The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited General Ledger 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
General Ledger
Rank 41 48 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 4 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.943% 1.252% -
As % of the General category 2.837% 3.241% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £388 £395
% change year-on-year
+9.67% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 - £17.50
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%
General Ledger
UK

General Ledger
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales General Ledger Jobs Demand Trend

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales General Ledger Daily Rate Trend

General Ledger
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 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 +6 4 £425 -
General Ledger
UK

General Ledger
Top 18 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (75.00%) PL/SQL
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle 11i
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (50.00%) XML
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) CISA
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12

General Ledger
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) DBA
2 1 (25.00%) IT Auditor
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Financials DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Financials Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Auditor
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle