The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Birmingham 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 2 3 2
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 101 113 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 20.87% 17.66% 19.19%
As % of the General category 53.72% 49.34% 51.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 78 68
Average daily rate £400 £370 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% +8.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £249 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £472 £483
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
Average hourly rate £37.00 £18.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% +54.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.70 £17.50 £24.75
% change year-on-year
-4.60% -29.29%
All of the General Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
188 229 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 38.84% 35.78% 37.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 138 115
Average daily rate £400 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £501 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 5
Average hourly rate £32.50 £18.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.67% +42.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £14.35 £9.57
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.75 £40.00 £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
West Midlands

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 31 (17.32%) Oracle
2 30 (16.76%) SQL
3 25 (13.97%) Microsoft
4 24 (13.41%) Banking
5 22 (12.29%) SQL Server
5 22 (12.29%) ERP
6 21 (11.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (11.17%) Project Management
8 19 (10.61%) MS Excel
8 19 (10.61%) UNIX
9 18 (10.06%) PRINCE2
10 16 (8.939%) Business Analysis
11 15 (8.380%) Retail
12 14 (7.821%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (7.263%) Dynamics AX
13 13 (7.263%) Migration
14 12 (6.704%) Shell Script
14 12 (6.704%) Windows
14 12 (6.704%) CRM
14 12 (6.704%) QA
15 11 (6.145%) Financial Institution
15 11 (6.145%) Management Information System
16 10 (5.587%) Dynamics CRM
16 10 (5.587%) J2EE
16 10 (5.587%) JD Edwards
16 10 (5.587%) User Acceptance Testing
16 10 (5.587%) SQL Server 2008
16 10 (5.587%) Oracle EBS R12
17 9 (5.028%) .NET
17 9 (5.028%) C

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 10 (5.587%) J2EE
2 9 (5.028%) .NET
3 6 (3.352%) MDX
3 6 (3.352%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (2.793%) CGI
5 4 (2.235%) jQuery
6 3 (1.676%) Web Services
6 3 (1.676%) WCF
6 3 (1.676%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.117%) COM
7 2 (1.117%) HTML
7 2 (1.117%) CSS
7 2 (1.117%) XML
7 2 (1.117%) XHTML
7 2 (1.117%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.117%) CSS3
7 2 (1.117%) Razor View Engine
8 1 (0.559%) JPA
8 1 (0.559%) EJB 3.0
8 1 (0.559%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 6 (3.352%) SAS
2 5 (2.793%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.676%) MS Exchange
4 2 (1.117%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (1.117%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.559%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.559%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.559%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.559%) IIS
5 1 (0.559%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.559%) Apache
5 1 (0.559%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (10.61%) MS Excel
2 7 (3.911%) MS Office
3 6 (3.352%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.352%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (2.235%) MS Project
5 2 (1.117%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.559%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (7.263%) Dynamics AX
2 10 (5.587%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (5.587%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (3.352%) Agresso
4 5 (2.793%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (2.793%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (2.235%) Cognos Controller
6 3 (1.676%) ION MarketView
7 2 (1.117%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (1.117%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (1.117%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.559%) SAP APO
8 1 (0.559%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.559%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.559%) Maximo
8 1 (0.559%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.559%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.793%) DNS
1 5 (2.793%) DHCP
2 2 (1.117%) HTTP
2 2 (1.117%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.559%) VPN
3 1 (0.559%) Broadband
3 1 (0.559%) SNMP
3 1 (0.559%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.559%) FTP
3 1 (0.559%) SSL
3 1 (0.559%) SAN
3 1 (0.559%) Internet
3 1 (0.559%) NetScreen
3 1 (0.559%) Firewall
3 1 (0.559%) IPsec
3 1 (0.559%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.29%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.587%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (4.469%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (3.911%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (3.352%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (3.352%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.793%) RDBMS
6 5 (2.793%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (1.117%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (1.117%) OLAP
7 2 (1.117%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.559%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.559%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.559%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.559%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.559%) Essbase
8 1 (0.559%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.559%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 9 (5.028%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (2.793%) ProC
3 1 (0.559%) MSTest
3 1 (0.559%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.559%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
3 1 (0.559%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.559%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (13.41%) Banking
2 15 (8.380%) Retail
3 11 (6.145%) Financial Institution
4 9 (5.028%) Front Office
4 9 (5.028%) Retail Banking
5 8 (4.469%) Investment Banking
6 7 (3.911%) Back Office
6 7 (3.911%) Legal
7 3 (1.676%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.676%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.676%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.117%) Electronics
8 2 (1.117%) Advertising
8 2 (1.117%) Private Banking
8 2 (1.117%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 65 (36.31%) Analyst
2 33 (18.44%) Business Analyst
3 27 (15.08%) Project Manager
4 24 (13.41%) Developer
5 18 (10.06%) Systems Analyst
6 12 (6.704%) Programme Manager
7 10 (5.587%) Consultant
7 10 (5.587%) Support Analyst
8 8 (4.469%) Test Manager
9 7 (3.911%) Financial Analyst
10 6 (3.352%) Test Analyst
10 6 (3.352%) Architect
10 6 (3.352%) SQL Developer
11 5 (2.793%) Programmer
11 5 (2.793%) IT Manager
11 5 (2.793%) Business Systems Analyst
11 5 (2.793%) C Developer
11 5 (2.793%) UNIX Developer
12 4 (2.235%) Tester
12 4 (2.235%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.145%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.352%) Fixed Income
3 5 (2.793%) Equities
3 5 (2.793%) Derivative
4 3 (1.676%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.117%) Clustering
5 2 (1.117%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.117%) NHS
5 2 (1.117%) DTV
6 1 (0.559%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.559%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.559%) PMI
6 1 (0.559%) Replication
6 1 (0.559%) Data Extraction
6 1 (0.559%) Open Source
6 1 (0.559%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.559%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.559%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.61%) UNIX
2 12 (6.704%) Windows
3 8 (4.469%) AIX
4 5 (2.793%) Solaris
5 4 (2.235%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (1.676%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.559%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.559%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.559%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (12.29%) ERP
2 21 (11.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (11.17%) Project Management
4 18 (10.06%) PRINCE2
5 16 (8.939%) Business Analysis
6 14 (7.821%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (7.263%) Migration
8 12 (6.704%) CRM
9 10 (5.587%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (3.911%) ITIL
11 6 (3.352%) Change Management
11 6 (3.352%) Risk Management
11 6 (3.352%) UML
11 6 (3.352%) Systems Analysis
11 6 (3.352%) Programme Management
12 5 (2.793%) Strategic Planning
12 5 (2.793%) Software Testing
12 5 (2.793%) Test Management
12 5 (2.793%) Electronic Trading
12 5 (2.793%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.76%) SQL
2 12 (6.704%) Shell Script
3 9 (5.028%) C
4 7 (3.911%) C++
5 6 (3.352%) T-SQL
5 6 (3.352%) Perl
6 5 (2.793%) C#
7 4 (2.235%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.676%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.117%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.117%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.559%) Bash shell
10 1 (0.559%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (2.235%) ISEB
1 4 (2.235%) CIMA
1 4 (2.235%) ISTQB
2 3 (1.676%) ACCA
2 3 (1.676%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (1.117%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.117%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.117%) Degree
3 2 (1.117%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (1.117%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.117%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.559%) BC Cleared
4 1 (0.559%) CCAB
4 1 (0.559%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.704%) QA
2 4 (2.235%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.911%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.793%) Terminal Services
3 2 (1.117%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.559%) XenServer
4 1 (0.559%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.559%) vSphere
4 1 (0.559%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.559%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (1.676%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.559%) WMI
2 1 (0.559%) WSUS
2 1 (0.559%) SCOM
2 1 (0.559%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 31 (17.32%) Oracle
2 25 (13.97%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.587%) JD Edwards
4 6 (3.352%) Epicor
4 6 (3.352%) SAP
4 6 (3.352%) Cognos
5 4 (2.235%) IBM
5 4 (2.235%) ION Trading
6 3 (1.676%) Hyperion
6 3 (1.676%) Citrix
6 3 (1.676%) VMware
7 2 (1.117%) Veritas
8 1 (0.559%) Lotus
8 1 (0.559%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.559%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.559%) Northgate
8 1 (0.559%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.559%) Juniper
8 1 (0.559%) Cisco
8 1 (0.559%) Business Objects
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