Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in contract IT jobs within the Home Counties 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 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank217
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads1514
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.015 %
As % of the category below42.86 %37.84 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£412-
Average daily rate£412-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£412-
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£377
% change on same period last year+0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.43£27.09
% change on same period last year-9.80 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads3537
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.055 %0.040 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£381£500
Average daily rate£381£500
% change on same period last year-23.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£374
% change on same period last year+1.70 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.50
Average hourly rate-£34.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.45£26.71
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Finance South EastFinance
South East

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 Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008.

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

16 (24.00 %)HTML
16 (24.00 %)Java
16 (24.00 %)J2EE
16 (24.00 %)CSS
16 (24.00 %)WebSphere
24 (16.00 %)Hyperion
24 (16.00 %)Oracle
24 (16.00 %)Hyperion Planning
24 (16.00 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
24 (16.00 %)Migration
33 (12.00 %)MS Excel
33 (12.00 %)Microsoft
33 (12.00 %)Project Management
33 (12.00 %)Change Management
42 (8.000 %)AS400
42 (8.000 %)Manufacturing
42 (8.000 %)SPSS
42 (8.000 %)CHAID
42 (8.000 %)ISEB
42 (8.000 %)SAS
42 (8.000 %)PRINCE2
42 (8.000 %)SQL Server
42 (8.000 %)SAP
42 (8.000 %).NET
42 (8.000 %)Logistic Regression
42 (8.000 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (8.000 %)Geac
42 (8.000 %)Marketing
42 (8.000 %)Infor
51 (4.000 %)Degree

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (24.00 %)HTML
16 (24.00 %)J2EE
16 (24.00 %)CSS
16 (24.00 %)WebSphere
22 (8.000 %).NET
31 (4.000 %)ASP.NET
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (8.000 %)SAS
21 (4.000 %)BizTalk Server
21 (4.000 %)Commerce Server
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (12.00 %)MS Excel
22 (8.000 %)SPSS
22 (8.000 %)MS PowerPoint
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (16.00 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
14 (16.00 %)Hyperion Planning
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.000 %)SQL Server
21 (4.000 %)ETL
21 (4.000 %)SAP BW
21 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (4.000 %)Base SAS
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (8.000 %)Manufacturing
12 (8.000 %)Marketing
21 (4.000 %)FMCG
21 (4.000 %)Retail
21 (4.000 %)Insurance
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (24.00 %)Developer
16 (24.00 %)WebSphere Developer
16 (24.00 %)WebSphere Portal Developer
25 (20.00 %)Analyst
32 (8.000 %)Systems Analyst
32 (8.000 %)Project Manager
41 (4.000 %)Business Analyst
41 (4.000 %)Coordinator
41 (4.000 %)Market Analyst
41 (4.000 %)Report Writer
41 (4.000 %)Consultant
41 (4.000 %)Support Analyst
41 (4.000 %)Applications Support
41 (4.000 %)Test Coordinator
41 (4.000 %)Applications Support Analyst
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.000 %)AS400
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (16.00 %)Migration
23 (12.00 %)Project Management
23 (12.00 %)Change Management
32 (8.000 %)PRINCE2
32 (8.000 %)Logistic Regression
32 (8.000 %)CHAID
41 (4.000 %)Cluster Analysis
41 (4.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (4.000 %)Business Intelligence
41 (4.000 %)Stakeholder Management
41 (4.000 %)Data Analysis
41 (4.000 %)Business Analysis
41 (4.000 %)Supplier Management
41 (4.000 %)Web Analytics
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (24.00 %)Java
21 (4.000 %)SQL
21 (4.000 %)C#
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (8.000 %)ISEB
21 (4.000 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (4.000 %)ACCA
21 (4.000 %)CIMA
21 (4.000 %)Degree
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (16.00 %)Oracle
14 (16.00 %)Hyperion
23 (12.00 %)Microsoft
32 (8.000 %)Geac
32 (8.000 %)SAP
32 (8.000 %)Infor
41 (4.000 %)JD Edwards
41 (4.000 %)Agresso