The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Croydon 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 Croydon 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 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 15 53 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 30.61% 40.46% 38.83%
As % of the General category 88.24% 88.33% 73.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 44 42
Average daily rate £338 £500 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.50% +17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £365 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £718 £548
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.50
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
Croydon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
17 60 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 34.69% 45.80% 53.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 48 65
Average daily rate £338 £500 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.50% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £350 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £700 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £17.00 £15.85
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +7.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Finance
London

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon 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 Croydon region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.51%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) MS Excel
3 7 (17.07%) Project Management
3 7 (17.07%) Data Quality
4 6 (14.63%) TCP/IP
4 6 (14.63%) SQL
4 6 (14.63%) Oracle
4 6 (14.63%) Migration
4 6 (14.63%) Data Management
5 5 (12.20%) Data Analysis
5 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
5 5 (12.20%) VPN
5 5 (12.20%) Data Governance
6 4 (9.756%) Windows 7
6 4 (9.756%) Solvency II
6 4 (9.756%) LAN
6 4 (9.756%) WAN
6 4 (9.756%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (9.756%) Windows XP
6 4 (9.756%) Banking
7 3 (7.317%) Firewall
7 3 (7.317%) Investment Banking
7 3 (7.317%) TOGAF
7 3 (7.317%) E-Commerce
7 3 (7.317%) MS Exchange
7 3 (7.317%) Linux
7 3 (7.317%) Lotus Notes
7 3 (7.317%) ITIL
7 3 (7.317%) SQL Server

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 2 (4.878%) Application Packaging
1 2 (4.878%) .NET
2 1 (2.439%) WinForms
2 1 (2.439%) Middleware
2 1 (2.439%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.317%) MS Exchange
1 3 (7.317%) Lotus Notes
1 3 (7.317%) Lync
2 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (4.878%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (4.878%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (4.878%) WebLogic
2 2 (4.878%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.878%) SAS
3 1 (2.439%) FileNet
3 1 (2.439%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (2.439%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (2.439%) ESB
Applications
1 8 (19.51%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.317%) Office 365
3 2 (4.878%) MS Office
4 1 (2.439%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.439%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.439%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.439%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) TCP/IP
2 5 (12.20%) VPN
3 4 (9.756%) LAN
3 4 (9.756%) WAN
4 3 (7.317%) Firewall
4 3 (7.317%) ADSL
4 3 (7.317%) Internet
4 3 (7.317%) DHCP
4 3 (7.317%) DNS
5 2 (4.878%) IPsec
6 1 (2.439%) LDAP
6 1 (2.439%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.317%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.439%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (2.439%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.439%) IBM InfoSphere
2 1 (2.439%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.439%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.439%) QlikView
2 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (2.439%) MSI
1 1 (2.439%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 4 (9.756%) Banking
2 3 (7.317%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.439%) Law
3 1 (2.439%) Legal
3 1 (2.439%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 19 (46.34%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) Architect
3 4 (9.756%) Data Analyst
3 4 (9.756%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (9.756%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (9.756%) Administrator
3 4 (9.756%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (9.756%) Support Analyst
4 3 (7.317%) Project Manager
4 3 (7.317%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (7.317%) Security Administrator
4 3 (7.317%) IT Administrator
4 3 (7.317%) IT Support Analyst
4 3 (7.317%) IT Support
4 3 (7.317%) Quality Analyst
4 3 (7.317%) IT Security Administrator
4 3 (7.317%) Data Quality Analyst
4 3 (7.317%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (4.878%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
5 2 (4.878%) Infrastructure Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.878%) Mainframe
1 2 (4.878%) Client/Server
1 2 (4.878%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.439%) SecurID
2 1 (2.439%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.51%) Windows
2 4 (9.756%) Windows 7
2 4 (9.756%) Windows XP
3 3 (7.317%) Linux
3 3 (7.317%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (4.878%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (4.878%) UNIX
4 2 (4.878%) AIX
5 1 (2.439%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.07%) Project Management
2 6 (14.63%) Migration
2 6 (14.63%) Data Management
3 5 (12.20%) Data Analysis
3 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
3 5 (12.20%) Data Governance
4 3 (7.317%) TOGAF
4 3 (7.317%) E-Commerce
4 3 (7.317%) ITIL
4 3 (7.317%) Network Design
5 2 (4.878%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (4.878%) Data Mapping
5 2 (4.878%) SOA
5 2 (4.878%) ETL
5 2 (4.878%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (4.878%) Business Analysis
5 2 (4.878%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.439%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.439%) Change Management
6 1 (2.439%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) SQL
2 2 (4.878%) Java
2 2 (4.878%) VBScript
2 2 (4.878%) VB
3 1 (2.439%) VB6
3 1 (2.439%) C#
3 1 (2.439%) Perl
3 1 (2.439%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (9.756%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (4.878%) Degree
3 1 (2.439%) Security+ Certification
3 1 (2.439%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.439%) ISEB
3 1 (2.439%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) Data Quality
2 4 (9.756%) Solvency II
3 2 (4.878%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.878%) ISO 9001
3 2 (4.878%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.439%) EFQM
System Software
1 3 (7.317%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.878%) vSphere
2 2 (4.878%) XenApp
3 1 (2.439%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (2.439%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (7.317%) SCCM
2 1 (2.439%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.439%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (2.439%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) Oracle
3 3 (7.317%) Lotus
3 3 (7.317%) Citrix
4 2 (4.878%) Cisco
4 2 (4.878%) IBM
4 2 (4.878%) Intel
4 2 (4.878%) CheckPoint
4 2 (4.878%) Informatica
4 2 (4.878%) SAP
4 2 (4.878%) VMware
5 1 (2.439%) Amdocs
5 1 (2.439%) McAfee
5 1 (2.439%) Nokia Siemens Networks