Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in contract IT jobs within the Kent 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank115
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads4965
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.079 %0.070 %
As % of the category below27.37 %30.81 %
Daily rates quoted1511
Average minimum daily rate£310£318
Average daily rate£319£327
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£329£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£378
% change on same period last year+0.47 %
Hourly rates quoted311
Average minimum hourly rate£18.33£24.91
Average hourly rate£18.83£25.45
% change on same period last year-26.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.33£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.16£27.08
% change on same period last year-10.79 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads179211
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.288 %0.227 %
Daily rates quoted4445
Average minimum daily rate£313£342
Average daily rate£323£362
% change on same period last year-10.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£378
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted2329
Average minimum hourly rate£20.10£23.16
Average hourly rate£21.03£24.48
% change on same period last year-14.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.95£25.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£26.62
% change on same period last year+2.74 %
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
MaidstoneUp+610£326-
Tunbridge WellsNo change06£337-1.36 %
MargateNew entry-1--
West MallingNew entry-1£325-
Finance South EastFinance
South East

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

128 (30.77 %)Project Management
212 (13.19 %)SQL
212 (13.19 %)SQL Server
311 (12.09 %)PRINCE2
311 (12.09 %)Health
410 (10.99 %)Government
410 (10.99 %)Microsoft
410 (10.99 %).NET
59 (9.890 %)C#
59 (9.890 %)XML
59 (9.890 %)Legal
59 (9.890 %)Insurance
59 (9.890 %)Local Government
67 (7.692 %)MS Office
76 (6.593 %)ASP.NET
76 (6.593 %)MS Project
76 (6.593 %)JavaScript
76 (6.593 %)CRM
76 (6.593 %)Active Directory
76 (6.593 %)Banking
85 (5.495 %)Asset Management
85 (5.495 %)SQL Server 2005
85 (5.495 %)Business Analysis
85 (5.495 %)MS Excel
85 (5.495 %)Windows
85 (5.495 %)WebServices
85 (5.495 %)HTML
85 (5.495 %)Oracle
85 (5.495 %)CSS
85 (5.495 %)Windows Server 2003

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (10.99 %).NET
29 (9.890 %)XML
36 (6.593 %)ASP.NET
45 (5.495 %)CSS
45 (5.495 %)HTML
45 (5.495 %)WebServices
53 (3.297 %)AJAX
62 (2.198 %)ASP.NET 2.0
62 (2.198 %)Hibernate
62 (2.198 %)XSD
62 (2.198 %)XSL
62 (2.198 %)XSLT
62 (2.198 %)JSP
62 (2.198 %)J2EE
62 (2.198 %)ASP
71 (1.099 %)COM+
71 (1.099 %)Struts
71 (1.099 %)JDBC
71 (1.099 %)XHTML
71 (1.099 %)MVC
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (3.297 %)MS Exchange
13 (3.297 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (2.198 %)Exchange Server 2000
22 (2.198 %)SharePoint
31 (1.099 %)WebLogic
31 (1.099 %)BizTalk Server
31 (1.099 %)Papyrus
31 (1.099 %)Office Project Server
31 (1.099 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (7.692 %)MS Office
26 (6.593 %)MS Project
35 (5.495 %)MS Excel
41 (1.099 %)MS Visio
41 (1.099 %)Open Workbench
41 (1.099 %)CA Clarity
41 (1.099 %)Photoshop
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.099 %)SAP FI
11 (1.099 %)Oracle EBS
11 (1.099 %)Oracle Applications
11 (1.099 %)SAP FI/CO
11 (1.099 %)SAP CO
11 (1.099 %)FRx
11 (1.099 %)GoldMine
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (4.396 %)LAN
14 (4.396 %)WAN
22 (2.198 %)SAN
31 (1.099 %)Symposium
31 (1.099 %)VPN
31 (1.099 %)VoIP
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (13.19 %)SQL Server
25 (5.495 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (4.396 %)DB2
34 (4.396 %)Crystal Reports
43 (3.297 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (1.099 %)Oracle 8/8i
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.099 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (1.099 %)NUnit
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (12.09 %)Health
210 (10.99 %)Government
39 (9.890 %)Legal
39 (9.890 %)Insurance
39 (9.890 %)Local Government
46 (6.593 %)Banking
54 (4.396 %)Investment Banking
62 (2.198 %)Back Office
71 (1.099 %)Education
71 (1.099 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (1.099 %)Retail
71 (1.099 %)Manufacturing
71 (1.099 %)Pensions
71 (1.099 %)Retail Banking
71 (1.099 %)Marketing
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (19.78 %)Developer
217 (18.68 %)Analyst
316 (17.58 %)Project Manager
48 (8.791 %)Business Analyst
55 (5.495 %).NET Developer
64 (4.396 %)Consultant
64 (4.396 %)Analyst Developer
73 (3.297 %)AS400 Support
73 (3.297 %)IT Project Manager
73 (3.297 %)AS400 Developer
73 (3.297 %)Coordinator
73 (3.297 %)Procurement Manager
73 (3.297 %)Applications Support
82 (2.198 %)Programmer
82 (2.198 %)Support Analyst
82 (2.198 %)2nd Line Support
82 (2.198 %)Administrator
82 (2.198 %)Java Developer
82 (2.198 %)Junior
82 (2.198 %)Web Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (4.396 %)NHS
14 (4.396 %)AS400
21 (1.099 %)Social Network
21 (1.099 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (1.099 %)Mainframe
21 (1.099 %)Management Information System
21 (1.099 %)N-Tier
21 (1.099 %)EPoS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (5.495 %)Windows
15 (5.495 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (3.297 %)Windows 2000
23 (3.297 %)Windows NT
32 (2.198 %)Windows XP
32 (2.198 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (1.099 %)Solaris
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (30.77 %)Project Management
211 (12.09 %)PRINCE2
36 (6.593 %)CRM
45 (5.495 %)Asset Management
45 (5.495 %)Business Analysis
54 (4.396 %)Fund Management
54 (4.396 %)Investment Management
54 (4.396 %)ERP
63 (3.297 %)Service Delivery
63 (3.297 %)Scrum
72 (2.198 %)Risk Management
72 (2.198 %)Change Management
72 (2.198 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (2.198 %)RUP
72 (2.198 %)Release Management
72 (2.198 %)Requirements Analysis
81 (1.099 %)Project Planning
81 (1.099 %)Web Development
81 (1.099 %)Load Balancing
81 (1.099 %)Data Analysis
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (13.19 %)SQL
29 (9.890 %)C#
36 (6.593 %)JavaScript
44 (4.396 %)RPG
53 (3.297 %)VB
53 (3.297 %)Java
62 (2.198 %)DHTML
71 (1.099 %)C
71 (1.099 %)COBOL
71 (1.099 %)Transact-SQL
71 (1.099 %)VBA
71 (1.099 %)VB6
71 (1.099 %)XPath
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (4.396 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (2.198 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (2.198 %)MCSE
31 (1.099 %)MCDBA
31 (1.099 %)CCNA
31 (1.099 %)ISEB
31 (1.099 %)Cisco Certification
31 (1.099 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.099 %)QA
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (6.593 %)Active Directory
22 (2.198 %)VMware ESX
22 (2.198 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (1.099 %)MSMQ
31 (1.099 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.099 %)WSUS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (10.99 %)Microsoft
25 (5.495 %)VMware
25 (5.495 %)Oracle
34 (4.396 %)Citrix
43 (3.297 %)HP
43 (3.297 %)Altiris
52 (2.198 %)BT
52 (2.198 %)Cisco
61 (1.099 %)IBM
61 (1.099 %)SAP
61 (1.099 %)Cognos
61 (1.099 %)CA
61 (1.099 %)Epicor
61 (1.099 %)Agresso
61 (1.099 %)Intel
61 (1.099 %)Amdocs
61 (1.099 %)Teradata