The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 24 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 Surrey 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 2 6 2
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -4
Contract jobs citing Finance 217 237 401
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 18.82% 14.71% 21.83%
As % of the General category 47.28% 48.37% 57.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 148 223
Average daily rate £450 £390 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £281 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £518 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 6
Average hourly rate £51.50 £18.75 £16.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+174.66% +16.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.20 £14.03 £13.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.95 £42.15 £24.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-7.50% -9.09%
All of the General Category
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
459 490 693
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 39.81% 30.42% 37.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 293 357
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 38 26
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £14.40 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.86 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Finance
South East

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 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
Guildford +2 36 £450 +63.63%
Staines +5 16 £400 +0.75%
Redhill +5 11 £338 -3.57%
Camberley +4 9 £425 -1.16%
Sunbury-on-Thames +1 8 £300 -29.49%
Woking +7 6 £375 -
Epsom +2 6 £350 -31.70%
Reigate +6 3 £525 +346.80%
Leatherhead +2 3 - -
Dorking +6 2 - -
Horley - 2 - -
Lightwater - 1 £350 -
Lingfield - 1 £475 -
Godalming - 1 £275 -
Finance
South East

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 98 (22.32%) Project Management
2 60 (13.67%) PRINCE2
3 58 (13.21%) SQL
3 58 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 57 (12.98%) Microsoft
5 47 (10.71%) Windows
6 42 (9.567%) Oracle
7 41 (9.339%) Migration
8 37 (8.428%) Banking
9 36 (8.200%) Change Management
9 36 (8.200%) MS Office
10 34 (7.745%) MS Excel
10 34 (7.745%) CRM
10 34 (7.745%) SharePoint
11 33 (7.517%) SAP
12 31 (7.062%) SQL Server
12 31 (7.062%) .NET
13 28 (6.378%) XML
13 28 (6.378%) Investment Management
14 26 (5.923%) Degree
14 26 (5.923%) Telecoms
15 25 (5.695%) Solaris
16 23 (5.239%) Linux
16 23 (5.239%) ASP.NET
16 23 (5.239%) E-Commerce
16 23 (5.239%) Business Intelligence
16 23 (5.239%) Workflow
16 23 (5.239%) Scrum
16 23 (5.239%) Resource Management
17 22 (5.011%) Cisco

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 31 (7.062%) .NET
2 28 (6.378%) XML
3 23 (5.239%) ASP.NET
4 20 (4.556%) WF
5 17 (3.872%) WCF
6 12 (2.733%) XSLT
7 11 (2.506%) HTML
8 9 (2.050%) Spring
8 9 (2.050%) XML Schema
9 8 (1.822%) CSS
9 8 (1.822%) Hibernate
10 6 (1.367%) Web Services
10 6 (1.367%) GWT
10 6 (1.367%) jQuery
11 5 (1.139%) LAMP
12 4 (0.911%) WinForms
13 3 (0.683%) soapUI
13 3 (0.683%) HTML5
13 3 (0.683%) WebSphere
13 3 (0.683%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 34 (7.745%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.278%) MS Exchange
3 9 (2.050%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (2.050%) SAS
4 8 (1.822%) Apache
5 6 (1.367%) CMS
5 6 (1.367%) Tomcat
5 6 (1.367%) ESB
6 4 (0.911%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.683%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.683%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (0.683%) Windows Azure
7 3 (0.683%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (0.683%) Documentum
7 3 (0.683%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.456%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.456%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.456%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.456%) Mule
8 2 (0.456%) Lync
Applications
1 36 (8.200%) MS Office
2 34 (7.745%) MS Excel
3 19 (4.328%) MS PowerPoint
4 11 (2.506%) MS Project
5 10 (2.278%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.822%) MS Visio
7 6 (1.367%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.456%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.228%) Google Apps
9 1 (0.228%) Office 365
9 1 (0.228%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.228%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 14 (3.189%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.278%) Oracle Financials
3 8 (1.822%) Oracle EBS R12
4 6 (1.367%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.139%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 3 (0.683%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.456%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.456%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.456%) Oracle CRM
7 2 (0.456%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.456%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.456%) Oracle 11i
7 2 (0.456%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.456%) Eagle PACE
7 2 (0.456%) SAP IS-U
7 2 (0.456%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 2 (0.456%) CA Clarity
7 2 (0.456%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.228%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.228%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.011%) SAN
2 21 (4.784%) Firewall
3 16 (3.645%) NAS
3 16 (3.645%) Internet
4 12 (2.733%) SMTP
4 12 (2.733%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (1.595%) WAN
5 7 (1.595%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.595%) DNS
6 5 (1.139%) VPN
6 5 (1.139%) LAN
7 4 (0.911%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.683%) SSL
8 3 (0.683%) DHCP
8 3 (0.683%) Intranet
8 3 (0.683%) 3G
9 2 (0.456%) MPLS
9 2 (0.456%) NetScreen
9 2 (0.456%) IPsec
9 2 (0.456%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.062%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.011%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.050%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (1.822%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.139%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (1.139%) MS Access
5 5 (1.139%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (1.139%) SAP BW
6 4 (0.911%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (0.683%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.683%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (0.683%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (0.456%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.456%) OLTP
8 2 (0.456%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.456%) TOAD
8 2 (0.456%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (0.456%) Oracle 9i
8 2 (0.456%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.456%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 16 (3.645%) Visual Studio
2 6 (1.367%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (0.683%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.683%) ChangeMan
3 3 (0.683%) JMeter
3 3 (0.683%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.456%) Dreamweaver
4 2 (0.456%) Subversion
5 1 (0.228%) Hudson
5 1 (0.228%) Expression Blend
5 1 (0.228%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.228%) Selenium
5 1 (0.228%) Ant
5 1 (0.228%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.228%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.228%) RequisitePro
General
1 37 (8.428%) Banking
2 26 (5.923%) Telecoms
3 18 (4.100%) Investment Banking
4 12 (2.733%) Financial Institution
5 11 (2.506%) Marketing
5 11 (2.506%) Retail
5 11 (2.506%) Manufacturing
6 8 (1.822%) Law
7 4 (0.911%) Back Office
8 2 (0.456%) Electronics
8 2 (0.456%) Legal
8 2 (0.456%) General Ledger
8 2 (0.456%) Billing
9 1 (0.228%) Advertising
9 1 (0.228%) Publishing
9 1 (0.228%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 95 (21.64%) Project Manager
2 86 (19.59%) Analyst
3 46 (10.48%) Developer
4 44 (10.02%) Architect
5 35 (7.973%) Business Analyst
6 29 (6.606%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (5.239%) Consultant
8 19 (4.328%) .NET Developer
9 14 (3.189%) Administrator
10 13 (2.961%) Senior Project Manager
10 13 (2.961%) Senior Manager
11 12 (2.733%) Systems Analyst
11 12 (2.733%) VB.NET Developer
12 11 (2.506%) Resource Manager
12 11 (2.506%) Programme Manager
13 10 (2.278%) Data Architect
13 10 (2.278%) Coordinator
14 9 (2.050%) MI Analyst
14 9 (2.050%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (2.050%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (2.733%) PMI
2 8 (1.822%) Mainframe
3 7 (1.595%) Computer Science
3 7 (1.595%) Management Information System
4 4 (0.911%) Mathematics
4 4 (0.911%) Reference Data
4 4 (0.911%) FMCG
5 3 (0.683%) SaaS
5 3 (0.683%) IBM Mainframe
5 3 (0.683%) Data Integration
5 3 (0.683%) Firmware
6 2 (0.456%) DTV
6 2 (0.456%) Data Extraction
6 2 (0.456%) Symmetrix DMX
7 1 (0.228%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.228%) iPad
7 1 (0.228%) iPhone
7 1 (0.228%) iSeries
7 1 (0.228%) Open Source
7 1 (0.228%) IIBA
Operating Systems
1 47 (10.71%) Windows
2 25 (5.695%) Solaris
3 23 (5.239%) Linux
4 16 (3.645%) UNIX
5 15 (3.417%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (1.822%) AIX
7 7 (1.595%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (1.367%) Windows XP
9 5 (1.139%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.139%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.911%) HPUX
11 2 (0.456%) CentOS
11 2 (0.456%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.228%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.228%) Android
12 1 (0.228%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.228%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (22.32%) Project Management
2 60 (13.67%) PRINCE2
3 58 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 41 (9.339%) Migration
5 36 (8.200%) Change Management
6 34 (7.745%) CRM
7 28 (6.378%) Investment Management
8 23 (5.239%) E-Commerce
8 23 (5.239%) Business Intelligence
8 23 (5.239%) Workflow
8 23 (5.239%) Scrum
8 23 (5.239%) Resource Management
9 19 (4.328%) ITIL
10 18 (4.100%) Data Modelling
11 17 (3.872%) Business Analysis
11 17 (3.872%) Programme Management
11 17 (3.872%) ERP
11 17 (3.872%) Risk Management
11 17 (3.872%) Capacity Planning
11 17 (3.872%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 58 (13.21%) SQL
2 20 (4.556%) C#
3 16 (3.645%) Java
4 15 (3.417%) VB.NET
5 9 (2.050%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.822%) VB
7 6 (1.367%) Shell Script
7 6 (1.367%) JCL
7 6 (1.367%) VB6
8 5 (1.139%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.139%) VBA
8 5 (1.139%) C
9 4 (0.911%) COBOL
9 4 (0.911%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.683%) Groovy
10 3 (0.683%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.683%) REXX
11 2 (0.456%) Python
11 2 (0.456%) VBScript
11 2 (0.456%) Perl
Qualifications
1 26 (5.923%) Degree
2 18 (4.100%) Security Cleared
3 17 (3.872%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.417%) PMI Certification
4 15 (3.417%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 14 (3.189%) ISEB
6 8 (1.822%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.367%) ACCA
8 4 (0.911%) PMP
8 4 (0.911%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (0.911%) APMP
9 3 (0.683%) MCITP
9 3 (0.683%) CCA
9 3 (0.683%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.456%) CIMA
10 2 (0.456%) OCP
10 2 (0.456%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.228%) SCJP
11 1 (0.228%) MCSE
11 1 (0.228%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.367%) SLA
2 5 (1.139%) QA
2 5 (1.139%) ISO 9000
3 3 (0.683%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.228%) COBIT
4 1 (0.228%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (2.961%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.139%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 5 (1.139%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 3 (0.683%) NFS
3 3 (0.683%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.456%) vSphere
4 2 (0.456%) XenApp
5 1 (0.228%) vCloud
5 1 (0.228%) PowerHA
5 1 (0.228%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.228%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.228%) SRDF
5 1 (0.228%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.228%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.367%) HP Quality Center
1 6 (1.367%) Puppet
2 3 (0.683%) CA Endevor
3 2 (0.456%) SCCM
3 2 (0.456%) WSUS
4 1 (0.228%) AppDNA
4 1 (0.228%) CFEngine
4 1 (0.228%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 57 (12.98%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.567%) Oracle
3 33 (7.517%) SAP
4 22 (5.011%) Cisco
5 14 (3.189%) Juniper
6 13 (2.961%) Business Objects
6 13 (2.961%) McAfee
7 12 (2.733%) Radware
8 10 (2.278%) Veritas
8 10 (2.278%) EMC
8 10 (2.278%) IBM
9 9 (2.050%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.367%) Primavera
10 6 (1.367%) Cognos
11 5 (1.139%) Google
11 5 (1.139%) Siebel
11 5 (1.139%) JBoss
11 5 (1.139%) CODA
11 5 (1.139%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.911%) VMware
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