The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Stoke-on-Trent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Stoke-on-Trent 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 14 22 16
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -6
Contract jobs citing Finance 1 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 3.448% 3.390% 13.79%
As % of the General category 16.67% 12.50% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 7
Average daily rate £175 £395 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-55.69% +58.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.70 £17.50 £24.75
% change year-on-year
-4.60% -29.29%
All of the General Category
Stoke-on-Trent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
6 16 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 20.69% 27.12% 37.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 10
Average daily rate £275 £298 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.56% +19.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
Staffordshire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB