The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Knutsford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 22 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 Knutsford 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 51 43 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 49.51% 59.72% 80.00%
As % of the General category 78.46% 81.13% 90.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 30 109
Average daily rate £370 £325 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84% +14.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £398 £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All of the General Category
Knutsford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
65 53 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 63.11% 73.61% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 35 121
Average daily rate £370 £325 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84% +14.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £454 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
Cheshire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knutsford 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 Knutsford region.

Knutsford 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 Knutsford region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Knutsford 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 Knutsford region.

Knutsford Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford 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 (40.96%) Banking
2 20 (24.10%) Migration
3 19 (22.89%) Windows
3 19 (22.89%) Retail
4 15 (18.07%) Project Management
5 14 (16.87%) UNIX
5 14 (16.87%) Retail Banking
6 11 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (13.25%) IBM
7 8 (9.639%) Citrix
8 7 (8.434%) Middleware
9 6 (7.229%) Blackberry
9 6 (7.229%) Mainframe
9 6 (7.229%) Workflow
9 6 (7.229%) Linux
9 6 (7.229%) PRINCE2
10 5 (6.024%) Data Analysis
10 5 (6.024%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (6.024%) XenApp
10 5 (6.024%) Verint
10 5 (6.024%) Siebel
10 5 (6.024%) Change Management
11 4 (4.819%) PMI Certification
11 4 (4.819%) Risk Management
11 4 (4.819%) CMS
11 4 (4.819%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (4.819%) SharePoint
11 4 (4.819%) C++
11 4 (4.819%) Oracle
11 4 (4.819%) Windows Server 2003

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford 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 7 (8.434%) Middleware
2 4 (4.819%) WebSphere
3 2 (2.410%) ASP.NET
3 2 (2.410%) CSS
3 2 (2.410%) Web Services
3 2 (2.410%) XML
3 2 (2.410%) XSLT
3 2 (2.410%) .NET
3 2 (2.410%) LINQ
3 2 (2.410%) jQuery
3 2 (2.410%) Application Packaging
4 1 (1.205%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.819%) CMS
1 4 (4.819%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.410%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (2.410%) MS Exchange
2 2 (2.410%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (2.410%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.205%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (1.205%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (3.614%) MS PowerPoint
1 3 (3.614%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.205%) MS Project
2 1 (1.205%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.819%) LAN
1 4 (4.819%) WAN
2 2 (2.410%) Internet
2 2 (2.410%) SMTP
2 2 (2.410%) BIG-IP
3 1 (1.205%) DNS
3 1 (1.205%) SSL
3 1 (1.205%) Extranet
3 1 (1.205%) LDAP
3 1 (1.205%) Firewall
3 1 (1.205%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.614%) DB2
2 2 (2.410%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.205%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (1.205%) TOAD
3 1 (1.205%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.205%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.205%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (2.410%) Visual Studio
1 2 (2.410%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.205%) TestDirector
2 1 (1.205%) PVCS
2 1 (1.205%) Ant
2 1 (1.205%) MSI
General
1 34 (40.96%) Banking
2 19 (22.89%) Retail
3 14 (16.87%) Retail Banking
4 2 (2.410%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.205%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.205%) Back Office
5 1 (1.205%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 28 (33.73%) Project Manager
2 12 (14.46%) Analyst
3 7 (8.434%) Business Analyst
4 6 (7.229%) Implementation Manager
5 5 (6.024%) Telephony Project Manager
5 5 (6.024%) Programme Manager
5 5 (6.024%) Developer
5 5 (6.024%) Consultant
6 4 (4.819%) Architect
6 4 (4.819%) Technical Manager
6 4 (4.819%) Designer
7 3 (3.614%) Risk Manager
7 3 (3.614%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (3.614%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 3 (3.614%) Technical Project Manager
7 3 (3.614%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.614%) Applications Developer
8 2 (2.410%) Technical Architect
8 2 (2.410%) Security Consultant
8 2 (2.410%) Configuration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.229%) Blackberry
1 6 (7.229%) Mainframe
2 2 (2.410%) Clustering
2 2 (2.410%) Replication
3 1 (1.205%) CMDB
3 1 (1.205%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.205%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.205%) PMI
3 1 (1.205%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.89%) Windows
2 14 (16.87%) UNIX
3 6 (7.229%) Linux
4 5 (6.024%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (4.819%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (3.614%) Android
6 3 (3.614%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.614%) Windows 8
6 3 (3.614%) AIX
7 2 (2.410%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.205%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.10%) Migration
2 15 (18.07%) Project Management
3 11 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (7.229%) Workflow
4 6 (7.229%) PRINCE2
5 5 (6.024%) Data Analysis
5 5 (6.024%) Change Management
6 4 (4.819%) Risk Management
6 4 (4.819%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (4.819%) Content Management
7 3 (3.614%) Security Architecture
7 3 (3.614%) Data Modelling
7 3 (3.614%) ETL
7 3 (3.614%) ITIL
8 2 (2.410%) PRINCE
8 2 (2.410%) Business Continuity
8 2 (2.410%) Information Security
8 2 (2.410%) Validation
8 2 (2.410%) Identity Management
8 2 (2.410%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.819%) C++
2 3 (3.614%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.614%) SQL
3 2 (2.410%) VB
3 2 (2.410%) Perl
3 2 (2.410%) Java
3 2 (2.410%) C
3 2 (2.410%) C#
3 2 (2.410%) XPath
4 1 (1.205%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.205%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.205%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (4.819%) PMI Certification
2 3 (3.614%) PMP
3 1 (1.205%) CRISC
3 1 (1.205%) ISEB
3 1 (1.205%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.410%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.024%) XenApp
2 4 (4.819%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.205%) XenDesktop
3 1 (1.205%) Tivoli Directory Server
3 1 (1.205%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 3 (3.614%) Tivoli
2 2 (2.410%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (1.205%) BladeLogic
3 1 (1.205%) SCCM
3 1 (1.205%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (1.205%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 11 (13.25%) IBM
2 8 (9.639%) Citrix
3 5 (6.024%) Verint
3 5 (6.024%) Siebel
4 4 (4.819%) Oracle
5 3 (3.614%) HP
5 3 (3.614%) Informatica
6 2 (2.410%) AppSense
6 2 (2.410%) F5
7 1 (1.205%) Brocade
7 1 (1.205%) Dell
7 1 (1.205%) Nortel
7 1 (1.205%) Avaya
7 1 (1.205%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (1.205%) NetApp
7 1 (1.205%) Genesys
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