The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 22 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 2 6 7
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 25 38 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 16.67% 14.29% 12.63%
As % of the General category 86.21% 67.86% 52.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 27 12
Average daily rate £400 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £444 £541
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 £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All of the General Category
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
29 56 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 19.33% 21.05% 24.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 34 20
Average daily rate £400 £375 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £250 £151
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
Tyne and Wear

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 16 (35.56%) PRINCE2
2 13 (28.89%) RDF
3 12 (26.67%) Banking
4 10 (22.22%) Oracle
4 10 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 8 (17.78%) Project Management
5 8 (17.78%) Migration
5 8 (17.78%) SQL
5 8 (17.78%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (15.56%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (15.56%) Data Management
6 7 (15.56%) Data Migration
7 6 (13.33%) Retail
7 6 (13.33%) Retail Banking
8 5 (11.11%) SQL Server
9 4 (8.889%) PL/SQL
9 4 (8.889%) UNIX
9 4 (8.889%) Microsoft
9 4 (8.889%) Change Management
9 4 (8.889%) Waterfall
10 3 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
10 3 (6.667%) Data Validation
10 3 (6.667%) Data Mapping
10 3 (6.667%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (6.667%) Project Planning
10 3 (6.667%) Mathematics
10 3 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 3 (6.667%) .NET
2 2 (4.444%) ASP
3 1 (2.222%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.222%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (6.667%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.222%) MS Project
2 1 (2.222%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.667%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (6.667%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (4.444%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (4.444%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (2.222%) assyst
3 1 (2.222%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.78%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 3 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (6.667%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (6.667%) Essbase
4 2 (4.444%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (4.444%) TOAD
5 1 (2.222%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (2.222%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (2.222%) Data Mining
5 1 (2.222%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 2 (4.444%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (4.444%) Oracle APEX
General
1 12 (26.67%) Banking
2 6 (13.33%) Retail
2 6 (13.33%) Retail Banking
3 2 (4.444%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.222%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (37.78%) Project Manager
2 8 (17.78%) Consultant
3 6 (13.33%) IT Project Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Analyst
5 4 (8.889%) Test Analyst
5 4 (8.889%) Programme Manager
5 4 (8.889%) Senior Manager
5 4 (8.889%) Oracle Consultant
5 4 (8.889%) Senior Project Manager
5 4 (8.889%) Senior IT Project Manager
6 3 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 2 (4.444%) Graduate
7 2 (4.444%) Delivery Project Manager
7 2 (4.444%) Developer
7 2 (4.444%) Functional Consultant
7 2 (4.444%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (4.444%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 2 (4.444%) OBIEE Consultant
8 1 (2.222%) Change Project Manager
8 1 (2.222%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.667%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.222%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.889%) UNIX
2 2 (4.444%) Linux
3 1 (2.222%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.222%) Windows
3 1 (2.222%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) PRINCE2
2 13 (28.89%) RDF
3 8 (17.78%) Project Management
3 8 (17.78%) Migration
4 7 (15.56%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (15.56%) Data Management
4 7 (15.56%) Data Migration
5 4 (8.889%) Change Management
5 4 (8.889%) Waterfall
6 3 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (6.667%) Data Validation
6 3 (6.667%) Data Mapping
6 3 (6.667%) Project Planning
6 3 (6.667%) Validation
6 3 (6.667%) DRM
6 3 (6.667%) Data Modelling
7 2 (4.444%) Regression Testing
7 2 (4.444%) Business Analysis
7 2 (4.444%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.78%) SQL
2 4 (8.889%) PL/SQL
3 3 (6.667%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.222%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (4.444%) ISEB
2 2 (4.444%) Degree
3 1 (2.222%) PMP
3 1 (2.222%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.222%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.222%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.222%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (22.22%) Oracle
2 4 (8.889%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.667%) Hyperion
4 2 (4.444%) SAP
5 1 (2.222%) Citrix
5 1 (2.222%) Informatica
5 1 (2.222%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.222%) HP
5 1 (2.222%) IBM
5 1 (2.222%) Siebel
5 1 (2.222%) JBoss
5 1 (2.222%) Business Objects
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