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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in contract IT jobs within the West Lothian region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank155
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.005 %
As % of the category below7.692 %41.67 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£425-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£381
% change on same period last year-0.02 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.78£26.85
% change on same period last year-3.98 %
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
West Lothian
Matching contract IT job ads1312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£375-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£425-
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.14£27.27
% change on same period last year+3.16 %
Finance ScotlandFinance
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Finance
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Finance across the West Lothian region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

West Lothian Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Lothian Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LivingstonNew entry-1£425-
Finance ScotlandFinance
Scotland

Finance
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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.

14 (80.00 %)UML
14 (80.00 %)CRM
14 (80.00 %)Data Modelling
14 (80.00 %)Rational Rose
14 (80.00 %)Billing
14 (80.00 %)Casewise
14 (80.00 %)Requirements Management
14 (80.00 %)Requirements Analysis
14 (80.00 %)Degree
14 (80.00 %)Use Case
14 (80.00 %)Business Analysis
22 (40.00 %)Systems Analysis
22 (40.00 %)SOA
31 (20.00 %)HTML
31 (20.00 %)JavaScript
31 (20.00 %).NET
31 (20.00 %)CSS
31 (20.00 %)Asset Management
31 (20.00 %)AJAX

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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.

West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)HTML
11 (20.00 %).NET
11 (20.00 %)CSS
11 (20.00 %)AJAX
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (80.00 %)Rational Rose
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (80.00 %)Billing
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Analyst
13 (60.00 %)Business Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Developer
21 (20.00 %)Web Developer
21 (20.00 %).NET Developer
21 (20.00 %).NET Web Developer
21 (20.00 %)UML Business Analyst
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)UML
14 (80.00 %)CRM
14 (80.00 %)Data Modelling
14 (80.00 %)Business Analysis
14 (80.00 %)Requirements Management
14 (80.00 %)Requirements Analysis
14 (80.00 %)Use Case
22 (40.00 %)SOA
22 (40.00 %)Systems Analysis
31 (20.00 %)Asset Management
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)JavaScript
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (80.00 %)Degree
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Casewise