The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger 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 General Ledger over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Ledger
Rank 33 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 4 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.274% 1.763% -
As % of the General category 3.306% 3.518% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £394 £395
% change year-on-year
+7.93% -0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 - £17.50
All of the General Category
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
121 199 168
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 38.54% 50.13% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 139 109
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 £237 £280 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £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 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
General Ledger
Wales

General Ledger
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales General Ledger Jobs Demand Trend

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing General Ledger across the South Wales region.

South Wales General Ledger Daily Rate Trend

General Ledger
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing General Ledger within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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
Newport -2 3 £425 -
Cardiff - 1 - -
General Ledger
Wales

General Ledger
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing General Ledger 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 General Ledger.

1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (75.00%) PL/SQL
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle 11i
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (50.00%) XML
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) CISA
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12

General Ledger
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing General Ledger 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 General Ledger. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) IT Auditor
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Financials DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Financials Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Auditor
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) DBA
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
South Wales
Oracle Financials Applications DBA. Rate: £375 - £425 per day Location: Newport, South Wales Duration: 3 months Key skills are the day-to-day administration and support of the...
LA International
Rate: £375 - £425 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
South Wales
Oracle Financials Applications Developer. Rate: £400 -£450 per day Duration: 3 months Location: Newport, South Wales Key skills are the day-to-day administration and support of the...
LA International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013