The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor 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 13 9
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -4
Contract jobs citing Finance 12 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 46.15% 3.030% 2.632%
As % of the General category 85.71% 3.846% 7.692%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £585 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.25% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All of the General Category
M4 Corridor
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
14 52 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 53.85% 78.79% 34.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 2
Average daily rate £520 £400 £100
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% +300.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 1
Average hourly rate - £50.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
South East

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Finance across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 (31.82%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (22.73%) SAP
4 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 4 (18.18%) Information Management
4 4 (18.18%) Data Management
5 3 (13.64%) Banking
5 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
6 2 (9.091%) SAP BW
6 2 (9.091%) EMC
6 2 (9.091%) MS Project
6 2 (9.091%) AIX
6 2 (9.091%) HPUX
6 2 (9.091%) Solaris
6 2 (9.091%) Linux
6 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
6 2 (9.091%) Data Modelling
6 2 (9.091%) Financial Institution
6 2 (9.091%) Programme Management
6 2 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (9.091%) Degree
6 2 (9.091%) SC Cleared
6 2 (9.091%) Security Cleared
6 2 (9.091%) Data Architecture
6 2 (9.091%) Hedge funds
6 2 (9.091%) Data Governance
7 1 (4.545%) Budget Control
7 1 (4.545%) COBIT
7 1 (4.545%) SAP SRM
7 1 (4.545%) Resource Management

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Project
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) SAP SRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) SAP BW
2 1 (4.545%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (13.64%) Banking
1 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
2 2 (9.091%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.545%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.091%) Business Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) SAP BW Consultant
3 2 (9.091%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (9.091%) Programme Manager
3 2 (9.091%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (9.091%) PMO Consultant
3 2 (9.091%) Technical Design Consultant
3 2 (9.091%) SAP Technical Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Senior IT Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Vendor Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Data Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Head of IT
4 1 (4.545%) Data Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Hedge funds
2 1 (4.545%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.091%) AIX
1 2 (9.091%) HPUX
1 2 (9.091%) Solaris
1 2 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
3 4 (18.18%) Information Management
3 4 (18.18%) Data Management
4 2 (9.091%) Data Modelling
4 2 (9.091%) Programme Management
4 2 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (9.091%) Data Architecture
4 2 (9.091%) Data Governance
5 1 (4.545%) Budget Control
5 1 (4.545%) Resource Management
5 1 (4.545%) SAP Implementation
5 1 (4.545%) Data Mapping
5 1 (4.545%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (4.545%) TOGAF
5 1 (4.545%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.545%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (4.545%) IT Governance
5 1 (4.545%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 2 (9.091%) Degree
1 2 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) COBIT
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) SAP
2 2 (9.091%) EMC
3 1 (4.545%) Teradata
3 1 (4.545%) Oracle
3 1 (4.545%) Hyperion
3 1 (4.545%) HP