The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Essex 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 Essex 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 7 4 2
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 56 80 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 13.93% 19.28% 24.23%
As % of the General category 43.41% 57.97% 58.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 40 42
Average daily rate £400 £383 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.57% +70.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £198 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £478 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 14
Average hourly rate £41.00 £17.00 £28.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+141.17% -40.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £16.60 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £21.00 £39.35
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
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
129 138 163
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 32.09% 33.25% 41.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 62 58
Average daily rate £375 £396 £304
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.30% +30.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £170 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 15 24
Average hourly rate £30.00 £17.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+76.47% -24.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £17.00 £8.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.15 £30.00 £38.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Finance
East of England

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Essex Finance Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Essex 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
Colchester -4 13 £400 -11.11%
Basildon -1 9 - -
Brentwood -6 7 £400 -
Chelmsford -10 4 £330 +14.78%
Southend-on-Sea -4 1 - -
Stanford-le-Hope - 1 - -
Thurrock - 1 - -
Finance
East of England

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 50 (39.06%) Project Management
2 36 (28.13%) PRINCE2
3 31 (24.22%) Microsoft
4 27 (21.09%) MS Project
5 21 (16.41%) ITIL
6 19 (14.84%) Windows
7 18 (14.06%) MS Office
7 18 (14.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 16 (12.50%) Change Control
9 14 (10.94%) Active Directory
10 13 (10.16%) MS Excel
10 13 (10.16%) Configuration Management
10 13 (10.16%) Time Management
11 12 (9.375%) Change Management
11 12 (9.375%) Use Case
12 11 (8.594%) E-Commerce
13 10 (7.813%) PMP
13 10 (7.813%) PMI Certification
13 10 (7.813%) SQL
13 10 (7.813%) Retail
13 10 (7.813%) Windows 7
13 10 (7.813%) User Stories
14 9 (7.031%) QA
14 9 (7.031%) SQL Server
14 9 (7.031%) Windows Server 2003
15 8 (6.250%) Cisco
15 8 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
15 8 (6.250%) Document Management
16 7 (5.469%) Business Analysis
16 7 (5.469%) Marketing

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 1 (0.781%) WebSphere
1 1 (0.781%) .NET
1 1 (0.781%) HTML
1 1 (0.781%) ASP
1 1 (0.781%) Web Services
1 1 (0.781%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (4.688%) MS Exchange
2 3 (2.344%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (2.344%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (2.344%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (2.344%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (1.563%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.781%) CMS
4 1 (0.781%) IIS
4 1 (0.781%) Documentum
Applications
1 27 (21.09%) MS Project
2 18 (14.06%) MS Office
3 13 (10.16%) MS Excel
4 8 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (2.344%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.563%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.563%) Office 365
7 1 (0.781%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.563%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.563%) Dynamics GP
1 2 (1.563%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (0.781%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.781%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.781%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.781%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.125%) Cisco IOS
1 4 (3.125%) Network Security
1 4 (3.125%) BIG-IP
2 3 (2.344%) LAN
3 2 (1.563%) DHCP
3 2 (1.563%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.563%) DNS
3 2 (1.563%) Intranet
3 2 (1.563%) CTI
4 1 (0.781%) Internet
4 1 (0.781%) SAN
4 1 (0.781%) Firewall
4 1 (0.781%) LDAP
4 1 (0.781%) VPN
4 1 (0.781%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.031%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.906%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (2.344%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (2.344%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (2.344%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.563%) MS Access
5 1 (0.781%) WebFOCUS
5 1 (0.781%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.781%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.781%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.781%) DB2
5 1 (0.781%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.781%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.781%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (0.781%) Selenium
1 1 (0.781%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 10 (7.813%) Retail
2 7 (5.469%) Marketing
3 6 (4.688%) Banking
4 5 (3.906%) Legal
4 5 (3.906%) Manufacturing
4 5 (3.906%) Automotive
5 3 (2.344%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.344%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.563%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.563%) General Ledger
6 2 (1.563%) Billing
7 1 (0.781%) Games
7 1 (0.781%) Publishing
7 1 (0.781%) Law
7 1 (0.781%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.781%) Local Government
7 1 (0.781%) German Language
Job Titles
1 36 (28.13%) Analyst
2 35 (27.34%) Project Manager
3 22 (17.19%) Business Analyst
4 10 (7.813%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 8 (6.250%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 6 (4.688%) Consultant
6 6 (4.688%) Support Analyst
7 5 (3.906%) Financial Business Analyst
7 5 (3.906%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
7 5 (3.906%) Financial Services Business Analyst
8 4 (3.125%) Help Desk Analyst
8 4 (3.125%) Help Desk Support
8 4 (3.125%) Help Desk Support Analyst
8 4 (3.125%) Technical Writer
9 3 (2.344%) Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (2.344%) Desktop Engineer
9 3 (2.344%) Change Manager
9 3 (2.344%) Report Analyst
9 3 (2.344%) Applications Manager
9 3 (2.344%) Senior Infrastructure Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.469%) Blackberry
2 6 (4.688%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.344%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.563%) PMI
4 2 (1.563%) Smartphone
4 2 (1.563%) SaaS
4 2 (1.563%) iPhone
4 2 (1.563%) iPad
5 1 (0.781%) IaaS
5 1 (0.781%) Data Conversion
5 1 (0.781%) PaaS
5 1 (0.781%) Open Source
5 1 (0.781%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (0.781%) STB
5 1 (0.781%) Clustering
5 1 (0.781%) Statistics
5 1 (0.781%) PKI
5 1 (0.781%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.84%) Windows
2 10 (7.813%) Windows 7
3 9 (7.031%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (5.469%) Windows XP
5 6 (4.688%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.781%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.781%) Android
6 1 (0.781%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.781%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (39.06%) Project Management
2 36 (28.13%) PRINCE2
3 21 (16.41%) ITIL
4 16 (12.50%) Change Control
5 13 (10.16%) Configuration Management
5 13 (10.16%) Time Management
6 12 (9.375%) Change Management
6 12 (9.375%) Use Case
7 11 (8.594%) E-Commerce
8 10 (7.813%) User Stories
9 8 (6.250%) Document Management
10 7 (5.469%) Business Analysis
10 7 (5.469%) Wealth Management
10 7 (5.469%) Service Delivery
11 5 (3.906%) Product Marketing
11 5 (3.906%) Business Intelligence
12 4 (3.125%) ERP
12 4 (3.125%) Workflow
12 4 (3.125%) Project Planning
12 4 (3.125%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.813%) SQL
2 4 (3.125%) PL/SQL
3 3 (2.344%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.344%) T-SQL
3 3 (2.344%) VBScript
3 3 (2.344%) Java
4 2 (1.563%) VBA
5 1 (0.781%) PL/1
5 1 (0.781%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.781%) PHP
5 1 (0.781%) C++
5 1 (0.781%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (14.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 10 (7.813%) PMP
2 10 (7.813%) PMI Certification
3 6 (4.688%) Degree
4 3 (2.344%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (2.344%) CCSE
4 3 (2.344%) CCA
4 3 (2.344%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (1.563%) ISEB
5 2 (1.563%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.781%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.781%) PgMP
6 1 (0.781%) CCIE
6 1 (0.781%) CCNP
6 1 (0.781%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.781%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.781%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.031%) QA
2 4 (3.125%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (10.94%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.344%) XenApp
2 3 (2.344%) XenServer
2 3 (2.344%) XenDesktop
3 2 (1.563%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.781%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.781%) DFS Replication
4 1 (0.781%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.563%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 2 (1.563%) WSUS
1 2 (1.563%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (0.781%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (0.781%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.781%) NetBackup
2 1 (0.781%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 31 (24.22%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.250%) Cisco
3 7 (5.469%) Citrix
3 7 (5.469%) Oracle
4 4 (3.125%) CheckPoint
4 4 (3.125%) F5
5 3 (2.344%) AppSense
5 3 (2.344%) VMware
5 3 (2.344%) Apple
5 3 (2.344%) Wyse
5 3 (2.344%) Dell
6 2 (1.563%) HP
6 2 (1.563%) IBM
6 2 (1.563%) Cognos
6 2 (1.563%) Siemens
6 2 (1.563%) Genesys
6 2 (1.563%) CA
6 2 (1.563%) Hyperion
6 2 (1.563%) Blue Coat
7 1 (0.781%) Remedy
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