Finance IT Contracts in Lancashire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 24 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 Lancashire 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 9 6 7
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 25 65 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 11.85% 15.78% 14.66%
As % of the General category 50.00% 69.15% 55.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 32 12
Average daily rate £300 £370 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.91% +12.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £275 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £499 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Average hourly rate £26.50 £10.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+165.00% -73.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-7.50% -9.09%
Search 10 Finance jobs in Lancashire
All of the General Category
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 50 94 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 23.70% 22.82% 26.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 42 20
Average daily rate £315 £380 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.10% +16.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £495 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 7
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -46.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.02 £14.00 £26.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £21.50 £39.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Finance
North West

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Finance Hourly Rate Trend

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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Preston +9 6 £390 +9.47%
Blackpool 0 3 - -
Skelmersdale -1 3 - -
Lytham St Annes -4 3 £263 -28.08%
Blackburn +2 2 - -
Lancaster - 1 - -
Finance
North West

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 13 (27.66%) Project Management
2 12 (25.53%) Oracle
3 9 (19.15%) Security Cleared
4 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
5 7 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (12.77%) SQL
7 5 (10.64%) UNIX
7 5 (10.64%) Windows
7 5 (10.64%) PMP
7 5 (10.64%) PMI Certification
7 5 (10.64%) Management Information System
7 5 (10.64%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (10.64%) Banking
8 4 (8.511%) Risk Management
8 4 (8.511%) Validation
8 4 (8.511%) HP
8 4 (8.511%) TCP/IP
8 4 (8.511%) PRINCE
8 4 (8.511%) SQL Server
8 4 (8.511%) MS Excel
8 4 (8.511%) SC Cleared
8 4 (8.511%) HP Quality Center
8 4 (8.511%) Supplier Management
8 4 (8.511%) ISTQB
9 3 (6.383%) Retail Banking
9 3 (6.383%) Workflow
9 3 (6.383%) Local Government
9 3 (6.383%) WebSphere
9 3 (6.383%) BC Cleared
9 3 (6.383%) Oracle iProcurement

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 3 (6.383%) WebSphere
1 3 (6.383%) SOAP
1 3 (6.383%) Web Services
2 2 (4.255%) Middleware
3 1 (2.128%) ISPF
3 1 (2.128%) DWR
3 1 (2.128%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.255%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (2.128%) Windows Azure
2 1 (2.128%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.128%) PowerExchange
2 1 (2.128%) CICS
2 1 (2.128%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (8.511%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.383%) MS Office
3 1 (2.128%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.128%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (6.383%) Oracle iProcurement
3 2 (4.255%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (2.128%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (2.128%) HFM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.511%) TCP/IP
2 3 (6.383%) FTP
2 3 (6.383%) HTTP
3 1 (2.128%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.128%) ATM
3 1 (2.128%) ISDN
3 1 (2.128%) VoIP
3 1 (2.128%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.128%) Intranet
3 1 (2.128%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.511%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.383%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.255%) TOAD
3 2 (4.255%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.128%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (2.128%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (2.128%) MS Access
4 1 (2.128%) DB2
4 1 (2.128%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.128%) PowerCenter
4 1 (2.128%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (2.128%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.255%) LoadRunner
2 1 (2.128%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (2.128%) ClearCase
2 1 (2.128%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (10.64%) Banking
2 3 (6.383%) Retail Banking
2 3 (6.383%) Local Government
2 3 (6.383%) Retail
3 1 (2.128%) Welsh Language
3 1 (2.128%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (31.91%) Analyst
2 11 (23.40%) Project Manager
3 5 (10.64%) Business Analyst
3 5 (10.64%) Consultant
4 4 (8.511%) Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (8.511%) Test Manager
4 4 (8.511%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 3 (6.383%) Test Analyst
5 3 (6.383%) Developer
5 3 (6.383%) Oracle Consultant
5 3 (6.383%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 3 (6.383%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (6.383%) Functional Consultant
5 3 (6.383%) SQL Developer
6 2 (4.255%) Junior Developer
6 2 (4.255%) Oracle Financials Consultant
6 2 (4.255%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
6 2 (4.255%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (4.255%) Junior
6 2 (4.255%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.383%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.128%) PKI
3 1 (2.128%) Statistics
3 1 (2.128%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.128%) Data Integration
3 1 (2.128%) VSAM
3 1 (2.128%) CESG
3 1 (2.128%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.64%) UNIX
1 5 (10.64%) Windows
2 2 (4.255%) MVS
3 1 (2.128%) VME
3 1 (2.128%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.128%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.128%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) Project Management
2 7 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (8.511%) Risk Management
3 4 (8.511%) Validation
3 4 (8.511%) PRINCE
3 4 (8.511%) Supplier Management
4 3 (6.383%) Workflow
4 3 (6.383%) PRINCE2
4 3 (6.383%) Quality Management
4 3 (6.383%) E-business
5 2 (4.255%) Service Delivery
5 2 (4.255%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (4.255%) ITIL
5 2 (4.255%) ETL
5 2 (4.255%) Performance Management
5 2 (4.255%) Waterfall
5 2 (4.255%) Test Strategy
5 2 (4.255%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (4.255%) Performance Testing
6 1 (2.128%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) SQL
2 3 (6.383%) JCL
3 1 (2.128%) VBA
3 1 (2.128%) C
3 1 (2.128%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.128%) REXX
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.64%) PMP
2 5 (10.64%) PMI Certification
3 4 (8.511%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.511%) ISTQB
4 3 (6.383%) BC Cleared
4 3 (6.383%) ISEB
5 1 (2.128%) Degree
5 1 (2.128%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.255%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (4.255%) GAAP
1 2 (4.255%) QA
2 1 (2.128%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.128%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.128%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (8.511%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.128%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (25.53%) Oracle
2 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.511%) HP
4 3 (6.383%) VMware
5 2 (4.255%) Citrix
5 2 (4.255%) Hyperion
5 2 (4.255%) Informatica
5 2 (4.255%) SAP
6 1 (2.128%) Lumension
6 1 (2.128%) Cognos
6 1 (2.128%) Trillium
6 1 (2.128%) Business Objects
6 1 (2.128%) Primavera
6 1 (2.128%) IBM
6 1 (2.128%) CA
6 1 (2.128%) AppSense
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