The first table below looks at the demand for CIMA in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CIMA over the 3 months to 20 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 Qualifications for the London 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Rank 343 328 323
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -5
Contract jobs citing CIMA 38 74 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.175% 0.276% 0.368%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.188% 1.962% 2.783%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 58 83
Average daily rate £521 £450 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.83% -18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £350 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
+9.37% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.46 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3200 3771 4060
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.75% 14.04% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1905 2251 2340
Average daily rate £420 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.17% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £595
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 116 141
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.50 £20.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.95% -0.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.50 £13.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CIMA
England

CIMA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CIMA across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

London CIMA Jobs Demand Trend

CIMA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CIMA across the London region.

London CIMA Daily Rate Trend

CIMA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CIMA across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London CIMA Daily Rate Histogram

CIMA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CIMA across the London region.

London CIMA Hourly Rate Trend

CIMA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CIMA within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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
City of London +18 16 £475 +5.55%
CIMA
England

CIMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing CIMA 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 CIMA.

1 57 (90.48%) ACCA
1 57 (90.48%) Finance
2 11 (17.46%) Risk Management
2 11 (17.46%) Banking
2 11 (17.46%) Business Analysis
3 10 (15.87%) Oracle
4 8 (12.70%) Six Sigma
5 7 (11.11%) Hyperion
6 6 (9.524%) Investment Banking
6 6 (9.524%) Solvency II
6 6 (9.524%) Project Management
6 6 (9.524%) PRINCE2
7 4 (6.349%) Asset Management
7 4 (6.349%) General Ledger
7 4 (6.349%) Degree
7 4 (6.349%) MS Excel
7 4 (6.349%) SAP
7 4 (6.349%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (6.349%) Telecoms
7 4 (6.349%) Migration
7 4 (6.349%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (6.349%) Front Office
8 3 (4.762%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (4.762%) GAAP
8 3 (4.762%) Informatica
8 3 (4.762%) PowerCenter
8 3 (4.762%) Marketing
8 3 (4.762%) Credit Risk
8 3 (4.762%) Investment Management
8 3 (4.762%) Data Migration

CIMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing CIMA 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 CIMA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.175%) Flash
Applications
1 4 (6.349%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.762%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.587%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.762%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (3.175%) HFM
3 1 (1.587%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.587%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.587%) Agresso
3 1 (1.587%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.587%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.587%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.175%) Broadband
2 1 (1.587%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.349%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.762%) PowerCenter
3 1 (1.587%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.587%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.587%) Oracle Reports
General
1 57 (90.48%) Finance
2 11 (17.46%) Banking
3 6 (9.524%) Investment Banking
4 4 (6.349%) General Ledger
4 4 (6.349%) Front Office
4 4 (6.349%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.762%) Retail
5 3 (4.762%) Billing
5 3 (4.762%) Marketing
6 2 (3.175%) Publishing
6 2 (3.175%) Retail Banking
6 2 (3.175%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.587%) Law
7 1 (1.587%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.587%) French Language
Job Titles
1 27 (42.86%) Analyst
2 21 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 7 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 7 (11.11%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 6 (9.524%) Financial Analyst
5 5 (7.937%) Transition Manager
6 3 (4.762%) Hyperion Analyst
6 3 (4.762%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (4.762%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (4.762%) Data Migration Specialist
6 3 (4.762%) MI Analyst
7 2 (3.175%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (3.175%) ERP Manager
7 2 (3.175%) Portfolio Analyst
7 2 (3.175%) Transformation Programme Manager
7 2 (3.175%) Systems Accountant
7 2 (3.175%) Programme Manager
7 2 (3.175%) Commercial Manager
7 2 (3.175%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.175%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.762%) Credit Risk
2 2 (3.175%) Derivative
2 2 (3.175%) Interest Rate Derivative
3 1 (1.587%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.587%) Economics
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (17.46%) Risk Management
1 11 (17.46%) Business Analysis
2 8 (12.70%) Six Sigma
3 6 (9.524%) Project Management
3 6 (9.524%) PRINCE2
4 4 (6.349%) Migration
4 4 (6.349%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (6.349%) Asset Management
5 3 (4.762%) Investment Management
5 3 (4.762%) Data Migration
6 2 (3.175%) Data Mapping
6 2 (3.175%) Financial Analysis
6 2 (3.175%) Waterfall
6 2 (3.175%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (3.175%) Wealth Management
6 2 (3.175%) Scrum
6 2 (3.175%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (3.175%) ERP
7 1 (1.587%) Data Modelling
7 1 (1.587%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.175%) SQL
2 1 (1.587%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (90.48%) ACCA
2 4 (6.349%) Degree
3 2 (3.175%) CISA
3 2 (3.175%) QiCA
3 2 (3.175%) MBA
4 1 (1.587%) CIPD
4 1 (1.587%) CISM
4 1 (1.587%) MCSE
4 1 (1.587%) MCSA
4 1 (1.587%) CISSP
4 1 (1.587%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.587%) OCP
4 1 (1.587%) OCA
4 1 (1.587%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (1.587%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.587%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.524%) Solvency II
2 3 (4.762%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (4.762%) GAAP
3 2 (3.175%) QA
4 1 (1.587%) IAS 39
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) Oracle
2 7 (11.11%) Hyperion
3 4 (6.349%) SAP
4 3 (4.762%) Informatica
5 2 (3.175%) Cognos
5 2 (3.175%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.587%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.587%) PeopleSoft
City of London
Accounting Manager, Media Company,London, £250-300 per day, A leading media company is currently looking for an Accountant with ACA/ACCA qualifications with previous Account Managing experience...
Orgtel
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
You will be responsible for the design of the latest Dynamics CRM 2011 for this financial leading global organisations main financial client. Key Skills: - E??xperience designing Dynamics...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
London
Our client, a very profitable reinsurance business based in Greater London, are looking for a financial accountant to join the finance team as maternity cover- The role will...
High Finance Group
Rate: GBP250 to GBP400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
They will also be required to produce monthly management profit and loss reports including variance analysis, produce key supporting schedules for significant costs, have controllership of balance sheet...
Experis IT
Rate: £35000 - £38000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Management Accountant, £310, London, Treasury My client, a leading bank, are looking for a strong candidate to join their Treasury department on a 24 Month contract, in their...
Orgtel
Rate: £300 - £310 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013