The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 100 205 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 40.49% 48.81% 47.78%
As % of the General category 77.52% 83.00% 83.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 155 97
Average daily rate £425 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £261 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £573 £500 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All of the General Category
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
129 247 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 52.23% 58.81% 57.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 179 111
Average daily rate £425 £400 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +3.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £271 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £900 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £16.31
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -8.04%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
East Midlands

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Northampton -1 57 £425 +6.25%
Kettering - 2 £421 -
Finance
East Midlands

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 70 (38.67%) Banking
2 42 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (17.68%) Project Management
4 26 (14.36%) Change Management
5 23 (12.71%) Business Analysis
6 21 (11.60%) MS Visio
7 18 (9.945%) Retail
8 17 (9.392%) Microsoft
8 17 (9.392%) PRINCE2
9 16 (8.840%) BPR
10 15 (8.287%) Windows
10 15 (8.287%) UML
11 14 (7.735%) GAP Analysis
11 14 (7.735%) Requirements Analysis
11 14 (7.735%) Retail Banking
11 14 (7.735%) Business Transformation
12 12 (6.630%) MS Excel
13 11 (6.077%) SQL
13 11 (6.077%) Six Sigma
13 11 (6.077%) Migration
13 11 (6.077%) Legal
14 10 (5.525%) .NET
14 10 (5.525%) MS PowerPoint
15 9 (4.972%) MS Office
15 9 (4.972%) SharePoint
15 9 (4.972%) DSDM
15 9 (4.972%) SSADM
16 8 (4.420%) Risk Management
16 8 (4.420%) ITIL
16 8 (4.420%) Lean Six Sigma

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 10 (5.525%) .NET
2 1 (0.552%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.552%) WCF
2 1 (0.552%) Velocity
2 1 (0.552%) SOAP
2 1 (0.552%) Web Services
2 1 (0.552%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 9 (4.972%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.867%) IIS
3 2 (1.105%) SAS
4 1 (0.552%) Apache
4 1 (0.552%) MSMQ
Applications
1 21 (11.60%) MS Visio
2 12 (6.630%) MS Excel
3 10 (5.525%) MS PowerPoint
4 9 (4.972%) MS Office
5 7 (3.867%) MS Project
6 1 (0.552%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.105%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.552%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (0.552%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.552%) Agresso
2 1 (0.552%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.552%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.552%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.105%) ATM
1 2 (1.105%) NFC
2 1 (0.552%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (0.552%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (0.552%) HTTP
2 1 (0.552%) SAN
2 1 (0.552%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.210%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.552%) Base SAS
2 1 (0.552%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (0.552%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.552%) NUnit
1 1 (0.552%) MSTest
General
1 70 (38.67%) Banking
2 18 (9.945%) Retail
3 14 (7.735%) Retail Banking
4 11 (6.077%) Legal
5 5 (2.762%) Marketing
5 5 (2.762%) Back Office
6 2 (1.105%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.105%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (47.51%) Analyst
2 57 (31.49%) Business Analyst
3 27 (14.92%) Project Manager
4 13 (7.182%) Senior Analyst
5 12 (6.630%) Senior Manager
6 9 (4.972%) Senior Business Analyst
6 9 (4.972%) Architect
7 8 (4.420%) Systems Analyst
7 8 (4.420%) Change Manager
7 8 (4.420%) Financial Analyst
8 7 (3.867%) Digital Project Manager
8 7 (3.867%) Business Systems Analyst
9 6 (3.315%) Consultant
9 6 (3.315%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.315%) Process Analyst
9 6 (3.315%) Senior Project Manager
10 5 (2.762%) Test Analyst
11 4 (2.210%) Developer
11 4 (2.210%) Head of Operations
11 4 (2.210%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.315%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.210%) Credit Risk
3 3 (1.657%) SWIFT
3 3 (1.657%) PMI
4 2 (1.105%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.105%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.105%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (0.552%) Open Source
5 1 (0.552%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.552%) IaaS
5 1 (0.552%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.552%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.552%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.552%) EMV
5 1 (0.552%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.552%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.287%) Windows
2 5 (2.762%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.552%) Linux
3 1 (0.552%) UNIX
3 1 (0.552%) Windows XP
3 1 (0.552%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
2 32 (17.68%) Project Management
3 26 (14.36%) Change Management
4 23 (12.71%) Business Analysis
5 17 (9.392%) PRINCE2
6 16 (8.840%) BPR
7 15 (8.287%) UML
8 14 (7.735%) GAP Analysis
8 14 (7.735%) Requirements Analysis
8 14 (7.735%) Business Transformation
9 11 (6.077%) Six Sigma
9 11 (6.077%) Migration
10 9 (4.972%) DSDM
10 9 (4.972%) SSADM
11 8 (4.420%) Risk Management
11 8 (4.420%) ITIL
11 8 (4.420%) Lean Six Sigma
12 7 (3.867%) Use Case
12 7 (3.867%) User Acceptance Testing
13 6 (3.315%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.077%) SQL
2 2 (1.105%) Java
2 2 (1.105%) VBA
2 2 (1.105%) C#
3 1 (0.552%) VB6
3 1 (0.552%) C++
3 1 (0.552%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (1.657%) PMI Certification
1 3 (1.657%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (1.105%) ISEB
3 1 (0.552%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.552%) CIPD
3 1 (0.552%) Degree
3 1 (0.552%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (0.552%) CCNA
3 1 (0.552%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (0.552%) MBA
3 1 (0.552%) CIMA
3 1 (0.552%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.867%) QA
2 6 (3.315%) SLA
3 2 (1.105%) Basel II
3 2 (1.105%) Basel III
3 2 (1.105%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.552%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 4 (2.210%) Microsoft App-V
1 4 (2.210%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.210%) XenApp
2 1 (0.552%) Xen
2 1 (0.552%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.552%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 2 (1.105%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.552%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.552%) Control-M
Vendors
1 17 (9.392%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.762%) Citrix
3 3 (1.657%) Oracle
3 3 (1.657%) HP
4 2 (1.105%) Business Objects
4 2 (1.105%) SAP
4 2 (1.105%) IT2
5 1 (0.552%) Cisco
5 1 (0.552%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.552%) Juniper
5 1 (0.552%) NetApp
5 1 (0.552%) VMware
5 1 (0.552%) BancTec
5 1 (0.552%) Avaya
5 1 (0.552%) Remedy
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