The first table below looks at the demand for HFM 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 HFM 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 Business Applications 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
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)
Rank 468 454 483
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +29
Contract jobs citing HFM 44 103 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.104% 0.193% 0.130%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.242% 2.243% 1.481%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 69 47
Average daily rate £488 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £350 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £650 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £525 £438 £450
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3543 4592 4863
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.375% 8.582% 8.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 1887 2355 2527
Average daily rate £450 £450 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 56 86
Average hourly rate £37.80 £34.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.17% +70.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.25 £14.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.50 £38.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
HFM
UK

HFM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England HFM Jobs Demand Trend

HFM
Daily Rate Trend

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

England HFM Daily Rate Trend

HFM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England HFM Daily Rate Histogram

HFM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England HFM Hourly Rate Trend

HFM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HFM 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 -9 35 £475 +11.76%
South East -1 7 £525 +8.80%
North West +13 1 £300 -53.84%
Yorkshire +3 1 £500 -
HFM
UK

HFM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 79 (92.94%) Hyperion
2 70 (82.35%) Finance
3 69 (81.18%) Oracle
4 33 (38.82%) Hyperion Planning
5 25 (29.41%) Essbase
6 16 (18.82%) ERP
7 15 (17.65%) Oracle EBS R12
8 13 (15.29%) Oracle Financials
9 11 (12.94%) SQL
10 10 (11.76%) SQL Server
10 10 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (11.76%) General Ledger
10 10 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
11 9 (10.59%) Oracle EBS
12 8 (9.412%) Oracle BI EE
12 8 (9.412%) Oracle Applications
12 8 (9.412%) MS Excel
13 6 (7.059%) Systems Analysis
13 6 (7.059%) Banking
13 6 (7.059%) Microsoft
13 6 (7.059%) MS Office
13 6 (7.059%) SAP
14 5 (5.882%) Web Services
14 5 (5.882%) XML
14 5 (5.882%) Visual Studio
14 5 (5.882%) Business Objects
14 5 (5.882%) VB.NET
14 5 (5.882%) VBA
14 5 (5.882%) .NET
14 5 (5.882%) Oracle Reports

HFM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (5.882%) Web Services
1 5 (5.882%) XML
1 5 (5.882%) .NET
2 2 (2.353%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.176%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (9.412%) MS Excel
2 6 (7.059%) MS Office
3 1 (1.176%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 33 (38.82%) Hyperion Planning
2 15 (17.65%) Oracle EBS R12
3 13 (15.29%) Oracle Financials
4 9 (10.59%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (9.412%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (2.353%) SAP CO
6 2 (2.353%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (2.353%) Khalix
6 2 (2.353%) SAP FI
6 2 (2.353%) CODA-Financials
6 2 (2.353%) LongView
7 1 (1.176%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (1.176%) Cognos Planning
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.176%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (29.41%) Essbase
2 10 (11.76%) SQL Server
3 8 (9.412%) Oracle BI EE
4 5 (5.882%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (5.882%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (3.529%) Oracle 9i
5 3 (3.529%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.353%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (2.353%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (2.353%) Oracle OLAP
6 2 (2.353%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (2.353%) SAP BW
6 2 (2.353%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (2.353%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.353%) OLAP
7 1 (1.176%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (1.176%) SAP BI
7 1 (1.176%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (5.882%) Visual Studio
1 5 (5.882%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
2 2 (2.353%) Subversion
2 2 (2.353%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 70 (82.35%) Finance
2 10 (11.76%) General Ledger
3 6 (7.059%) Banking
4 5 (5.882%) Publishing
5 4 (4.706%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.706%) Billing
6 3 (3.529%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.176%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.176%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 22 (25.88%) Consultant
2 14 (16.47%) Hyperion Consultant
3 13 (15.29%) Analyst
4 12 (14.12%) Developer
4 12 (14.12%) Administrator
5 9 (10.59%) Hyperion Administrator
6 8 (9.412%) Systems Administrator
7 7 (8.235%) Financial Analyst
8 6 (7.059%) Systems Support
8 6 (7.059%) Systems Analyst
9 5 (5.882%) Programmer
9 5 (5.882%) .NET Programmer
9 5 (5.882%) Hyperion Developer
9 5 (5.882%) Oracle Consultant
9 5 (5.882%) VB.NET Programmer
10 3 (3.529%) Trainer
10 3 (3.529%) Analyst Developer
10 3 (3.529%) Senior Developer
11 2 (2.353%) Technical Developer
11 2 (2.353%) HFM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.706%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.353%) Data Integration
3 1 (1.176%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.706%) UNIX
2 3 (3.529%) Windows
3 1 (1.176%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (18.82%) ERP
2 10 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (7.059%) Systems Analysis
4 5 (5.882%) ETL
4 5 (5.882%) DRM
4 5 (5.882%) Metadata Management
5 4 (4.706%) Revenue Management
5 4 (4.706%) Data Migration
5 4 (4.706%) Service Delivery
5 4 (4.706%) Migration
5 4 (4.706%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (4.706%) PRINCE2
6 3 (3.529%) Quality Management
6 3 (3.529%) Analytics
7 2 (2.353%) Data Cleansing
7 2 (2.353%) Financial Modelling
7 2 (2.353%) Workflow
7 2 (2.353%) Scrum
7 2 (2.353%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.94%) SQL
2 5 (5.882%) VB.NET
2 5 (5.882%) VBA
2 5 (5.882%) XPath
3 4 (4.706%) PL/SQL
4 3 (3.529%) VBScript
4 3 (3.529%) VB
4 3 (3.529%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.353%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (5.882%) ACCA
1 5 (5.882%) CIMA
2 1 (1.176%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (1.176%) MBA
2 1 (1.176%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.529%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.353%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 79 (92.94%) Hyperion
2 69 (81.18%) Oracle
3 6 (7.059%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.059%) SAP
4 5 (5.882%) Business Objects
5 3 (3.529%) JD Edwards
6 2 (2.353%) Sage
6 2 (2.353%) CODA
6 2 (2.353%) Cognos
6 2 (2.353%) IBM
7 1 (1.176%) Progress
7 1 (1.176%) Informatica
7 1 (1.176%) CA
7 1 (1.176%) Teradata
7 1 (1.176%) Ab Initio
London
Hyperion Planning, v11, ERPi, FRS, LCM, EPM I am currently looking for a contract Hyperion Planning System Administrator to join a London based organisation. You will be responsible...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Lancashire, North West
We are looking for someone with proven Hyperion HFM administration, with an understanding of SQL and Data management who is able to gel and work effectively with the...
Rate: £200.00 - £400.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013