The first table below looks at the demand for CIMA in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CIMA 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 Qualifications for the England 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
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Rank 449 452 422
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -30
Contract jobs citing CIMA 64 107 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.154% 0.201% 0.272%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.860% 1.154% 1.719%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 85 109
Average daily rate £500 £450 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £317 £335 £323
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £573 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £46.23 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7438 9270 8898
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.89% 17.38% 15.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3939 4900 4350
Average daily rate £375 £390 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £224 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 422 511 609
Average hourly rate £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CIMA
UK

CIMA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

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

England 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 England region.

England CIMA Hourly Rate Trend

CIMA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CIMA within the England 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
London 0 38 £521 +15.83%
South East +19 16 £451 +2.91%
South West +28 3 £383 +2.00%
North West +11 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
East Midlands -6 1 £425 +6.25%
CIMA
UK

CIMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 101 (92.66%) Finance
2 93 (85.32%) ACCA
3 20 (18.35%) SAP
4 17 (15.60%) MS Excel
5 16 (14.68%) Oracle
6 15 (13.76%) Project Management
7 14 (12.84%) Hyperion
7 14 (12.84%) Telecoms
8 12 (11.01%) Banking
8 12 (11.01%) ERP
9 11 (10.09%) Agresso
9 11 (10.09%) Business Analysis
9 11 (10.09%) Risk Management
10 10 (9.174%) SQL
11 9 (8.257%) Six Sigma
11 9 (8.257%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (7.339%) Dynamics AX
12 8 (7.339%) CODA
13 7 (6.422%) Dynamics GP
13 7 (6.422%) MS PowerPoint
13 7 (6.422%) Dynamics NAV
13 7 (6.422%) Hyperion Planning
14 6 (5.505%) Solvency II
14 6 (5.505%) SAP Business One
14 6 (5.505%) General Ledger
14 6 (5.505%) Migration
14 6 (5.505%) PRINCE2
14 6 (5.505%) CODA-Financials
15 5 (4.587%) Essbase
15 5 (4.587%) Investment Banking

CIMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
1 2 (1.835%) Flash
Applications
1 17 (15.60%) MS Excel
2 7 (6.422%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (2.752%) MS Office
4 2 (1.835%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.835%) MS Project
5 1 (0.917%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (10.09%) Agresso
2 8 (7.339%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (6.422%) Dynamics GP
3 7 (6.422%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (6.422%) Hyperion Planning
4 6 (5.505%) SAP Business One
4 6 (5.505%) CODA-Financials
5 5 (4.587%) HFM
6 4 (3.670%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (3.670%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (2.752%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (1.835%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (1.835%) SAP CO
8 2 (1.835%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.917%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.917%) Oracle iProcurement
9 1 (0.917%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.917%) SAP FI-GL
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.835%) 3G
1 2 (1.835%) Broadband
2 1 (0.917%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.587%) Essbase
2 4 (3.670%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.752%) PowerCenter
3 3 (2.752%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.917%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.917%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.917%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 101 (92.66%) Finance
2 14 (12.84%) Telecoms
3 12 (11.01%) Banking
4 6 (5.505%) General Ledger
5 5 (4.587%) Investment Banking
5 5 (4.587%) Retail
5 5 (4.587%) Marketing
6 4 (3.670%) Front Office
7 3 (2.752%) Billing
8 2 (1.835%) French Language
8 2 (1.835%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.835%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.835%) Legal
8 2 (1.835%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.835%) Publishing
9 1 (0.917%) Advertising
9 1 (0.917%) Automotive
9 1 (0.917%) Law
9 1 (0.917%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.917%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 41 (37.61%) Analyst
2 22 (20.18%) Business Analyst
3 13 (11.93%) Project Manager
3 13 (11.93%) Financial Analyst
4 10 (9.174%) Systems Analyst
5 9 (8.257%) Systems Accountant
6 7 (6.422%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 5 (4.587%) Transition Manager
8 4 (3.670%) Management Accountant
8 4 (3.670%) Project Accountant
8 4 (3.670%) Implementation Analyst
8 4 (3.670%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (3.670%) Consultant
9 3 (2.752%) Hyperion Analyst
9 3 (2.752%) MI Analyst
9 3 (2.752%) Business Manager
9 3 (2.752%) Data Migration Specialist
10 2 (1.835%) Oracle Programme Manager
10 2 (1.835%) PMO Analyst
10 2 (1.835%) Senior Financial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.670%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.752%) Credit Risk
3 2 (1.835%) Derivative
3 2 (1.835%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 1 (0.917%) Handset
4 1 (0.917%) Economics
4 1 (0.917%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (13.76%) Project Management
2 12 (11.01%) ERP
3 11 (10.09%) Business Analysis
3 11 (10.09%) Risk Management
4 9 (8.257%) Six Sigma
4 9 (8.257%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (5.505%) Migration
5 6 (5.505%) PRINCE2
6 5 (4.587%) Data Migration
7 4 (3.670%) Asset Management
8 3 (2.752%) Quality Management
8 3 (2.752%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (2.752%) Financial Analysis
8 3 (2.752%) Investment Management
9 2 (1.835%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (1.835%) Data Mapping
9 2 (1.835%) Wealth Management
9 2 (1.835%) Analytics
9 2 (1.835%) Waterfall
9 2 (1.835%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.174%) SQL
2 1 (0.917%) VB
2 1 (0.917%) VBA
Qualifications
1 93 (85.32%) ACCA
2 5 (4.587%) Degree
3 2 (1.835%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.835%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.835%) MBA
3 2 (1.835%) QiCA
3 2 (1.835%) CIPFA
3 2 (1.835%) CISA
4 1 (0.917%) MCSE
4 1 (0.917%) MCSA
4 1 (0.917%) CISSP
4 1 (0.917%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.917%) OCP
4 1 (0.917%) OCA
4 1 (0.917%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.917%) CISM
4 1 (0.917%) CCAB
4 1 (0.917%) CIPD
4 1 (0.917%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.505%) Solvency II
2 4 (3.670%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (2.752%) GAAP
4 2 (1.835%) QA
5 1 (0.917%) IAS 39
5 1 (0.917%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 20 (18.35%) SAP
2 16 (14.68%) Oracle
3 14 (12.84%) Hyperion
4 8 (7.339%) CODA
5 3 (2.752%) JD Edwards
5 3 (2.752%) Informatica
5 3 (2.752%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.835%) Cognos
7 1 (0.917%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.917%) Business Objects
7 1 (0.917%) CA
7 1 (0.917%) Ab Initio
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