The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford 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 Bradford 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 4 6 4
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 39 24 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 21.08% 15.09% 21.95%
As % of the General category 53.42% 48.98% 43.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 8 3
Average daily rate £375 £323 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.27% -0.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £27.00
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
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
73 49 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 39.46% 30.82% 50.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 16 11
Average daily rate £340 £275 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.63% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £171 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £449 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £9.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
West Yorkshire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 23 (41.82%) Oracle
2 14 (25.45%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (23.64%) SQL
4 9 (16.36%) UNIX
5 7 (12.73%) Data Modelling
5 7 (12.73%) PL/SQL
5 7 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (12.73%) Data Governance
6 6 (10.91%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (10.91%) Retail
7 5 (9.091%) Data Management
7 5 (9.091%) SQL Server
7 5 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (9.091%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (7.273%) Oracle 11g
8 4 (7.273%) Data Quality
8 4 (7.273%) Oracle ODI
8 4 (7.273%) SOA
8 4 (7.273%) .NET
8 4 (7.273%) Windows
8 4 (7.273%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (7.273%) ERwin
8 4 (7.273%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (7.273%) Data Analysis
8 4 (7.273%) Business Analysis
8 4 (7.273%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (7.273%) Perforce
8 4 (7.273%) Information Security
9 3 (5.455%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (5.455%) Migration

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 4 (7.273%) .NET
2 2 (3.636%) Oracle ADF
3 1 (1.818%) HTML
3 1 (1.818%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.818%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.455%) SAS
2 1 (1.818%) CMS
2 1 (1.818%) EPiServer CMS
2 1 (1.818%) IBM Notes
2 1 (1.818%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.636%) MS Project
1 2 (3.636%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.818%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.818%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (9.091%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (5.455%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (3.636%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (1.818%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.636%) VLAN
2 1 (1.818%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.818%) LAN
2 1 (1.818%) VoIP
2 1 (1.818%) WAN
2 1 (1.818%) DHCP
2 1 (1.818%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.818%) VPN
2 1 (1.818%) DNS
2 1 (1.818%) SSL
2 1 (1.818%) Internet
2 1 (1.818%) MPLS
2 1 (1.818%) Firewall
2 1 (1.818%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.45%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (9.091%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (7.273%) Oracle ODI
3 4 (7.273%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (7.273%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (7.273%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (5.455%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (5.455%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (3.636%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.636%) Oracle 9i
5 2 (3.636%) DB2
5 2 (3.636%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.636%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (3.636%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.818%) OLAP
6 1 (1.818%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (7.273%) ERwin
2 3 (5.455%) Oracle APEX
2 3 (5.455%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (10.91%) Retail
2 3 (5.455%) Banking
2 3 (5.455%) Marketing
3 2 (3.636%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.818%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.818%) Billing
4 1 (1.818%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (30.91%) Analyst
2 11 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 8 (14.55%) Consultant
4 6 (10.91%) Developer
5 4 (7.273%) Data Modeller
5 4 (7.273%) Oracle Developer
6 3 (5.455%) Data Manager
6 3 (5.455%) Oracle Consultant
6 3 (5.455%) Oracle Financials Consultant
6 3 (5.455%) Test Manager
6 3 (5.455%) Architect
6 3 (5.455%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.455%) DBA
6 3 (5.455%) Security Consultant
6 3 (5.455%) Information Security Consultant
6 3 (5.455%) Data Governance Manager
6 3 (5.455%) Governance Manager
7 2 (3.636%) Insight Analyst
7 2 (3.636%) Customer Insight Analyst
7 2 (3.636%) Data Quality Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.636%) Credit Risk
2 1 (1.818%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.36%) UNIX
2 4 (7.273%) Windows
3 2 (3.636%) Linux
4 1 (1.818%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.818%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (12.73%) Data Modelling
1 7 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.73%) Data Governance
2 5 (9.091%) Data Management
3 4 (7.273%) Business Analysis
3 4 (7.273%) Data Analysis
3 4 (7.273%) SOA
3 4 (7.273%) Information Security
3 4 (7.273%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (5.455%) Master Data Management
4 3 (5.455%) Database Security
4 3 (5.455%) Customer Insight
4 3 (5.455%) Data Migration
4 3 (5.455%) Waterfall
4 3 (5.455%) Migration
4 3 (5.455%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (5.455%) Project Management
4 3 (5.455%) ITIL
4 3 (5.455%) Systems Analysis
4 3 (5.455%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 13 (23.64%) SQL
2 7 (12.73%) PL/SQL
3 3 (5.455%) Shell Script
4 2 (3.636%) COBOL
5 1 (1.818%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.818%) C#
5 1 (1.818%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.818%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (5.455%) ISEB
1 3 (5.455%) ISTQB
2 2 (3.636%) Degree
3 1 (1.818%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.818%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.818%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.273%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.818%) QA
2 1 (1.818%) Basel III
2 1 (1.818%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (5.455%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (3.636%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.818%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.636%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (3.636%) OpenView
1 2 (3.636%) OVSD
Vendors
1 23 (41.82%) Oracle
2 4 (7.273%) Perforce
3 3 (5.455%) IBM
4 2 (3.636%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.636%) HP
4 2 (3.636%) Informatica
4 2 (3.636%) DataFlux
5 1 (1.818%) EPiServer
5 1 (1.818%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.818%) Cisco
5 1 (1.818%) Lotus
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