The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 21 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 Milton Keynes 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 3 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 103 172 157
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 19.66% 23.96% 26.39%
As % of the General category 74.10% 63.70% 53.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 94 56
Average daily rate £275 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £151 £262 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £413 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 17
Average hourly rate £14.00 £14.25 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.75% -14.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.02 £18.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -6.25%
All of the General Category
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
139 270 293
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 26.53% 37.60% 49.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 133 113
Average daily rate £325 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £239 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £419 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 22
Average hourly rate £16.70 £20.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.52% +19.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £10.04 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £50.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Finance
Buckinghamshire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 36 (17.48%) Banking
2 29 (14.08%) PRINCE2
3 28 (13.59%) Retail
4 27 (13.11%) MS Office
4 27 (13.11%) Project Management
5 26 (12.62%) Security Cleared
6 24 (11.65%) SC Cleared
7 23 (11.17%) Windows
7 23 (11.17%) MS Excel
8 22 (10.68%) ITIL
9 20 (9.709%) MS Project
10 19 (9.223%) SQL
11 18 (8.738%) Active Directory
11 18 (8.738%) QuickTest Pro
11 18 (8.738%) Oracle
12 17 (8.252%) EPoS
13 16 (7.767%) JavaScript
13 16 (7.767%) Retail Banking
14 15 (7.282%) DV Cleared
14 15 (7.282%) Microsoft
14 15 (7.282%) Citrix
15 14 (6.796%) OO
16 13 (6.311%) Business Analysis
17 12 (5.825%) SAP
17 12 (5.825%) Automation Testing
18 11 (5.340%) HP Quality Center
18 11 (5.340%) C#
18 11 (5.340%) .NET
18 11 (5.340%) ERP
18 11 (5.340%) Windows XP

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 11 (5.340%) .NET
2 10 (4.854%) XML
2 10 (4.854%) WCF
3 9 (4.369%) CSS
3 9 (4.369%) Ajax
4 7 (3.398%) NHibernate
4 7 (3.398%) Dojo
4 7 (3.398%) KnockoutJS
5 6 (2.913%) JDBC
5 6 (2.913%) JMS
6 5 (2.427%) JSP
6 5 (2.427%) Servlets
6 5 (2.427%) Struts
6 5 (2.427%) J2EE
6 5 (2.427%) DHTML
6 5 (2.427%) Spring
7 4 (1.942%) Hibernate
7 4 (1.942%) SOAP
7 4 (1.942%) JSON
7 4 (1.942%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 5 (2.427%) MS Exchange
1 5 (2.427%) NetWeaver
1 5 (2.427%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (1.942%) IIS
2 4 (1.942%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (1.456%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (1.456%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (1.456%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.456%) FileNet
4 2 (0.971%) Documentum
4 2 (0.971%) ESB
5 1 (0.485%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.485%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.485%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.485%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 27 (13.11%) MS Office
2 23 (11.17%) MS Excel
3 20 (9.709%) MS Project
4 11 (5.340%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.456%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.427%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.456%) AWD
2 3 (1.456%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.971%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.971%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.485%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.485%) BASE24
4 1 (0.485%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.485%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.485%) FileNet Content Manager
4 1 (0.485%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.913%) HTTP
2 5 (2.427%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.942%) ATM
4 2 (0.971%) SAN
4 2 (0.971%) NAS
5 1 (0.485%) Internet
5 1 (0.485%) SMS
5 1 (0.485%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.427%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.456%) SAP Data Services
2 3 (1.456%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.456%) SAP BI
2 3 (1.456%) SAP BW
2 3 (1.456%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.971%) PowerCenter
3 2 (0.971%) DB2
3 2 (0.971%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 2 (0.971%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.485%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.485%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.485%) TOAD
4 1 (0.485%) OLTP
4 1 (0.485%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 18 (8.738%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (1.456%) Selenium
3 2 (0.971%) WebDriver
3 2 (0.971%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.485%) Ant
4 1 (0.485%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.485%) MSI
4 1 (0.485%) AdminStudio
4 1 (0.485%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.485%) Maven
General
1 36 (17.48%) Banking
2 28 (13.59%) Retail
3 16 (7.767%) Retail Banking
4 11 (5.340%) Financial Institution
5 10 (4.854%) Automotive
6 9 (4.369%) Spanish Language
7 6 (2.913%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.971%) Back Office
9 1 (0.485%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (34.95%) Analyst
2 31 (15.05%) Developer
3 27 (13.11%) Project Manager
4 19 (9.223%) Business Analyst
5 16 (7.767%) Administrator
6 13 (6.311%) Test Analyst
7 12 (5.825%) Project Officer
7 12 (5.825%) Project Support Officer
7 12 (5.825%) Support Analyst
7 12 (5.825%) Consultant
8 11 (5.340%) Service Analyst
8 11 (5.340%) Project Analyst
8 11 (5.340%) Service Desk Analyst
9 8 (3.883%) JavaScript Developer
10 7 (3.398%) C# Developer
11 6 (2.913%) Programmer
11 6 (2.913%) .NET Developer
11 6 (2.913%) Tester
11 6 (2.913%) C# Programmer
11 6 (2.913%) Agile C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.252%) EPoS
2 7 (3.398%) Statistics
3 4 (1.942%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.942%) Clustering
3 4 (1.942%) PMI
3 4 (1.942%) N-Tier
3 4 (1.942%) Open Source
4 3 (1.456%) Credit Risk
5 2 (0.971%) Replication
6 1 (0.485%) SWIFT
6 1 (0.485%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.485%) PDA
6 1 (0.485%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.485%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.485%) EMV
6 1 (0.485%) NHS
6 1 (0.485%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.17%) Windows
2 11 (5.340%) Windows XP
3 7 (3.398%) Windows 7
4 6 (2.913%) UNIX
5 5 (2.427%) Windows 2000 Server
5 5 (2.427%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (1.942%) Windows NT
6 4 (1.942%) AIX
6 4 (1.942%) Linux
6 4 (1.942%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.971%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.485%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.485%) Solaris
8 1 (0.485%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (14.08%) PRINCE2
2 27 (13.11%) Project Management
3 22 (10.68%) ITIL
4 14 (6.796%) OO
5 13 (6.311%) Business Analysis
6 12 (5.825%) Automation Testing
7 11 (5.340%) ERP
8 10 (4.854%) Agile Software Development
8 10 (4.854%) Service Delivery
8 10 (4.854%) MVC
8 10 (4.854%) Project Planning
9 9 (4.369%) CRM
9 9 (4.369%) Scrum
10 7 (3.398%) Use Case
10 7 (3.398%) Financial Modelling
10 7 (3.398%) Asset Management
10 7 (3.398%) Change Management
11 6 (2.913%) Logistics
11 6 (2.913%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (2.427%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.223%) SQL
2 16 (7.767%) JavaScript
3 11 (5.340%) C#
4 8 (3.883%) Java
5 3 (1.456%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.971%) ABAP
7 1 (0.485%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.485%) VBScript
7 1 (0.485%) C
7 1 (0.485%) C++
7 1 (0.485%) COBOL
7 1 (0.485%) JCL
Qualifications
1 26 (12.62%) Security Cleared
2 24 (11.65%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.282%) DV Cleared
4 7 (3.398%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.913%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (1.942%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.942%) Degree
7 3 (1.456%) SAP Certification
8 2 (0.971%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.971%) PMP
8 2 (0.971%) MCSE
9 1 (0.485%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.485%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.485%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.427%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 5 (2.427%) SLA
2 3 (1.456%) QA
3 1 (0.485%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 18 (8.738%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.398%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.942%) VMware ESX
3 4 (1.942%) Terminal Services
3 4 (1.942%) ISA Server
3 4 (1.942%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.971%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.485%) XenApp
5 1 (0.485%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.485%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 11 (5.340%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (2.427%) SCOM
3 4 (1.942%) BladeLogic
4 2 (0.971%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.485%) Control-M
5 1 (0.485%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 18 (8.738%) Oracle
2 15 (7.282%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.282%) Citrix
3 12 (5.825%) SAP
4 9 (4.369%) Remedy
5 7 (3.398%) VMware
6 4 (1.942%) IBM
7 3 (1.456%) Business Objects
7 3 (1.456%) Lotus
7 3 (1.456%) HP
7 3 (1.456%) Intel
7 3 (1.456%) Kofax
8 2 (0.971%) Informatica
8 2 (0.971%) Sybase
9 1 (0.485%) VocaLink
9 1 (0.485%) JBoss
9 1 (0.485%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.485%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.485%) CA
9 1 (0.485%) NetApp
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Creation and maintenance of schedule of additional revenue opportunities for Service Delivery work stream, liaison between work stream and invoicing team... *Ability to work well without detailed supervision,...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Austin Fraser Digital are currently working with a global financial organisation that are looking for a JavaScript Developer to work on a 6 month greenfield project. The successful...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day + Market Rates
Posted: 17 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Accountabilities: * Planning: collating work stream plans and producing various progress reports * Training: arranging appropriate training for Route and corporate training needs * Finance: obtaining information from various systems and...
JM
Rate: £100 - £130 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Location: Milton Keynes Duration: 6 months Key Skills: CIPS, Commercial Manager, Procurement, Line Management We have an urgent requirement for a Head of Commercial within an NHS client...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013