The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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 22 12 13
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 13 13 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 6.132% 6.019% 9.130%
As % of the General category 22.03% 23.64% 36.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 11
Average daily rate £363 £353 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.83% -21.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £296 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £431 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £17.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.43 - £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.30 - £20.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All of the General Category
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
59 55 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 27.83% 25.46% 24.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 30 22
Average daily rate £425 £330 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.78% -15.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £205 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £475 £545
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 7
Average hourly rate £20.00 £27.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% +71.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.71 £9.20 £14.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £38.00 £24.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
East Midlands

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Hinckley - 2 - -
Leicester -11 1 £290 -7.20%
Kegworth - 1 - -
Finance
East Midlands

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 7 (28.00%) Financial Institution
2 6 (24.00%) SQL
3 4 (16.00%) PL/SQL
3 4 (16.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (16.00%) Banking
4 3 (12.00%) Degree
4 3 (12.00%) Oracle
4 3 (12.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (12.00%) C#
4 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (12.00%) SLA
4 3 (12.00%) PRINCE
4 3 (12.00%) Migration
5 2 (8.000%) AS400
5 2 (8.000%) MVC
5 2 (8.000%) Project Management
5 2 (8.000%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (8.000%) Microsoft
5 2 (8.000%) Windows
5 2 (8.000%) ETL
5 2 (8.000%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.000%) XHTML
5 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
5 2 (8.000%) HTML
5 2 (8.000%) JavaScript
5 2 (8.000%) RPG
5 2 (8.000%) .NET
5 2 (8.000%) SAP
5 2 (8.000%) CSS
5 2 (8.000%) Web Development

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 2 (8.000%) XHTML
1 2 (8.000%) HTML
1 2 (8.000%) .NET
1 2 (8.000%) CSS
1 2 (8.000%) .NET Framework
1 2 (8.000%) jQuery
1 2 (8.000%) CSS3
1 2 (8.000%) Razor View Engine
2 1 (4.000%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (4.000%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (4.000%) MS Access
2 1 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.000%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (4.000%) PowerCenter
2 1 (4.000%) SAP BW
2 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 7 (28.00%) Financial Institution
2 4 (16.00%) Banking
3 1 (4.000%) General Ledger
3 1 (4.000%) Retail
3 1 (4.000%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Developer
2 5 (20.00%) Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Team Leader
4 3 (12.00%) SQL Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Senior Analyst Programmer
5 2 (8.000%) Consultant
5 2 (8.000%) Senior Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Analyst Programmer
5 2 (8.000%) Programmer
5 2 (8.000%) Business Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) RPG Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Senior Programmer
5 2 (8.000%) MI Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Senior Analyst Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Project Support Coordinator
6 1 (4.000%) COBOL Developer
6 1 (4.000%) MI Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Project Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) AS400
2 1 (4.000%) iSeries
2 1 (4.000%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (12.00%) PRINCE
1 3 (12.00%) Migration
2 2 (8.000%) MVC
2 2 (8.000%) Project Management
2 2 (8.000%) ETL
2 2 (8.000%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (8.000%) Web Development
2 2 (8.000%) Web Application Development
3 1 (4.000%) Waterfall
3 1 (4.000%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (4.000%) Unit Testing
3 1 (4.000%) Data Migration
3 1 (4.000%) Cash Management
3 1 (4.000%) Information Management
3 1 (4.000%) Data Analysis
3 1 (4.000%) ITIL
3 1 (4.000%) ERP
3 1 (4.000%) E-business
3 1 (4.000%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) SQL
2 4 (16.00%) PL/SQL
3 3 (12.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (12.00%) C#
4 2 (8.000%) JavaScript
4 2 (8.000%) RPG
5 1 (4.000%) VB
5 1 (4.000%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) SLA
2 2 (8.000%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.000%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.000%) Salesforce.com
2 2 (8.000%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.000%) SAP
3 1 (4.000%) Business Objects
3 1 (4.000%) Informatica
3 1 (4.000%) Remedy
Leicestershire
Location: Leicester, East Midlands Rate: £400-425 per day Duration: 3 months Essential Skills: - ITIL Service Management implementation - Organisational Change Management - PRINCE 2 Practitioner - Change Project Management MAIN...
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Rate: £400 - £425 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013