The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Devon 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 Devon 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 14 11 8
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -3
Contract jobs citing Finance 15 21 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 8.876% 11.48% 18.95%
As % of the General category 55.56% 58.33% 69.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 13
Average daily rate £350 £475 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.26% +26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £450 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £426 £650 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £19.39 - £18.75
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
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
27 36 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 15.98% 19.67% 27.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 20
Average daily rate £350 £450 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% +55.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £230 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £399 £590 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 5
Average hourly rate £36.25 £14.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+150.00% -3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.45 £13.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.25 £26.05 £26.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Finance
South West

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon 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
Exeter -11 9 £350 -26.31%
Finance
South West

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 (60.61%) Oracle
2 16 (48.48%) SOA
3 14 (42.42%) ASP.NET
3 14 (42.42%) C#
3 14 (42.42%) VB.NET
3 14 (42.42%) .NET
4 12 (36.36%) XML
5 9 (27.27%) Middleware
5 9 (27.27%) Oracle Service Bus
6 8 (24.24%) Oracle 11g
6 8 (24.24%) SOAP
6 8 (24.24%) Web Services
7 7 (21.21%) Git (software)
8 6 (18.18%) XPath
8 6 (18.18%) Degree
8 6 (18.18%) CSS
8 6 (18.18%) HTML
8 6 (18.18%) MQSeries
8 6 (18.18%) XQuery
9 5 (15.15%) Configuration Management
9 5 (15.15%) Oracle Applications
9 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
9 5 (15.15%) SQL
9 5 (15.15%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (12.12%) Unit Testing
10 4 (12.12%) Waterfall
10 4 (12.12%) OO
11 3 (9.091%) Back Office
11 3 (9.091%) B2B
11 3 (9.091%) PRINCE2

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 14 (42.42%) ASP.NET
1 14 (42.42%) .NET
2 12 (36.36%) XML
3 9 (27.27%) Middleware
4 8 (24.24%) SOAP
4 8 (24.24%) Web Services
5 6 (18.18%) CSS
5 6 (18.18%) HTML
6 3 (9.091%) XSLT
7 2 (6.061%) WSDL
7 2 (6.061%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 9 (27.27%) Oracle Service Bus
2 6 (18.18%) MQSeries
3 1 (3.030%) AquaLogic
3 1 (3.030%) AquaLogic Service Bus
Business Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (24.24%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (6.061%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.061%) Star Schema
2 2 (6.061%) TOAD
3 1 (3.030%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.030%) DTS
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (9.091%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 24 (72.73%) Developer
2 14 (42.42%) .NET Developer
3 12 (36.36%) Analyst
4 10 (30.30%) Analyst Developer
5 9 (27.27%) Oracle Developer
6 8 (24.24%) Oracle Analyst
7 6 (18.18%) Service Analyst
8 4 (12.12%) Project Manager
9 3 (9.091%) Development Manager
9 3 (9.091%) Development Project Manager
10 2 (6.061%) Data Warehouse Analyst
10 2 (6.061%) Data Warehouse Developer
10 2 (6.061%) Analyst Programmer
10 2 (6.061%) Programmer
10 2 (6.061%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
10 2 (6.061%) Oracle Analyst Programmer
11 1 (3.030%) Technical Manager
11 1 (3.030%) Oracle Consultant
11 1 (3.030%) E-Business Consultant
11 1 (3.030%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.030%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) SOA
2 5 (15.15%) Configuration Management
2 5 (15.15%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (12.12%) Unit Testing
3 4 (12.12%) Waterfall
3 4 (12.12%) OO
4 3 (9.091%) B2B
4 3 (9.091%) PRINCE2
5 2 (6.061%) B2C
5 2 (6.061%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.030%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.030%) Project Planning
6 1 (3.030%) Performance Management
6 1 (3.030%) Release Management
6 1 (3.030%) PRINCE
6 1 (3.030%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.030%) Project Management
6 1 (3.030%) CMMI
6 1 (3.030%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.030%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (42.42%) C#
1 14 (42.42%) VB.NET
2 6 (18.18%) XPath
2 6 (18.18%) XQuery
3 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
3 5 (15.15%) SQL
4 2 (6.061%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.030%) C
5 1 (3.030%) Java
5 1 (3.030%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.030%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (6.061%) MCAD
2 2 (6.061%) MCSD
2 2 (6.061%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.030%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.030%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 20 (60.61%) Oracle
2 1 (3.030%) SAP