The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Gloucestershire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 9 7 8
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 28 76 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 11.67% 15.08% 14.67%
As % of the General category 56.00% 54.29% 45.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 58 25
Average daily rate £390 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £327 £296 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £471 £453 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 10
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -28.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.89 £17.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-3.48% -28.57%
All of the General Category
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
50 140 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 20.83% 27.78% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 96 49
Average daily rate £375 £380 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +20.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £300 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £478 £446
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 45
Average hourly rate £29.00 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.44% +2.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Finance
South West

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Finance Hourly Rate Trend

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Gloucester +1 13 £440 +18.12% 5
Cheltenham +13 11 £343 -8.46% 13
Cirencester - 1 £363 - 4
Stroud - - - -
Tewkesbury - - - - 1
Filton - - - -
Finance
South West

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 34 (44.74%) DV Cleared
1 34 (44.74%) Security Cleared
2 19 (25.00%) .NET
3 17 (22.37%) Visual Studio
4 15 (19.74%) PRINCE2
4 15 (19.74%) Windows
4 15 (19.74%) C
4 15 (19.74%) Risk Management
4 15 (19.74%) Document Management
4 15 (19.74%) Requirements Management
4 15 (19.74%) Change Control
5 14 (18.42%) Telecoms
5 14 (18.42%) SQL
5 14 (18.42%) Microsoft
6 13 (17.11%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (15.79%) VB.NET
7 12 (15.79%) PL/SQL
7 12 (15.79%) Oracle
7 12 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (15.79%) Retail
7 12 (15.79%) Information Assurance
7 12 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (14.47%) Banking
8 11 (14.47%) TOAD
9 9 (11.84%) XML
9 9 (11.84%) OOP
9 9 (11.84%) Silverlight
9 9 (11.84%) Dimensional Modelling
10 8 (10.53%) Business Analysis
10 8 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 19 (25.00%) .NET
2 9 (11.84%) XML
2 9 (11.84%) Silverlight
3 7 (9.211%) ASP.NET
4 5 (6.579%) CSS
4 5 (6.579%) HTML
4 5 (6.579%) jQuery
5 3 (3.947%) Software Packaging
6 2 (2.632%) WCF
6 2 (2.632%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.579%) MS Project Server
1 5 (6.579%) SharePoint
1 5 (6.579%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (2.632%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (10.53%) MS Excel
2 7 (9.211%) MS Project
2 7 (9.211%) MS Office
3 2 (2.632%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.316%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.947%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.316%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (17.11%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (14.47%) TOAD
3 8 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (10.53%) SQL Server
4 6 (7.895%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (6.579%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (22.37%) Visual Studio
2 5 (6.579%) Dreamweaver
3 3 (3.947%) MSI
4 1 (1.316%) JIRA
General
1 14 (18.42%) Telecoms
2 12 (15.79%) Retail
3 11 (14.47%) Banking
4 5 (6.579%) Retail Banking
5 2 (2.632%) Legal
5 2 (2.632%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.316%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 20 (26.32%) Developer
2 16 (21.05%) Analyst
3 9 (11.84%) Project Officer
3 9 (11.84%) Project Support Officer
4 8 (10.53%) Business Analyst
5 7 (9.211%) Project Manager
6 5 (6.579%) Support Engineer
6 5 (6.579%) .NET Developer
6 5 (6.579%) Junior Project Manager
6 5 (6.579%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 5 (6.579%) Desktop Support
6 5 (6.579%) Junior
6 5 (6.579%) Web Developer
7 3 (3.947%) Financial Services Business Analyst
7 3 (3.947%) Citrix Support
7 3 (3.947%) Web Analyst
7 3 (3.947%) Oracle Developer
7 3 (3.947%) Financial Business Analyst
7 3 (3.947%) Desktop Support Technician
7 3 (3.947%) Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.263%) Client/Server
2 3 (3.947%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.947%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.632%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.316%) AS400
4 1 (1.316%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.316%) SWIFT
4 1 (1.316%) Data Extraction
4 1 (1.316%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 15 (19.74%) Windows
2 7 (9.211%) Windows 7
3 2 (2.632%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (19.74%) PRINCE2
1 15 (19.74%) Risk Management
1 15 (19.74%) Document Management
1 15 (19.74%) Requirements Management
1 15 (19.74%) Change Control
2 12 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (15.79%) Information Assurance
2 12 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (11.84%) OOP
3 9 (11.84%) Dimensional Modelling
4 8 (10.53%) Business Analysis
4 8 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (9.211%) ITIL
6 6 (7.895%) Data Modelling
6 6 (7.895%) Migration
7 5 (6.579%) MVC
7 5 (6.579%) Project Management
8 4 (5.263%) Change Management
9 3 (3.947%) Problem Management
9 3 (3.947%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.74%) C
2 14 (18.42%) SQL
3 12 (15.79%) VB.NET
3 12 (15.79%) PL/SQL
4 8 (10.53%) C#
5 5 (6.579%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.947%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.316%) RPG
7 1 (1.316%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.316%) VB
7 1 (1.316%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 34 (44.74%) DV Cleared
1 34 (44.74%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 5 (6.579%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.263%) HNC
4 4 (5.263%) Degree
5 3 (3.947%) MCITP
5 3 (3.947%) MCP
6 2 (2.632%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.632%) MCAD
6 2 (2.632%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.211%) Basel II
System Software
1 6 (7.895%) XenApp
2 4 (5.263%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.947%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (3.947%) VMware ESX
3 3 (3.947%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.79%) Oracle
3 4 (5.263%) Citrix
4 3 (3.947%) VMware
4 3 (3.947%) Primavera
4 3 (3.947%) Apple
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