South East Financial Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Financial Analyst role in IT contracts within the South East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Financial Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Finance Analyst
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Knutsford Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North West Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South West Telford UK Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	234	258
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching contract IT job ads	19	42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.026 %	0.041 %
As % of the category below	0.167 %	0.260 %
Daily rates quoted	1	11
Average minimum daily rate	£200	£282
Average daily rate	£225	£299
% change on same period last year	-24.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£250	£316
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£331
% change on same period last year	+8.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.50	£19.33
Average hourly rate	£28.17	£20.00
% change on same period last year	+40.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.83	£20.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.90	£26.88
% change on same period last year	+7.53 %
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	11411	16150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.42 %	15.93 %
Daily rates quoted	2943	4160
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£339
Average daily rate	£356	£357
% change on same period last year	-0.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	1352	2039
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.46	£25.59
Average hourly rate	£23.96	£27.04
% change on same period last year	-11.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.47	£28.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
Financial Analyst England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Financial Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Financial Analyst across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Financial Analyst across the South East region.

Financial Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Financial Analyst across the South East region.

Financial Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Financial Analyst across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Financial Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+32	9	-	-
Hampshire	+31	6	-	-
Buckinghamshire	-	4	£225	-
West Sussex	+4	1	-	-
Middlesex	-6	1	-	-

Financial Analyst England

Financial Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Financial Analyst in their job title 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 with Financial Analyst in their job title.

1 35 (100.00 %) Finance 2 15 (42.86 %) Telecoms 3 6 (17.14 %) MS Access 4 5 (14.29 %) SAP 4 5 (14.29 %) Microsoft 4 5 (14.29 %) BusinessObjects 4 5 (14.29 %) Business Objects 4 5 (14.29 %) CIMA 5 4 (11.43 %) 3G 5 4 (11.43 %) ACCA 5 4 (11.43 %) MS PowerPoint 5 4 (11.43 %) Billing 6 3 (8.571 %) GoldMine 6 3 (8.571 %) Spreadsheet 6 3 (8.571 %) Frango

7 2 (5.714 %) SQL Server 2000 7 2 (5.714 %) SQL 7 2 (5.714 %) VBA 7 2 (5.714 %) SQL Server 7 2 (5.714 %) PRINCE2 7 2 (5.714 %) SAS 7 2 (5.714 %) Banking 7 2 (5.714 %) Retail 7 2 (5.714 %) Pensions 7 2 (5.714 %) SC Cleared 7 2 (5.714 %) Security Cleared 7 2 (5.714 %) Financial Modelling 8 1 (2.857 %) QA 8 1 (2.857 %) Data Management 8 1 (2.857 %) User Acceptance Testing

Financial Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Financial Analyst in their job title 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 with Financial Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 2 (5.714 %) SAS	Applications 1 4 (11.43 %) MS PowerPoint 2 3 (8.571 %) Spreadsheet 3 1 (2.857 %) MS Office 3 1 (2.857 %) MS Excel
Business Applications 1 3 (8.571 %) GoldMine	Communications & Networking 1 4 (11.43 %) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (17.14 %) MS Access 2 5 (14.29 %) BusinessObjects 3 2 (5.714 %) SQL Server 2000 3 2 (5.714 %) SQL Server	General 1 35 (100.00 %) Finance 2 15 (42.86 %) Telecoms 3 4 (11.43 %) Billing 4 2 (5.714 %) Pensions 4 2 (5.714 %) Banking 4 2 (5.714 %) Retail 5 1 (2.857 %) Financial Institution 5 1 (2.857 %) Government 5 1 (2.857 %) Health 5 1 (2.857 %) Military 5 1 (2.857 %) Retail Banking 5 1 (2.857 %) Corporate Banking
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (5.714 %) PRINCE2 1 2 (5.714 %) SC Cleared 1 2 (5.714 %) Security Cleared 1 2 (5.714 %) Financial Modelling 2 1 (2.857 %) ITIL 2 1 (2.857 %) UML 2 1 (2.857 %) RAD 2 1 (2.857 %) Business Intelligence 2 1 (2.857 %) Project Management 2 1 (2.857 %) Service Delivery 2 1 (2.857 %) GAP Analysis 2 1 (2.857 %) Data Management 2 1 (2.857 %) Data Analysis 2 1 (2.857 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (2.857 %) Strategic Management 2 1 (2.857 %) User Acceptance Testing	Programming Languages 1 2 (5.714 %) SQL 1 2 (5.714 %) VBA
Qualifications 1 5 (14.29 %) CIMA 2 4 (11.43 %) ACCA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.857 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 1 (2.857 %) QA
Vendors 1 5 (14.29 %) SAP 1 5 (14.29 %) Microsoft 1 5 (14.29 %) Business Objects 2 3 (8.571 %) Frango 3 1 (2.857 %) PeopleSoft 3 1 (2.857 %) HP 3 1 (2.857 %) Hyperion 3 1 (2.857 %) Bloomberg