The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term EFT in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EFT 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 Miscellaneous category 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
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
Rank 502 521 554
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +33
Contract jobs citing EFT 11 38 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.026% 0.071% 0.030%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.098% 0.282% 0.103%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 3
Average daily rate - £275 £275
UK excluding London average daily rate - £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £15.50 £40.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-61.25% +11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £40.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11208 13487 16440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.96% 25.29% 29.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6896 8084 9903
Average daily rate £438 £437 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.11% -16.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £607 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 617 685
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.60 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
EFT
UK

EFT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England EFT Jobs Demand Trend

EFT
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing EFT across the England region.

England EFT Daily Rate Trend

EFT
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing EFT across the England region.

England EFT Hourly Rate Trend

EFT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EFT 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
South East +4 5 - -
London +37 4 - -
North West +8 1 - -
EFT
UK

EFT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (48.78%) EFTPOS
2 16 (39.02%) Smartcard
3 15 (36.59%) Mobile Commerce
3 15 (36.59%) E-Commerce
3 15 (36.59%) Retail
4 14 (34.15%) SQL
5 13 (31.71%) EPoS
6 11 (26.83%) Oracle
7 10 (24.39%) UNIX
7 10 (24.39%) Migration
7 10 (24.39%) ISO 8583
8 9 (21.95%) Finance
8 9 (21.95%) Wincor Nixdorf
8 9 (21.95%) VeriFone
9 8 (19.51%) Windows
9 8 (19.51%) Linux
9 8 (19.51%) OO
9 8 (19.51%) C++
9 8 (19.51%) EMV
10 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
10 7 (17.07%) Java
10 7 (17.07%) BASE24
11 6 (14.63%) MS Office
11 6 (14.63%) MS Excel
11 6 (14.63%) VocaLink
12 5 (12.20%) C
12 5 (12.20%) Embedded C
12 5 (12.20%) ATM
13 4 (9.756%) Eclipse
13 4 (9.756%) SSL

EFT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing EFT 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 EFT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (9.756%) XML
2 3 (7.317%) J2EE
3 2 (4.878%) J2SE
3 2 (4.878%) Web Services
3 2 (4.878%) LAMP
4 1 (2.439%) EJB
4 1 (2.439%) JDBC
4 1 (2.439%) JSP
4 1 (2.439%) Servlets
4 1 (2.439%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.878%) Apache
1 2 (4.878%) OpenStack
1 2 (4.878%) Amazon AWS
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.439%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (14.63%) MS Office
1 6 (14.63%) MS Excel
2 4 (9.756%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.439%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.439%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (17.07%) BASE24
2 2 (4.878%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (4.878%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (2.439%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) ATM
2 4 (9.756%) SSL
2 4 (9.756%) FTP
2 4 (9.756%) SSH
3 3 (7.317%) Firewall
3 3 (7.317%) VPN
4 1 (2.439%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.439%) Network Security
4 1 (2.439%) NFC
4 1 (2.439%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.756%) SQL Server
1 4 (9.756%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (4.878%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.439%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.439%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (9.756%) Eclipse
2 3 (7.317%) Git (software)
3 1 (2.439%) Ant
3 1 (2.439%) JUnit
3 1 (2.439%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.439%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 15 (36.59%) Retail
2 9 (21.95%) Finance
3 3 (7.317%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Software Engineer
2 8 (19.51%) Developer
3 5 (12.20%) Project Manager
4 4 (9.756%) Business Analyst
4 4 (9.756%) Applications Support Analyst
4 4 (9.756%) Applications Support
4 4 (9.756%) Support Analyst
5 3 (7.317%) Perl Developer
5 3 (7.317%) C# Software Engineer
5 3 (7.317%) Tester
6 2 (4.878%) Java Developer
6 2 (4.878%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (4.878%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.878%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (4.878%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) DBA
6 2 (4.878%) Senior Developer
6 2 (4.878%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Linux Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 20 (48.78%) EFTPOS
2 16 (39.02%) Smartcard
3 13 (31.71%) EPoS
4 8 (19.51%) EMV
5 3 (7.317%) Mobile Payment
5 3 (7.317%) APACS
5 3 (7.317%) Chip and PIN
6 2 (4.878%) IaaS
6 2 (4.878%) SWIFT
6 2 (4.878%) Open Source
7 1 (2.439%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (2.439%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 10 (24.39%) UNIX
2 8 (19.51%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) Linux
3 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (7.317%) Solaris
5 2 (4.878%) Ubuntu
5 2 (4.878%) CentOS
5 2 (4.878%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.439%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Mobile Commerce
1 15 (36.59%) E-Commerce
2 10 (24.39%) Migration
3 8 (19.51%) OO
4 3 (7.317%) Business Analysis
4 3 (7.317%) TDD
4 3 (7.317%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (7.317%) PRINCE2
4 3 (7.317%) OOP
4 3 (7.317%) Configuration Management
5 2 (4.878%) Project Management
5 2 (4.878%) OOD
5 2 (4.878%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (4.878%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (4.878%) Data Analysis
6 1 (2.439%) Multithreading
6 1 (2.439%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (2.439%) Use Case
6 1 (2.439%) Test Management
6 1 (2.439%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (34.15%) SQL
2 8 (19.51%) C++
3 7 (17.07%) Java
4 5 (12.20%) C
4 5 (12.20%) Embedded C
5 4 (9.756%) C#
5 4 (9.756%) PL/SQL
5 4 (9.756%) PowerShell
6 3 (7.317%) Python
6 3 (7.317%) T-SQL
6 3 (7.317%) Perl
6 3 (7.317%) Embedded C++
7 2 (4.878%) Shell Script
7 2 (4.878%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (7.317%) Degree
2 1 (2.439%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (24.39%) ISO 8583
2 2 (4.878%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.439%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.439%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.878%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (26.83%) Oracle
2 9 (21.95%) Wincor Nixdorf
2 9 (21.95%) VeriFone
3 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
4 6 (14.63%) VocaLink
5 2 (4.878%) Red Hat
5 2 (4.878%) Fundtech
5 2 (4.878%) TSYS
6 1 (2.439%) IronPort
6 1 (2.439%) Misys
6 1 (2.439%) Temenos
6 1 (2.439%) HP
6 1 (2.439%) BEA
6 1 (2.439%) NCR
6 1 (2.439%) Sage
6 1 (2.439%) Cisco
6 1 (2.439%) IBM
6 1 (2.439%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.439%) Remedy
City, London
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Reed Technology
Rate: £15.00 - £16.00 per hour + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013