Finance IT Contracts in South Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 23 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 South Wales 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 102 135 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 30.63% 33.67% 36.60%
As % of the General category 80.31% 68.18% 85.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 100 101
Average daily rate £388 £383 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.30% +9.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £260 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -6.97%
All of the General Category
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 127 198 180
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 38.14% 49.38% 43.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 140 115
Average daily rate £390 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.63% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £275 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.00 £10.28
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% +55.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Finance
Wales

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank 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
Cardiff 0 65 £375 -3.53%
Newport 0 17 £410 +8.60%
Finance
Wales

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 53 (27.32%) Project Management
2 50 (25.77%) Banking
3 37 (19.07%) SQL Server
4 35 (18.04%) Microsoft
5 32 (16.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 26 (13.40%) MS Project
6 26 (13.40%) SQL Server 2008
7 25 (12.89%) SQL Server 2005
7 25 (12.89%) SQL
7 25 (12.89%) Business Intelligence
7 25 (12.89%) Windows
8 24 (12.37%) SAP
8 24 (12.37%) AS400
9 23 (11.86%) MS Office
9 23 (11.86%) .NET
10 21 (10.82%) Data Warehouse
10 21 (10.82%) Business Analysis
10 21 (10.82%) Retail
11 20 (10.31%) VB
12 18 (9.278%) ERP
12 18 (9.278%) Retail Banking
12 18 (9.278%) Performance Management
13 17 (8.763%) Security Cleared
13 17 (8.763%) .NET Framework
13 17 (8.763%) VB6
13 17 (8.763%) ETL
13 17 (8.763%) VB.NET
13 17 (8.763%) Visual Studio
13 17 (8.763%) VSS/SourceSafe
14 15 (7.732%) Migration

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 23 (11.86%) .NET
2 17 (8.763%) .NET Framework
3 10 (5.155%) WebSphere
4 4 (2.062%) J2EE
5 3 (1.546%) HTML
6 2 (1.031%) XML
7 1 (0.515%) COM
7 1 (0.515%) CSS
7 1 (0.515%) JSP
7 1 (0.515%) Servlets
7 1 (0.515%) MDX
7 1 (0.515%) Ajax
7 1 (0.515%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 9 (4.639%) IIS
2 7 (3.608%) SAS
3 5 (2.577%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.546%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (13.40%) MS Project
2 23 (11.86%) MS Office
3 8 (4.124%) MS Excel
4 7 (3.608%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.031%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.515%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 9 (4.639%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 5 (2.577%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.546%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (1.546%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (1.546%) SAP FI
3 3 (1.546%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.515%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.515%) SalesLogix
4 1 (0.515%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.515%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.031%) DAB
1 2 (1.031%) Internet
2 1 (0.515%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (0.515%) WAN
2 1 (0.515%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.515%) DNS
2 1 (0.515%) SAN
2 1 (0.515%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (19.07%) SQL Server
2 26 (13.40%) SQL Server 2008
3 25 (12.89%) SQL Server 2005
4 21 (10.82%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (7.216%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (6.186%) SAP BW
6 12 (6.186%) BusinessObjects
7 11 (5.670%) SAP Data Services
8 10 (5.155%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 10 (5.155%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (4.124%) DB2
10 6 (3.093%) BusinessObjects XI
10 6 (3.093%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 5 (2.577%) DTS
11 5 (2.577%) OLTP
11 5 (2.577%) SQL Server 2000
11 5 (2.577%) Data Mart
12 4 (2.062%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 4 (2.062%) QlikView
13 2 (1.031%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 17 (8.763%) Visual Studio
1 17 (8.763%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 11 (5.670%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (4.639%) TestDirector
4 2 (1.031%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.515%) JIRA
5 1 (0.515%) Selenium
General
1 50 (25.77%) Banking
2 21 (10.82%) Retail
3 18 (9.278%) Retail Banking
4 4 (2.062%) General Ledger
4 4 (2.062%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.546%) Legal
5 3 (1.546%) Publishing
6 1 (0.515%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.515%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.515%) Marketing
6 1 (0.515%) Billing
Job Titles
1 69 (35.57%) Analyst
2 43 (22.16%) Project Manager
3 41 (21.13%) Developer
4 38 (19.59%) Business Analyst
5 18 (9.278%) Programmer
6 17 (8.763%) Software Programmer
6 17 (8.763%) Software Developer
7 14 (7.216%) Support Analyst
7 14 (7.216%) Applications Support
7 14 (7.216%) Applications Support Analyst
8 10 (5.155%) SAP Developer
9 9 (4.639%) Financial Business Analyst
9 9 (4.639%) SAP BW Developer
9 9 (4.639%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 8 (4.124%) DBA
11 7 (3.608%) Consultant
11 7 (3.608%) Financial Services Business Analyst
12 6 (3.093%) Senior Project Manager
12 6 (3.093%) SQL DBA
12 6 (3.093%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.37%) AS400
2 11 (5.670%) iSeries
3 7 (3.608%) Clustering
4 6 (3.093%) Data Extraction
5 5 (2.577%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.546%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.031%) Statistics
7 2 (1.031%) BBC
7 2 (1.031%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.515%) HACMP
8 1 (0.515%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.515%) Physics
8 1 (0.515%) LPAR
8 1 (0.515%) DLPAR
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.89%) Windows
2 10 (5.155%) UNIX
3 9 (4.639%) OS/400
4 5 (2.577%) AIX
5 1 (0.515%) Linux
5 1 (0.515%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (27.32%) Project Management
2 32 (16.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (12.89%) Business Intelligence
4 21 (10.82%) Business Analysis
5 18 (9.278%) ERP
5 18 (9.278%) Performance Management
6 17 (8.763%) ETL
7 15 (7.732%) Migration
8 14 (7.216%) PRINCE2
9 13 (6.701%) Risk Management
10 11 (5.670%) Change Control
11 10 (5.155%) UML
12 9 (4.639%) OO
12 9 (4.639%) Change Management
12 9 (4.639%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (4.124%) Project Planning
14 7 (3.608%) Data Analysis
15 6 (3.093%) Data Modelling
15 6 (3.093%) Kimball Methodology
16 5 (2.577%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 25 (12.89%) SQL
2 20 (10.31%) VB
3 17 (8.763%) VB6
3 17 (8.763%) VB.NET
4 12 (6.186%) T-SQL
5 8 (4.124%) Shell Script
5 8 (4.124%) RPG
5 8 (4.124%) COBOL
6 6 (3.093%) ABAP
7 4 (2.062%) Java
8 3 (1.546%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.515%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (8.763%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.155%) Degree
2 10 (5.155%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 9 (4.639%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.031%) MBA
4 2 (1.031%) CISA
5 1 (0.515%) APMP
5 1 (0.515%) ISACA
5 1 (0.515%) HNC
5 1 (0.515%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.155%) SLA
2 1 (0.515%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.515%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.515%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.546%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.515%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.515%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 35 (18.04%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.37%) SAP
3 12 (6.186%) Business Objects
3 12 (6.186%) IBM
4 11 (5.670%) Cognos
5 8 (4.124%) Oracle
6 4 (2.062%) Rackspace
7 1 (0.515%) TSYS
7 1 (0.515%) Cisco
7 1 (0.515%) HP
7 1 (0.515%) EMC
7 1 (0.515%) VMware
7 1 (0.515%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.515%) Apple
7 1 (0.515%) Salesforce.com
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