Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in contract IT jobs within the South West 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 Finance over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank43
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads7891035
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.124 %1.070 %
As % of the category below36.09 %40.65 %
Daily rates quoted382416
Average minimum daily rate£387£371
Average daily rate£405£391
% change on same period last year+3.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£411
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£383
% change on same period last year-0.37 %
Hourly rates quoted4452
Average minimum hourly rate£26.45£30.14
Average hourly rate£28.18£32.39
% change on same period last year-12.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.91£34.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.86£26.41
% change on same period last year-5.89 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
South West
Matching contract IT job ads21862546
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.115 %2.633 %
Daily rates quoted796834
Average minimum daily rate£380£368
Average daily rate£399£387
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£418£406
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£381
% change on same period last year+0.91 %
Hourly rates quoted328269
Average minimum hourly rate£29.58£28.25
Average hourly rate£31.36£29.97
% change on same period last year+4.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.14£31.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.97£26.66
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
Finance EnglandFinance
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.

Finance
Demand Trend

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

South West Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South West Finance Daily Rate Histogram

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South West Finance Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 15 October 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.

LocationRank 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
WiltshireNo change0287£442-0.71 %
BristolDown-2168£363+0.72 %
DorsetDown-177£391+14.49 %
GloucestershireDown-356£379+3.25 %
SomersetUp+428£337-6.84 %
DevonUp+1522£333+1.57 %
CornwallNew entry-3£650-
AvonDown-31--
Finance EnglandFinance
England

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1362 (21.11 %)Pensions
2311 (18.13 %)Banking
3184 (10.73 %)Project Management
4180 (10.50 %)Migration
5160 (9.329 %)Retail
6153 (8.921 %)Insurance
7140 (8.163 %)SAP
8133 (7.755 %)Business Analysis
9123 (7.172 %)PRINCE2
10121 (7.055 %)SQL
11115 (6.706 %)Oracle
12105 (6.122 %)Data Migration
13104 (6.064 %)Retail Banking
1492 (5.364 %)Stakeholder Management
1590 (5.248 %)Change Management
1689 (5.190 %)MS Excel
1773 (4.257 %)CA Clarity
1872 (4.198 %)MS Project
1970 (4.082 %)MS Office
2067 (3.907 %)SQL Server
2067 (3.907 %)Microsoft
2166 (3.848 %)GAP Analysis
2264 (3.732 %)Marketing
2363 (3.673 %)User Acceptance Testing
2462 (3.615 %).NET
2558 (3.382 %)Legal
2558 (3.382 %)Security Cleared
2657 (3.324 %)Data Modelling
2755 (3.207 %)Government
2852 (3.032 %)Windows

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
162 (3.615 %).NET
231 (1.808 %)XML
322 (1.283 %)ASP.NET
416 (0.933 %)HTML
514 (0.816 %)WebServices
610 (0.583 %)XSLT
78 (0.466 %)XHTML
78 (0.466 %)ASP
87 (0.408 %)Middleware
96 (0.350 %)J2EE
96 (0.350 %)CSS
105 (0.292 %)WinForms
105 (0.292 %)WebSphere
114 (0.233 %)SOAP
123 (0.175 %)JSP
123 (0.175 %)COM
123 (0.175 %)SAP Basis
123 (0.175 %)WSDL
132 (0.117 %)JavaBeans
132 (0.117 %)XML Messaging
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
145 (2.624 %)SAS
216 (0.933 %)Lotus Notes
312 (0.700 %)MS Exchange
48 (0.466 %)SharePoint
56 (0.350 %)Exchange Server 2003
65 (0.292 %)Exchange Server 2007
65 (0.292 %)IIS
65 (0.292 %)GroupWise
74 (0.233 %)Exchange Server 5.5
74 (0.233 %)Exchange Server 2000
83 (0.175 %)PegaRULES
83 (0.175 %)Oracle Workflow
83 (0.175 %)NetWeaver
83 (0.175 %)BizTalk Server
83 (0.175 %)JBoss
83 (0.175 %)Lotus Domino
92 (0.117 %)WebLogic
101 (0.058 %)Apache
101 (0.058 %)Tomcat
101 (0.058 %)Documentum
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
189 (5.190 %)MS Excel
273 (4.257 %)CA Clarity
372 (4.198 %)MS Project
470 (4.082 %)MS Office
533 (1.924 %)MS Visio
616 (0.933 %)MS PowerPoint
616 (0.933 %)Spreadsheet
710 (0.583 %)Open Workbench
85 (0.292 %)SPSS
93 (0.175 %)Niku Workbench
101 (0.058 %)Photoshop
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
134 (1.983 %)Oracle Financials
216 (0.933 %)SAP SRM
312 (0.700 %)Summit
410 (0.583 %)Oracle EBS
59 (0.525 %)SAP HR
67 (0.408 %)SAP FI
67 (0.408 %)SAP CO
67 (0.408 %)SAP FI/CO
76 (0.350 %)Oracle ERP
85 (0.292 %)Oracle Applications
85 (0.292 %)SAP CRM
94 (0.233 %)SAP Payroll
94 (0.233 %)Oracle HRMS
102 (0.117 %)HiPortfolio
102 (0.117 %)SAP ERP
102 (0.117 %)SAP FI-GL
102 (0.117 %)Eagle STAR
102 (0.117 %)Oracle BRM
102 (0.117 %)Singl.eView
102 (0.117 %)Oracle 11i
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (1.224 %)Internet
26 (0.350 %)Firewall
26 (0.350 %)DMZ
35 (0.292 %)Extranet
44 (0.233 %)DNS
44 (0.233 %)UMTS
44 (0.233 %)Wireless
53 (0.175 %)Intrusion Detection
53 (0.175 %)Cisco PIX
53 (0.175 %)Intranet
53 (0.175 %)SMS
53 (0.175 %)3GPP
53 (0.175 %)VPN
62 (0.117 %)LDAP
62 (0.117 %)SSL
62 (0.117 %)SAN
62 (0.117 %)WAN
62 (0.117 %)Ethernet
62 (0.117 %)TCP/IP
62 (0.117 %)Cisco ASA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
167 (3.907 %)SQL Server
244 (2.566 %)Datawarehouse
318 (1.050 %)BusinessObjects
417 (0.991 %)Oracle Reports
417 (0.991 %)ETL
516 (0.933 %)SQL Server 2005
610 (0.583 %)Oracle Discoverer
79 (0.525 %)SQL Server 2000
79 (0.525 %)OLAP
88 (0.466 %)Crystal Reports
88 (0.466 %)SAP BW
97 (0.408 %)DataStage
97 (0.408 %)OLTP
97 (0.408 %)Oracle 9i
106 (0.350 %)Oracle 10g
106 (0.350 %)SAP BI
115 (0.292 %)SQL Server Integration Services
115 (0.292 %)DB2
115 (0.292 %)DTS
115 (0.292 %)Base SAS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
124 (1.399 %)TestDirector
216 (0.933 %)QuickTest Pro
310 (0.583 %)LoadRunner
48 (0.466 %)Visual Studio
57 (0.408 %)Ant
66 (0.350 %)WinRunner
75 (0.292 %)PVCS
75 (0.292 %)VSS/SourceSafe
75 (0.292 %)Flash
84 (0.233 %)Oracle Forms
92 (0.117 %)ClearQuest
92 (0.117 %)Log4j
92 (0.117 %)NUnit
101 (0.058 %)CruiseControl
101 (0.058 %)Subversion
101 (0.058 %)MSI
101 (0.058 %)InstallShield
101 (0.058 %)JUnit
101 (0.058 %)PowerBuilder
101 (0.058 %)ERwin
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1362 (21.11 %)Pensions
2311 (18.13 %)Banking
3160 (9.329 %)Retail
4153 (8.921 %)Insurance
5104 (6.064 %)Retail Banking
664 (3.732 %)Marketing
758 (3.382 %)Legal
855 (3.207 %)Government
939 (2.274 %)Financial Institution
1024 (1.399 %)Telecoms
1120 (1.166 %)Advertising
1219 (1.108 %)Health
1219 (1.108 %)Back Office
1312 (0.700 %)Construction
1411 (0.641 %)Investment Banking
157 (0.408 %)General Ledger
157 (0.408 %)Front Office
166 (0.350 %)Online Banking
175 (0.292 %)FMCG
184 (0.233 %)Billing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1695 (40.52 %)Analyst
2453 (26.41 %)Business Analyst
3248 (14.46 %)Project Manager
4141 (8.222 %)Consultant
5108 (6.297 %)Developer
674 (4.315 %)Financial Business Analyst
773 (4.257 %)Banking Business Analyst
857 (3.324 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
857 (3.324 %)Test Analyst
956 (3.265 %)Test Manager
1053 (3.090 %)Data Analyst
1147 (2.741 %)Programme Manager
1245 (2.624 %)Architect
1245 (2.624 %)Business Manager
1335 (2.041 %)Systems Analyst
1434 (1.983 %)Senior Analyst
1528 (1.633 %)Business Project Manager
1528 (1.633 %)Oracle Consultant
1627 (1.574 %)Senior Business Analyst
1627 (1.574 %)Administrator
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
147 (2.741 %)Management Information System
221 (1.224 %)Mainframe
38 (0.466 %)Credit Risk
38 (0.466 %)IBM Mainframe
47 (0.408 %)AS400
56 (0.350 %)Data Extraction
56 (0.350 %)Data Integration
65 (0.292 %)Data Conversion
74 (0.233 %)CMDB
74 (0.233 %)Clustering
83 (0.175 %)Thin Client
83 (0.175 %)SecurID
83 (0.175 %)NHS
83 (0.175 %)German Language
83 (0.175 %)Fat Client
92 (0.117 %)Spread Betting
92 (0.117 %)Freedom of Information Act
92 (0.117 %)French Language
92 (0.117 %)W3C
92 (0.117 %)Client/Server
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
152 (3.032 %)Windows
239 (2.274 %)UNIX
316 (0.933 %)Solaris
412 (0.700 %)Windows 2000
58 (0.466 %)Windows NT
58 (0.466 %)Windows XP
58 (0.466 %)Windows Server 2003
67 (0.408 %)Linux
75 (0.292 %)NetWare
75 (0.292 %)MVS
75 (0.292 %)Windows Vista
75 (0.292 %)Windows Server 2008
75 (0.292 %)Windows 2000 Server
84 (0.233 %)AIX
93 (0.175 %)HPUX
101 (0.058 %)zOS
101 (0.058 %)Windows CE
101 (0.058 %)Red Hat Linux
101 (0.058 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
101 (0.058 %)Embedded Linux
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1184 (10.73 %)Project Management
2180 (10.50 %)Migration
3133 (7.755 %)Business Analysis
4123 (7.172 %)PRINCE2
5105 (6.122 %)Data Migration
692 (5.364 %)Stakeholder Management
790 (5.248 %)Change Management
866 (3.848 %)GAP Analysis
963 (3.673 %)User Acceptance Testing
1058 (3.382 %)Security Cleared
1157 (3.324 %)Data Modelling
1251 (2.974 %)Requirements Analysis
1347 (2.741 %)UML
1446 (2.682 %)Data Analysis
1539 (2.274 %)Service Delivery
1539 (2.274 %)SC Cleared
1635 (2.041 %)ITIL
1734 (1.983 %)Project Planning
1734 (1.983 %)Test Scripting
1833 (1.924 %)SSADM
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1121 (7.055 %)SQL
240 (2.332 %)C#
319 (1.108 %)Java
319 (1.108 %)VBA
417 (0.991 %)VB
516 (0.933 %)JavaScript
615 (0.875 %)Transact-SQL
615 (0.875 %)PL/SQL
710 (0.583 %)C
88 (0.466 %)COBOL
88 (0.466 %)VB6
97 (0.408 %)C++
106 (0.350 %)VB.NET
106 (0.350 %)JCL
115 (0.292 %)PHP
124 (0.233 %)DHTML
124 (0.233 %)VBScript
124 (0.233 %)Shell Script
133 (0.175 %)ActionScript
142 (0.117 %)Python
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
151 (2.974 %)ISEB
227 (1.574 %)PRINCE2 Certification
315 (0.875 %)Degree
414 (0.816 %)ACCA
513 (0.758 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
610 (0.583 %)CIMA
78 (0.466 %)CISSP
85 (0.292 %)Microsoft Certification
85 (0.292 %)CNA
85 (0.292 %)CNE
85 (0.292 %)Novell Certification
85 (0.292 %)ITIL Certification
85 (0.292 %)DCSE
94 (0.233 %)Citrix Certification
103 (0.175 %)Cisco Certification
103 (0.175 %)CISA
103 (0.175 %)CISM
103 (0.175 %)ISTQB
112 (0.117 %)CCNA
112 (0.117 %)ISEB Practitioner
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
124 (1.399 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
26 (0.350 %)SLA
26 (0.350 %)QA
34 (0.233 %)ISO27001
43 (0.175 %)Basel II
51 (0.058 %)GAAP
51 (0.058 %)ISO17799
51 (0.058 %)PCI DSS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (0.641 %)Active Directory
26 (0.350 %)ISA Server
26 (0.350 %)VMware ESX
35 (0.292 %)NDS
35 (0.292 %)MailMarshal
35 (0.292 %)Citrix Presentation Server
44 (0.233 %)VMware Server
44 (0.233 %)VMware Infrastructure
44 (0.233 %)NetBackup
53 (0.175 %)NFS
61 (0.058 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
61 (0.058 %)Backup Exec
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (0.292 %)ARCserve
23 (0.175 %)Tivoli
23 (0.175 %)MOM
32 (0.117 %)AutoSys
32 (0.117 %)CONTROL-M
32 (0.117 %)MIIS
32 (0.117 %)MAILsweeper
41 (0.058 %)WSUS
41 (0.058 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
41 (0.058 %)ServiceCenter
41 (0.058 %)Norton AntiVirus
41 (0.058 %)OpenView Configuration Management
41 (0.058 %)OpenView
41 (0.058 %)Unicenter
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1140 (8.163 %)SAP
2115 (6.706 %)Oracle
367 (3.907 %)Microsoft
420 (1.166 %)HP
518 (1.050 %)Business Objects
616 (0.933 %)IBM
616 (0.933 %)Lotus
712 (0.700 %)Cisco
712 (0.700 %)Teradata
810 (0.583 %)VMware
99 (0.525 %)Informatica
108 (0.466 %)Sybase
108 (0.466 %)Cognos
117 (0.408 %)Citrix
117 (0.408 %)Niku
126 (0.350 %)Ascential
126 (0.350 %)Novell
135 (0.292 %)CheckPoint
144 (0.233 %)VERITAS
144 (0.233 %)Unisys