The first table below looks at the demand for CIMA in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CIMA 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

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
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Rank 469 465 430
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -35
Contract jobs citing CIMA 72 105 174
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.150% 0.181% 0.280%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.825% 1.053% 1.768%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 81 129
Average daily rate £450 £450 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £330 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £570 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £383 £425 £375
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £50.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8728 9969 9842
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.18% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4650 5163 4803
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 491 522 685
Average hourly rate £22.13 £20.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.92% -8.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.28 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%

CIMA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CIMA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CIMA Jobs Demand Trend

CIMA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CIMA within the UK.

CIMA Daily Rate Trend

CIMA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CIMA within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

CIMA Daily Rate Histogram

CIMA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CIMA within the UK.

CIMA Hourly Rate Trend

CIMA
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CIMA within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -28 58 £451 +0.11% 35
London -14 33 £500 +11.11% 27
City of London +2 18 £450 -2.70% 5
South East +30 14 £498 +10.55%
Scotland -7 7 £280 -15.15% 2
Berkshire +21 5 £300 -
South West +32 4 £383 +2.00% 6
Hampshire - 4 £550 -
Surrey +15 2 £498 +13.64%
North West +15 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 £300 - 1
East Sussex - 2 £451 -
Aberdeen - 2 £410 - 1
Brighton - 2 £451 -
East Midlands -3 1 £375 +3.44%
Birmingham - 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Manchester - - - -
Newcastle upon Tyne - - - -
Oxford - - - -
Slough - - - -
South Croydon - - - -
Southampton - - - -
Swindon - - - - 1
Uxbridge - - - -
Welwyn Garden City - - - -
Worcester - - - - 1
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Enfield - - - -
High Wycombe - - - -

CIMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CIMA 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 CIMA.

1 120 (90.23%) Finance
2 112 (84.21%) ACCA
3 28 (21.05%) SAP
4 21 (15.79%) MS Excel
5 17 (12.78%) Oracle
5 17 (12.78%) ERP
5 17 (12.78%) Project Management
6 16 (12.03%) Telecoms
7 13 (9.774%) Business Analysis
8 12 (9.023%) Risk Management
8 12 (9.023%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (9.023%) Banking
8 12 (9.023%) Six Sigma
8 12 (9.023%) SQL
9 11 (8.271%) Agresso
10 10 (7.519%) Hyperion
10 10 (7.519%) MS Office
10 10 (7.519%) Microsoft
10 10 (7.519%) Dynamics AX
11 9 (6.767%) Degree
11 9 (6.767%) SC Cleared
11 9 (6.767%) Security Cleared
12 8 (6.015%) General Ledger
12 8 (6.015%) CODA
13 7 (5.263%) PRINCE2
13 7 (5.263%) Dynamics GP
13 7 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
13 7 (5.263%) Dynamics NAV
13 7 (5.263%) SAP Business One
14 6 (4.511%) Investment Banking

CIMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CIMA 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 CIMA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 21 (15.79%) MS Excel
2 10 (7.519%) MS Office
3 7 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.504%) MS Project
4 2 (1.504%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.752%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (8.271%) Agresso
2 10 (7.519%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (5.263%) Dynamics GP
3 7 (5.263%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (5.263%) SAP Business One
4 6 (4.511%) CODA-Financials
5 5 (3.759%) Oracle EBS R12
5 5 (3.759%) HFM
6 4 (3.008%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (2.256%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (2.256%) SAP CO
7 3 (2.256%) SAP FI
7 3 (2.256%) Hyperion Planning
7 3 (2.256%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (1.504%) Oracle iProcurement
8 2 (1.504%) SAP R/3
9 1 (0.752%) SAP PS
9 1 (0.752%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.752%) SAP FSCM
9 1 (0.752%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.504%) 3G
1 2 (1.504%) Broadband
2 1 (0.752%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.008%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.256%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (2.256%) PowerCenter
2 3 (2.256%) SAP BW
2 3 (2.256%) Oracle ODI
3 1 (0.752%) Essbase
3 1 (0.752%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.752%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.752%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 120 (90.23%) Finance
2 16 (12.03%) Telecoms
3 12 (9.023%) Banking
4 8 (6.015%) General Ledger
5 6 (4.511%) Investment Banking
5 6 (4.511%) Retail
6 5 (3.759%) Marketing
7 4 (3.008%) French Language
7 4 (3.008%) Front Office
8 3 (2.256%) Billing
8 3 (2.256%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.256%) Advertising
8 3 (2.256%) Publishing
8 3 (2.256%) Italian Language
8 3 (2.256%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.504%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.504%) Legal
10 1 (0.752%) Military
10 1 (0.752%) Automotive
10 1 (0.752%) Law
Job Titles
1 46 (34.59%) Analyst
2 24 (18.05%) Business Analyst
3 17 (12.78%) Project Manager
4 14 (10.53%) Financial Analyst
5 10 (7.519%) Systems Analyst
5 10 (7.519%) Consultant
6 8 (6.015%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 6 (4.511%) Systems Accountant
8 5 (3.759%) Architect
8 5 (3.759%) Transition Manager
9 4 (3.008%) Management Accountant
9 4 (3.008%) Implementation Analyst
9 4 (3.008%) Project Accountant
9 4 (3.008%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (3.008%) Enterprise Architect
10 3 (2.256%) Business Architect
10 3 (2.256%) SAP Project Manager
10 3 (2.256%) SAP Consultant
10 3 (2.256%) Business Consultant
10 3 (2.256%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.759%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.256%) Statistics
2 3 (2.256%) Mathematics
2 3 (2.256%) Credit Risk
3 2 (1.504%) Derivative
3 2 (1.504%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 1 (0.752%) Handset
4 1 (0.752%) Economics
4 1 (0.752%) Data Extraction
4 1 (0.752%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (12.78%) ERP
1 17 (12.78%) Project Management
2 13 (9.774%) Business Analysis
3 12 (9.023%) Risk Management
3 12 (9.023%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (9.023%) Six Sigma
4 7 (5.263%) PRINCE2
5 6 (4.511%) Migration
6 5 (3.759%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (3.759%) Transition Management
6 5 (3.759%) Data Migration
7 4 (3.008%) Lean Six Sigma
7 4 (3.008%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (3.008%) Data Analysis
7 4 (3.008%) Financial Analysis
7 4 (3.008%) SOA
7 4 (3.008%) Asset Management
8 3 (2.256%) E-business
8 3 (2.256%) Quality Management
8 3 (2.256%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.023%) SQL
2 1 (0.752%) VB
2 1 (0.752%) VBA
Qualifications
1 112 (84.21%) ACCA
2 9 (6.767%) Degree
2 9 (6.767%) SC Cleared
2 9 (6.767%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.256%) CIPFA
4 2 (1.504%) MBA
4 2 (1.504%) CCAB
4 2 (1.504%) QiCA
4 2 (1.504%) CISA
5 1 (0.752%) CISM
5 1 (0.752%) ISEB
5 1 (0.752%) CCA
5 1 (0.752%) CISSP
5 1 (0.752%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.752%) OCP
5 1 (0.752%) OCA
5 1 (0.752%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.752%) MCSE
5 1 (0.752%) MCSA
5 1 (0.752%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.511%) Solvency II
2 5 (3.759%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (3.008%) GAAP
4 3 (2.256%) QA
5 2 (1.504%) SLA
6 1 (0.752%) IAS 39
6 1 (0.752%) Basel II
6 1 (0.752%) Basel III
6 1 (0.752%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 28 (21.05%) SAP
2 17 (12.78%) Oracle
3 10 (7.519%) Hyperion
3 10 (7.519%) Microsoft
4 8 (6.015%) CODA
5 4 (3.008%) Business Objects
6 3 (2.256%) Informatica
6 3 (2.256%) JD Edwards
7 2 (1.504%) Cognos
8 1 (0.752%) Ab Initio
8 1 (0.752%) CA
8 1 (0.752%) PeopleSoft
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