The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the West Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 22 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 West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 11 15 14
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 1 6 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Wales 2.174% 7.229% 10.06%
As % of the General category 16.67% 75.00% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
Average daily rate - - £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All of the General Category
West Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
6 8 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Wales 13.04% 9.639% 11.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 7
Average daily rate £213 £375 £434
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% -13.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 £375 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £375 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
Wales

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West 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 West Wales region.

West Wales Finance Daily 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
Swansea +5 1 - -
Finance
Wales

Finance
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SAP ERP
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) CIMA
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (20.00%) BAPI
3 1 (20.00%) SAP XI
3 1 (20.00%) SAP BSP
3 1 (20.00%) SAP ALE
3 1 (20.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
3 1 (20.00%) SAP HR
3 1 (20.00%) ACCA
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) ABAP
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 1 (20.00%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (20.00%) BAPI
1 1 (20.00%) SAP XI
1 1 (20.00%) SAP BSP
1 1 (20.00%) SAP ALE
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (20.00%) SAP HR
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) ABAP Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Payroll Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Release Management
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CIMA
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
3 1 (20.00%) ACCA
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP