The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Redhill 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 Redhill 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 2 7 1
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -6
Contract jobs citing Finance 11 6 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Redhill 33.33% 12.24% 38.60%
As % of the General category 64.71% 42.86% 68.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 21
Average daily rate £338 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £272 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £420 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
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
Redhill
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
17 14 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Redhill 51.52% 28.57% 56.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 31
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £221 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £440 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Finance
Surrey

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Redhill 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 Redhill region.

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

Redhill 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 Redhill region.

Redhill Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Redhill 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 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 7 (30.43%) SharePoint
2 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 7 (30.43%) Windows
3 6 (26.09%) CRM
4 5 (21.74%) Firewall
4 5 (21.74%) MVC
4 5 (21.74%) Scrum
4 5 (21.74%) Workflow
4 5 (21.74%) VB.NET
4 5 (21.74%) .NET
4 5 (21.74%) Visual Studio
4 5 (21.74%) ASP.NET
4 5 (21.74%) XML
4 5 (21.74%) XSLT
4 5 (21.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (21.74%) WCF
4 5 (21.74%) WF
5 4 (17.39%) Business Analysis
5 4 (17.39%) MS Office
5 4 (17.39%) Financial Institution
6 3 (13.04%) Mainframe
6 3 (13.04%) IBM
6 3 (13.04%) Systems Analysis
6 3 (13.04%) COBOL
6 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
6 3 (13.04%) WAN
6 3 (13.04%) Dell
6 3 (13.04%) Terminal Services
6 3 (13.04%) Team Foundation Server

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Redhill 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 (21.74%) .NET
1 5 (21.74%) ASP.NET
1 5 (21.74%) XML
1 5 (21.74%) XSLT
1 5 (21.74%) WCF
1 5 (21.74%) WF
Application Platforms
1 7 (30.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (8.696%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (8.696%) MS Exchange
2 2 (8.696%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Office
2 2 (8.696%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
3 1 (4.348%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Firewall
2 3 (13.04%) WAN
3 2 (8.696%) DHCP
3 2 (8.696%) TCP/IP
3 2 (8.696%) VPN
3 2 (8.696%) DNS
3 2 (8.696%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Visual Studio
2 3 (13.04%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (17.39%) Financial Institution
2 1 (4.348%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Developer
1 8 (34.78%) Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) Business Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (21.74%) .NET Developer
3 5 (21.74%) VB.NET Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
4 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Support Manager
4 2 (8.696%) 3rd Line Support Technician
4 2 (8.696%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 2 (8.696%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Team Leader
4 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Support Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (8.696%) Business Systems Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Mainframe
2 2 (8.696%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (8.696%) Windows XP
2 2 (8.696%) UNIX
2 2 (8.696%) AIX
2 2 (8.696%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) CRM
2 5 (21.74%) MVC
2 5 (21.74%) Scrum
2 5 (21.74%) Workflow
3 4 (17.39%) Business Analysis
4 3 (13.04%) Systems Analysis
4 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
5 2 (8.696%) Financial Analysis
5 2 (8.696%) Demand Management
5 2 (8.696%) Integration Testing
5 2 (8.696%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (8.696%) Project Management
6 1 (4.348%) Service Management
6 1 (4.348%) Programme Management
6 1 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.348%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 5 (21.74%) VB.NET
3 3 (13.04%) COBOL
3 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
4 2 (8.696%) JCL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) MCITP
1 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.696%) QA
2 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Terminal Services
2 2 (8.696%) XenApp
2 2 (8.696%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) IBM
2 3 (13.04%) Dell
3 2 (8.696%) CheckPoint
3 2 (8.696%) Citrix
3 2 (8.696%) Oracle
3 2 (8.696%) VMware
3 2 (8.696%) Cisco
4 1 (4.348%) Remedy