The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Merseyside 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 5 11 4
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Contract jobs citing Finance 29 29 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 15.18% 11.51% 17.45%
As % of the General category 58.00% 38.67% 47.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 30
Average daily rate £315 £325 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -14.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £290 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £500 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £22.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.70 £17.50 £24.75
% change year-on-year
-4.60% -29.29%
All of the General Category
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
50 75 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 26.18% 29.76% 37.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 39 53
Average daily rate £328 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.76% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £183 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £425 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 12
Average hourly rate £11.50 £18.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.11% +63.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Liverpool 0 10 £310 -8.14% 14
Southport - 2 £315 -
Finance
North West

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 22 (45.83%) SQL
2 15 (31.25%) SQL Server
3 13 (27.08%) ETL
3 13 (27.08%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (22.92%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (22.92%) T-SQL
5 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (22.92%) SQL Server 2005
5 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (20.83%) Project Management
7 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
7 9 (18.75%) Oracle
8 8 (16.67%) MDX
9 7 (14.58%) Marketing
9 7 (14.58%) Telecoms
9 7 (14.58%) MS Excel
10 6 (12.50%) Data Mart
10 6 (12.50%) Banking
10 6 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
11 5 (10.42%) SAP
11 5 (10.42%) Manufacturing
12 4 (8.333%) .NET
12 4 (8.333%) Retail
12 4 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
13 3 (6.250%) Business Analysis
13 3 (6.250%) Programme Management
13 3 (6.250%) IPTV
13 3 (6.250%) Resource Management

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 8 (16.67%) MDX
2 4 (8.333%) .NET
3 1 (2.083%) J2EE
3 1 (2.083%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.083%) Web Services
3 1 (2.083%) Hibernate
3 1 (2.083%) Spring
3 1 (2.083%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.083%) WCF
3 1 (2.083%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.167%) SAS
2 1 (2.083%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.083%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (2.083%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (14.58%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (6.250%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (6.250%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (4.167%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (4.167%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (4.167%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (4.167%) Unica Affinium
2 2 (4.167%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.083%) HTTP
1 1 (2.083%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (31.25%) SQL Server
2 12 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (22.92%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 11 (22.92%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (12.50%) Data Mart
4 6 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
5 2 (4.167%) DB2
5 2 (4.167%) Informix
6 1 (2.083%) PowerCenter
6 1 (2.083%) FileMaker
6 1 (2.083%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 1 (2.083%) Maven
General
1 7 (14.58%) Telecoms
1 7 (14.58%) Marketing
2 6 (12.50%) Banking
3 5 (10.42%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.333%) Retail
5 3 (6.250%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.167%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 20 (41.67%) Analyst
2 10 (20.83%) Developer
3 8 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 7 (14.58%) Business Analyst
5 6 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 4 (8.333%) Data Analyst
7 3 (6.250%) IT Trainer
7 3 (6.250%) SQL Developer
7 3 (6.250%) Trainer
7 3 (6.250%) Consultant
7 3 (6.250%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 2 (4.167%) Developer Analyst
8 2 (4.167%) PMO Manager
8 2 (4.167%) Financial Analyst
8 2 (4.167%) MI Analyst
8 2 (4.167%) SAS Consultant
8 2 (4.167%) DBA
8 2 (4.167%) Business Developer
8 2 (4.167%) SQL Server Developer
9 1 (2.083%) Informatica Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.250%) NHS
1 3 (6.250%) IPTV
1 3 (6.250%) FMCG
1 3 (6.250%) Digital Media
2 2 (4.167%) PMI
2 2 (4.167%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.167%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.167%) Windows
1 2 (4.167%) AIX
1 2 (4.167%) HPUX
1 2 (4.167%) Solaris
1 2 (4.167%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.08%) ETL
1 13 (27.08%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (20.83%) Project Management
3 4 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (6.250%) Programme Management
4 3 (6.250%) Business Analysis
4 3 (6.250%) Resource Management
5 2 (4.167%) Direct Marketing
5 2 (4.167%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (4.167%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (4.167%) Data Migration
5 2 (4.167%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (4.167%) Scrum
5 2 (4.167%) Change Management
5 2 (4.167%) MVC
5 2 (4.167%) Migration
5 2 (4.167%) PRINCE2
5 2 (4.167%) ERP
5 2 (4.167%) Process Management
6 1 (2.083%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 22 (45.83%) SQL
2 11 (22.92%) T-SQL
3 3 (6.250%) Java
4 2 (4.167%) C#
4 2 (4.167%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.083%) COBOL
5 1 (2.083%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (4.167%) PMI Certification
1 2 (4.167%) Degree
2 1 (2.083%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.083%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.083%) PgMP
2 1 (2.083%) APMP
System Software
1 1 (2.083%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (2.083%) XenApp
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Oracle
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.42%) SAP
3 2 (4.167%) IBM
3 2 (4.167%) Business Objects
3 2 (4.167%) Sun
3 2 (4.167%) Baan
3 2 (4.167%) JD Edwards
3 2 (4.167%) Unica
4 1 (2.083%) Citrix
4 1 (2.083%) Informatica
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