Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank33
Rank change on the same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads580714552
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK16.90 %18.90 %
As % of the General category34.87 %39.50 %
Daily rates quoted27665838
Average daily rate£420£425
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-1.110 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£400
% change on same period last year-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted158475
Average hourly rate£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£7.50£12.80
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£45.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50
% change on same period last year-22.22 %
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralAll General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1665336836
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK48.48 %47.84 %
Daily rates quoted704713533
Average daily rate£450£450
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£245£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£400
% change on same period last year-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted8092174
Average hourly rate£22.50£23.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-2.170 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£25.00

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009. 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 change05286£425-2.85 %
LondonDown-13544£450-5.26 %
City of LondonDown-11436£450-5.26 %
South EastDown-5561£360-4.00 %
ScotlandDown-1346£313-10.71 %
South WestDown-2318£380-10.58 %
North WestDown-1288£330-12.00 %
EdinburghNo change0239£313-6.71 %
YorkshireDown-3140£275-21.42 %
Docklands, LondonDown-2136£450-21.73 %
East of EnglandDown-7132£330-22.35 %
BristolNo change0121£375+9.97 %
West MidlandsUp+2120£323-7.85 %
West YorkshireDown-2117£275-16.66 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2112£316-9.64 %
SurreyUp+1106£350-
ManchesterNo change0103£350-6.04 %
Milton KeynesDown-398£290-17.14 %
HampshireDown-1288£360-10.00 %
East MidlandsDown-287£425-5.55 %
BerkshireDown-2186£425+21.42 %
CheshireDown-177£300-15.96 %
GlasgowDown-172£295-12.59 %
WiltshireDown-372£425-5.02 %
Canary WharfDown-162£438-2.77 %
LeedsDown-253£400+31.14 %
SwindonNo change052£425-5.55 %
WalesDown-150£290-27.50 %
South WalesNo change042£290-25.64 %
ChesterNo change041£300-14.34 %

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

13496 (28.82 %)Banking
21835 (15.13 %)Oracle
31737 (14.32 %)Investment Banking
41658 (13.67 %)SQL
51196 (9.861 %)Project Management
6990 (8.162 %)UNIX
7938 (7.734 %)Java
8931 (7.676 %)SQL Server
9895 (7.379 %)C#
10893 (7.363 %).NET
11865 (7.132 %)Windows
12785 (6.472 %)Microsoft
13748 (6.167 %)PRINCE2
14739 (6.093 %)Derivative
15715 (5.895 %)Insurance
16706 (5.821 %)Retail
16706 (5.821 %)SAP
17676 (5.573 %)Migration
18660 (5.442 %)Financial Institution
19619 (5.103 %)Business Analysis
20609 (5.021 %)MS Excel
21585 (4.823 %)Front Office
22493 (4.065 %)Stakeholder Management
23487 (4.015 %)Change Management
24454 (3.743 %)MS Office
24454 (3.743 %)Retail Banking
25440 (3.628 %)Degree
26430 (3.545 %)Datawarehouse
27418 (3.446 %)XML
28416 (3.430 %)C++

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1893 (7.363 %).NET
2418 (3.446 %)XML
3350 (2.886 %)J2EE
4297 (2.449 %)ASP.NET
5254 (2.094 %)WebServices
6239 (1.970 %)WebSphere
7202 (1.665 %)HTML
8154 (1.270 %)CSS
9150 (1.237 %)AJAX
10147 (1.212 %)Spring
11138 (1.138 %)WinForms
12121 (0.998 %)XSLT
13113 (0.932 %)Middleware
14105 (0.866 %)Hibernate
15101 (0.833 %).NET Framework
1698 (0.808 %)JSP
1784 (0.693 %)JMS
1878 (0.643 %)WCF
1971 (0.585 %)Java EE
2058 (0.478 %)ASP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1224 (1.847 %)SharePoint
2186 (1.534 %)SAS
3141 (1.163 %)MS Exchange
4102 (0.841 %)IIS
5100 (0.824 %)WebLogic
690 (0.742 %)Apache
781 (0.668 %)SharePoint Server 2007
879 (0.651 %)Lotus Notes
978 (0.643 %)BizTalk Server
1063 (0.519 %)Exchange Server 2003
1160 (0.495 %)TIBCO EMS
1160 (0.495 %)WebSphere MQ
1259 (0.486 %)CMS
1354 (0.445 %)Exchange Server 2007
1443 (0.355 %)ESB
1443 (0.355 %)Tomcat
1542 (0.346 %)Oracle Workflow
1640 (0.330 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1734 (0.280 %)MQSeries
1833 (0.272 %)WebSphere Application Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1609 (5.021 %)MS Excel
2454 (3.743 %)MS Office
3251 (2.069 %)MS Project
4226 (1.863 %)MS Visio
5163 (1.344 %)MS PowerPoint
6106 (0.874 %)CA Clarity
7103 (0.849 %)Spreadsheet
817 (0.140 %)Photoshop
916 (0.132 %)SPSS
1013 (0.107 %)MATLAB
1111 (0.091 %)InfoPath
129 (0.074 %)Open Workbench
133 (0.025 %)Adobe Illustrator
133 (0.025 %)Acrobat
133 (0.025 %)Authorware
142 (0.016 %)FastStats
151 (0.008 %)Fireworks
151 (0.008 %)QuarkXPress
151 (0.008 %)RoboHelp
151 (0.008 %)FreeHand
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1329 (2.713 %)Oracle Financials
2183 (1.509 %)Oracle EBS
3156 (1.286 %)SAP CO
4155 (1.278 %)SAP FI
5141 (1.163 %)Oracle EBS R12
6140 (1.154 %)SAP FI/CO
7126 (1.039 %)Oracle Applications
882 (0.676 %)Oracle 11i
977 (0.635 %)Dynamics AX
1066 (0.544 %)Dynamics CRM
1162 (0.511 %)Oracle iProcurement
1258 (0.478 %)Summit
1352 (0.429 %)HFM
1352 (0.429 %)Axapta
1448 (0.396 %)Endur
1543 (0.355 %)PeopleSoft Financials
1640 (0.330 %)Hyperion Planning
1737 (0.305 %)Microsoft CRM
1836 (0.297 %)BusinessWorks
1934 (0.280 %)SAP Oil and Gas
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1236 (1.946 %)Internet
2164 (1.352 %)Firewall
3162 (1.336 %)LAN
4143 (1.179 %)WAN
5111 (0.915 %)TCP/IP
6103 (0.849 %)SAN
768 (0.561 %)VPN
862 (0.511 %)Intranet
959 (0.486 %)OSPF
1058 (0.478 %)BGP
1149 (0.404 %)DNS
1241 (0.338 %)MPLS
1340 (0.330 %)VoIP
1439 (0.322 %)SSL
1535 (0.289 %)Cisco PIX
1631 (0.256 %)LDAP
1729 (0.239 %)Network Security
1828 (0.231 %)DHCP
1925 (0.206 %)PBX
1925 (0.206 %)NAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1931 (7.676 %)SQL Server
2430 (3.545 %)Datawarehouse
3287 (2.366 %)SQL Server 2005
4270 (2.226 %)BusinessObjects
5237 (1.954 %)Oracle 10g
6174 (1.435 %)Oracle Reports
7170 (1.402 %)ETL
8141 (1.163 %)SQL Server 2000
9134 (1.105 %)RDBMS
10129 (1.064 %)Oracle 8/8i
11125 (1.031 %)SQL Server Integration Services
12122 (1.006 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
13119 (0.981 %)DB2
14106 (0.874 %)MS Access
15104 (0.857 %)Oracle 9i
1697 (0.800 %)Crystal Reports
1792 (0.759 %)Essbase
1878 (0.643 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1975 (0.618 %)OLAP
2071 (0.585 %)Oracle Discoverer
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1177 (1.459 %)ClearCase
280 (0.660 %)TestDirector
372 (0.594 %)Eclipse
456 (0.462 %)Oracle Forms
555 (0.453 %)Visual Studio
651 (0.420 %)ClearQuest
742 (0.346 %)Subversion
839 (0.322 %)LoadRunner
938 (0.313 %)QuickTest Pro
1037 (0.305 %)JUnit
1136 (0.297 %)RequisitePro
1235 (0.289 %)NUnit
1332 (0.264 %)Ant
1420 (0.165 %)WinRunner
1519 (0.157 %)JDeveloper
1618 (0.148 %)Selenium
1717 (0.140 %)Rational Rose
1717 (0.140 %)ERwin
1814 (0.115 %)JIRA
1912 (0.099 %)PowerBuilder
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13496 (28.82 %)Banking
21737 (14.32 %)Investment Banking
3715 (5.895 %)Insurance
4706 (5.821 %)Retail
5660 (5.442 %)Financial Institution
6585 (4.823 %)Front Office
7454 (3.743 %)Retail Banking
8370 (3.051 %)Government
9350 (2.886 %)Back Office
10287 (2.366 %)Telecoms
11272 (2.243 %)Legal
12216 (1.781 %)Pensions
13172 (1.418 %)Marketing
14168 (1.385 %)Health
15147 (1.212 %)General Ledger
16131 (1.080 %)Education
1799 (0.816 %)Billing
1885 (0.701 %)Manufacturing
1980 (0.660 %)Local Government
2056 (0.462 %)Construction
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13549 (29.26 %)Analyst
22080 (17.15 %)Developer
31665 (13.73 %)Business Analyst
41329 (10.96 %)Project Manager
51071 (8.830 %)Consultant
6502 (4.139 %)Architect
7390 (3.215 %)Support Analyst
8363 (2.993 %)C# Developer
9305 (2.515 %)Administrator
10284 (2.341 %)Java Developer
11281 (2.317 %)Programme Manager
12236 (1.946 %)Senior Analyst
13232 (1.913 %).NET Developer
14224 (1.847 %)Banking Business Analyst
15217 (1.789 %)Test Analyst
16212 (1.748 %)Programmer
17205 (1.690 %)SAP Consultant
18204 (1.682 %)DBA
19203 (1.674 %)Systems Analyst
20199 (1.641 %)Oracle Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1739 (6.093 %)Derivative
2361 (2.976 %)Fixed Income
3306 (2.523 %)Equities
4294 (2.424 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5241 (1.987 %)Credit Risk
6164 (1.352 %)NHS
7162 (1.336 %)Market Risk
8142 (1.171 %)Management Information System
8142 (1.171 %)Equity Derivative
9125 (1.031 %)Mainframe
10109 (0.899 %)Credit Derivative
1188 (0.726 %)Client/Server
1282 (0.676 %)Blackberry
1371 (0.585 %)Multithreading
1470 (0.577 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1562 (0.511 %)Replication
1661 (0.503 %)AS400
1759 (0.486 %)Mathematics
1854 (0.445 %)Computer Science
1949 (0.404 %)Data Integration
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1990 (8.162 %)UNIX
2865 (7.132 %)Windows
3378 (3.116 %)Linux
4347 (2.861 %)Solaris
5270 (2.226 %)Windows Server 2003
6191 (1.575 %)Windows XP
798 (0.808 %)Windows 2000
887 (0.717 %)AIX
954 (0.445 %)Windows Server 2008
1048 (0.396 %)Red Hat Linux
1143 (0.355 %)VMS
1237 (0.305 %)Windows NT
1237 (0.305 %)Windows Vista
1335 (0.289 %)Windows 2000 Server
1429 (0.239 %)HPUX
1515 (0.124 %)OpenVMS
1613 (0.107 %)MVS
1711 (0.091 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
188 (0.066 %)OS/400
188 (0.066 %)zOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11196 (9.861 %)Project Management
2748 (6.167 %)PRINCE2
3676 (5.573 %)Migration
4619 (5.103 %)Business Analysis
5493 (4.065 %)Stakeholder Management
6487 (4.015 %)Change Management
7401 (3.306 %)Risk Management
7401 (3.306 %)Business Intelligence
8397 (3.273 %)ITIL
9337 (2.778 %)User Acceptance Testing
10313 (2.581 %)OO
11271 (2.234 %)Data Modelling
12268 (2.210 %)Workflow
13258 (2.127 %)CRM
14257 (2.119 %)ERP
15256 (2.111 %)UML
16222 (1.830 %)Asset Management
17217 (1.789 %)Data Migration
18210 (1.731 %)SOA
19209 (1.723 %)Agile Software Development
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11658 (13.67 %)SQL
2938 (7.734 %)Java
3895 (7.379 %)C#
4416 (3.430 %)C++
5279 (2.300 %)PL/SQL
6254 (2.094 %)VBA
7244 (2.012 %)Perl
8239 (1.970 %)VB
9225 (1.855 %)JavaScript
10175 (1.443 %)C
11159 (1.311 %)T-SQL
12147 (1.212 %)Shell Script
13105 (0.866 %)VB.NET
1483 (0.684 %)VB6
1578 (0.643 %)Python
1664 (0.528 %)COBOL
1751 (0.420 %)Korn
1844 (0.363 %)ABAP
1942 (0.346 %)VBScript
2039 (0.322 %)X++
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1440 (3.628 %)Degree
2308 (2.539 %)Security Cleared
3168 (1.385 %)SC Cleared
4163 (1.344 %)PRINCE2 Certification
5156 (1.286 %)Cisco Certification
6148 (1.220 %)ISEB
7138 (1.138 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
8126 (1.039 %)Microsoft Certification
9111 (0.915 %)ACCA
10106 (0.874 %)CIMA
1185 (0.701 %)CCNP
1277 (0.635 %)MCSE
1357 (0.470 %)ITIL Certification
1454 (0.445 %)CCIE
1546 (0.379 %)DV Cleared
1641 (0.338 %)PMI Certification
1739 (0.322 %)CCNA
1834 (0.280 %)CTC Cleared
1931 (0.256 %)CISSP
2030 (0.247 %)MCP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1218 (1.797 %)QA
2147 (1.212 %)SLA
3113 (0.932 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
472 (0.594 %)Basel II
542 (0.346 %)PCI DSS
633 (0.272 %)ISO27001
725 (0.206 %)COBIT
812 (0.099 %)GAAP
911 (0.091 %)BS7799
1010 (0.082 %)ISO8583
118 (0.066 %)ISO17799
118 (0.066 %)ISO9001
124 (0.033 %)GxP
133 (0.025 %)IAS 39
133 (0.025 %)MiFID
142 (0.016 %)BS25999
142 (0.016 %)ISO9000
151 (0.008 %)ISO/IEC 20000
151 (0.008 %)HL7
151 (0.008 %)PCI QSA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1262 (2.160 %)Active Directory
256 (0.462 %)Oracle RAC
346 (0.379 %)VMware ESX
444 (0.363 %)VMware Infrastructure
533 (0.272 %)Oracle RMAN
533 (0.272 %)NetBackup
618 (0.148 %)RACF
715 (0.124 %)Citrix Presentation Server
715 (0.124 %)Veritas Volume Manager
814 (0.115 %)NFS
913 (0.107 %)XenApp
1010 (0.082 %)Sendmail
118 (0.066 %)AquaLogic
118 (0.066 %)Veritas Cluster Server
118 (0.066 %)Backup Exec
126 (0.049 %)MSMQ
135 (0.041 %)SRDF
135 (0.041 %)MetaFrame
144 (0.033 %)Terminal Services
144 (0.033 %)Hyper-V
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
165 (0.536 %)Tivoli
241 (0.338 %)OpenView
241 (0.338 %)AutoSys
337 (0.305 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
432 (0.264 %)Netcool
432 (0.264 %)BMC PATROL
432 (0.264 %)CONTROL-M
526 (0.214 %)Data Guard
624 (0.198 %)CiscoWorks
624 (0.198 %)MOM
723 (0.190 %)HP NNM
822 (0.181 %)SCOM
920 (0.165 %)CA SiteMinder
1018 (0.148 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
1115 (0.124 %)ServiceCenter
1214 (0.115 %)SCCM
1214 (0.115 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1214 (0.115 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1313 (0.107 %)HP Operations Orchestration
1412 (0.099 %)Netcool/Webtop
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11835 (15.13 %)Oracle
2785 (6.472 %)Microsoft
3706 (5.821 %)SAP
4363 (2.993 %)Sybase
5286 (2.358 %)IBM
6270 (2.226 %)Business Objects
7226 (1.863 %)Cisco
8206 (1.698 %)HP
9166 (1.369 %)Cognos
10161 (1.327 %)Hyperion
11149 (1.228 %)Sun
12146 (1.204 %)Citrix
13132 (1.088 %)PeopleSoft
13132 (1.088 %)TIBCO
14131 (1.080 %)VMware
15110 (0.907 %)Remedy
16109 (0.899 %)Murex
17102 (0.841 %)Reuters
1895 (0.783 %)Bloomberg
1990 (0.742 %)Siebel