The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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 9 3 1
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 1 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salisbury 4.348% 16.67% 50.00%
As % of the General category 20.00% 37.50% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
Average daily rate - £263 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.23%
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 £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All of the General Category
Salisbury
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
5 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salisbury 21.74% 44.44% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 3
Average daily rate £280 £263 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -19.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £187 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £325 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £14.50 £12.70 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.17% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
Wiltshire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salisbury 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 Salisbury region.

Salisbury Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Finance across the Salisbury region.

Salisbury Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salisbury 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 16 (69.57%) EMV
2 14 (60.87%) APACS
3 13 (56.52%) C
3 13 (56.52%) C++
4 12 (52.17%) EPoS
5 9 (39.13%) VeriFone
6 8 (34.78%) Test Scripting
6 8 (34.78%) ISEB
6 8 (34.78%) Validation
7 7 (30.43%) Linux
8 6 (26.09%) Chip and PIN
9 3 (13.04%) Mobile Payment
9 3 (13.04%) Retail
9 3 (13.04%) EFT
9 3 (13.04%) EFTPOS
9 3 (13.04%) Embedded C
9 3 (13.04%) Embedded C++
10 2 (8.696%) Hyperion
10 2 (8.696%) MS Visio
11 1 (4.348%) Service Delivery
11 1 (4.348%) MS PowerPoint
11 1 (4.348%) Business Analysis
11 1 (4.348%) Project Management
11 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
11 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salisbury 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.

Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.348%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 3 (13.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Developer
1 10 (43.48%) Software Developer
2 8 (34.78%) Tester
2 8 (34.78%) Systems Tester
3 7 (30.43%) Software Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) C++ Programmer
4 4 (17.39%) C++ Developer
4 4 (17.39%) Programmer
4 4 (17.39%) Software Programmer
5 3 (13.04%) Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) C Developer
5 3 (13.04%) C Programmer
6 2 (8.696%) Systems Test Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Test Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) Project Coordinator
7 1 (4.348%) Coordinator
7 1 (4.348%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) Project Support Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 16 (69.57%) EMV
2 14 (60.87%) APACS
3 12 (52.17%) EPoS
4 6 (26.09%) Chip and PIN
5 3 (13.04%) Mobile Payment
5 3 (13.04%) EFT
5 3 (13.04%) EFTPOS
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Test Scripting
1 8 (34.78%) Validation
2 1 (4.348%) Service Delivery
2 1 (4.348%) Business Analysis
2 1 (4.348%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (56.52%) C
1 13 (56.52%) C++
2 3 (13.04%) Embedded C
2 3 (13.04%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) ISEB
2 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) VeriFone
2 2 (8.696%) Hyperion