The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Newport 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 Newport 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 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 16 29 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newport 30.77% 35.80% 32.20%
As % of the General category 69.57% 70.73% 86.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 6
Average daily rate £410 £378 £286
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.60% +31.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £148 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £512 £339
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
Newport
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
23 41 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newport 44.23% 50.62% 37.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 7
Average daily rate £410 £385 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.49% +35.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £280 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £513 £329
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 £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
South Wales

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport 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 Newport region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newport 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 (39.13%) Security Cleared
2 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
2 7 (30.43%) Project Management
2 7 (30.43%) PRINCE2
2 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 4 (17.39%) Change Management
4 4 (17.39%) E-Commerce
4 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
4 4 (17.39%) Banking
4 4 (17.39%) Retail
4 4 (17.39%) Retail Banking
4 4 (17.39%) Project Planning
4 4 (17.39%) Change Control
5 3 (13.04%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (13.04%) General Ledger
5 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) Workflow
5 3 (13.04%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (13.04%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (13.04%) Oracle 11i
5 3 (13.04%) PL/SQL
5 3 (13.04%) SQL
5 3 (13.04%) Oracle
5 3 (13.04%) MS Project
5 3 (13.04%) SAP
5 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
6 2 (8.696%) BPR
6 2 (8.696%) XML

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newport 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 (8.696%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (4.348%) SAS
2 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Spreadsheet
1 3 (13.04%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (4.348%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (4.348%) SAP CO
2 1 (4.348%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.348%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (17.39%) Banking
1 4 (17.39%) Retail
1 4 (17.39%) Retail Banking
2 3 (13.04%) General Ledger
3 2 (8.696%) Legal
4 1 (4.348%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Project Manager
2 3 (13.04%) Administrator
2 3 (13.04%) Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Chief Technology Officer
3 2 (8.696%) Business Manager
4 1 (4.348%) SAS Project Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Professional Services Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Lead Technical Architect
4 1 (4.348%) Lead Architect
4 1 (4.348%) Financial Services Business Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Service Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Change Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (4.348%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (4.348%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) SAP FI Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Project Management
1 7 (30.43%) PRINCE2
1 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (17.39%) Change Management
2 4 (17.39%) E-Commerce
2 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
2 4 (17.39%) Project Planning
2 4 (17.39%) Change Control
3 3 (13.04%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
3 3 (13.04%) Workflow
4 2 (8.696%) BPR
4 2 (8.696%) Information Management
4 2 (8.696%) Strategic Management
4 2 (8.696%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.348%) SAP Implementation
5 1 (4.348%) RUP
5 1 (4.348%) DSDM
5 1 (4.348%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) PL/SQL
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 2 (8.696%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) Security Cleared
2 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (8.696%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle
1 3 (13.04%) SAP
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft