The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 24 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 Middlesex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 5 3 8
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Contract jobs citing Finance 29 42 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 14.50% 13.59% 11.90%
As % of the General category 49.15% 46.67% 36.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 20 21
Average daily rate £360 £398 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.43% -5.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-7.50% -9.09%
All of the General Category
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
59 90 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 29.50% 29.13% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 40 59
Average daily rate £325 £383 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.03% -8.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £549 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 10
Average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +12.06%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 14 (34.15%) SAP
2 12 (29.27%) Project Management
3 8 (19.51%) Data Analysis
4 7 (17.07%) Oracle
5 6 (14.63%) ITIL
5 6 (14.63%) Banking
5 6 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (9.756%) Microsoft
7 4 (9.756%) ERP
7 4 (9.756%) SQL
7 4 (9.756%) Programme Management
7 4 (9.756%) Telecoms
7 4 (9.756%) Risk Management
7 4 (9.756%) Migration
7 4 (9.756%) Service Delivery
7 4 (9.756%) Change Management
7 4 (9.756%) Degree
7 4 (9.756%) Performance Management
8 3 (7.317%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (7.317%) Waterfall
8 3 (7.317%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (7.317%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 3 (7.317%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (7.317%) Marketing
8 3 (7.317%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (7.317%) Back Office
8 3 (7.317%) Service Management
8 3 (7.317%) Electronics
8 3 (7.317%) MS Project

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 (4.878%) Middleware
2 1 (2.439%) Qt
2 1 (2.439%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.439%) CSS
2 1 (2.439%) XML
2 1 (2.439%) DOM
2 1 (2.439%) WAP
2 1 (2.439%) OpenGL
2 1 (2.439%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.439%) MS Project Server
1 1 (2.439%) CMS
1 1 (2.439%) Oracle Application Server
1 1 (2.439%) WebLogic
1 1 (2.439%) IIS
1 1 (2.439%) Apache
1 1 (2.439%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (7.317%) MS Project
1 3 (7.317%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.878%) MS Office
2 2 (4.878%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.439%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 3 (7.317%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (4.878%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (4.878%) SAP FI
2 2 (4.878%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (4.878%) SAP CO
2 2 (4.878%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (2.439%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.439%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.439%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (2.439%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (2.439%) SAP R/3
3 1 (2.439%) SAP PS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.439%) GPRS
1 1 (2.439%) GSM
1 1 (2.439%) UMTS
1 1 (2.439%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.439%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.878%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.878%) SAP BW
1 2 (4.878%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (2.439%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (2.439%) Data Mart
2 1 (2.439%) GIS
2 1 (2.439%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (2.439%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle Discoverer
General
1 6 (14.63%) Banking
2 4 (9.756%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.317%) Marketing
3 3 (7.317%) Back Office
3 3 (7.317%) Electronics
4 2 (4.878%) Retail
4 2 (4.878%) General Ledger
4 2 (4.878%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.439%) Music
5 1 (2.439%) Publishing
5 1 (2.439%) Games
5 1 (2.439%) Billing
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Analyst
2 5 (12.20%) Service Manager
3 4 (9.756%) Data Analyst
4 3 (7.317%) Support Analyst
4 3 (7.317%) Consultant
4 3 (7.317%) Developer
4 3 (7.317%) Services Delivery Manager
4 3 (7.317%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (7.317%) Project Manager
4 3 (7.317%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.878%) Architect
5 2 (4.878%) Project Analyst
5 2 (4.878%) Portfolio Manager
5 2 (4.878%) Applications Manager
5 2 (4.878%) Commercial Manager
5 2 (4.878%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (4.878%) Oracle Analyst
6 1 (2.439%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (2.439%) Project Assistant
6 1 (2.439%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.878%) DTV
1 2 (4.878%) PMI
1 2 (4.878%) NHS
1 2 (4.878%) Management Information System
1 2 (4.878%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (4.878%) IPTV
1 2 (4.878%) Digital Media
1 2 (4.878%) FMCG
2 1 (2.439%) Social Media
2 1 (2.439%) Animation
2 1 (2.439%) SCADA
2 1 (2.439%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.439%) Handset
2 1 (2.439%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.439%) Android
1 1 (2.439%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.439%) UNIX
1 1 (2.439%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) Project Management
2 8 (19.51%) Data Analysis
3 6 (14.63%) ITIL
3 6 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (9.756%) ERP
5 4 (9.756%) Programme Management
5 4 (9.756%) Risk Management
5 4 (9.756%) Migration
5 4 (9.756%) Service Delivery
5 4 (9.756%) Change Management
5 4 (9.756%) Performance Management
6 3 (7.317%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (7.317%) Waterfall
6 3 (7.317%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (7.317%) Strategic Planning
6 3 (7.317%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (7.317%) Service Management
6 3 (7.317%) Data Modelling
6 3 (7.317%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.756%) SQL
2 3 (7.317%) Java
3 2 (4.878%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.439%) Clojure
4 1 (2.439%) GLSL
4 1 (2.439%) VBA
4 1 (2.439%) C++
4 1 (2.439%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (9.756%) Degree
2 2 (4.878%) PMI Certification
2 2 (4.878%) APMP
3 1 (2.439%) CISM
3 1 (2.439%) CISSP
3 1 (2.439%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.439%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.317%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.439%) QA
2 1 (2.439%) SLA
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) SAP
2 7 (17.07%) Oracle
3 4 (9.756%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.439%) Planview
4 1 (2.439%) Business Objects
4 1 (2.439%) JBoss
4 1 (2.439%) NetApp
4 1 (2.439%) Pegasus
4 1 (2.439%) CODA
4 1 (2.439%) JD Edwards
4 1 (2.439%) Sage
4 1 (2.439%) Adobe
4 1 (2.439%) EMC
4 1 (2.439%) Citrix
4 1 (2.439%) Remedy
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