Finance IT Contracts in Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance 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 terms in our General category for the Wales region.

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
Financial
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
+1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 107 144 167
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 25.24% 25.76% 25.97%
As % of the General category 75.89% 66.67% 80.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 100 104
Average daily rate £384 £385 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.32% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £277
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.02 £18.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -6.25%
All of the General Category
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 141 216 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 33.25% 38.64% 32.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 144 119
Average daily rate £390 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £280 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.25 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.59% +22.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Finance
UK

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Finance across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Wales Finance Jobs Demand Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Finance across the Wales region.

Wales Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wales Finance Daily Rate Histogram

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Finance across the Wales region.

Wales Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
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 Wales region 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
South Wales 0 100 £380 -1.29%
West Wales +5 1 - -
Finance
UK

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 54 (26.60%) Project Management
2 51 (25.12%) Banking
3 36 (17.73%) SQL Server
4 34 (16.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (16.26%) Microsoft
6 26 (12.81%) MS Project
6 26 (12.81%) SAP
7 25 (12.32%) Windows
7 25 (12.32%) SQL Server 2008
8 24 (11.82%) SQL
8 24 (11.82%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (11.82%) AS400
8 24 (11.82%) SQL Server 2005
9 23 (11.33%) .NET
9 23 (11.33%) MS Office
10 22 (10.84%) Retail
11 21 (10.34%) Business Analysis
12 20 (9.852%) VB
12 20 (9.852%) Data Warehouse
12 20 (9.852%) ERP
12 20 (9.852%) Security Cleared
13 19 (9.360%) Retail Banking
13 19 (9.360%) Performance Management
14 17 (8.374%) VB.NET
14 17 (8.374%) Visual Studio
14 17 (8.374%) VSS/SourceSafe
14 17 (8.374%) .NET Framework
14 17 (8.374%) VB6
15 16 (7.882%) ETL
16 15 (7.389%) PRINCE2

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 23 (11.33%) .NET
2 17 (8.374%) .NET Framework
3 10 (4.926%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.970%) J2EE
5 3 (1.478%) HTML
6 2 (0.985%) XML
7 1 (0.493%) Web Dynpro
7 1 (0.493%) COM
7 1 (0.493%) CSS
7 1 (0.493%) JSP
7 1 (0.493%) Servlets
7 1 (0.493%) SAP BSP
7 1 (0.493%) Ajax
7 1 (0.493%) Spring
7 1 (0.493%) SAP ALE
7 1 (0.493%) SAP XI
7 1 (0.493%) BAPI
Application Platforms
1 9 (4.433%) IIS
2 7 (3.448%) SAS
3 5 (2.463%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.478%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (12.81%) MS Project
2 23 (11.33%) MS Office
3 7 (3.448%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (2.956%) MS Excel
5 2 (0.985%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.493%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 9 (4.433%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 5 (2.463%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (1.970%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (1.970%) SAP CO
3 4 (1.970%) SAP FI
4 3 (1.478%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.985%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.493%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.493%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.493%) SalesLogix
6 1 (0.493%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.493%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.985%) Internet
1 2 (0.985%) DAB
2 1 (0.493%) SAN
2 1 (0.493%) WAN
2 1 (0.493%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.493%) DNS
2 1 (0.493%) Network Security
2 1 (0.493%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (17.73%) SQL Server
2 25 (12.32%) SQL Server 2008
3 24 (11.82%) SQL Server 2005
4 20 (9.852%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (6.404%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (5.911%) SAP BW
6 12 (5.911%) BusinessObjects
7 11 (5.419%) SAP Data Services
8 9 (4.433%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (4.433%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (3.941%) DB2
10 6 (2.956%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 6 (2.956%) BusinessObjects XI
11 5 (2.463%) SQL Server 2000
11 5 (2.463%) DTS
11 5 (2.463%) OLTP
11 5 (2.463%) Data Mart
12 4 (1.970%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 4 (1.970%) QlikView
13 2 (0.985%) Xcelsius
Development Applications
1 17 (8.374%) Visual Studio
1 17 (8.374%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 11 (5.419%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (4.433%) TestDirector
4 2 (0.985%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.493%) Selenium
5 1 (0.493%) JIRA
General
1 51 (25.12%) Banking
2 22 (10.84%) Retail
3 19 (9.360%) Retail Banking
4 5 (2.463%) Billing
5 4 (1.970%) General Ledger
5 4 (1.970%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.478%) Legal
6 3 (1.478%) Publishing
7 2 (0.985%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.493%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.493%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 68 (33.50%) Analyst
2 48 (23.65%) Project Manager
3 41 (20.20%) Developer
4 38 (18.72%) Business Analyst
5 18 (8.867%) Programmer
6 17 (8.374%) Software Developer
6 17 (8.374%) Software Programmer
7 14 (6.897%) Applications Support Analyst
7 14 (6.897%) Support Analyst
7 14 (6.897%) Applications Support
8 11 (5.419%) SAP Developer
9 9 (4.433%) SAP BW Developer
9 9 (4.433%) Financial Business Analyst
10 8 (3.941%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 8 (3.941%) Consultant
10 8 (3.941%) DBA
11 7 (3.448%) Financial Services Business Analyst
11 7 (3.448%) SAP Consultant
12 6 (2.956%) Senior Project Manager
12 6 (2.956%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.82%) AS400
2 11 (5.419%) iSeries
3 9 (4.433%) Mainframe
4 7 (3.448%) Clustering
5 6 (2.956%) Data Extraction
6 2 (0.985%) Statistics
6 2 (0.985%) Credit Risk
6 2 (0.985%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.985%) BBC
7 1 (0.493%) HACMP
7 1 (0.493%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.493%) Physics
7 1 (0.493%) LPAR
7 1 (0.493%) DLPAR
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.32%) Windows
2 10 (4.926%) UNIX
3 9 (4.433%) OS/400
4 5 (2.463%) AIX
5 1 (0.493%) Linux
5 1 (0.493%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (26.60%) Project Management
2 34 (16.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (11.82%) Business Intelligence
4 21 (10.34%) Business Analysis
5 20 (9.852%) ERP
6 19 (9.360%) Performance Management
7 16 (7.882%) ETL
8 15 (7.389%) PRINCE2
8 15 (7.389%) Migration
9 12 (5.911%) Risk Management
10 11 (5.419%) Change Control
11 10 (4.926%) UML
12 9 (4.433%) Change Management
12 9 (4.433%) OO
12 9 (4.433%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (3.941%) Project Planning
14 7 (3.448%) Data Analysis
15 6 (2.956%) Data Modelling
15 6 (2.956%) Service Delivery
16 5 (2.463%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.82%) SQL
2 20 (9.852%) VB
3 17 (8.374%) VB.NET
3 17 (8.374%) VB6
4 12 (5.911%) T-SQL
5 8 (3.941%) RPG
5 8 (3.941%) COBOL
5 8 (3.941%) Shell Script
6 7 (3.448%) ABAP
7 5 (2.463%) Java
8 3 (1.478%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.493%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (9.852%) Security Cleared
2 10 (4.926%) SC Cleared
2 10 (4.926%) Degree
2 10 (4.926%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (0.985%) BC Cleared
3 2 (0.985%) MBA
3 2 (0.985%) CISA
4 1 (0.493%) ACCA
4 1 (0.493%) CIMA
4 1 (0.493%) ISEB
4 1 (0.493%) CISSP
4 1 (0.493%) SAP Certification
4 1 (0.493%) HNC
4 1 (0.493%) APMP
4 1 (0.493%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.419%) SLA
2 1 (0.493%) QA
2 1 (0.493%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.493%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.478%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.493%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.493%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 33 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 26 (12.81%) SAP
3 12 (5.911%) IBM
3 12 (5.911%) Business Objects
4 11 (5.419%) Cognos
5 8 (3.941%) Oracle
6 4 (1.970%) Rackspace
7 1 (0.493%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (0.493%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.493%) Apple
7 1 (0.493%) Cisco
7 1 (0.493%) HP
7 1 (0.493%) EMC
7 1 (0.493%) VMware
7 1 (0.493%) TSYS
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