Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited General Ledger 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.

LinkGeneral Ledger
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank300373430
Rank change year-on-year
Up+73Up+57
Matching contract IT job ads21168171
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.437 %0.172 %0.208 %
As % of the General category0.832 %0.374 %0.449 %
Daily rates quoted1353678
Average daily rate£500£408£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.49 %-9.290 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£306£375
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£388£425
% change year-on-year
-9.670 %-8.820 %
Hourly rates quoted219
Average hourly rate£25.75£34.00£21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.26 %+58.13 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.35£34.00£18.90
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.15£34.00£47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£34.00-
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.

General Ledger
Demand Trend

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

General Ledger Demand Trend

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend

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

General Ledger Daily Rate Trend

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram

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

General Ledger Daily Rate Histogram

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Trend

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

General Ledger Hourly Rate Trend

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

General Ledger Hourly Rate Histogram

General Ledger
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 General Ledger 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
EnglandUp+81202£500+22.49 %
LondonUp+29145£536+19.16 %
City of LondonDown-2855£550+12.82 %
South EastUp+1329£338-7.21 %
YorkshireUp+1511£425+2.65 %
HampshireNew entry-11£325-
South WestUp+18£338-20.80 %
BerkshireUp+67£344+27.90 %
BuckinghamshireDown-25£275-
West YorkshireDown-55£365-11.83 %
HalifaxNew entry-5£365-
ScotlandNew entry-5£310-
West MidlandsUp+154£400+90.47 %
BristolNew entry-4£238-
SurreyNew entry-4£350-
North WestDown-33--
WiltshireNew entry-3£338-
Newcastle Upon TyneNew entry-3--
North EastNew entry-3--
Tyne and WearNew entry-3--
CroydonUp+52£395-24.76 %
Docklands, LondonDown-52£475+18.75 %
BirminghamNew entry-2£500-
LeatherheadNew entry-2£375-
UxbridgeNew entry-2£410-
NewburyNew entry-2£450-
ManchesterNew entry-2--
EdinburghNew entry-2£310-
ReadingDown-11£350+3.70 %
Canary WharfDown-291£600-

General Ledger
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1309 (82.62 %)Finance
2139 (37.17 %)Banking
3133 (35.56 %)Oracle
491 (24.33 %)Investment Banking
580 (21.39 %)SAP
660 (16.04 %)SQL
756 (14.97 %)Migration
847 (12.57 %)Oracle Financials
936 (9.626 %)Microsoft
1035 (9.358 %)User Acceptance Testing
1134 (9.091 %)Oracle General Ledger
1134 (9.091 %)Business Analysis
1134 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
1231 (8.289 %)PL/SQL
1328 (7.487 %)SAP FI
1328 (7.487 %)Workflow
1427 (7.219 %)Agile Software Development
1526 (6.952 %)MS Excel
1526 (6.952 %)Derivative
1625 (6.684 %)SAP BPC
1625 (6.684 %)MS Project
1625 (6.684 %)Java
1625 (6.684 %)TOGAF
1625 (6.684 %)Front Office
1724 (6.417 %)Oracle EBS R12
1822 (5.882 %)Back Office
1822 (5.882 %)Equities
1822 (5.882 %)UNIX
1921 (5.615 %)SAP CO
1921 (5.615 %)SAP FI/CO

General Ledger
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing General Ledger 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 General Ledger. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (2.139 %)Oracle Coherence
26 (1.604 %)XML
26 (1.604 %).NET
33 (0.802 %)ASP.NET
33 (0.802 %)Web Services
33 (0.802 %)J2EE
33 (0.802 %)DAO
42 (0.535 %)BC4J
42 (0.535 %)WebSphere
42 (0.535 %)Hibernate
42 (0.535 %)JDO
42 (0.535 %)COM+
42 (0.535 %)Swing
51 (0.267 %)WSH
51 (0.267 %)JDBC
51 (0.267 %)COM
51 (0.267 %)ADO.NET
51 (0.267 %)ASP
51 (0.267 %)HTML
51 (0.267 %)WinForms
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (3.476 %)Oracle Workflow
21 (0.267 %)ESB
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
126 (6.952 %)MS Excel
225 (6.684 %)MS Project
320 (5.348 %)MS Visio
412 (3.209 %)MS Office
57 (1.872 %)CA Clarity
62 (0.535 %)Spreadsheet
62 (0.535 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.535 %)Open Workbench
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
147 (12.57 %)Oracle Financials
234 (9.091 %)Oracle General Ledger
328 (7.487 %)SAP FI
425 (6.684 %)SAP BPC
524 (6.417 %)Oracle EBS R12
621 (5.615 %)SAP CO
621 (5.615 %)SAP FI/CO
719 (5.080 %)SAP FI-GL
818 (4.813 %)Oracle EBS
911 (2.941 %)JDE OneWorld
911 (2.941 %)Oracle Applications
1010 (2.674 %)Oracle iProcurement
1010 (2.674 %)Oracle HRMS
116 (1.604 %)Temenos Globus
116 (1.604 %)Summit
125 (1.337 %)Oracle 11i
125 (1.337 %)SAP R/3
133 (0.802 %)SAP Oil and Gas
133 (0.802 %)Siebel Analytics
133 (0.802 %)Temenos T24
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (0.267 %)3G
11 (0.267 %)Internet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (4.278 %)Oracle Reports
215 (4.011 %)SQL Server
312 (3.209 %)Datawarehouse
410 (2.674 %)Oracle BI EE
410 (2.674 %)DB2
58 (2.139 %)Oracle 10g
58 (2.139 %)Oracle 8/8i
67 (1.872 %)Oracle Discoverer
76 (1.604 %)BusinessObjects
84 (1.070 %)Data Mart
84 (1.070 %)Oracle OWB
84 (1.070 %)SAP BW
84 (1.070 %)OLAP
84 (1.070 %)ETL
84 (1.070 %)Oracle 9i
93 (0.802 %)TOAD
93 (0.802 %)Essbase
93 (0.802 %)BODI
93 (0.802 %)Oracle OLAP
102 (0.535 %)Oracle 11g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (3.476 %)TestDirector
211 (2.941 %)Oracle Forms
34 (1.070 %)JDeveloper
43 (0.802 %)Eclipse
43 (0.802 %)PeopleTools
52 (0.535 %)Subversion
61 (0.267 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.267 %)QuickTest Pro
61 (0.267 %)LoadRunner
61 (0.267 %)ProC
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1309 (82.62 %)Finance
2139 (37.17 %)Banking
391 (24.33 %)Investment Banking
425 (6.684 %)Front Office
522 (5.882 %)Back Office
617 (4.545 %)Retail
716 (4.278 %)Insurance
813 (3.476 %)Financial Institution
912 (3.209 %)Retail Banking
912 (3.209 %)Pensions
107 (1.872 %)Construction
116 (1.604 %)Government
125 (1.337 %)Legal
125 (1.337 %)Corporate Banking
134 (1.070 %)Health
134 (1.070 %)Telecoms
142 (0.535 %)Local Government
142 (0.535 %)Manufacturing
142 (0.535 %)Billing
142 (0.535 %)Automotive
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1173 (46.26 %)Analyst
2126 (33.69 %)Business Analyst
350 (13.37 %)Developer
446 (12.30 %)Consultant
538 (10.16 %)Financial Analyst
635 (9.358 %)Architect
729 (7.754 %)SAP Architect
822 (5.882 %)Banking Business Analyst
822 (5.882 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
921 (5.615 %)Project Manager
1020 (5.348 %)Test Analyst
1020 (5.348 %)SAP Consultant
1119 (5.080 %)Oracle Developer
1218 (4.813 %)Oracle Analyst
1312 (3.209 %)Systems Analyst
1411 (2.941 %)Senior Analyst
1411 (2.941 %)SAP FI Consultant
1411 (2.941 %)Oracle Consultant
1510 (2.674 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
1510 (2.674 %)Senior Business Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (6.952 %)Derivative
222 (5.882 %)Equities
315 (4.011 %)Fixed Income
412 (3.209 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
510 (2.674 %)AS400
68 (2.139 %)Equity Derivative
77 (1.872 %)Data Protection Act
86 (1.604 %)N-Tier
95 (1.337 %)STB
104 (1.070 %)FMCG
113 (0.802 %)Computer Science
122 (0.535 %)Mainframe
131 (0.267 %)Credit Derivative
131 (0.267 %)E-Learning
131 (0.267 %)Credit Risk
131 (0.267 %)IBM Mainframe
131 (0.267 %)Data Conversion
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
122 (5.882 %)UNIX
23 (0.802 %)Solaris
31 (0.267 %)Windows
31 (0.267 %)AIX
31 (0.267 %)OS/400
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
156 (14.97 %)Migration
235 (9.358 %)User Acceptance Testing
334 (9.091 %)Business Analysis
334 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
428 (7.487 %)Workflow
527 (7.219 %)Agile Software Development
625 (6.684 %)TOGAF
719 (5.080 %)ERP
816 (4.278 %)Test Scripting
915 (4.011 %)Cash Management
915 (4.011 %)Asset Management
1014 (3.743 %)Data Modelling
1113 (3.476 %)Data Protection
1211 (2.941 %)Data Migration
1310 (2.674 %)Requirements Analysis
149 (2.406 %)Project Management
149 (2.406 %)E-business
149 (2.406 %)GAP Analysis
149 (2.406 %)Integration Testing
158 (2.139 %)Stakeholder Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
160 (16.04 %)SQL
231 (8.289 %)PL/SQL
325 (6.684 %)Java
417 (4.545 %)C++
513 (3.476 %)C
513 (3.476 %)Shell Script
610 (2.674 %)VC++
76 (1.604 %)VB
83 (0.802 %)C#
83 (0.802 %)VB6
92 (0.535 %)PeopleCode
92 (0.535 %)VB.NET
92 (0.535 %)ABAP
92 (0.535 %)VBA
101 (0.267 %)COBOL
101 (0.267 %)Perl
101 (0.267 %)T-SQL
101 (0.267 %)VBScript
101 (0.267 %)SQR
101 (0.267 %)Scala
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
120 (5.348 %)CIMA
219 (5.080 %)ACCA
313 (3.476 %)ISEB
43 (0.802 %)Security Cleared
52 (0.535 %)SC Cleared
52 (0.535 %)DV Cleared
52 (0.535 %)Degree
52 (0.535 %)CCAB
61 (0.267 %)Citrix Certification
61 (0.267 %)SAP Certification
61 (0.267 %)PMP
61 (0.267 %)PMI Certification
61 (0.267 %)MBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (0.802 %)QA
22 (0.535 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.267 %)SLA
31 (0.267 %)GAAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.802 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.267 %)Tivoli
21 (0.267 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.267 %)AutoSys
21 (0.267 %)Data Guard
21 (0.267 %)HP Quality Center
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1133 (35.56 %)Oracle
280 (21.39 %)SAP
336 (9.626 %)Microsoft
416 (4.278 %)Sybase
515 (4.011 %)HP
613 (3.476 %)PeopleSoft
710 (2.674 %)JD Edwards
88 (2.139 %)IBM
96 (1.604 %)Business Objects
105 (1.337 %)Calypso
105 (1.337 %)SmartStream
105 (1.337 %)Microgen
114 (1.070 %)Sophis
114 (1.070 %)Murex
114 (1.070 %)Agresso
114 (1.070 %)Hyperion
123 (0.802 %)Cognos
123 (0.802 %)Siebel
123 (0.802 %)CODA
123 (0.802 %)Sun