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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in contract IT jobs within the Gloucestershire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1112
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads5958
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.079 %0.059 %
As % of the category below27.57 %28.71 %
Daily rates quoted3623
Average minimum daily rate£302£393
Average daily rate£318£406
% change on same period last year-21.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£381
% change on same period last year+0.97 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£25.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.12£26.40
% change on same period last year-4.84 %
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads214202
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.285 %0.204 %
Daily rates quoted10479
Average minimum daily rate£360£381
Average daily rate£374£395
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted1616
Average minimum hourly rate£25.30£27.22
Average hourly rate£31.23£28.22
% change on same period last year+10.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.15£29.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Finance South WestFinance
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Finance
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Finance across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Gloucestershire Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Gloucestershire Finance Daily Rate Histogram

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CheltenhamUp+1024£383+13.60 %
GloucesterNo change017£288-32.56 %
TewkesburyNew entry-1£170-
Finance South WestFinance
South West

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

139 (25.66 %)Pensions
233 (21.71 %)MS Project
326 (17.11 %)Project Management
326 (17.11 %)PRINCE2
421 (13.82 %)Security Cleared
518 (11.84 %)MS Office
616 (10.53 %).NET
616 (10.53 %)MS Visio
616 (10.53 %)Legal
714 (9.211 %)SQL
812 (7.895 %)SQL Server
812 (7.895 %)MS Excel
812 (7.895 %)Microsoft
812 (7.895 %)Business Analysis
911 (7.237 %)SC Cleared
911 (7.237 %)XML
1010 (6.579 %)ASP.NET
1010 (6.579 %)VB
1010 (6.579 %)C#
1010 (6.579 %)Windows
1010 (6.579 %)Retail
119 (5.921 %)Banking
119 (5.921 %)DV Cleared
119 (5.921 %)JavaScript
128 (5.263 %)HTML
128 (5.263 %)Oracle
137 (4.605 %)Migration
137 (4.605 %)VB6
146 (3.947 %)Government
146 (3.947 %)DMZ

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (10.53 %).NET
211 (7.237 %)XML
310 (6.579 %)ASP.NET
48 (5.263 %)HTML
54 (2.632 %)ASP
63 (1.974 %)CSS
63 (1.974 %)XSLT
63 (1.974 %)XHTML
71 (0.658 %)Hibernate
71 (0.658 %)DAO
71 (0.658 %)Spring
71 (0.658 %).NET Framework
71 (0.658 %)ODBC
71 (0.658 %)Struts
71 (0.658 %)WebServices
71 (0.658 %)EJB
71 (0.658 %)ADO
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (3.289 %)SAS
24 (2.632 %)Exchange Server 2007
33 (1.974 %)MS Exchange
42 (1.316 %)IIS
51 (0.658 %)SharePoint
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
133 (21.71 %)MS Project
218 (11.84 %)MS Office
316 (10.53 %)MS Visio
412 (7.895 %)MS Excel
52 (1.316 %)CA Clarity
61 (0.658 %)Spreadsheet
61 (0.658 %)MS PowerPoint
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.974 %)GoldMine
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (3.947 %)DMZ
24 (2.632 %)Internet
31 (0.658 %)Network Security
31 (0.658 %)SAN
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (7.895 %)SQL Server
25 (3.289 %)Crystal Reports
25 (3.289 %)Datawarehouse
33 (1.974 %)ETL
33 (1.974 %)OLAP
33 (1.974 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (1.316 %)Base SAS
42 (1.316 %)Data Mining
51 (0.658 %)BusinessObjects
51 (0.658 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.658 %)MS Access
51 (0.658 %)MySQL
51 (0.658 %)Database Marketing
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.658 %)Visual Studio
11 (0.658 %)TestDirector
11 (0.658 %)ERwin
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
139 (25.66 %)Pensions
216 (10.53 %)Legal
310 (6.579 %)Retail
49 (5.921 %)Banking
56 (3.947 %)Government
65 (3.289 %)Back Office
73 (1.974 %)Retail Banking
73 (1.974 %)Insurance
73 (1.974 %)Marketing
82 (1.316 %)Online Banking
82 (1.316 %)Financial Institution
82 (1.316 %)General Ledger
91 (0.658 %)Education
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
150 (32.89 %)Analyst
230 (19.74 %)Business Analyst
323 (15.13 %)Project Manager
419 (12.50 %)Developer
515 (9.868 %)Project Support Officer
515 (9.868 %)Project Officer
614 (9.211 %)Business Manager
614 (9.211 %)Business Project Manager
79 (5.921 %)Coordinator
79 (5.921 %)Consultant
87 (4.605 %)Project Coordinator
95 (3.289 %)Financial Business Analyst
95 (3.289 %)Project Analyst
95 (3.289 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
104 (2.632 %)Administrator
104 (2.632 %)Architect
104 (2.632 %)Programme Manager
104 (2.632 %)Web Developer
104 (2.632 %)Test Analyst
113 (1.974 %)Network Consultant
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (2.632 %)Client/Server
22 (1.316 %)Management Information System
31 (0.658 %)Computer Science
31 (0.658 %)Credit Risk
31 (0.658 %)Fat Client
31 (0.658 %)Thin Client
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (6.579 %)Windows
24 (2.632 %)UNIX
33 (1.974 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (1.974 %)Windows Vista
42 (1.316 %)Solaris
51 (0.658 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.658 %)Windows NT
51 (0.658 %)HPUX
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (17.11 %)PRINCE2
126 (17.11 %)Project Management
221 (13.82 %)Security Cleared
312 (7.895 %)Business Analysis
411 (7.237 %)SC Cleared
59 (5.921 %)DV Cleared
67 (4.605 %)Migration
76 (3.947 %)PRINCE
76 (3.947 %)DSDM
85 (3.289 %)CRM
85 (3.289 %)Data Modelling
85 (3.289 %)Service Delivery
85 (3.289 %)Wealth Management
94 (2.632 %)SOA
103 (1.974 %)Business Intelligence
103 (1.974 %)Stakeholder Management
103 (1.974 %)Network Design
103 (1.974 %)Data Analysis
103 (1.974 %)Integration Testing
112 (1.316 %)Test Scripting
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (9.211 %)SQL
210 (6.579 %)C#
210 (6.579 %)VB
39 (5.921 %)JavaScript
47 (4.605 %)VB6
55 (3.289 %)Java
63 (1.974 %)VB.NET
63 (1.974 %)Transact-SQL
63 (1.974 %)C++
63 (1.974 %)COBOL
63 (1.974 %)DHTML
72 (1.316 %)Korn
72 (1.316 %)SAS Macro
81 (0.658 %)VBA
81 (0.658 %)Shell Script
81 (0.658 %)Perl
81 (0.658 %)PHP
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (1.316 %)Degree
21 (0.658 %)MCSE
21 (0.658 %)ISEB
21 (0.658 %)CISSP
21 (0.658 %)Microsoft Certification
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.658 %)ISO27001
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (2.632 %)VMware ESX
23 (1.974 %)MailMarshal
23 (1.974 %)ISA Server
23 (1.974 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.658 %)Active Directory
31 (0.658 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (7.895 %)Microsoft
28 (5.263 %)Oracle
34 (2.632 %)Thunderhead
34 (2.632 %)VMware
43 (1.974 %)Northgate
43 (1.974 %)Cisco
43 (1.974 %)Clearswift
43 (1.974 %)Sage
52 (1.316 %)Remedy
52 (1.316 %)HP
61 (0.658 %)Citrix
61 (0.658 %)Primavera
61 (0.658 %)Business Objects
61 (0.658 %)SAP
61 (0.658 %)Compuware
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