Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Financial Institution' in contract IT jobs within the South East region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Financial Institution over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial Institution
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank181199
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads2970
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.088 %
As % of the category below0.783 %1.260 %
Daily rates quoted730
Average minimum daily rate£336£330
Average daily rate£345£353
% change on same period last year-2.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£388
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£14.00
Average hourly rate£40.00£15.50
% change on same period last year+158.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.79£38.08
% change on same period last year-61.17 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
South East
Matching contract IT job ads37055555
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.396 %6.951 %
Daily rates quoted9501476
Average minimum daily rate£346£351
Average daily rate£367£371
% change on same period last year-1.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£382
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
Hourly rates quoted323609
Average minimum hourly rate£25.68£25.05
Average hourly rate£27.31£26.76
% change on same period last year+2.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.94£28.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.82£26.53
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Financial Institution EnglandFinancial Institution
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 Institution
Demand Trend

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

South East Financial Institution Demand Trend

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Financial Institution Daily Rate Trend

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Financial Institution across the South East region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

South East Financial Institution Daily Rate Histogram

Financial Institution
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Financial Institution Hourly Rate Trend

Financial Institution
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Institution within the South East region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
BuckinghamshireUp+612£318+2.55 %
BerkshireUp+1911£488-
HampshireUp+195£313+1.62 %
MiddlesexDown-31£350-
Financial Institution EnglandFinancial Institution
England

Financial Institution
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution.

174 (100.00 %)Finance
216 (21.62 %)Oracle
314 (18.92 %)UNIX
314 (18.92 %)Banking
411 (14.86 %)SQL
510 (13.51 %)Windows
69 (12.16 %)IBM
69 (12.16 %)Government
69 (12.16 %)Business Analysis
78 (10.81 %)Project Management
78 (10.81 %)TestDirector
78 (10.81 %)Solaris
87 (9.459 %)Microsoft
96 (8.108 %)DB2
105 (6.757 %)HTML
105 (6.757 %)AIX
105 (6.757 %)Datawarehouse
105 (6.757 %)Basel II
105 (6.757 %)Mainframe
105 (6.757 %)Pensions
105 (6.757 %)Retail
105 (6.757 %)IBM Mainframe
114 (5.405 %)Degree
114 (5.405 %)Insurance
114 (5.405 %)ISO27001
114 (5.405 %)Retail Banking
114 (5.405 %)Migration
114 (5.405 %)Cisco
114 (5.405 %)PRINCE
114 (5.405 %)CONTROL-M

Financial Institution
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (6.757 %)HTML
24 (5.405 %)XML
33 (4.054 %)XSL
33 (4.054 %)WebSphere
41 (1.351 %).NET
41 (1.351 %)ASP.NET
41 (1.351 %)XSLT
41 (1.351 %)Middleware
41 (1.351 %)WinForms
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (4.054 %)IIS
22 (2.703 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (1.351 %)Tuxedo
31 (1.351 %)BizTalk Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (2.703 %)MS Excel
21 (1.351 %)MS Visio
21 (1.351 %)Spreadsheet
21 (1.351 %)MS Project
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.351 %)Oracle EBS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (5.405 %)TCP/IP
23 (4.054 %)HTTP
23 (4.054 %)HTTPS
32 (2.703 %)ATM
32 (2.703 %)LAN
32 (2.703 %)WAN
32 (2.703 %)Network Security
32 (2.703 %)Firewall
41 (1.351 %)IPsec
41 (1.351 %)VLAN
41 (1.351 %)VPN
41 (1.351 %)DNS
41 (1.351 %)SMTP
41 (1.351 %)ISDN
41 (1.351 %)Internet
41 (1.351 %)Extranet
41 (1.351 %)MPLS
41 (1.351 %)BGP
41 (1.351 %)X.25
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (8.108 %)DB2
25 (6.757 %)Datawarehouse
34 (5.405 %)SQL Server
42 (2.703 %)Data Mart
42 (2.703 %)ETL
42 (2.703 %)Crystal Reports
42 (2.703 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (1.351 %)Oracle 9i
51 (1.351 %)OLAP
51 (1.351 %)RDBMS
51 (1.351 %)Oracle 10g
51 (1.351 %)PowerCenter
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (10.81 %)TestDirector
23 (4.054 %)ClearCase
23 (4.054 %)ClearQuest
32 (2.703 %)Rational Rose
32 (2.703 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (1.351 %)Synon
41 (1.351 %)Visual Studio
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
174 (100.00 %)Finance
214 (18.92 %)Banking
39 (12.16 %)Government
45 (6.757 %)Retail
45 (6.757 %)Pensions
54 (5.405 %)Retail Banking
54 (5.405 %)Insurance
62 (2.703 %)Investment Banking
62 (2.703 %)Corporate Banking
71 (1.351 %)Marketing
71 (1.351 %)Billing
71 (1.351 %)Legal
71 (1.351 %)Telecoms
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (36.49 %)Analyst
214 (18.92 %)Business Analyst
38 (10.81 %)Architect
38 (10.81 %)Technical Architect
45 (6.757 %)Consultant
45 (6.757 %)Coordinator
45 (6.757 %)Systems Analyst
54 (5.405 %)Administrator
54 (5.405 %)Developer
54 (5.405 %)Project Manager
54 (5.405 %)Tester
63 (4.054 %)Programme Manager
63 (4.054 %)Test Analyst
63 (4.054 %)Technical Support
63 (4.054 %)3rd Line Support
63 (4.054 %)Technical Consultant
63 (4.054 %)Project Coordinator
63 (4.054 %)Financial Business Analyst
63 (4.054 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
72 (2.703 %)Functional Tester
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (6.757 %)Mainframe
15 (6.757 %)IBM Mainframe
23 (4.054 %)CESG
23 (4.054 %)Thin Client
23 (4.054 %)Fat Client
32 (2.703 %)Client/Server
41 (1.351 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
41 (1.351 %)Management Information System
41 (1.351 %)AS400
41 (1.351 %)Neural Network
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (18.92 %)UNIX
210 (13.51 %)Windows
38 (10.81 %)Solaris
45 (6.757 %)AIX
53 (4.054 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (2.703 %)MVS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (12.16 %)Business Analysis
28 (10.81 %)Project Management
34 (5.405 %)Migration
34 (5.405 %)PRINCE2
34 (5.405 %)PRINCE
43 (4.054 %)ITIL
43 (4.054 %)Configuration Management
43 (4.054 %)Change Management
43 (4.054 %)Data Modelling
43 (4.054 %)Test Scripting
43 (4.054 %)System Testing
52 (2.703 %)Technical Architecture
52 (2.703 %)Stakeholder Management
52 (2.703 %)Risk Assessment
52 (2.703 %)Programme Management
52 (2.703 %)Data Analysis
52 (2.703 %)Systems Analysis
52 (2.703 %)CRM
52 (2.703 %)Disaster Recovery
52 (2.703 %)GAP Analysis
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (14.86 %)SQL
24 (5.405 %)Shell Script
33 (4.054 %)VB
33 (4.054 %)Perl
33 (4.054 %)COBOL
42 (2.703 %)C#
42 (2.703 %)PL/SQL
51 (1.351 %)RPG
51 (1.351 %)VB.NET
51 (1.351 %)C++
51 (1.351 %)Java
51 (1.351 %)C
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (5.405 %)Degree
21 (1.351 %)CCIE
21 (1.351 %)CISSP
21 (1.351 %)Cisco Certification
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (6.757 %)Basel II
24 (5.405 %)ISO27001
31 (1.351 %)COBIT
31 (1.351 %)COSO
31 (1.351 %)SLA
31 (1.351 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (5.405 %)CONTROL-M
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (21.62 %)Oracle
29 (12.16 %)IBM
37 (9.459 %)Microsoft
44 (5.405 %)Cisco
52 (2.703 %)CheckPoint
52 (2.703 %)Remedy
61 (1.351 %)Ab Initio
61 (1.351 %)Epiphany
61 (1.351 %)Fortinet
61 (1.351 %)Informatica
61 (1.351 %)MicroStrategy
61 (1.351 %)SAP