The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 17 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 Southampton 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 16 2 1
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 19 41 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 6.441% 17.90% 21.31%
As % of the General category 22.09% 50.62% 63.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 30 28
Average daily rate £513 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.88% -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £250 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £591 £555 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.39 £22.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-11.86% -
All of the General Category
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
86 81 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 29.15% 35.37% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 53 35
Average daily rate £430 £425 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -4.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £295 £277
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £525 £501
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 7
Average hourly rate £40.00 £12.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Finance
Hampshire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 10 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (32.14%) Retail
3 6 (21.43%) Informatica
3 6 (21.43%) Oracle
3 6 (21.43%) ETL
3 6 (21.43%) Oracle BI EE
4 5 (17.86%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (17.86%) SAP
4 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
5 4 (14.29%) Migration
5 4 (14.29%) Data Migration
5 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (10.71%) RedPrairie
6 3 (10.71%) Test Strategy
6 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
6 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
6 3 (10.71%) .NET
6 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
7 2 (7.143%) C#
7 2 (7.143%) Client/Server
7 2 (7.143%) SOA
7 2 (7.143%) Windows
7 2 (7.143%) SharePoint
7 2 (7.143%) JDA
7 2 (7.143%) EPoS
7 2 (7.143%) SAP BW
7 2 (7.143%) TIBCO
7 2 (7.143%) Middleware
7 2 (7.143%) SAP FI
7 2 (7.143%) SAP MM

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 3 (10.71%) .NET
2 2 (7.143%) Middleware
3 1 (3.571%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.143%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.571%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) SAP FI
1 2 (7.143%) SAP MM
2 1 (3.571%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) Firewall
2 1 (3.571%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) Oracle BI EE
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
4 2 (7.143%) SAP BW
5 1 (3.571%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 9 (32.14%) Retail
2 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.143%) Manufacturing
3 2 (7.143%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) Consultant
2 5 (17.86%) Functional Consultant
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle Functional Consultant
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Developer
4 3 (10.71%) .NET Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Test Specialist
5 2 (7.143%) SAP Tester
5 2 (7.143%) Tester
5 2 (7.143%) Architect
5 2 (7.143%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Applications Support
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Data Architect
6 1 (3.571%) Business Intelligence Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Systems Designer
6 1 (3.571%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Client/Server
1 2 (7.143%) EPoS
1 2 (7.143%) Management Information System
1 2 (7.143%) Clustering
2 1 (3.571%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.143%) Windows
1 2 (7.143%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (21.43%) ETL
3 4 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (14.29%) Migration
4 3 (10.71%) Test Strategy
5 2 (7.143%) Integration Testing
5 2 (7.143%) Test Scripting
5 2 (7.143%) Investment Management
5 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.143%) Project Management
5 2 (7.143%) SOA
5 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Performance Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Security Testing
6 1 (3.571%) E-Commerce
6 1 (3.571%) Service Management
6 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.571%) Change Management
6 1 (3.571%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.143%) C#
2 1 (3.571%) SQL
2 1 (3.571%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.571%) CCNP
2 1 (3.571%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.571%) GIAC
2 1 (3.571%) GCIA
2 1 (3.571%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (3.571%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (3.571%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Oracle
1 6 (21.43%) Informatica
2 5 (17.86%) SAP
3 3 (10.71%) RedPrairie
4 2 (7.143%) JDA
4 2 (7.143%) TIBCO
5 1 (3.571%) Remedy
5 1 (3.571%) VMware
5 1 (3.571%) IronPort
5 1 (3.571%) Cognos
5 1 (3.571%) Cisco
5 1 (3.571%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.571%) HP
5 1 (3.571%) Citrix