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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in contract IT jobs within the County Antrim region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank28
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads4718
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.066 %0.018 %
As % of the category below59.49 %43.90 %
Daily rates quoted159
Average minimum daily rate£320£469
Average daily rate£339£484
% change on same period last year-29.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£382
% change on same period last year-0.43 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£5.50
Average hourly rate-£5.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£5.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.97£26.48
% change on same period last year-5.70 %
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
County Antrim
Matching contract IT job ads7941
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.111 %0.041 %
Daily rates quoted2613
Average minimum daily rate£292£416
Average daily rate£307£434
% change on same period last year-29.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£451
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted07
Average minimum hourly rate-£6.75
Average hourly rate-£6.82
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£6.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.78
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
Finance Northern IrelandFinance
Northern Ireland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Finance
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

County Antrim Finance Daily Rate Histogram

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BelfastUp+647£339-29.91 %
Finance Northern IrelandFinance
Northern Ireland

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

157 (39.58 %)Oracle
242 (29.17 %)Oracle Financials
335 (24.31 %)Business Intelligence
434 (23.61 %)Cognos
530 (20.83 %)SQL
629 (20.14 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
725 (17.36 %)Windows
725 (17.36 %)Oracle Reports
820 (13.89 %)Oracle 8/8i
918 (12.50 %)SQL Server
918 (12.50 %)Oracle Applications
1015 (10.42 %)UNIX
1015 (10.42 %)User Acceptance Testing
1114 (9.722 %)HP
1213 (9.028 %)Microsoft
1213 (9.028 %)Windows Server 2003
1312 (8.333 %)Oracle EBS
1312 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
1312 (8.333 %)ITIL
1312 (8.333 %)Release Management
1411 (7.639 %)PL/SQL
1411 (7.639 %)Oracle 10g
1411 (7.639 %)Oracle 11i
1411 (7.639 %)Telecoms
1411 (7.639 %)E-business
1510 (6.944 %)Project Management
169 (6.250 %)Workflow
169 (6.250 %)ReadSoft
169 (6.250 %)Oracle Workflow
169 (6.250 %)DB2

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (4.861 %)WebSphere
25 (3.472 %).NET
33 (2.083 %)Middleware
41 (0.694 %)Hibernate
41 (0.694 %)Spring
41 (0.694 %)ISPF
41 (0.694 %)J2EE
41 (0.694 %)ASP
41 (0.694 %)ASP.NET
41 (0.694 %).NET Framework
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (6.250 %)Oracle Workflow
27 (4.861 %)WebLogic
33 (2.083 %)MS Exchange
42 (1.389 %)IIS
42 (1.389 %)BizTalk Server
42 (1.389 %)SharePoint
42 (1.389 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (0.694 %)iPlanet
51 (0.694 %)Oracle Application Server
51 (0.694 %)MQSeries
51 (0.694 %)CICS
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (4.861 %)MS Office
26 (4.167 %)MS Excel
34 (2.778 %)Spreadsheet
41 (0.694 %)MS Project
41 (0.694 %)MS PowerPoint
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
142 (29.17 %)Oracle Financials
229 (20.14 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
318 (12.50 %)Oracle Applications
412 (8.333 %)Oracle EBS
511 (7.639 %)Oracle 11i
64 (2.778 %)Oracle General Ledger
71 (0.694 %)FLEXCUBE
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (4.861 %)TCP/IP
22 (1.389 %)FTP
31 (0.694 %)Broadband
31 (0.694 %)SAN
31 (0.694 %)Internet
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (17.36 %)Oracle Reports
220 (13.89 %)Oracle 8/8i
318 (12.50 %)SQL Server
411 (7.639 %)Oracle 10g
59 (6.250 %)DB2
68 (5.556 %)BusinessObjects
76 (4.167 %)SQL Server 2005
84 (2.778 %)SQL Server Integration Services
84 (2.778 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
84 (2.778 %)RDBMS
92 (1.389 %)SQL Server 2000
92 (1.389 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
92 (1.389 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
101 (0.694 %)Datawarehouse
101 (0.694 %)ETL
101 (0.694 %)Crystal Reports
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (2.083 %)WinRunner
21 (0.694 %)TestDirector
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (7.639 %)Telecoms
29 (6.250 %)Banking
38 (5.556 %)General Ledger
45 (3.472 %)Billing
54 (2.778 %)Legal
63 (2.083 %)Pharmaceutical
63 (2.083 %)Government
72 (1.389 %)Investment Banking
72 (1.389 %)Financial Institution
72 (1.389 %)Education
81 (0.694 %)Publishing
81 (0.694 %)Front Office
81 (0.694 %)Back Office
81 (0.694 %)Local Government
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
139 (27.08 %)Developer
224 (16.67 %)Analyst
322 (15.28 %)Cognos Developer
420 (13.89 %)Consultant
511 (7.639 %)Project Manager
610 (6.944 %)Support Analyst
610 (6.944 %)Architect
79 (6.250 %)Administrator
88 (5.556 %)DBA
88 (5.556 %)Systems Administrator
88 (5.556 %)SQL DBA
97 (4.861 %)Oracle Consultant
97 (4.861 %)SQL Server DBA
106 (4.167 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
106 (4.167 %)Applications Architect
106 (4.167 %)UNIX Administrator
106 (4.167 %)Report Developer
115 (3.472 %)Cognos Consultant
115 (3.472 %)Contracts Manager
115 (3.472 %)Wintel Support
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (5.556 %)Mainframe
24 (2.778 %)Management Information System
24 (2.778 %)Clustering
32 (1.389 %)PMI
41 (0.694 %)VSAM
41 (0.694 %)Statistics
41 (0.694 %)IBM Mainframe
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
125 (17.36 %)Windows
215 (10.42 %)UNIX
313 (9.028 %)Windows Server 2003
49 (6.250 %)Solaris
58 (5.556 %)Linux
66 (4.167 %)Windows 2000
66 (4.167 %)AIX
75 (3.472 %)Windows 2000 Server
82 (1.389 %)Windows Vista
91 (0.694 %)Windows NT
91 (0.694 %)Windows XP
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
135 (24.31 %)Business Intelligence
215 (10.42 %)User Acceptance Testing
312 (8.333 %)Release Management
312 (8.333 %)ITIL
312 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
411 (7.639 %)E-business
510 (6.944 %)Project Management
69 (6.250 %)Workflow
78 (5.556 %)Integration Testing
87 (4.861 %)Performance Testing
87 (4.861 %)Unit Testing
87 (4.861 %)Business Analysis
96 (4.167 %)Migration
105 (3.472 %)Configuration Management
105 (3.472 %)Incident Management
114 (2.778 %)Problem Management
114 (2.778 %)Security Cleared
114 (2.778 %)Data Modelling
114 (2.778 %)Service Management
114 (2.778 %)Programme Management
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (20.83 %)SQL
211 (7.639 %)PL/SQL
38 (5.556 %)Java
46 (4.167 %)Transact-SQL
53 (2.083 %)COBOL
62 (1.389 %)VB.NET
71 (0.694 %)Shell Script
71 (0.694 %)JCL
71 (0.694 %)Perl
71 (0.694 %)VBScript
71 (0.694 %)VB
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (3.472 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (2.778 %)MCSE
33 (2.083 %)ISEB
42 (1.389 %)Cisco Certification
42 (1.389 %)CCNA
42 (1.389 %)A+ Certification
42 (1.389 %)PMI Certification
42 (1.389 %)MOS
42 (1.389 %)Degree
51 (0.694 %)MCP
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.083 %)SLA
13 (2.083 %)QA
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (4.167 %)Active Directory
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.389 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
157 (39.58 %)Oracle
234 (23.61 %)Cognos
314 (9.722 %)HP
413 (9.028 %)Microsoft
59 (6.250 %)ReadSoft
68 (5.556 %)Business Objects
68 (5.556 %)Avaya
77 (4.861 %)Sun
83 (2.083 %)Dell
92 (1.389 %)EMC
92 (1.389 %)IBM
92 (1.389 %)Actuate
92 (1.389 %)VERITAS
92 (1.389 %)Symantec
101 (0.694 %)Remedy
101 (0.694 %)TIBCO
101 (0.694 %)Peregrine
101 (0.694 %)BEA
101 (0.694 %)SAP
101 (0.694 %)Ab Initio