The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 17 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 Guildford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 4 6 2
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -4
Contract jobs citing Finance 37 15 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 16.97% 13.04% 15.87%
As % of the General category 32.74% 42.86% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 4
Average daily rate £440 £325 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.38% +44.44%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £55.12 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.39 £22.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-11.86% -
All of the General Category
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
113 35 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 51.83% 30.43% 36.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 14 14
Average daily rate £323 £385 £228
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.23% +69.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £258 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 6
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £37.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.00 £11.00 £13.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.12 £47.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Finance
Surrey

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford 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 Guildford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 10 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (17.31%) MS Office
2 9 (17.31%) PRINCE2
3 8 (15.38%) Change Management
3 8 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
4 7 (13.46%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (13.46%) MS Excel
4 7 (13.46%) Project Management
5 6 (11.54%) SharePoint
5 6 (11.54%) Oracle
5 6 (11.54%) Use Case
5 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
5 6 (11.54%) Security Cleared
5 6 (11.54%) Change Control
6 5 (9.615%) Web Development
6 5 (9.615%) Degree
6 5 (9.615%) Telecoms
6 5 (9.615%) Photoshop
6 5 (9.615%) HTML
6 5 (9.615%) SQL
6 5 (9.615%) ERP
6 5 (9.615%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (9.615%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (7.692%) Data Modelling
7 4 (7.692%) Primavera
7 4 (7.692%) ITIL
7 4 (7.692%) Project Planning
7 4 (7.692%) Business Analysis

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 5 (9.615%) HTML
2 3 (5.769%) .NET
2 3 (5.769%) jQuery
3 2 (3.846%) Flash
3 2 (3.846%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.923%) EJB
4 1 (1.923%) CSS
4 1 (1.923%) Web Services
4 1 (1.923%) XML
4 1 (1.923%) J2EE
4 1 (1.923%) ASP
4 1 (1.923%) Middleware
4 1 (1.923%) Spring
4 1 (1.923%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.923%) HTML5
4 1 (1.923%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 6 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.769%) CMS
3 1 (1.923%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 1 (1.923%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (1.923%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (17.31%) MS Office
2 8 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
3 7 (13.46%) MS Excel
4 5 (9.615%) Photoshop
5 4 (7.692%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (5.769%) MS Visio
7 2 (3.846%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (3.846%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.846%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (1.923%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.923%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.923%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.923%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.769%) Intranet
1 3 (5.769%) 3G
1 3 (5.769%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (3.846%) Firewall
2 2 (3.846%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (3.846%) NAS
2 2 (3.846%) Internet
2 2 (3.846%) SMTP
2 2 (3.846%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.769%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.846%) TOAD
4 1 (1.923%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.923%) IBM InfoSphere
4 1 (1.923%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 2 (3.846%) Dreamweaver
1 2 (3.846%) Subversion
2 1 (1.923%) RequisitePro
2 1 (1.923%) Ant
2 1 (1.923%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.923%) ClearCase
General
1 5 (9.615%) Telecoms
2 3 (5.769%) Financial Institution
3 2 (3.846%) Retail
4 1 (1.923%) Law
4 1 (1.923%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (30.77%) Analyst
2 12 (23.08%) Business Analyst
3 11 (21.15%) Project Manager
4 6 (11.54%) Developer
5 4 (7.692%) Junior
5 4 (7.692%) Architect
5 4 (7.692%) MI Analyst
6 3 (5.769%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.769%) Project Officer
6 3 (5.769%) Designer
7 2 (3.846%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (3.846%) .NET Developer
7 2 (3.846%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.846%) Analyst Programmer
7 2 (3.846%) Programmer
7 2 (3.846%) VB.NET Developer
7 2 (3.846%) Web Designer
7 2 (3.846%) SQL Developer
7 2 (3.846%) Project Support Officer
8 1 (1.923%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.769%) PMI
2 2 (3.846%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.846%) Mathematics
2 2 (3.846%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.846%) Solaris
2 1 (1.923%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (17.31%) PRINCE2
3 8 (15.38%) Change Management
4 7 (13.46%) Project Management
4 7 (13.46%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (11.54%) Use Case
5 6 (11.54%) Change Control
6 5 (9.615%) Web Development
6 5 (9.615%) ERP
6 5 (9.615%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (7.692%) ITIL
7 4 (7.692%) Data Modelling
7 4 (7.692%) Business Analysis
7 4 (7.692%) Project Planning
8 3 (5.769%) User Stories
8 3 (5.769%) Document Management
9 2 (3.846%) Data Analysis
9 2 (3.846%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (3.846%) Knowledge Management
9 2 (3.846%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.615%) SQL
2 3 (5.769%) JavaScript
2 3 (5.769%) PL/SQL
3 2 (3.846%) Java
3 2 (3.846%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.923%) NATURAL
4 1 (1.923%) VB6
4 1 (1.923%) VB
4 1 (1.923%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
1 6 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.615%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 5 (9.615%) Degree
3 3 (5.769%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.923%) ACCA
4 1 (1.923%) CIMA
4 1 (1.923%) SCJP
4 1 (1.923%) ISEB
4 1 (1.923%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.769%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.923%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.54%) Oracle
3 4 (7.692%) Primavera
4 2 (3.846%) Radware
4 2 (3.846%) Planview
4 2 (3.846%) Guidewire
4 2 (3.846%) SAP
4 2 (3.846%) Cognos
4 2 (3.846%) Cisco
4 2 (3.846%) Juniper
4 2 (3.846%) Ericsson
4 2 (3.846%) McAfee
5 1 (1.923%) Adobe
5 1 (1.923%) Sun
5 1 (1.923%) IBM