The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheltenham 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 8 32 10
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -22
Contract jobs citing Finance 10 16 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 13.16% 6.639% 12.87%
As % of the General category 38.46% 22.54% 30.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 5
Average daily rate £375 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £335 £294
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £530 £437
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -6.97%
All of the General Category
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
26 71 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 34.21% 29.46% 42.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 10
Average daily rate £325 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £275 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 14
Average hourly rate £39.00 £36.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Finance
Gloucestershire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 20 (80.00%) DV Cleared
1 20 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 11 (44.00%) Windows
4 8 (32.00%) XenApp
5 6 (24.00%) HNC
5 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (24.00%) Citrix
5 6 (24.00%) Degree
6 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (16.00%) VMware
6 4 (16.00%) VMware ESX
6 4 (16.00%) Active Directory
6 4 (16.00%) Client/Server
6 4 (16.00%) .NET
6 4 (16.00%) C#
6 4 (16.00%) Visual Studio
6 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET
6 4 (16.00%) Windows 7
6 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (12.00%) PowerShell
7 3 (12.00%) Software Packaging
7 3 (12.00%) Document Management
7 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (12.00%) Change Control
7 3 (12.00%) Information Assurance
7 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
7 3 (12.00%) ITIL
7 3 (12.00%) Data Modelling
7 3 (12.00%) MSI

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 (16.00%) .NET
1 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (12.00%) Software Packaging
3 2 (8.000%) Application Packaging
3 2 (8.000%) CSS
3 2 (8.000%) HTML
3 2 (8.000%) WCF
3 2 (8.000%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) MS Project Server
1 2 (8.000%) SharePoint
1 2 (8.000%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
1 2 (8.000%) MS Project
1 2 (8.000%) MS Office
2 1 (4.000%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (8.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (12.00%) MSI
3 2 (8.000%) Dreamweaver
General
1 15 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.000%) Retail
3 1 (4.000%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Citrix Support
2 4 (16.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Developer
2 4 (16.00%) Citrix Support Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (12.00%) Desktop Support
3 3 (12.00%) Applications Packager
3 3 (12.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Project Support Officer
3 3 (12.00%) Project Officer
4 2 (8.000%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (8.000%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (8.000%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Web Developer
4 2 (8.000%) Consultant
4 2 (8.000%) .NET Developer
4 2 (8.000%) C# Developer
4 2 (8.000%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.000%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (44.00%) Windows
2 4 (16.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (8.000%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.00%) Document Management
1 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (12.00%) Change Control
1 3 (12.00%) Information Assurance
1 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (12.00%) ITIL
1 3 (12.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (12.00%) Service Management
1 3 (12.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (8.000%) Business Analysis
2 2 (8.000%) MVC
2 2 (8.000%) CRM
2 2 (8.000%) OO
2 2 (8.000%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (8.000%) Time Management
3 1 (4.000%) Data Mapping
3 1 (4.000%) Business Transformation
3 1 (4.000%) SSADM
3 1 (4.000%) DSDM
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) C#
2 3 (12.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.000%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (80.00%) DV Cleared
1 20 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (24.00%) HNC
2 6 (24.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.000%) MCAD
3 2 (8.000%) MCSD
3 2 (8.000%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) XenApp
2 4 (16.00%) VMware ESX
2 4 (16.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (24.00%) Citrix
2 4 (16.00%) VMware
3 3 (12.00%) Primavera