The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim 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 County Antrim 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 2 3
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 27 48 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 13.92% 28.92% 16.01%
As % of the General category 67.50% 66.67% 44.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 24 33
Average daily rate £325 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £253 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
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
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
40 72 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 20.62% 43.37% 36.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 32 60
Average daily rate £325 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £124
10% offered a daily rate of more than £392 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Finance
Northern Ireland

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim 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
Belfast -6 27 £325 -13.33%
Finance
Northern Ireland

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 21 (36.21%) SQL
2 16 (27.59%) Banking
3 9 (15.52%) Oracle
3 9 (15.52%) SQL Server
3 9 (15.52%) Java
4 8 (13.79%) UNIX
4 8 (13.79%) Shell Script
5 7 (12.07%) HP
5 7 (12.07%) CSS
5 7 (12.07%) JavaScript
5 7 (12.07%) .NET
5 7 (12.07%) Financial Institution
6 6 (10.34%) Degree
6 6 (10.34%) Perl
6 6 (10.34%) E-Commerce
6 6 (10.34%) Project Management
6 6 (10.34%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (8.621%) HTML5
7 5 (8.621%) CSS3
7 5 (8.621%) WebSphere
7 5 (8.621%) Dojo
7 5 (8.621%) Oracle APEX
7 5 (8.621%) WPF
7 5 (8.621%) Java EE
7 5 (8.621%) Credit Risk
7 5 (8.621%) jQuery
7 5 (8.621%) Data Guard
7 5 (8.621%) Oracle 11i
7 5 (8.621%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 5 (8.621%) Microsoft

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 7 (12.07%) CSS
1 7 (12.07%) .NET
2 5 (8.621%) HTML5
2 5 (8.621%) CSS3
2 5 (8.621%) WebSphere
2 5 (8.621%) Dojo
2 5 (8.621%) WPF
2 5 (8.621%) Java EE
2 5 (8.621%) jQuery
2 5 (8.621%) HTML
3 3 (5.172%) WF
3 3 (5.172%) WCF
4 2 (3.448%) LINQ
4 2 (3.448%) WinForms
4 2 (3.448%) Ajax
4 2 (3.448%) JSON
4 2 (3.448%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.448%) STL
4 2 (3.448%) Web Services
5 1 (1.724%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 5 (8.621%) WebLogic
2 3 (5.172%) StreamWeaver
2 3 (5.172%) Progress Apama
3 2 (3.448%) Apache
3 2 (3.448%) MS Exchange
4 1 (1.724%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.724%) Lync
4 1 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (3.448%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.724%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.724%) MS Office
2 1 (1.724%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (8.621%) Oracle 11i
1 5 (8.621%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (5.172%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (5.172%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.724%) JDE World
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.448%) SSH
1 2 (3.448%) SAN
1 2 (3.448%) FTP
2 1 (1.724%) SMTP
2 1 (1.724%) HTTP
2 1 (1.724%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.724%) DNS
2 1 (1.724%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.724%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.52%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.34%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (8.621%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (8.621%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (6.897%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.448%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (3.448%) OLAP
5 2 (3.448%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.448%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.724%) MySQL
6 1 (1.724%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.724%) QlikView
6 1 (1.724%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 5 (8.621%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (3.448%) Subversion
3 1 (1.724%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.724%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (27.59%) Banking
2 7 (12.07%) Financial Institution
3 5 (8.621%) General Ledger
4 4 (6.897%) Retail
5 2 (3.448%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.724%) Billing
6 1 (1.724%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 26 (44.83%) Developer
2 10 (17.24%) Analyst
3 5 (8.621%) JavaScript Developer
3 5 (8.621%) Oracle DBA
3 5 (8.621%) Consultant
3 5 (8.621%) DBA
4 4 (6.897%) Senior Business Analyst
4 4 (6.897%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (6.897%) Sybase Developer
4 4 (6.897%) Project Manager
4 4 (6.897%) Business Analyst
5 3 (5.172%) Technical Consultant
5 3 (5.172%) Data Analyst
5 3 (5.172%) .NET Developer
5 3 (5.172%) Oracle Applications DBA
5 3 (5.172%) Market Analyst
6 2 (3.448%) Citrix Technical Consultant
6 2 (3.448%) Database Developer
6 2 (3.448%) C++ Developer
6 2 (3.448%) Citrix Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.621%) Credit Risk
1 5 (8.621%) Derivative
1 5 (8.621%) Fixed Income
1 5 (8.621%) Equities
2 2 (3.448%) Data Conversion
3 1 (1.724%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.724%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.724%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.79%) UNIX
2 2 (3.448%) Linux
3 1 (1.724%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (10.34%) E-Commerce
1 6 (10.34%) Project Management
2 4 (6.897%) Workflow
3 3 (5.172%) PRINCE2
3 3 (5.172%) TDD
3 3 (5.172%) Document Management
3 3 (5.172%) Migration
3 3 (5.172%) System Testing
4 2 (3.448%) SIEM
4 2 (3.448%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (3.448%) Demand Management
4 2 (3.448%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (3.448%) Electronic Trading
4 2 (3.448%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (3.448%) Information Security
4 2 (3.448%) Data Management
4 2 (3.448%) OO
4 2 (3.448%) Benchmarking
4 2 (3.448%) Configuration Management
4 2 (3.448%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 21 (36.21%) SQL
2 9 (15.52%) Java
3 8 (13.79%) Shell Script
4 7 (12.07%) JavaScript
5 6 (10.34%) Perl
6 5 (8.621%) C#
6 5 (8.621%) PL/SQL
6 5 (8.621%) T-SQL
7 3 (5.172%) C++
8 2 (3.448%) Bash shell
8 2 (3.448%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.724%) Python
9 1 (1.724%) VBA
9 1 (1.724%) PHP
9 1 (1.724%) Ruby
9 1 (1.724%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Degree
2 3 (5.172%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.724%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.724%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.724%) QA
1 1 (1.724%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (8.621%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (3.448%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 2 (3.448%) Xen
2 2 (3.448%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.448%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.724%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 5 (8.621%) Data Guard
1 5 (8.621%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (1.724%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (15.52%) Oracle
2 7 (12.07%) HP
3 5 (8.621%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.621%) Sybase
4 2 (3.448%) ArcSight
4 2 (3.448%) VMware
4 2 (3.448%) CommVault
4 2 (3.448%) NetApp
4 2 (3.448%) Dell
4 2 (3.448%) Citrix
4 2 (3.448%) Symantec
5 1 (1.724%) Reuters
5 1 (1.724%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.724%) JD Edwards
5 1 (1.724%) SAP
5 1 (1.724%) Q1 Labs
5 1 (1.724%) LogLogic