Finance IT Contracts in the Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 23 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 Midlands 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 7 3 6
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +3
Contract jobs citing Finance 18 36 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 10.47% 13.38% 10.57%
As % of the General category 40.91% 46.75% 31.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 24 11
Average daily rate £400 £444 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.85% +10.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £259 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £825 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 11
Average hourly rate - £17.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -23.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -6.97%
All of the General Category
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 44 77 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 25.58% 28.62% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 31 20
Average daily rate £450 £400 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £250 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £650 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 24
Average hourly rate £32.00 £36.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.32% +58.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Finance
England

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 8 (19.05%) SAP
2 7 (16.67%) Oracle
3 6 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (11.90%) Business Analysis
5 4 (9.524%) Wealth Management
5 4 (9.524%) System Testing
5 4 (9.524%) Smart Meter
5 4 (9.524%) Manufacturing
5 4 (9.524%) Change Management
5 4 (9.524%) MS Office
6 3 (7.143%) Project Management
6 3 (7.143%) Migration
6 3 (7.143%) Essbase
6 3 (7.143%) MS Excel
6 3 (7.143%) ERP
6 3 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (7.143%) Hyperion
6 3 (7.143%) Hyperion Planning
6 3 (7.143%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (7.143%) Retail
6 3 (7.143%) Programme Management
6 3 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
7 2 (4.762%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (4.762%) New Media
7 2 (4.762%) Business Transformation
7 2 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (4.762%) Performance Testing
7 2 (4.762%) Test Scripting
7 2 (4.762%) Manual Testing

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (2.381%) HTML
1 1 (2.381%) CSS
1 1 (2.381%) DOM
1 1 (2.381%) J2EE
1 1 (2.381%) Ext JS
1 1 (2.381%) jQuery
1 1 (2.381%) Dojo
1 1 (2.381%) Ember.js
1 1 (2.381%) KnockoutJS
1 1 (2.381%) Node.js
1 1 (2.381%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.762%) WebLogic
1 2 (4.762%) IIS
2 1 (2.381%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.381%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (9.524%) MS Office
2 3 (7.143%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.381%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (7.143%) Hyperion Planning
1 3 (7.143%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (4.762%) Agresso
2 2 (4.762%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.381%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.381%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (2.381%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (2.381%) SAP FI
3 1 (2.381%) SAP BPC
3 1 (2.381%) SAP CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.143%) Essbase
2 2 (4.762%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.381%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (2.381%) SAP BW
3 1 (2.381%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (2.381%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (4.762%) LoadRunner
2 1 (2.381%) GitHub
2 1 (2.381%) QUnit
2 1 (2.381%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (9.524%) Manufacturing
2 3 (7.143%) Retail
3 2 (4.762%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.762%) Automotive
4 1 (2.381%) Law
4 1 (2.381%) Billing
4 1 (2.381%) Banking
4 1 (2.381%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.381%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (35.71%) Analyst
2 12 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 6 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 5 (11.90%) Consultant
5 4 (9.524%) IT Business Analyst
5 4 (9.524%) Implementation Analyst
5 4 (9.524%) SAP Manager
5 4 (9.524%) Programme Manager
6 3 (7.143%) Developer
6 3 (7.143%) Oracle Consultant
7 2 (4.762%) Fidessa Business Analyst
7 2 (4.762%) Performance Test Analyst
7 2 (4.762%) Performance Analyst
7 2 (4.762%) Fidessa Analyst
7 2 (4.762%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 2 (4.762%) Systems Tester
7 2 (4.762%) SAP Programme Manager
7 2 (4.762%) DBA
7 2 (4.762%) Business Process Analyst
7 2 (4.762%) Process Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.524%) Smart Meter
2 2 (4.762%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (11.90%) Business Analysis
3 4 (9.524%) Wealth Management
3 4 (9.524%) System Testing
3 4 (9.524%) Change Management
4 3 (7.143%) Project Management
4 3 (7.143%) Migration
4 3 (7.143%) ERP
4 3 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (7.143%) Programme Management
5 2 (4.762%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (4.762%) Business Transformation
5 2 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (4.762%) Performance Testing
5 2 (4.762%) Test Scripting
5 2 (4.762%) Manual Testing
5 2 (4.762%) E-business
5 2 (4.762%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.381%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.762%) SQL
2 1 (2.381%) C
2 1 (2.381%) Java
2 1 (2.381%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (4.762%) ISEB
2 1 (2.381%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (2.381%) PMP
2 1 (2.381%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.381%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (2.381%) Degree
2 1 (2.381%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.381%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 8 (19.05%) SAP
2 7 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (7.143%) Hyperion
4 2 (4.762%) Fidessa
5 1 (2.381%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.381%) Sage
5 1 (2.381%) CheckPoint
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