundation Server
5 9 (1.737%) JIRA
5 9 (1.737%) Subversion
6 7 (1.351%) Selenium
7 4 (0.772%) ERwin
8 3 (0.579%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.579%) MSI
9 2 (0.386%) WinRunner
9 2 (0.386%) QuickTest Pro
9 2 (0.386%) StarTeam
10 1 (0.193%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.193%) Expression Blend
10 1 (0.193%) JBehave
10 1 (0.193%) WebDriver
General
1 118 (22.78%) Telecoms
2 45 (8.687%) Banking
3 23 (4.440%) Marketing
4 20 (3.861%) Retail
5 19 (3.668%) Legal
6 17 (3.282%) Billing
7 14 (2.703%) Automotive
8 7 (1.351%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.158%) Financial Institution
10 5 (0.965%) Law
11 4 (0.772%) French Language
11 4 (0.772%) German Language
11 4 (0.772%) Spanish Language
12 3 (0.579%) Italian Language
12 3 (0.579%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.579%) Back Office
13 2 (0.386%) Games
13 2 (0.386%) Electronics
14 1 (0.193%) Czech Language
14 1 (0.193%) Music
Job Titles
1 122 (23.55%) Analyst
2 83 (16.02%) Project Manager
3 68 (13.13%) Developer
4 56 (10.81%) Business Analyst
5 26 (5.019%) Consultant
6 22 (4.247%) Architect
7 21 (4.054%) Senior Analyst
7 21 (4.054%) Data Analyst
8 18 (3.475%) Coordinator
9 15 (2.896%) Programmer
9 15 (2.896%) Delivery Manager
10 14 (2.703%) SAP Analyst
11 13 (2.510%) Administrator
12 11 (2.124%) Front-End Developer
12 11 (2.124%) Systems Analyst
12 11 (2.124%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.124%) SAP Business Analyst
13 10 (1.931%) .NET Developer
13 10 (1.931%) Team Leader
13 10 (1.931%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.089%) Management Information System
2 9 (1.737%) Mobile App
2 9 (1.737%) Clustering
3 7 (1.351%) PMI
4 6 (1.158%) N-Tier
4 6 (1.158%) Mainframe
4 6 (1.158%) FMCG
5 5 (0.965%) Data Integration
5 5 (0.965%) IBM Mainframe
5 5 (0.965%) Computer Science
5 5 (0.965%) Statistics
5 5 (0.965%) Blackberry
5 5 (0.965%) Handset
5 5 (0.965%) CLARiiON
6 4 (0.772%) AS400
6 4 (0.772%) SecurID
6 4 (0.772%) Data Extraction
7 3 (0.579%) LPAR
7 3 (0.579%) DLPAR
7 3 (0.579%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 51 (9.846%) Windows
2 19 (3.668%) UNIX
3 15 (2.896%) Linux
4 10 (1.931%) Windows XP
4 10 (1.931%) Windows 7
5 8 (1.544%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (1.351%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.965%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.965%) Android
8 4 (0.772%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.772%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.579%) AIX
9 3 (0.579%) VMS
10 2 (0.386%) Solaris
10 2 (0.386%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.193%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.193%) MVS
11 1 (0.193%) HPUX
11 1 (0.193%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.193%) Nucleus RTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (21.62%) Project Management
2 62 (11.97%) PRINCE2
3 41 (7.915%) ITIL
4 39 (7.529%) Migration
5 38 (7.336%) Agile Software Development
6 34 (6.564%) Stakeholder Management
7 32 (6.178%) ETL
8 30 (5.792%) Business Intelligence
9 29 (5.598%) CRM
10 28 (5.405%) Matrix Management
11 26 (5.019%) Scrum
12 25 (4.826%) ERP
12 25 (4.826%) Data Migration
13 24 (4.633%) Risk Analysis
13 24 (4.633%) Business Analysis
14 23 (4.440%) SOA
15 20 (3.861%) User Acceptance Testing
16 17 (3.282%) System Testing
16 17 (3.282%) MVC
16 17 (3.282%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 70 (13.51%) SQL
2 51 (9.846%) Java
3 28 (5.405%) C#
4 12 (2.317%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.317%) PL/SQL
5 9 (1.737%) VBA
6 8 (1.544%) VB
7 7 (1.351%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.158%) VBScript
9 5 (0.965%) C
10 4 (0.772%) C++
10 4 (0.772%) RPG
11 3 (0.579%) Bash shell
11 3 (0.579%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.386%) Perl
13 1 (0.193%) ALGOL
13 1 (0.193%) Scala
13 1 (0.193%) Groovy
13 1 (0.193%) XPath
13 1 (0.193%) JCL
Qualifications
1 30 (5.792%) Degree
2 27 (5.212%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 17 (3.282%) CIMA
4 16 (3.089%) ISEB
5 13 (2.510%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.510%) ACCA
6 12 (2.317%) PMP
7 11 (2.124%) Security Cleared
8 8 (1.544%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.158%) CISA
9 6 (1.158%) CISSP
10 5 (0.965%) CISM
11 4 (0.772%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (0.772%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.772%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.772%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.579%) HNC
12 3 (0.579%) CCNP
12 3 (0.579%) CCNA
12 3 (0.579%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.282%) SLA
2 14 (2.703%) QA
3 6 (1.158%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (1.158%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.965%) COBIT
5 4 (0.772%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.772%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.193%) GAAP
System Software
1 14 (2.703%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.124%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.544%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (0.579%) XenApp
4 3 (0.579%) SRDF
4 3 (0.579%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 3 (0.579%) NFS
4 3 (0.579%) VMware ESX
5 2 (0.386%) ProxySG
5 2 (0.386%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.193%) vSphere
6 1 (0.193%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.193%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 10 (1.931%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (1.158%) Tivoli
2 6 (1.158%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (0.965%) SCCM
3 5 (0.965%) Unicenter
4 3 (0.579%) HP SIM
5 2 (0.386%) Nagios
5 2 (0.386%) MOM
5 2 (0.386%) WSUS
5 2 (0.386%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.193%) SCOM
6 1 (0.193%) Control-M
6 1 (0.193%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.193%) Foglight
Vendors
1 77 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.04%) Oracle
3 49 (9.459%) SAP
4 18 (3.475%) IBM
5 14 (2.703%) VMware
6 12 (2.317%) HP
7 11 (2.124%) Ab Initio
8 10 (1.931%) Cisco
8 10 (1.931%) Citrix
9 9 (1.737%) CA
9 9 (1.737%) Salesforce.com
9 9 (1.737%) Siebel
10 7 (1.351%) CODA
11 6 (1.158%) FrontRange
11 6 (1.158%) EMC
11 6 (1.158%) Hyperion
11 6 (1.158%) Informatica
12 5 (0.965%) CheckPoint
12 5 (0.965%) Remedy
12 5 (0.965%) Avaya
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