The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 24 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 Oxfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 6 7 27
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +20
Contract jobs citing Finance 61 81 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 13.38% 13.09% 4.536%
As % of the General category 44.85% 51.59% 22.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 48 11
Average daily rate £400 £450 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +38.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £350 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £595 £566 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-7.50% -9.09%
All of the General Category
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
136 157 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 29.82% 25.36% 20.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 80 56
Average daily rate £400 £438 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +34.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 £300 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £534 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 24 5
Average hourly rate £24.50 £20.63 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.78% +5.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.12 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £32.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Finance
South East

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxfordshire Finance Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Oxford -4 26 £400 -11.11%
Banbury - 12 £415 -
Abingdon +4 2 - -
Henley-on-Thames -3 1 £625 +108.33%
Bicester - 1 £325 -
Finance
South East

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 28 (25.45%) Oracle
2 25 (22.73%) Project Management
2 25 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (20.00%) Change Management
3 22 (20.00%) Migration
4 20 (18.18%) Oracle EBS R12
5 17 (15.45%) Business Transformation
5 17 (15.45%) Banking
6 16 (14.55%) SAP
7 15 (13.64%) PRINCE2
7 15 (13.64%) Oracle EBS
8 13 (11.82%) Windows
9 12 (10.91%) Business Analysis
10 11 (10.00%) ITIL
10 11 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (10.00%) Informatica
10 11 (10.00%) PRINCE
11 10 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 10 (9.091%) SQL
11 10 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (8.182%) Retail
12 9 (8.182%) Retail Banking
12 9 (8.182%) Documentum
12 9 (8.182%) Manufacturing
13 8 (7.273%) Telecoms
13 8 (7.273%) Programme Management
13 8 (7.273%) Oracle 11i
14 7 (6.364%) C#
14 7 (6.364%) SharePoint
14 7 (6.364%) Citrix

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 4 (3.636%) jQuery
1 4 (3.636%) CSS
1 4 (3.636%) HTML
2 3 (2.727%) XML
2 3 (2.727%) Java EE
3 2 (1.818%) Ajax
3 2 (1.818%) Spring
3 2 (1.818%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.818%) Struts2
3 2 (1.818%) CSS3
3 2 (1.818%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (1.818%) Hibernate
3 2 (1.818%) XHTML
3 2 (1.818%) JAXB
3 2 (1.818%) JSP
3 2 (1.818%) Struts
3 2 (1.818%) Web Services
3 2 (1.818%) EJB
3 2 (1.818%) .NET
3 2 (1.818%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 9 (8.182%) Documentum
2 7 (6.364%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.636%) CMS
4 3 (2.727%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (1.818%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.909%) Apache
6 1 (0.909%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.909%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.909%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.909%) Lync
6 1 (0.909%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (2.727%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.818%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.818%) MS Project
3 1 (0.909%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 20 (18.18%) Oracle EBS R12
2 15 (13.64%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (7.273%) Oracle 11i
4 7 (6.364%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 5 (4.545%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (1.818%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (1.818%) SAP BPC
6 2 (1.818%) SAP CRM
6 2 (1.818%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.727%) NAS
2 1 (0.909%) Internet
2 1 (0.909%) VoIP
2 1 (0.909%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.455%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.545%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (2.727%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (2.727%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (1.818%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.818%) MySQL
5 1 (0.909%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.909%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.909%) SAP BI
5 1 (0.909%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.909%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.909%) JasperReports
Development Applications
1 5 (4.545%) Visual Studio
1 5 (4.545%) Team Foundation Server
1 5 (4.545%) MSBuild
General
1 17 (15.45%) Banking
2 9 (8.182%) Retail
2 9 (8.182%) Retail Banking
2 9 (8.182%) Manufacturing
3 8 (7.273%) Telecoms
4 7 (6.364%) Electronics
4 7 (6.364%) Marketing
5 3 (2.727%) Investment Banking
5 3 (2.727%) Local Government
6 2 (1.818%) Publishing
6 2 (1.818%) Back Office
7 1 (0.909%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (23.64%) Analyst
2 23 (20.91%) Project Manager
3 18 (16.36%) Developer
4 15 (13.64%) Business Analyst
5 12 (10.91%) Consultant
6 6 (5.455%) Designer
7 5 (4.545%) Architect
7 5 (4.545%) Solutions Designer
7 5 (4.545%) Service Manager
8 4 (3.636%) Transition Manager
9 3 (2.727%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (2.727%) Oracle Consultant
9 3 (2.727%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.727%) Programmer
9 3 (2.727%) Infrastructure Manager
10 2 (1.818%) Senior Analyst Developer
10 2 (1.818%) Analyst Developer
10 2 (1.818%) Senior Analyst Programmer
10 2 (1.818%) Oracle Financials Consultant
10 2 (1.818%) Senior Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.364%) DTV
2 3 (2.727%) Data Conversion
3 1 (0.909%) Fixed Income
3 1 (0.909%) Mainframe
3 1 (0.909%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.909%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.82%) Windows
2 4 (3.636%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (2.727%) Solaris
3 3 (2.727%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.818%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.818%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (1.818%) Linux
4 2 (1.818%) UNIX
5 1 (0.909%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.909%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.909%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (22.73%) Project Management
1 25 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 22 (20.00%) Change Management
2 22 (20.00%) Migration
3 17 (15.45%) Business Transformation
4 15 (13.64%) PRINCE2
5 12 (10.91%) Business Analysis
6 11 (10.00%) ITIL
6 11 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (10.00%) PRINCE
7 10 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (7.273%) Programme Management
9 7 (6.364%) Digital Marketing
9 7 (6.364%) Integration Testing
10 6 (5.455%) Risk Management
10 6 (5.455%) Service Management
11 5 (4.545%) CRM
11 5 (4.545%) BPR
11 5 (4.545%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (4.545%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.091%) SQL
2 7 (6.364%) C#
3 4 (3.636%) Java
3 4 (3.636%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.818%) C
4 2 (1.818%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.818%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 6 (5.455%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (4.545%) ISEB
3 5 (4.545%) Degree
4 3 (2.727%) MOS
5 2 (1.818%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.909%) MCSE
6 1 (0.909%) CCIE
6 1 (0.909%) CCA
6 1 (0.909%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (0.909%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.909%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.909%) APMP
6 1 (0.909%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.909%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.909%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.455%) QA
2 4 (3.636%) COBIT
3 3 (2.727%) SLA
4 2 (1.818%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.818%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.818%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.909%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.727%) SCCM
2 2 (1.818%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (25.45%) Oracle
2 16 (14.55%) SAP
3 11 (10.00%) Informatica
4 7 (6.364%) Citrix
5 4 (3.636%) Microsoft
6 3 (2.727%) Business Objects
6 3 (2.727%) Hyperion
7 2 (1.818%) VMware
7 2 (1.818%) Cognos
7 2 (1.818%) Sage
8 1 (0.909%) Siebel
8 1 (0.909%) ATG
8 1 (0.909%) Charles River
Oxford or London, United Kingdom
Data Analyst - 3 months contract One of Europe's largest and most successful scientific hedge funds is looking to hire a talented graduate to assist their expanding research...
Winton Capital Management
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 25 May 2013
Banbury, South East
Our client, a leading Investment Bank with offices in Banbury currently requires a number of talented Business analysts to join its team.This will be to work on...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £430.00 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Henley-On-Thames, South East
Business Analyst - Charles River - Fixed IncomeOur client a financial services company require a proven Charles River Business Analyst that possess strong recent experience working as a Business Analyst...
Rate: £550 - £700 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
Banbury, Oxfordshire
This is a mid-level Infrastructure Project Management role. Responsibilities: Project manage a Windows 7 Programme Project manage a number of datacentre migrations Manager a number of projects...
Cititec
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Business change, change management, business transformation... You MUST have business analysis experience, on mortgage projects... Very strong stakeholder management experience, first-rate verbal & written communication skills, strong business...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £400 - £475 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Currently recruiting for an initial 3 month contract position to be based in Oxford within a Financial Services client that are looking for a 6 Sigma Business Analyst...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Currently recruiting for an initial 3 month contract position to be based in Oxford within a Financial Services client that are looking for a 6 Sigma Business Analyst...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Ideally Prince II certified... With a strong Financial services background, you MUST have Project Management experience of AT LEAST one of the folllowing -mortgage process review, mortgage account...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £425 - £501 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Banbury, South East
Our client, a leading Investment Bank with offices in Banbury currently requires a number of talented Project Managers to join its team.This will be to work on...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £430.00 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Programme Manager - Financial Services - Securitisation - Platforming - Migration... Experience of Financial Services, Securitisation and re-platforming will be essential for the role, ideally having knowledge of Invoice Factoring and...
Experis IT
Rate: £600 - £700 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013