The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Walsall region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Walsall 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 3 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Walsall 30.00% 55.56% 30.77%
As % of the General category 100.00% 83.33% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
Average daily rate £450 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.46% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.89 £17.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-3.48% -28.57%
All of the General Category
Walsall
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
3 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Walsall 30.00% 66.67% 46.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £450 £325 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.46% -31.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Finance
West Midlands

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Walsall 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 Walsall region.

Walsall Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Walsall Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Walsall 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 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) DRM

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Walsall 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.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle ODI
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle BI EE
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Business Systems Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) DRM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle