The first table below looks at the demand for the Financial Analyst role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Financial Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Finance Analyst
Rank 453 440 419
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 87 142 163
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.184% 0.243% 0.271%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.200% 0.262% 0.292%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 100 116
Average daily rate £350 £378 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.28% -24.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £215 £306
10% offered a daily rate of more than £504 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £344 £288 £350
% change year-on-year
+19.56% -17.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
Average hourly rate £33.25 £14.38 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+131.30% -31.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.75 £11.88 £18.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.48 £16.88 £101.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £14.38 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+84.34% -24.34%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43539 54119 55808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.22% 92.58% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24944 29835 30377
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2174 2589 2882
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Financial Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Financial Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Financial Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Financial Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Financial Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Financial Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Financial Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Financial Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Financial Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Financial Analyst
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 Financial Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England -7 79 £350 -12.50%
London -41 32 £375 -18.91%
South West +25 12 £380 +114.08%
West Midlands +20 10 £405 +55.76%
City of London -9 10 £375 -7.97%
South East +20 9 £353 +0.64%
East Midlands +7 9 £338 -
Scotland -14 8 £258 -26.42%
Birmingham - 7 £405 -
Northamptonshire +17 6 £238 -15.55%
Bristol +11 6 £381 +27.08%
North West +10 4 - -
Edinburgh +6 4 - -
Wiltshire - 4 £325 -
Swindon - 4 £325 -
Berkshire +11 3 £300 -
East Sussex - 3 £355 -
Canary Wharf -10 2 £315 -42.72%
Blackpool - 2 - -
Hove - 2 £355 -
Glasgow - 2 £254 -
Lancashire - 2 - -
Surrey +15 1 £450 +2.85%
Northampton +8 1 £350 +55.55%
Yorkshire +5 1 £500 +31.57%
West Yorkshire +3 1 £500 +31.57%
Cheshire +1 1 - -
Buckinghamshire +1 1 - -
Warrington -3 1 - -
Hampshire -11 1 £135 -46.00%

Financial Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Financial Analyst in their job title 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 with Financial Analyst in their job title.

1 158 (100.00%) Finance
2 26 (16.46%) Banking
2 26 (16.46%) SAP
3 25 (15.82%) SQL
4 22 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (12.66%) Business Analysis
5 20 (12.66%) Oracle
6 19 (12.03%) MS Excel
6 19 (12.03%) Data Analysis
6 19 (12.03%) General Ledger
7 17 (10.76%) CIMA
7 17 (10.76%) Management Information System
8 15 (9.494%) Retail
8 15 (9.494%) ACCA
9 14 (8.861%) Microsoft
10 13 (8.228%) Hyperion
11 10 (6.329%) Retail Banking
11 10 (6.329%) Financial Analysis
11 10 (6.329%) Project Management
11 10 (6.329%) MS Office
11 10 (6.329%) SQL Server
12 9 (5.696%) ERP
12 9 (5.696%) Data Modelling
12 9 (5.696%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (5.696%) JD Edwards
12 9 (5.696%) Investment Banking
13 8 (5.063%) Data Management
13 8 (5.063%) Migration
13 8 (5.063%) Agresso
13 8 (5.063%) Cognos

Financial Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Financial Analyst in their job title 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 with Financial Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (0.633%) WebSphere
1 1 (0.633%) .NET
1 1 (0.633%) XML
1 1 (0.633%) XML Messaging
1 1 (0.633%) Oracle ADF
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.532%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (12.03%) MS Excel
2 10 (6.329%) MS Office
3 8 (5.063%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.266%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.266%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (5.063%) Agresso
2 7 (4.430%) Hyperion Planning
2 7 (4.430%) HFM
3 5 (3.165%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (3.165%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (2.532%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (2.532%) Cognos Controller
5 3 (1.899%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (1.899%) SAP FI
5 3 (1.899%) CODA-Financials
5 3 (1.899%) SAP CO
5 3 (1.899%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (1.266%) ION MarketView
6 2 (1.266%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (1.266%) SAP BPC
6 2 (1.266%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (1.266%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.633%) SAP FI-GL
7 1 (0.633%) FRx
7 1 (0.633%) Line 50
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.899%) HTTP
2 2 (1.266%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.329%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.165%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.899%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.266%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.266%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.266%) MS Access
5 1 (0.633%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.633%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.633%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (0.633%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.633%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.633%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 1 (0.633%) LSMW
General
1 158 (100.00%) Finance
2 26 (16.46%) Banking
3 19 (12.03%) General Ledger
4 15 (9.494%) Retail
5 10 (6.329%) Retail Banking
6 9 (5.696%) Investment Banking
7 5 (3.165%) Legal
7 5 (3.165%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.532%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.899%) Front Office
10 1 (0.633%) French Language
10 1 (0.633%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.633%) Marketing
10 1 (0.633%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.633%) Publishing
10 1 (0.633%) Games
10 1 (0.633%) Back Office
10 1 (0.633%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.76%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.899%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (1.899%) Fixed Income
3 2 (1.266%) Mathematics
3 2 (1.266%) SWIFT
4 1 (0.633%) FMCG
4 1 (0.633%) Data Extraction
4 1 (0.633%) IPTV
4 1 (0.633%) Derivative
4 1 (0.633%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (0.633%) Statistics
4 1 (0.633%) Digital Media
4 1 (0.633%) Economics
4 1 (0.633%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.899%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (12.66%) Business Analysis
3 19 (12.03%) Data Analysis
4 10 (6.329%) Financial Analysis
4 10 (6.329%) Project Management
5 9 (5.696%) ERP
5 9 (5.696%) Data Modelling
5 9 (5.696%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (5.063%) Data Management
6 8 (5.063%) Migration
7 7 (4.430%) Financial Modelling
8 6 (3.797%) Data Migration
8 6 (3.797%) Analytics
9 4 (2.532%) Workflow
9 4 (2.532%) Programme Management
9 4 (2.532%) Asset Management
9 4 (2.532%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (2.532%) BPR
10 3 (1.899%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (1.899%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (15.82%) SQL
2 4 (2.532%) VBA
3 2 (1.266%) C
4 1 (0.633%) C++
4 1 (0.633%) Java
4 1 (0.633%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.633%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (10.76%) CIMA
2 15 (9.494%) ACCA
3 7 (4.430%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.165%) Degree
5 4 (2.532%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.266%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.633%) ISEB
7 1 (0.633%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.899%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 3 (1.899%) SLA
2 2 (1.266%) GAAP
3 1 (0.633%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.633%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.633%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.633%) QA
Vendors
1 26 (16.46%) SAP
2 20 (12.66%) Oracle
3 14 (8.861%) Microsoft
4 13 (8.228%) Hyperion
5 9 (5.696%) JD Edwards
6 8 (5.063%) Cognos
7 6 (3.797%) Business Objects
8 5 (3.165%) CODA
9 4 (2.532%) IBM
10 2 (1.266%) ION Trading
10 2 (1.266%) Northgate
10 2 (1.266%) Sun
10 2 (1.266%) CA
10 2 (1.266%) Epicor
10 2 (1.266%) Bloomberg
10 2 (1.266%) Sybase
10 2 (1.266%) Twitter
11 1 (0.633%) Planview
11 1 (0.633%) UC4
11 1 (0.633%) Salesforce.com
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Creation and maintenance of schedule of additional revenue opportunities for Service Delivery work stream, liaison between work stream and invoicing team... *Ability to work well without detailed supervision,...
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £350 - £400 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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One of the Finance Systems Support Analysts will primarily support CODA Financials, Interface Control Panel and APEX whilst also getting involved with supporting Cognos Planning, Integrity and other...
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Logic Engagements Ltd
Rate: £375 - £400 per day
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Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per annum
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RDF Resources
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Rate: £400 per day + negotiable
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