The first table below looks at the demand for CIMA in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CIMA over the 3 months to 21 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 Qualifications for the City of London 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Rank 187 200 160
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -40
Contract jobs citing CIMA 16 17 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.249% 0.216% 0.795%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.661% 1.595% 6.481%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 59
Average daily rate £475 £450 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% -18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £414 £390
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £605 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
+9.37% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.46 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Qualifications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
963 1066 1188
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 14.99% 13.56% 12.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 638 756
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £253 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £564 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 50 51
Average hourly rate £41.50 £17.93 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+131.42% -14.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £14.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £23.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CIMA
London

CIMA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CIMA across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London CIMA Jobs Demand Trend

CIMA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CIMA across the City of London region.

City of London CIMA Daily Rate Trend

CIMA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CIMA across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

City of London CIMA Daily Rate Histogram

CIMA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CIMA across the City of London region.

City of London CIMA Hourly Rate Trend

CIMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CIMA 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 CIMA.

1 19 (95.00%) ACCA
2 18 (90.00%) Finance
3 6 (30.00%) Oracle
4 5 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 4 (20.00%) Hyperion
5 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
6 3 (15.00%) Solvency II
6 3 (15.00%) Migration
6 3 (15.00%) Informatica
6 3 (15.00%) PowerCenter
6 3 (15.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
7 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (10.00%) Six Sigma
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.00%) Scrum
7 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
7 2 (10.00%) SQL
7 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
7 2 (10.00%) QA
7 2 (10.00%) Business Analysis
7 2 (10.00%) HFM
8 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (5.000%) Investment Banking
8 1 (5.000%) General Ledger
8 1 (5.000%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (5.000%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (5.000%) Marketing
8 1 (5.000%) Degree

CIMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CIMA 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 CIMA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.000%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) HFM
2 1 (5.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) PowerCenter
2 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (90.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.000%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.000%) General Ledger
3 1 (5.000%) Marketing
3 1 (5.000%) French Language
3 1 (5.000%) Banking
3 1 (5.000%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Analyst
2 7 (35.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Data Migration Specialist
5 2 (10.00%) Systems Accountant
5 2 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Hyperion Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) MI Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Reporting Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Financial Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Financial Business Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Business Data Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Commercial Manager
6 1 (5.000%) Report Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (15.00%) Migration
4 2 (10.00%) Six Sigma
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.00%) Scrum
4 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.000%) Data Mapping
5 1 (5.000%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (5.000%) Quality Management
5 1 (5.000%) Balanced Scorecard
5 1 (5.000%) Business Continuity
5 1 (5.000%) Validation
5 1 (5.000%) Benchmarking
5 1 (5.000%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.000%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (95.00%) ACCA
2 1 (5.000%) Degree
2 1 (5.000%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Solvency II
1 3 (15.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (5.000%) GAAP
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Oracle
2 4 (20.00%) Hyperion
3 3 (15.00%) Informatica
4 1 (5.000%) Cognos
4 1 (5.000%) Business Objects
4 1 (5.000%) SAP
City of London
Accounting Manager, Media Company,London, £250-300 per day, A leading media company is currently looking for an Accountant with ACA/ACCA qualifications with previous Account Managing experience...
Orgtel
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
They will also be required to produce monthly management profit and loss reports including variance analysis, produce key supporting schedules for significant costs, have controllership of balance sheet...
Experis IT
Rate: £35000 - £38000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013