The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 North East 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 7 7
Rank change year-on-year
+4 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 44 56 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 16.24% 11.48% 13.67%
As % of the General category 74.58% 47.06% 54.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 40 34
Average daily rate £405 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.71% +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £476 £561
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £17.50
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
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
59 119 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 21.77% 24.39% 25.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 68 48
Average daily rate £425 £350 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £263 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £528 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 4
Average hourly rate £11.00 £22.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-51.11% +28.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Finance
England

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and Wear +5 31 £418 +21.45%
Durham -3 2 £375 -9.09%
Finance
England

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 21 (28.00%) PRINCE2
2 18 (24.00%) Banking
3 15 (20.00%) Project Management
4 13 (17.33%) RDF
4 13 (17.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 12 (16.00%) Oracle
6 11 (14.67%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (14.67%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (13.33%) Retail
7 10 (13.33%) Retail Banking
7 10 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (12.00%) Migration
8 9 (12.00%) SQL
9 8 (10.67%) SQL Server
9 8 (10.67%) Project Planning
9 8 (10.67%) Data Migration
10 7 (9.333%) Change Management
10 7 (9.333%) Data Management
11 6 (8.000%) Business Analysis
12 5 (6.667%) Microsoft
12 5 (6.667%) .NET
12 5 (6.667%) Manufacturing
13 4 (5.333%) Oracle EBS
13 4 (5.333%) Degree
13 4 (5.333%) MS Office
13 4 (5.333%) SAP
13 4 (5.333%) PL/SQL
13 4 (5.333%) MS Excel
13 4 (5.333%) UNIX
13 4 (5.333%) Oracle BI EE

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 5 (6.667%) .NET
2 2 (2.667%) ASP
3 1 (1.333%) EDI
3 1 (1.333%) COM
3 1 (1.333%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.333%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (5.333%) MS Office
1 4 (5.333%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.000%) MS Project
3 1 (1.333%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.333%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (4.000%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (4.000%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (2.667%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (2.667%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (1.333%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.333%) CODA-Financials
4 1 (1.333%) assyst
4 1 (1.333%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.333%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.333%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (14.67%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (10.67%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.333%) Oracle BI EE
4 3 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (4.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (4.000%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (4.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (4.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (4.000%) Essbase
5 2 (2.667%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (2.667%) TOAD
6 1 (1.333%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (1.333%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (1.333%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.333%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.333%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 2 (2.667%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (2.667%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (1.333%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (24.00%) Banking
2 10 (13.33%) Retail
2 10 (13.33%) Retail Banking
3 5 (6.667%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.333%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.333%) General Ledger
4 1 (1.333%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.333%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.333%) Automotive
4 1 (1.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 27 (36.00%) Project Manager
2 17 (22.67%) Consultant
3 14 (18.67%) Analyst
4 8 (10.67%) Business Analyst
4 8 (10.67%) Senior Manager
4 8 (10.67%) Senior Project Manager
5 7 (9.333%) IT Project Manager
6 6 (8.000%) Oracle Consultant
6 6 (8.000%) Programme Manager
7 5 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Consultant
8 4 (5.333%) Test Analyst
8 4 (5.333%) Senior IT Project Manager
9 3 (4.000%) OBIEE Consultant
9 3 (4.000%) Developer
9 3 (4.000%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 3 (4.000%) Functional Consultant
10 2 (2.667%) Change Manager
10 2 (2.667%) Business Change Manager
10 2 (2.667%) Infrastructure Manager
10 2 (2.667%) Delivery Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.000%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.333%) Data Extraction
2 1 (1.333%) Social Media
2 1 (1.333%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.333%) UNIX
2 2 (2.667%) Linux
3 1 (1.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.333%) Windows
3 1 (1.333%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (28.00%) PRINCE2
2 15 (20.00%) Project Management
3 13 (17.33%) RDF
4 11 (14.67%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (12.00%) Migration
7 8 (10.67%) Project Planning
7 8 (10.67%) Data Migration
8 7 (9.333%) Change Management
8 7 (9.333%) Data Management
9 6 (8.000%) Business Analysis
10 4 (5.333%) Waterfall
11 3 (4.000%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (4.000%) Analytics
11 3 (4.000%) Data Validation
11 3 (4.000%) Data Mapping
11 3 (4.000%) DRM
11 3 (4.000%) Data Modelling
11 3 (4.000%) Validation
12 2 (2.667%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.00%) SQL
2 4 (5.333%) PL/SQL
3 3 (4.000%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.333%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (17.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (5.333%) Degree
3 2 (2.667%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.667%) ISEB
4 1 (1.333%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.667%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.333%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (16.00%) Oracle
2 5 (6.667%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.333%) SAP
4 3 (4.000%) Hyperion
5 2 (2.667%) Siebel
6 1 (1.333%) TSYS
6 1 (1.333%) Informatica
6 1 (1.333%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.333%) CODA
6 1 (1.333%) Sage
6 1 (1.333%) Citrix
6 1 (1.333%) HP
6 1 (1.333%) IBM
6 1 (1.333%) JBoss
6 1 (1.333%) Business Objects
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