The first table below looks at the demand for HFM skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HFM 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 of the Business Applications category.

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
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)
Rank 494 459 488
Rank change year-on-year
-35 +29
Contract jobs citing HFM 46 122 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.097% 0.209% 0.153%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.134% 2.327% 1.629%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 78 56
Average daily rate £488 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.70% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £379 £293 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £650 £613
UK excluding London average daily rate £525 £438 £450
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
4057 5243 5648
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.594% 8.969% 9.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 2011 2552 2778
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 62 100
Average hourly rate £37.80 £24.17 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.39% -3.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.25 £56.45 £44.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%

HFM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

HFM Jobs Demand Trend

HFM
Daily Rate Trend

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

HFM Daily Rate Trend

HFM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

HFM Daily Rate Histogram

HFM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

HFM Hourly Rate Trend

HFM
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HFM 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 -14 44 £488 +8.33%
London -9 35 £475 +11.76%
City of London +11 12 £494 +1.28%
South East -1 7 £525 +8.80%
Berkshire +12 4 £525 +75.00%
Hampshire - 2 £535 -
North West +13 1 £300 -53.84%
Yorkshire +3 1 £500 -
Slough -12 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
Surrey - 1 £525 -
Lancashire - 1 £300 -
Maidenhead - 1 £525 -
Leeds - 1 £500 -
Basingstoke - 1 £520 -

HFM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HFM 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 HFM.

1 84 (92.31%) Hyperion
2 75 (82.42%) Finance
3 71 (78.02%) Oracle
4 34 (37.36%) Hyperion Planning
5 26 (28.57%) Essbase
6 16 (17.58%) ERP
6 16 (17.58%) Oracle EBS R12
7 14 (15.38%) Oracle Financials
8 11 (12.09%) SQL
9 10 (10.99%) SQL Server
9 10 (10.99%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (10.99%) General Ledger
9 10 (10.99%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (9.890%) Oracle EBS
11 8 (8.791%) Oracle BI EE
11 8 (8.791%) Oracle Applications
11 8 (8.791%) MS Excel
12 7 (7.692%) Publishing
13 6 (6.593%) Systems Analysis
13 6 (6.593%) Banking
13 6 (6.593%) Microsoft
13 6 (6.593%) Business Objects
13 6 (6.593%) MS Office
13 6 (6.593%) SAP
14 5 (5.495%) Web Services
14 5 (5.495%) XML
14 5 (5.495%) Visual Studio
14 5 (5.495%) VB.NET
14 5 (5.495%) VBA
14 5 (5.495%) .NET

HFM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HFM 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 HFM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (5.495%) Web Services
1 5 (5.495%) XML
1 5 (5.495%) .NET
2 2 (2.198%) WSH
3 1 (1.099%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.099%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (8.791%) MS Excel
2 6 (6.593%) MS Office
3 1 (1.099%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.099%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 34 (37.36%) Hyperion Planning
2 16 (17.58%) Oracle EBS R12
3 14 (15.38%) Oracle Financials
4 9 (9.890%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (8.791%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (2.198%) SAP CO
6 2 (2.198%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (2.198%) Khalix
6 2 (2.198%) SAP FI
6 2 (2.198%) CODA-Financials
6 2 (2.198%) LongView
7 1 (1.099%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (1.099%) Cognos Planning
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.099%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (28.57%) Essbase
2 10 (10.99%) SQL Server
3 8 (8.791%) Oracle BI EE
4 5 (5.495%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (5.495%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (3.297%) Oracle 9i
5 3 (3.297%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.198%) Oracle OLAP
6 2 (2.198%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (2.198%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (2.198%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (2.198%) SAP BW
6 2 (2.198%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (2.198%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.198%) OLAP
7 1 (1.099%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (1.099%) SAP BI
7 1 (1.099%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (5.495%) Visual Studio
1 5 (5.495%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
2 2 (2.198%) Subversion
2 2 (2.198%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 75 (82.42%) Finance
2 10 (10.99%) General Ledger
3 7 (7.692%) Publishing
4 6 (6.593%) Banking
5 4 (4.396%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.396%) Billing
6 3 (3.297%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.099%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.099%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 25 (27.47%) Consultant
2 15 (16.48%) Hyperion Consultant
3 14 (15.38%) Analyst
4 12 (13.19%) Developer
4 12 (13.19%) Administrator
5 9 (9.890%) Hyperion Administrator
6 8 (8.791%) Systems Administrator
7 7 (7.692%) Oracle Consultant
7 7 (7.692%) Financial Analyst
8 6 (6.593%) Systems Support
8 6 (6.593%) Systems Analyst
9 5 (5.495%) Programmer
9 5 (5.495%) .NET Programmer
9 5 (5.495%) Hyperion Developer
9 5 (5.495%) VB.NET Programmer
10 4 (4.396%) Trainer
11 3 (3.297%) Analyst Developer
11 3 (3.297%) Senior Developer
12 2 (2.198%) Technical Developer
12 2 (2.198%) HFM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.396%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.198%) Data Integration
3 1 (1.099%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.396%) UNIX
2 3 (3.297%) Windows
3 1 (1.099%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (17.58%) ERP
2 10 (10.99%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (10.99%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (6.593%) Systems Analysis
4 5 (5.495%) ETL
4 5 (5.495%) DRM
4 5 (5.495%) Service Delivery
4 5 (5.495%) Metadata Management
5 4 (4.396%) Revenue Management
5 4 (4.396%) Data Migration
5 4 (4.396%) Migration
5 4 (4.396%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (4.396%) PRINCE2
6 3 (3.297%) Quality Management
6 3 (3.297%) Analytics
7 2 (2.198%) Data Cleansing
7 2 (2.198%) Financial Modelling
7 2 (2.198%) Validation
7 2 (2.198%) Workflow
7 2 (2.198%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.09%) SQL
2 5 (5.495%) VB.NET
2 5 (5.495%) VBA
2 5 (5.495%) XPath
3 4 (4.396%) PL/SQL
4 3 (3.297%) VBScript
4 3 (3.297%) VB
4 3 (3.297%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.198%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (5.495%) ACCA
1 5 (5.495%) CIMA
2 1 (1.099%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (1.099%) MBA
2 1 (1.099%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.297%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.198%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.099%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 84 (92.31%) Hyperion
2 71 (78.02%) Oracle
3 6 (6.593%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.593%) Business Objects
3 6 (6.593%) SAP
4 3 (3.297%) JD Edwards
5 2 (2.198%) Sage
5 2 (2.198%) CODA
5 2 (2.198%) Cognos
5 2 (2.198%) IBM
6 1 (1.099%) Progress
6 1 (1.099%) Informatica
6 1 (1.099%) CA
6 1 (1.099%) Teradata
6 1 (1.099%) Ab Initio
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Posted: 27 April 2013