The first table below looks at the demand for HFM skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HFM over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Business Applications category 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)
Rank 349 344 379
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +35
Contract jobs citing HFM 36 62 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.167% 0.232% 0.186%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.055% 2.853% 2.199%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 41 42
Average daily rate £475 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.76% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £399 £325 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £650 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £525 £438 £450
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1752 2173 2638
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 8.114% 8.114% 8.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 1037 1180 1576
Average daily rate £454 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.94% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 26
Average hourly rate £32.00 £40.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +15.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.40 £15.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £52.50 £62.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
HFM
England

HFM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London HFM Jobs Demand Trend

HFM
Daily Rate Trend

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

London HFM Daily Rate Trend

HFM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HFM across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London HFM Daily Rate Histogram

HFM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London HFM Hourly Rate Trend

HFM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HFM within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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 +9 13 £488 +2.63%
HFM
England

HFM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing HFM 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 HFM.

1 61 (92.42%) Hyperion
2 56 (84.85%) Finance
3 53 (80.30%) Oracle
4 29 (43.94%) Hyperion Planning
5 23 (34.85%) Essbase
6 14 (21.21%) ERP
7 11 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
8 10 (15.15%) SQL
9 9 (13.64%) SQL Server
10 8 (12.12%) Oracle Financials
10 8 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (12.12%) Oracle Applications
11 7 (10.61%) General Ledger
12 6 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
12 6 (9.091%) Banking
13 5 (7.576%) DRM
13 5 (7.576%) Publishing
13 5 (7.576%) Oracle EBS
13 5 (7.576%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (7.576%) Oracle 8/8i
13 5 (7.576%) Business Objects
14 4 (6.061%) Data Migration
14 4 (6.061%) PL/SQL
14 4 (6.061%) UNIX
14 4 (6.061%) Migration
14 4 (6.061%) Stakeholder Management
14 4 (6.061%) Service Delivery
15 3 (4.545%) Management Information System
15 3 (4.545%) Shell Script
15 3 (4.545%) Windows

HFM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing HFM 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 HFM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.030%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.515%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (3.030%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 29 (43.94%) Hyperion Planning
2 11 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (12.12%) Oracle Applications
3 8 (12.12%) Oracle Financials
4 5 (7.576%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (3.030%) CODA-Financials
5 2 (3.030%) LongView
5 2 (3.030%) Khalix
6 1 (1.515%) Cognos Planning
6 1 (1.515%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.515%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (34.85%) Essbase
2 9 (13.64%) SQL Server
3 5 (7.576%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (7.576%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (4.545%) Oracle 9i
4 3 (4.545%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (3.030%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (3.030%) Oracle OLAP
5 2 (3.030%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (3.030%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (3.030%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.030%) OLAP
6 1 (1.515%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.515%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (1.515%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.030%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (3.030%) Subversion
General
1 56 (84.85%) Finance
2 7 (10.61%) General Ledger
3 6 (9.091%) Banking
4 5 (7.576%) Publishing
5 3 (4.545%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (31.82%) Consultant
2 13 (19.70%) Hyperion Consultant
3 12 (18.18%) Developer
3 12 (18.18%) Analyst
4 10 (15.15%) Administrator
5 7 (10.61%) Hyperion Administrator
6 6 (9.091%) Systems Analyst
6 6 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
6 6 (9.091%) Financial Analyst
7 5 (7.576%) Hyperion Developer
7 5 (7.576%) Oracle Consultant
8 3 (4.545%) Analyst Developer
8 3 (4.545%) Trainer
8 3 (4.545%) Senior Developer
9 2 (3.030%) Systems Support
9 2 (3.030%) Data Analyst
9 2 (3.030%) Oracle Developer
9 2 (3.030%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (3.030%) Oracle Financials Consultant
9 2 (3.030%) Systems Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.545%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.030%) Data Integration
3 1 (1.515%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.061%) UNIX
2 3 (4.545%) Windows
3 1 (1.515%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.21%) ERP
2 8 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (7.576%) DRM
5 4 (6.061%) Service Delivery
5 4 (6.061%) Migration
5 4 (6.061%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (6.061%) Data Migration
6 3 (4.545%) Analytics
7 2 (3.030%) Metadata Management
7 2 (3.030%) PRINCE2
7 2 (3.030%) Financial Modelling
7 2 (3.030%) Data Cleansing
7 2 (3.030%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (3.030%) Scrum
7 2 (3.030%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (3.030%) Data Modelling
8 1 (1.515%) ETL
8 1 (1.515%) Project Management
8 1 (1.515%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.15%) SQL
2 4 (6.061%) PL/SQL
3 3 (4.545%) VBScript
3 3 (4.545%) Shell Script
4 2 (3.030%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (3.030%) ACCA
1 2 (3.030%) CIMA
2 1 (1.515%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.030%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 61 (92.42%) Hyperion
2 53 (80.30%) Oracle
3 5 (7.576%) Business Objects
4 2 (3.030%) Cognos
4 2 (3.030%) IBM
4 2 (3.030%) CODA
5 1 (1.515%) Teradata
5 1 (1.515%) Informatica
5 1 (1.515%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.515%) SAP
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