South West Financial Institution Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Financial Institution' 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 Financial Institution over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Leeds London Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading Redhill Scotland Sheffield Shropshire South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Swindon UK Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	115	144
Rank change on same period last year	+29
Matching contract IT job ads	30	30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.042 %	0.030 %
As % of the category below	1.368 %	1.142 %
Daily rates quoted	14	12
Average minimum daily rate	£443	£398
Average daily rate	£449	£413
% change on same period last year	+8.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£454	£428
UK excluding London average daily rate	£351	£367
% change on same period last year	-4.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£13.00
Average hourly rate	-	£14.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.75	£27.41
% change on same period last year	-20.63 %
General South West
Matching contract IT job ads	2193	2626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.088 %	2.654 %
Daily rates quoted	796	871
Average minimum daily rate	£381	£367
Average daily rate	£401	£385
% change on same period last year	+4.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£421	£404
UK excluding London average daily rate	£383	£381
% change on same period last year	+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	326	259
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.65	£27.88
Average hourly rate	£31.41	£29.66
% change on same period last year	+5.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.17	£31.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.08	£26.78
% change on same period last year	+4.82 %
Financial 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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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 West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Financial Institution across the South West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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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 West region.

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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 West region over the 3 months to 10 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.

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
Wiltshire	+14	22	£457	+1.61 %
Dorset	-9	4	£400	+24.35 %
Bristol	+12	3	-	-
Gloucestershire	-	1	£450	-

Financial Institution England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 41 (100.00 %) Finance 2 6 (14.63 %) Project Management 2 6 (14.63 %) Pensions 3 4 (9.756 %) Microsoft 3 4 (9.756 %) SQL Server 3 4 (9.756 %) MS Project 3 4 (9.756 %) Banking 3 4 (9.756 %) Stakeholder Management 4 3 (7.317 %) Change Management 4 3 (7.317 %) Insurance 4 3 (7.317 %) SQL 5 2 (4.878 %) Service Management 5 2 (4.878 %) Service Delivery 5 2 (4.878 %) MIIS 5 2 (4.878 %) CRM

5 2 (4.878 %) Data Modelling 5 2 (4.878 %) ETL 5 2 (4.878 %) JavaScript 5 2 (4.878 %) MS Office 5 2 (4.878 %) ASP 5 2 (4.878 %) ASP.NET 5 2 (4.878 %) XML 5 2 (4.878 %) ITIL 5 2 (4.878 %) ActionScript 5 2 (4.878 %) .NET 5 2 (4.878 %) Flash 5 2 (4.878 %) Migration 5 2 (4.878 %) GAP Analysis 5 2 (4.878 %) ITSM 5 2 (4.878 %) Management Information System

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development 1 2 (4.878 %) .NET 1 2 (4.878 %) ASP 1 2 (4.878 %) ASP.NET 1 2 (4.878 %) XML 2 1 (2.439 %) XHTML	Applications 1 4 (9.756 %) MS Project 2 2 (4.878 %) MS Office 2 2 (4.878 %) CA Clarity 3 1 (2.439 %) MS Excel 3 1 (2.439 %) MS Visio 3 1 (2.439 %) Open Workbench
Business Applications 1 1 (2.439 %) Oracle Financials 1 1 (2.439 %) SAP SRM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (9.756 %) SQL Server 2 2 (4.878 %) ETL
Development Applications 1 2 (4.878 %) Flash 2 1 (2.439 %) TestDirector	General 1 41 (100.00 %) Finance 2 6 (14.63 %) Pensions 3 4 (9.756 %) Banking 4 3 (7.317 %) Insurance 5 2 (4.878 %) Marketing 6 1 (2.439 %) Back Office 6 1 (2.439 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 17 (41.46 %) Analyst 2 11 (26.83 %) Business Analyst 3 7 (17.07 %) Project Manager 4 6 (14.63 %) Developer 5 3 (7.317 %) Web Developer 5 3 (7.317 %) Consultant 5 3 (7.317 %) Senior Manager 5 3 (7.317 %) Data Analyst 5 3 (7.317 %) Senior Project Manager 6 2 (4.878 %) Programme Planner 6 2 (4.878 %) Database Analyst 6 2 (4.878 %) Test Analyst 6 2 (4.878 %) Business Manager 6 2 (4.878 %) Microsoft Developer 7 1 (2.439 %) SAP SRM Consultant 7 1 (2.439 %) Financial Analyst 7 1 (2.439 %) Business Test Analyst 7 1 (2.439 %) PMO Manager 7 1 (2.439 %) Transition Manager 7 1 (2.439 %) Insurance Business Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 2 (4.878 %) Management Information System 1 2 (4.878 %) Spread Betting 2 1 (2.439 %) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (14.63 %) Project Management 2 4 (9.756 %) Stakeholder Management 3 3 (7.317 %) Change Management 4 2 (4.878 %) GAP Analysis 4 2 (4.878 %) ITSM 4 2 (4.878 %) ITIL 4 2 (4.878 %) CRM 4 2 (4.878 %) Data Modelling 4 2 (4.878 %) Service Management 4 2 (4.878 %) Service Delivery 4 2 (4.878 %) Programme Management 4 2 (4.878 %) Business Analysis 4 2 (4.878 %) Migration 5 1 (2.439 %) Software Testing 5 1 (2.439 %) IT Governance 5 1 (2.439 %) Project Planning 5 1 (2.439 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 1 (2.439 %) System Testing 5 1 (2.439 %) Data Migration 5 1 (2.439 %) Data Validation	Programming Languages 1 3 (7.317 %) SQL 2 2 (4.878 %) JavaScript 2 2 (4.878 %) ActionScript 3 1 (2.439 %) PHP 3 1 (2.439 %) VB
Qualifications 1 1 (2.439 %) Degree 1 1 (2.439 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner	Systems Management 1 2 (4.878 %) MIIS
Vendors 1 4 (9.756 %) Microsoft 2 1 (2.439 %) Oracle 2 1 (2.439 %) SAP