The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Newbury 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 Newbury 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 7 7 5
Rank change year-on-year
0 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 11 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newbury 9.565% 10.43% 10.20%
As % of the General category 15.49% 18.46% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
Average daily rate £400 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
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 £19.02 £18.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -6.25%
All of the General Category
Newbury
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
71 65 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newbury 61.74% 56.52% 59.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 28 11
Average daily rate £320 £244 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.28% -26.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £110 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
Average hourly rate £72.50 - £15.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Finance
Berkshire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury 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 Newbury region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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 9 (64.29%) Telecoms
2 6 (42.86%) Billing
2 6 (42.86%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 3 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) Six Sigma
5 2 (14.29%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 2 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
5 2 (14.29%) CRM
5 2 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (7.143%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (7.143%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.143%) MS Project
6 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
6 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
6 1 (7.143%) PRINCE
6 1 (7.143%) Lean Six Sigma
6 1 (7.143%) Music
6 1 (7.143%) Degree
6 1 (7.143%) Automotive
6 1 (7.143%) DMAIC
6 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.143%) Process Improvement
6 1 (7.143%) Mobile App

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.143%) MS Project
2 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (64.29%) Telecoms
2 6 (42.86%) Billing
3 1 (7.143%) Music
3 1 (7.143%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Coordinator
2 4 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Change Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Change Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Change Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Business Change Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Business Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Business Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Business Change Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Business Manager
4 2 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Process Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Project Leader
5 1 (7.143%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Financial Business Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Business Process Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Project Management
2 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (21.43%) Six Sigma
4 2 (14.29%) CRM
5 1 (7.143%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (7.143%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.143%) PRINCE
5 1 (7.143%) Lean Six Sigma
5 1 (7.143%) DMAIC
5 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.143%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft