The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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 8 2 4
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +2
Contract jobs citing Finance 34 51 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 13.82% 25.50% 15.83%
As % of the General category 50.75% 65.38% 44.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 25 36
Average daily rate £325 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £254 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £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
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
67 78 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 27.24% 39.00% 35.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 34 66
Average daily rate £325 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £257 £124
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
UK

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim -6 28 £325 -13.33%
Finance
UK

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 22 (33.33%) SQL
2 17 (25.76%) Banking
3 10 (15.15%) Oracle
4 9 (13.64%) SQL Server
4 9 (13.64%) Java
5 8 (12.12%) UNIX
5 8 (12.12%) Shell Script
5 8 (12.12%) Project Management
6 7 (10.61%) HP
6 7 (10.61%) CSS
6 7 (10.61%) JavaScript
6 7 (10.61%) .NET
6 7 (10.61%) Financial Institution
7 6 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (9.091%) Oracle RMAN
7 6 (9.091%) General Ledger
7 6 (9.091%) Perl
7 6 (9.091%) Oracle 10g
7 6 (9.091%) Oracle 11i
7 6 (9.091%) E-Commerce
7 6 (9.091%) Degree
7 6 (9.091%) Oracle APEX
7 6 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (9.091%) Data Guard
8 5 (7.576%) HTML5
8 5 (7.576%) JDE World
8 5 (7.576%) CSS3
8 5 (7.576%) Dojo
8 5 (7.576%) WebSphere
8 5 (7.576%) SQL Server Integration Services

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 7 (10.61%) CSS
1 7 (10.61%) .NET
2 5 (7.576%) HTML5
2 5 (7.576%) CSS3
2 5 (7.576%) Dojo
2 5 (7.576%) WebSphere
2 5 (7.576%) WPF
2 5 (7.576%) Java EE
2 5 (7.576%) jQuery
2 5 (7.576%) HTML
3 3 (4.545%) WF
3 3 (4.545%) WCF
4 2 (3.030%) WinForms
4 2 (3.030%) Ajax
4 2 (3.030%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.030%) STL
4 2 (3.030%) Web Services
4 2 (3.030%) JSON
4 2 (3.030%) LINQ
5 1 (1.515%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.576%) WebLogic
2 3 (4.545%) Progress Apama
2 3 (4.545%) StreamWeaver
3 2 (3.030%) Apache
3 2 (3.030%) MS Exchange
4 1 (1.515%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.515%) Lync
4 1 (1.515%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.515%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (3.030%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.515%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.515%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.515%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (9.091%) Oracle 11i
2 5 (7.576%) JDE World
3 4 (6.061%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (4.545%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.030%) SSH
1 2 (3.030%) SAN
1 2 (3.030%) FTP
2 1 (1.515%) SMTP
2 1 (1.515%) HTTP
2 1 (1.515%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.515%) DNS
2 1 (1.515%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.515%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.091%) Oracle 10g
2 6 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (7.576%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (6.061%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.030%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (3.030%) OLAP
5 2 (3.030%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.030%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.515%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
6 1 (1.515%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.515%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (1.515%) QlikView
6 1 (1.515%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (9.091%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (3.030%) Subversion
3 1 (1.515%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.515%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (25.76%) Banking
2 7 (10.61%) Financial Institution
3 6 (9.091%) General Ledger
4 4 (6.061%) Retail
5 2 (3.030%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.030%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.515%) Billing
6 1 (1.515%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.515%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (39.39%) Developer
2 12 (18.18%) Analyst
3 9 (13.64%) Consultant
4 6 (9.091%) DBA
4 6 (9.091%) Oracle DBA
5 5 (7.576%) JDE Consultant
5 5 (7.576%) JavaScript Developer
5 5 (7.576%) Project Manager
5 5 (7.576%) Business Analyst
6 4 (6.061%) Senior Business Analyst
6 4 (6.061%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (6.061%) Sybase Developer
7 3 (4.545%) Market Analyst
7 3 (4.545%) Oracle Applications DBA
7 3 (4.545%) Data Analyst
7 3 (4.545%) .NET Developer
7 3 (4.545%) Technical Consultant
8 2 (3.030%) C++ Developer
8 2 (3.030%) Java Developer
8 2 (3.030%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.576%) Derivative
1 5 (7.576%) Credit Risk
1 5 (7.576%) Equities
1 5 (7.576%) Fixed Income
2 2 (3.030%) Data Conversion
3 1 (1.515%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.515%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.515%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.12%) UNIX
2 2 (3.030%) Linux
3 1 (1.515%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (12.12%) Project Management
2 6 (9.091%) E-Commerce
3 4 (6.061%) Workflow
3 4 (6.061%) PRINCE2
4 3 (4.545%) System Testing
4 3 (4.545%) TDD
4 3 (4.545%) Data Management
4 3 (4.545%) Document Management
4 3 (4.545%) Migration
4 3 (4.545%) Configuration Management
5 2 (3.030%) Change Management
5 2 (3.030%) Information Security
5 2 (3.030%) OO
5 2 (3.030%) Benchmarking
5 2 (3.030%) Data Modelling
5 2 (3.030%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (3.030%) Electronic Trading
5 2 (3.030%) SIEM
5 2 (3.030%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (3.030%) Demand Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (33.33%) SQL
2 9 (13.64%) Java
3 8 (12.12%) Shell Script
4 7 (10.61%) JavaScript
5 6 (9.091%) Perl
6 5 (7.576%) C#
6 5 (7.576%) PL/SQL
6 5 (7.576%) T-SQL
7 3 (4.545%) C++
8 2 (3.030%) Bash shell
8 2 (3.030%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.515%) Groovy
9 1 (1.515%) Python
9 1 (1.515%) VBA
9 1 (1.515%) PHP
9 1 (1.515%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (9.091%) Degree
2 4 (6.061%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.515%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.515%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.515%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.515%) QA
System Software
1 6 (9.091%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (3.030%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.030%) Xen
2 2 (3.030%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 2 (3.030%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.030%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.515%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 6 (9.091%) Data Guard
2 5 (7.576%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (1.515%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (15.15%) Oracle
2 7 (10.61%) HP
3 5 (7.576%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.576%) JD Edwards
3 5 (7.576%) Sybase
4 2 (3.030%) VMware
4 2 (3.030%) CommVault
4 2 (3.030%) NetApp
4 2 (3.030%) Dell
4 2 (3.030%) Citrix
4 2 (3.030%) Symantec
4 2 (3.030%) ArcSight
5 1 (1.515%) Q1 Labs
5 1 (1.515%) LogLogic
5 1 (1.515%) Reuters
5 1 (1.515%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.515%) SAP