The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Paddington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 17 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 Paddington 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 1 4 1
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -3
Contract jobs citing Finance 15 2 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Paddington 71.43% 15.38% 61.36%
As % of the General category 100.00% 25.00% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 27
Average daily rate £450 £425 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% -3.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £425 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £425 £500
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 £19.39 £22.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-11.86% -
All of the General Category
Paddington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
15 8 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Paddington 71.43% 61.54% 68.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 28
Average daily rate £450 £348 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.49% -22.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £242 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £456 £488
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 £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Finance
London

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Paddington 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 Paddington region.

Paddington 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 Paddington region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Paddington 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 Paddington region.

Paddington Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Paddington 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 11 (36.67%) PRINCE2
2 9 (30.00%) Banking
3 8 (26.67%) Change Management
3 8 (26.67%) Management Information System
4 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
4 7 (23.33%) E-Commerce
4 7 (23.33%) Project Planning
5 6 (20.00%) Online Banking
5 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (20.00%) Internet
5 6 (20.00%) Project Management
6 5 (16.67%) Niku
6 5 (16.67%) ATM
6 5 (16.67%) MS Visio
6 5 (16.67%) Marketing
6 5 (16.67%) Degree
6 5 (16.67%) Data Protection
7 4 (13.33%) Open Workbench
7 4 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (13.33%) MicroStrategy
7 4 (13.33%) Quality Management
8 3 (10.00%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.00%) SPSS
8 3 (10.00%) SAS
8 3 (10.00%) Chordiant
8 3 (10.00%) Clementine
8 3 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (10.00%) Retail
8 3 (10.00%) TOGAF
8 3 (10.00%) Matrix Management

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Paddington 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 (6.667%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
2 5 (16.67%) MS Visio
3 4 (13.33%) Open Workbench
4 3 (10.00%) SPSS
5 2 (6.667%) MS Office
6 1 (3.333%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) Internet
2 5 (16.67%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Clementine
General
1 9 (30.00%) Banking
2 5 (16.67%) Marketing
3 3 (10.00%) Retail
4 2 (6.667%) Financial Institution
4 2 (6.667%) Legal
5 1 (3.333%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Applications Specialist
1 8 (26.67%) Security Specialist
2 5 (16.67%) Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Development Specialist
3 4 (13.33%) Architect
3 4 (13.33%) Project Manager
3 4 (13.33%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Data Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Data Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Enterprise Data Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Coordinator
5 2 (6.667%) Lead Data Architect
5 2 (6.667%) Programme Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Programme Support Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Author
5 2 (6.667%) Technical Author
5 2 (6.667%) Lead Architect
5 2 (6.667%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) SAS Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (20.00%) Online Banking
3 2 (6.667%) Mobile App
3 2 (6.667%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.667%) Android
1 2 (6.667%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) PRINCE2
2 8 (26.67%) Change Management
3 7 (23.33%) E-Commerce
3 7 (23.33%) Project Planning
4 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (20.00%) Project Management
5 5 (16.67%) Data Protection
6 4 (13.33%) Quality Management
6 4 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (10.00%) TOGAF
7 3 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (10.00%) Data Architecture
7 3 (10.00%) Direct Marketing
7 3 (10.00%) Matrix Management
8 2 (6.667%) Service Management
8 2 (6.667%) Scrum
9 1 (3.333%) Programme Management
9 1 (3.333%) Enterprise Architecture
9 1 (3.333%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.333%) COBIT
2 1 (3.333%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Niku
2 4 (13.33%) MicroStrategy
3 3 (10.00%) Chordiant
4 2 (6.667%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.667%) Vignette