Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank333
Rank change year-on-year
No change0No change0
Matching contract IT job ads10094598915077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK20.90 %15.18 %18.34 %
As % of the General category39.81 %32.93 %39.61 %
Daily rates quoted528123115899
Average daily rate£425£400£438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.250 %-8.570 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£263£250£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£560£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£384£390
% change year-on-year
-8.850 %-1.530 %
Hourly rates quoted195214456
Average hourly rate£20.00£22.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-2.220 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£10.80£10.77
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.45£43.20£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£21.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
-6.970 %-4.440 %
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
253541818638059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK52.48 %46.10 %46.30 %
Daily rates quoted12745642713805
Average daily rate£450£425£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£245£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£575£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted83010362261
Average hourly rate£23.00£24.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.160 %-4.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.12£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.00£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %

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.

Finance
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Finance within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Trend

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

Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Finance Daily Rate Histogram

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Finance Hourly Rate Histogram

Finance
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 Finance within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandNo change09174£425+4.93 %
LondonNo change06299£450+5.88 %
City of LondonUp+12528£475+11.76 %
South EastUp+3980£368-2.77 %
ScotlandUp+1681£325-10.27 %
South WestUp+1505£354-11.56 %
EdinburghNo change0462£325-13.33 %
North WestUp+2409£300-20.00 %
YorkshireUp+10337£365+4.28 %
West YorkshireUp+14270£345-13.75 %
BerkshireUp+3231£378-5.03 %
East MidlandsUp+2205£450+12.50 %
Docklands, LondonNo change0193£425+3.03 %
East of EnglandUp+2192£313-10.71 %
BristolUp+1188£322-1.07 %
SurreyUp+1184£350+14.75 %
Canary WharfDown-4165£525+5.00 %
ManchesterUp+1154£350-4.10 %
WiltshireUp+3153£400-5.88 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2153£260-38.82 %
CheshireUp+3148£288-25.56 %
GlasgowUp+6147£325+18.18 %
HampshireUp+2134£375-6.18 %
West MidlandsUp+2122£325+8.33 %
SwindonUp+1120£400-6.97 %
NorthamptonshireUp+1114£450+5.88 %
HalifaxNo change0106£330+1.53 %
Milton KeynesNo change088£275-35.29 %
WalesUp+182£378+25.83 %
NorthamptonNo change078£450+4.04 %

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

16361 (34.77 %)Banking
23132 (17.12 %)Investment Banking
32642 (14.44 %)SQL
42343 (12.81 %)Oracle
52039 (11.15 %)Project Management
61554 (8.495 %)Java
71546 (8.451 %)Derivative
81470 (8.035 %)C#
91463 (7.997 %)UNIX
101443 (7.888 %)SQL Server
111385 (7.571 %)Business Analysis
121345 (7.352 %)Front Office
131285 (7.024 %)Retail
141254 (6.855 %).NET
151235 (6.751 %)Windows
161157 (6.324 %)Stakeholder Management
171140 (6.232 %)Microsoft
181102 (6.024 %)PRINCE2
191078 (5.893 %)Migration
20979 (5.351 %)MS Excel
21969 (5.297 %)Insurance
22960 (5.248 %)SAP
23851 (4.652 %)Financial Institution
24845 (4.619 %)Retail Banking
25819 (4.477 %)C
26782 (4.275 %)Fixed Income
27779 (4.258 %)Change Management
28725 (3.963 %)Risk Management
29713 (3.897 %)MS Office
29713 (3.897 %)User Acceptance Testing

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11254 (6.855 %).NET
2658 (3.597 %)XML
3397 (2.170 %)ASP.NET
4346 (1.891 %)J2EE
5309 (1.689 %)Spring
6294 (1.607 %)WinForms
7293 (1.602 %)WebSphere
8272 (1.487 %)Web Services
9267 (1.459 %)Middleware
10251 (1.372 %)HTML
11248 (1.356 %)WPF
12232 (1.268 %)Hibernate
13185 (1.011 %)CSS
14166 (0.907 %)WCF
15149 (0.814 %)AJAX
16138 (0.754 %)XSLT
17119 (0.650 %).NET Framework
18110 (0.601 %)ASP
19105 (0.574 %)JMS
2093 (0.508 %)JSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1359 (1.962 %)SharePoint
2208 (1.137 %)SAS
3133 (0.727 %)IIS
4113 (0.618 %)MS Exchange
597 (0.530 %)WebLogic
694 (0.514 %)Tomcat
790 (0.492 %)WebSphere MQ
886 (0.470 %)CMS
984 (0.459 %)Apache
1074 (0.405 %)Lotus Notes
1170 (0.383 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1269 (0.377 %)Oracle Workflow
1367 (0.366 %)WebSphere Application Server
1465 (0.355 %)Rendezvous
1559 (0.323 %)MQSeries
1656 (0.306 %)BizTalk Server
1748 (0.262 %)TIBCO EMS
1846 (0.251 %)Exchange Server 2003
1846 (0.251 %)ESB
1941 (0.224 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1979 (5.351 %)MS Excel
2713 (3.897 %)MS Office
3578 (3.160 %)MS Project
4435 (2.378 %)MS Visio
5332 (1.815 %)MS PowerPoint
6190 (1.039 %)Spreadsheet
7135 (0.738 %)CA Clarity
833 (0.180 %)Photoshop
929 (0.159 %)MATLAB
1023 (0.126 %)Open Workbench
1112 (0.066 %)InfoPath
1211 (0.060 %)SPSS
139 (0.049 %)Acrobat
148 (0.044 %)Niku Workbench
157 (0.038 %)Adobe Illustrator
165 (0.027 %)FrameMaker
174 (0.022 %)DOC1
174 (0.022 %)Fireworks
183 (0.016 %)InDesign
183 (0.016 %)Paint Shop Pro
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1287 (1.569 %)Oracle Financials
2174 (0.951 %)SAP FI
3156 (0.853 %)Oracle EBS
4148 (0.809 %)Oracle EBS R12
5144 (0.787 %)SAP CO
6142 (0.776 %)SAP FI/CO
7107 (0.585 %)Oracle Applications
889 (0.486 %)Summit
985 (0.465 %)Endur
1078 (0.426 %)SAP BPC
1169 (0.377 %)PeopleSoft Financials
1261 (0.333 %)Dynamics AX
1350 (0.273 %)Hyperion Planning
1350 (0.273 %)SAP HR
1449 (0.268 %)HFM
1547 (0.257 %)Dynamics CRM
1645 (0.246 %)Oracle General Ledger
1741 (0.224 %)Global One
1741 (0.224 %)SAP ERP
1836 (0.197 %)Axapta
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1317 (1.733 %)Internet
2203 (1.110 %)Firewall
3197 (1.077 %)SAN
4183 (1.000 %)WAN
5179 (0.978 %)LAN
6170 (0.929 %)TCP/IP
7113 (0.618 %)Intranet
894 (0.514 %)DNS
986 (0.470 %)VPN
1065 (0.355 %)BGP
1148 (0.262 %)LDAP
1148 (0.262 %)OSPF
1245 (0.246 %)Network Security
1344 (0.241 %)SSL
1441 (0.224 %)VoIP
1540 (0.219 %)ATM
1638 (0.208 %)MPLS
1737 (0.202 %)DHCP
1828 (0.153 %)NAS
1927 (0.148 %)NetScreen
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11443 (7.888 %)SQL Server
2692 (3.783 %)Datawarehouse
3441 (2.411 %)SQL Server 2005
4375 (2.050 %)ETL
5352 (1.924 %)BusinessObjects
6268 (1.465 %)Oracle 10g
7258 (1.410 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8175 (0.957 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9174 (0.951 %)Oracle Reports
10169 (0.924 %)DB2
11163 (0.891 %)RDBMS
12159 (0.869 %)MS Access
12159 (0.869 %)Oracle 8/8i
13147 (0.804 %)SQL Server 2000
14144 (0.787 %)SQL Server 2008
15116 (0.634 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
16112 (0.612 %)SAP BW
17108 (0.590 %)OLAP
18106 (0.579 %)Essbase
19103 (0.563 %)Crystal Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1189 (1.033 %)Subversion
2152 (0.831 %)TestDirector
2152 (0.831 %)ClearCase
3123 (0.672 %)QuickTest Pro
3123 (0.672 %)JUnit
4117 (0.640 %)Visual Studio
586 (0.470 %)NUnit
671 (0.388 %)Eclipse
760 (0.328 %)JIRA
855 (0.301 %)Oracle Forms
951 (0.279 %)Ant
1049 (0.268 %)LoadRunner
1145 (0.246 %)TeamCity
1239 (0.213 %)FitNesse
1338 (0.208 %)Selenium
1435 (0.191 %)ClearQuest
1534 (0.186 %)Team Foundation Server
1631 (0.169 %)Maven
1730 (0.164 %)ProC
1829 (0.159 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16361 (34.77 %)Banking
23132 (17.12 %)Investment Banking
31345 (7.352 %)Front Office
41285 (7.024 %)Retail
5969 (5.297 %)Insurance
6851 (4.652 %)Financial Institution
7845 (4.619 %)Retail Banking
8671 (3.668 %)Back Office
9404 (2.208 %)Pensions
10388 (2.121 %)Telecoms
11387 (2.115 %)Government
12309 (1.689 %)General Ledger
13220 (1.203 %)Marketing
14201 (1.099 %)Legal
15155 (0.847 %)Health
16146 (0.798 %)Billing
17128 (0.700 %)Education
1898 (0.536 %)Construction
1990 (0.492 %)Manufacturing
2087 (0.476 %)Corporate Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15851 (31.98 %)Analyst
23454 (18.88 %)Developer
33289 (17.98 %)Business Analyst
42194 (11.99 %)Project Manager
51132 (6.188 %)Consultant
6729 (3.985 %)Architect
7688 (3.761 %)Java Developer
8686 (3.750 %)C# Developer
9475 (2.596 %)Programme Manager
10431 (2.356 %)Banking Business Analyst
11425 (2.323 %)Support Analyst
12424 (2.318 %)Senior Analyst
13414 (2.263 %)Test Analyst
14333 (1.820 %)Test Manager
15332 (1.815 %)Senior Developer
16329 (1.798 %)Administrator
17311 (1.700 %).NET Developer
18279 (1.525 %)Senior Manager
19276 (1.509 %)Data Analyst
20267 (1.459 %)Systems Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11546 (8.451 %)Derivative
2782 (4.275 %)Fixed Income
3709 (3.876 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4575 (3.143 %)Equities
5434 (2.372 %)Credit Risk
6389 (2.126 %)Equity Derivative
7302 (1.651 %)Market Risk
8294 (1.607 %)Credit Derivative
9227 (1.241 %)Interest Rate Derivative
10222 (1.214 %)Multithreading
11212 (1.159 %)Management Information System
12171 (0.935 %)Mainframe
13147 (0.804 %)NHS
14131 (0.716 %)Client/Server
15103 (0.563 %)Mathematics
16102 (0.558 %)Replication
17100 (0.547 %)Clustering
1892 (0.503 %)Computer Science
1975 (0.410 %)Blackberry
2069 (0.377 %)PMI
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11463 (7.997 %)UNIX
21235 (6.751 %)Windows
3619 (3.384 %)Linux
4384 (2.099 %)Solaris
5259 (1.416 %)Windows Server 2003
6179 (0.978 %)Windows XP
7152 (0.831 %)AIX
8123 (0.672 %)Red Hat Linux
9108 (0.590 %)Windows Server 2008
1098 (0.536 %)Windows 2000
1161 (0.333 %)VMS
1260 (0.328 %)Windows Vista
1339 (0.213 %)HPUX
1437 (0.202 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1535 (0.191 %)Windows 2000 Server
1632 (0.175 %)SUSE
1730 (0.164 %)Windows NT
1819 (0.104 %)zOS
1819 (0.104 %)Windows 7
1915 (0.082 %)MVS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12039 (11.15 %)Project Management
21385 (7.571 %)Business Analysis
31157 (6.324 %)Stakeholder Management
41102 (6.024 %)PRINCE2
51078 (5.893 %)Migration
6779 (4.258 %)Change Management
7725 (3.963 %)Risk Management
8713 (3.897 %)User Acceptance Testing
9647 (3.537 %)Business Intelligence
10639 (3.493 %)ITIL
11509 (2.782 %)Agile Software Development
12475 (2.596 %)OO
13397 (2.170 %)UML
14390 (2.132 %)Data Analysis
15389 (2.126 %)Data Modelling
16378 (2.066 %)Workflow
17369 (2.017 %)Asset Management
18363 (1.984 %)E-Commerce
19330 (1.804 %)ERP
20323 (1.766 %)Data Migration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12642 (14.44 %)SQL
21554 (8.495 %)Java
31470 (8.035 %)C#
4819 (4.477 %)C
5571 (3.121 %)C++
6497 (2.717 %)VBA
7452 (2.471 %)PL/SQL
8389 (2.126 %)Perl
9355 (1.941 %)VB
10280 (1.531 %)JavaScript
11273 (1.492 %)T-SQL
12263 (1.438 %)Shell Script
13152 (0.831 %)VB.NET
1482 (0.448 %)Python
1579 (0.432 %)VB6
1676 (0.415 %)VBScript
1774 (0.405 %)Korn
1866 (0.361 %)COBOL
1965 (0.355 %)PHP
2046 (0.251 %)VC++
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1563 (3.078 %)Degree
2274 (1.498 %)ISEB
3271 (1.481 %)Security Cleared
4241 (1.317 %)PRINCE2 Certification
5145 (0.793 %)Cisco Certification
6144 (0.787 %)SC Cleared
7134 (0.732 %)PMI Certification
8131 (0.716 %)CIMA
9130 (0.711 %)Microsoft Certification
10126 (0.689 %)ACCA
11108 (0.590 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1296 (0.525 %)MCSE
1382 (0.448 %)ITIL Certification
1481 (0.443 %)CCNP
1575 (0.410 %)PMP
1663 (0.344 %)CCNA
1753 (0.290 %)DV Cleared
1847 (0.257 %)CCIE
1944 (0.241 %)ISTQB
2041 (0.224 %)Citrix Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1400 (2.187 %)QA
2202 (1.104 %)Basel II
3182 (0.995 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
4172 (0.940 %)SLA
551 (0.279 %)PCI DSS
639 (0.213 %)COBIT
738 (0.208 %)ISO27001
837 (0.202 %)GAAP
915 (0.082 %)MiFID
1011 (0.060 %)ISO9001
119 (0.049 %)ISO17799
127 (0.038 %)COSO
135 (0.027 %)GxP
144 (0.022 %)WAI
144 (0.022 %)BS7799
153 (0.016 %)IAS 39
162 (0.011 %)GCP
171 (0.005 %)EFQM
171 (0.005 %)ISO14000
171 (0.005 %)ISO9000
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1266 (1.454 %)Active Directory
2103 (0.563 %)VMware Infrastructure
360 (0.328 %)Oracle RAC
440 (0.219 %)VMware ESX
539 (0.213 %)Oracle RMAN
638 (0.208 %)NFS
638 (0.208 %)Veritas Cluster Server
726 (0.142 %)Veritas Volume Manager
825 (0.137 %)XenApp
918 (0.098 %)MSMQ
1015 (0.082 %)OpenSSO
1114 (0.077 %)Terminal Services
1213 (0.071 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1311 (0.060 %)Hyper-V
149 (0.049 %)RACF
154 (0.022 %)SRDF
154 (0.022 %)Veritas File System
154 (0.022 %)Tivoli Directory Server
154 (0.022 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
154 (0.022 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
179 (0.432 %)Tivoli
266 (0.361 %)AutoSys
357 (0.312 %)HP Quality Center
456 (0.306 %)CONTROL-M
544 (0.241 %)NetBackup
642 (0.230 %)Data Guard
734 (0.186 %)BMC PATROL
827 (0.148 %)OpenView
827 (0.148 %)SCCM
923 (0.126 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1022 (0.120 %)SCOM
1119 (0.104 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1218 (0.098 %)MSI
1315 (0.082 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1413 (0.071 %)CiscoWorks
1511 (0.060 %)Norton AntiVirus
1610 (0.055 %)MOM
178 (0.044 %)Dollar Universe
187 (0.038 %)Backup Exec
187 (0.038 %)WSUS
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12343 (12.81 %)Oracle
21140 (6.232 %)Microsoft
3960 (5.248 %)SAP
4654 (3.575 %)Sybase
5352 (1.924 %)Business Objects
6316 (1.727 %)IBM
7295 (1.613 %)Cisco
8281 (1.536 %)HP
9243 (1.328 %)TIBCO
10231 (1.263 %)Cognos
11217 (1.186 %)Citrix
12201 (1.099 %)Remedy
13193 (1.055 %)VMware
14168 (0.918 %)PeopleSoft
14168 (0.918 %)Hyperion
15146 (0.798 %)Bloomberg
16132 (0.722 %)Reuters
17127 (0.694 %)Informatica
18120 (0.656 %)Red Hat
19118 (0.645 %)Murex