The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 19 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 Sussex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 5 6 3
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -3
Contract jobs citing Finance 3 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sussex 12.50% 12.82% 14.71%
As % of the General category 42.86% 35.71% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £500 £410 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.95% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.89 £17.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-3.48% -28.57%
All of the General Category
Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
7 14 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sussex 29.17% 35.90% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 2
Average daily rate £500 £415 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.48% -2.35%
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £33.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Finance
South East

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Sussex Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sussex 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 3 (37.50%) ISEB
1 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
1 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (12.50%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) Billing
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
3 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 1 (12.50%) AS400
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) SAP CRM
3 1 (12.50%) CA
3 1 (12.50%) LoadRunner
3 1 (12.50%) Middleware
3 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
3 1 (12.50%) MS Project
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) HP

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sussex 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 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Project
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP IS-U
1 1 (12.50%) SAP CRM
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (12.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Test Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Test Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Test Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) AS400
1 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
3 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) ISEB
1 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) CA
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) HP