The first table below looks at the demand for GAAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GAAP over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Rank 503 536 531
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -5
Contract jobs citing GAAP 9 21 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.021% 0.039% 0.043%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.302% 0.523% 0.602%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 15
Average daily rate £339 £388 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.58% -20.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £300 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £462 £650 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £493 £325 £320
% change year-on-year
+51.53% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £26.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
2983 4017 3987
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 7.051% 7.508% 7.197%
Number of daily rates quoted 1821 2131 2199
Average daily rate £410 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.52% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £613
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 219 219
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.72 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.63% -39.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £128.75 £36.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
GAAP
UK

GAAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing GAAP across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

England GAAP Jobs Demand Trend

GAAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England GAAP Daily Rate Trend

GAAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GAAP across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England GAAP Daily Rate Histogram

GAAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England GAAP Hourly Rate Trend

GAAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GAAP within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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 +3 5 £185 -56.47%
North West - 2 - -
South East +24 1 - -
GAAP
UK

GAAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing GAAP 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 GAAP.

1 15 (88.24%) Finance
2 8 (47.06%) SAP
3 6 (35.29%) Telecoms
4 5 (29.41%) ACCA
5 4 (23.53%) Oracle
5 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
5 4 (23.53%) Hyperion
5 4 (23.53%) General Ledger
6 3 (17.65%) Oracle BI EE
6 3 (17.65%) SAP CO
6 3 (17.65%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
6 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (17.65%) NHS
6 3 (17.65%) SAP FI
6 3 (17.65%) MS Office
6 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
6 3 (17.65%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (17.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (17.65%) CIMA
6 3 (17.65%) CCAB
6 3 (17.65%) Legal
6 3 (17.65%) Migration
6 3 (17.65%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (11.76%) Process Management
7 2 (11.76%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (11.76%) Broadband
7 2 (11.76%) Italian Language
7 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared

GAAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing GAAP 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 GAAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
2 3 (17.65%) MS Office
3 1 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) SAP CO
1 3 (17.65%) SAP FI
1 3 (17.65%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (5.882%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (5.882%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle BI EE
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (5.882%) SAP BW
General
1 15 (88.24%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Telecoms
3 4 (23.53%) General Ledger
4 3 (17.65%) Legal
5 2 (11.76%) Italian Language
6 1 (5.882%) French Language
6 1 (5.882%) Banking
6 1 (5.882%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.882%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Functional Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) OBIEE Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Business Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Functional Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) NHS
2 1 (5.882%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
1 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Migration
2 2 (11.76%) Process Management
3 1 (5.882%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (5.882%) Fund Accounting
3 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
3 1 (5.882%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) ACCA
2 3 (17.65%) CIMA
2 3 (17.65%) CCAB
3 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.882%) IAS 39
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) SAP
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle
2 4 (23.53%) Hyperion
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.882%) Sun
4 1 (5.882%) SunGard
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