The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 3 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 238 337 278
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 18.70% 20.83% 25.09%
As % of the General category 53.60% 49.93% 59.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 238 146
Average daily rate £363 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.60% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £489 £476 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +23.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £14.65 £11.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.40 £19.85 £22.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All of the General Category
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
444 675 464
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 34.88% 41.72% 41.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 439 230
Average daily rate £350 £380 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £496 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 16
Average hourly rate £15.25 £17.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.59% -1.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.80 £10.50 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.20 £50.60 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
Yorkshire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds -5 91 £348 -8.55%
Halifax +2 77 £380 -4.04%
Bradford +1 25 £349 -17.94%
Huddersfield 0 2 £363 -6.45%
Wakefield -1 2 - -
Pudsey 0 1 - -
Batley - 1 £325 -
Cleckheaton - 1 £275 -
Finance
Yorkshire

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 150 (27.52%) Stakeholder Management
1 150 (27.52%) Banking
2 109 (20.00%) Project Management
3 101 (18.53%) Retail
4 93 (17.06%) Oracle
5 79 (14.50%) PRINCE2
6 64 (11.74%) SQL
7 55 (10.09%) Migration
8 42 (7.706%) Retail Banking
8 42 (7.706%) User Acceptance Testing
9 41 (7.523%) Telecoms
9 41 (7.523%) Microsoft
10 40 (7.339%) UNIX
10 40 (7.339%) MS Excel
11 38 (6.972%) ITIL
12 37 (6.789%) MS Office
13 34 (6.239%) Change Management
13 34 (6.239%) Windows
13 34 (6.239%) Business Intelligence
14 33 (6.055%) Data Warehouse
15 30 (5.505%) MS Project
15 30 (5.505%) SQL Server
15 30 (5.505%) Oracle EBS
16 28 (5.138%) Project Planning
17 27 (4.954%) .NET
17 27 (4.954%) Oracle 10g
18 26 (4.771%) Test Scripting
19 25 (4.587%) Oracle EBS R12
20 24 (4.404%) IBM
20 24 (4.404%) PL/SQL

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 27 (4.954%) .NET
2 12 (2.202%) XML
3 11 (2.018%) Web Services
4 10 (1.835%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.651%) J2EE
6 7 (1.284%) WebSphere
7 6 (1.101%) Middleware
8 4 (0.734%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.734%) HTML
8 4 (0.734%) CSS
8 4 (0.734%) JDBC
8 4 (0.734%) Oracle ADF
9 3 (0.550%) Hibernate
10 2 (0.367%) Spring
10 2 (0.367%) WinForms
10 2 (0.367%) jQuery
10 2 (0.367%) Ajax
10 2 (0.367%) Struts
11 1 (0.183%) Struts2
11 1 (0.183%) ASP.NET MVC 2
Application Platforms
1 13 (2.385%) SAS
2 8 (1.468%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.101%) StreamWeaver
3 6 (1.101%) CICS
3 6 (1.101%) IIS
4 5 (0.917%) CMS
4 5 (0.917%) ESB
5 4 (0.734%) IBM HTTP Server
5 4 (0.734%) Oracle Application Server
5 4 (0.734%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.734%) MQSeries
5 4 (0.734%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (0.734%) FileNet
6 3 (0.550%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (0.550%) Lotus Notes
6 3 (0.550%) GlassFish
7 2 (0.367%) Documentum
7 2 (0.367%) TeamSite
7 2 (0.367%) Apache
7 2 (0.367%) Liferay
Applications
1 40 (7.339%) MS Excel
2 37 (6.789%) MS Office
3 30 (5.505%) MS Project
4 15 (2.752%) MS PowerPoint
5 9 (1.651%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.367%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.183%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 30 (5.505%) Oracle EBS
2 25 (4.587%) Oracle EBS R12
3 14 (2.569%) Oracle Financials
4 9 (1.651%) SAP HR
5 8 (1.468%) SAP Payroll
6 6 (1.101%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (0.917%) Oracle Applications
8 4 (0.734%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.734%) Oracle BPM
9 3 (0.550%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.550%) Oracle 11i
10 2 (0.367%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 1 (0.183%) Hyperion Planning
11 1 (0.183%) Dynamics CRM
11 1 (0.183%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
11 1 (0.183%) HFM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.018%) Internet
2 9 (1.651%) FTP
3 7 (1.284%) HTTP
4 5 (0.917%) Firewall
4 5 (0.917%) WAN
5 4 (0.734%) VPN
6 3 (0.550%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.550%) ATM
7 2 (0.367%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.367%) SMS
7 2 (0.367%) SAN
7 2 (0.367%) Cisco PIX
7 2 (0.367%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.183%) GPON
8 1 (0.183%) Wireless
8 1 (0.183%) DMZ
8 1 (0.183%) CTI
8 1 (0.183%) MPLS
8 1 (0.183%) LAN
8 1 (0.183%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.055%) Data Warehouse
2 30 (5.505%) SQL Server
3 27 (4.954%) Oracle 10g
4 20 (3.670%) Oracle 11g
5 15 (2.752%) Oracle BI EE
6 14 (2.569%) SQL Server 2008
7 12 (2.202%) SQL Server 2005
7 12 (2.202%) Oracle 8/8i
8 11 (2.018%) Oracle Reports
9 8 (1.468%) DB2
9 8 (1.468%) Oracle OWB
10 6 (1.101%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.101%) BusinessObjects
10 6 (1.101%) SAP BW
11 5 (0.917%) Oracle 9i
12 4 (0.734%) SQLPlus
13 3 (0.550%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 3 (0.550%) SQL Server 2000
13 3 (0.550%) OLAP
13 3 (0.550%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (0.917%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (0.734%) Subversion
3 3 (0.550%) Hudson
3 3 (0.550%) JIRA
4 2 (0.367%) ChangeMan
4 2 (0.367%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (0.367%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (0.367%) JUnit
4 2 (0.367%) Rational Performance Tester
5 1 (0.183%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.183%) ERwin
5 1 (0.183%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.183%) Ant
5 1 (0.183%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.183%) Selenium
5 1 (0.183%) CruiseControl
5 1 (0.183%) Maven
General
1 150 (27.52%) Banking
2 101 (18.53%) Retail
3 42 (7.706%) Retail Banking
4 41 (7.523%) Telecoms
5 24 (4.404%) Legal
6 19 (3.486%) Marketing
7 11 (2.018%) Investment Banking
8 8 (1.468%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.284%) Law
10 5 (0.917%) Games
10 5 (0.917%) Billing
11 3 (0.550%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.550%) Front Office
11 3 (0.550%) Private Banking
12 2 (0.367%) Electronics
13 1 (0.183%) Advertising
13 1 (0.183%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 195 (35.78%) Analyst
2 115 (21.10%) Project Manager
3 100 (18.35%) Business Analyst
4 42 (7.706%) Developer
5 35 (6.422%) Consultant
6 24 (4.404%) Test Analyst
7 22 (4.037%) Architect
8 20 (3.670%) Senior Manager
9 18 (3.303%) Senior Project Manager
10 16 (2.936%) Senior Analyst
11 15 (2.752%) PMO Analyst
12 14 (2.569%) DBA
13 13 (2.385%) Test Manager
13 13 (2.385%) Technical Analyst
14 10 (1.835%) Oracle DBA
14 10 (1.835%) Oracle Developer
14 10 (1.835%) Business Consultant
14 10 (1.835%) MI Analyst
15 9 (1.651%) PMO Manager
15 9 (1.651%) Oracle Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 21 (3.853%) Management Information System
2 13 (2.385%) Credit Risk
3 10 (1.835%) NHS
4 9 (1.651%) Mainframe
5 5 (0.917%) Data Integration
6 4 (0.734%) Data Extraction
7 3 (0.550%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.367%) VAX
8 2 (0.367%) Statistics
8 2 (0.367%) Web 2.0
8 2 (0.367%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.367%) DTV
8 2 (0.367%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.367%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.367%) HP Superdome
9 1 (0.183%) iPhone
9 1 (0.183%) DataPower
9 1 (0.183%) IBM Mainframe
9 1 (0.183%) iPad
9 1 (0.183%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.339%) UNIX
2 34 (6.239%) Windows
3 19 (3.486%) Linux
4 13 (2.385%) Solaris
5 7 (1.284%) Windows 7
6 5 (0.917%) AIX
7 4 (0.734%) zOS
8 2 (0.367%) VMS
8 2 (0.367%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.367%) HPUX
8 2 (0.367%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.367%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.183%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.183%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.183%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (27.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 109 (20.00%) Project Management
3 79 (14.50%) PRINCE2
4 55 (10.09%) Migration
5 42 (7.706%) User Acceptance Testing
6 38 (6.972%) ITIL
7 34 (6.239%) Change Management
7 34 (6.239%) Business Intelligence
8 28 (5.138%) Project Planning
9 26 (4.771%) Test Scripting
10 22 (4.037%) Risk Management
11 19 (3.486%) Use Case
11 19 (3.486%) Data Analysis
11 19 (3.486%) Data Migration
12 17 (3.119%) ERP
12 17 (3.119%) SOA
12 17 (3.119%) PRINCE
12 17 (3.119%) Business Transformation
13 15 (2.752%) Business Analysis
13 15 (2.752%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 64 (11.74%) SQL
2 24 (4.404%) PL/SQL
3 17 (3.119%) VBA
4 11 (2.018%) Java
5 10 (1.835%) COBOL
6 9 (1.651%) Shell Script
6 9 (1.651%) C#
7 7 (1.284%) VB.NET
8 5 (0.917%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.917%) Perl
9 4 (0.734%) VB
9 4 (0.734%) Bash shell
10 3 (0.550%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.367%) AWK
11 2 (0.367%) C
11 2 (0.367%) sed
12 1 (0.183%) SAS Macro
12 1 (0.183%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.183%) VBScript
12 1 (0.183%) LINC
Qualifications
1 21 (3.853%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 17 (3.119%) ISEB
3 13 (2.385%) ITIL Certification
4 10 (1.835%) APMP
5 8 (1.468%) ISTQB
5 8 (1.468%) PMP
5 8 (1.468%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.101%) Degree
6 6 (1.101%) CCAB
7 3 (0.550%) ACCA
7 3 (0.550%) CISSP
8 2 (0.367%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.367%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.367%) CCNA
8 2 (0.367%) CCDP
8 2 (0.367%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.183%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.183%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.183%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.183%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.651%) QA
2 6 (1.101%) SLA
3 4 (0.734%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (0.734%) FATCA
3 4 (0.734%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.550%) GAAP
5 2 (0.367%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.367%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.183%) BS25999
System Software
1 7 (1.284%) Oracle RAC
2 6 (1.101%) Oracle RMAN
3 4 (0.734%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.550%) NFS
5 1 (0.183%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.183%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.183%) Xen
Systems Management
1 16 (2.936%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (0.917%) Tivoli
2 5 (0.917%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (0.550%) OpenView
3 3 (0.550%) OVSD
4 2 (0.367%) Opalis
4 2 (0.367%) Control-M
5 1 (0.183%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.183%) Tivoli Configuration Manager
5 1 (0.183%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 1 (0.183%) Tivoli Remote Control
5 1 (0.183%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.183%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 93 (17.06%) Oracle
2 41 (7.523%) Microsoft
3 24 (4.404%) IBM
4 21 (3.853%) SAP
5 13 (2.385%) Business Objects
6 11 (2.018%) HP
7 8 (1.468%) Hyperion
8 6 (1.101%) VMware
8 6 (1.101%) Citrix
8 6 (1.101%) Sun
8 6 (1.101%) Perforce
9 4 (0.734%) Cisco
9 4 (0.734%) Pega
10 3 (0.550%) Lotus
10 3 (0.550%) Informatica
10 3 (0.550%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.550%) TIBCO
10 3 (0.550%) Siebel
10 3 (0.550%) Amdocs
11 2 (0.367%) Avaya
Batley, Yorkshire
My client, a financial based business has an immediate requirement for a Business Analyst to join their team on a 3 months basis. They are about to implement...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £325 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
You will have Knowledge of marketing in the retail financial services space, producing and working to a structured plan, with the ability to define, refine and amend business...
Interquest Group PLC
Posted: 7 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Key Accountabilities Requires a PMO Analyst to work on a major Transformation Programme The role requires a PMO Analyst who has a background working with in the Financial...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £320.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Skills: - Experience within workshop facilitation - Worked across all stages of the lifecycle - Capacity to put together functional specifications, technical specifications - Able to effectively manage stakeholders - Experience in requirements...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £380.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
I am currently looking for a E-business suite DBA to work on an initial 10 month contract for a large financial organisation in Bradford.The ideal candidate...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Key Accountabilities Requires a Project Manager to work on a major Transformation Programme The role requires a Project Manager who has a background working with in the Financial...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £396.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Skills: - Experience within workshop facilitation - Worked across all stages of the lifecycle - Capacity to put together functional specifications, technical specifications - Able to effectively manage stakeholders - Experience in requirements...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £450.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax £300 - £350 per day Initial 3 Month Contract Skills: Business Analysis, Banking, SAP, Process Simplification, Data Migration, Financial Services Our financial services client requires 2 Business Analysts...
Reed Technology
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
This role offers the Performance Analyst exceptional financial experience, especially as previous finance experience is not required. Performance Analyst of all experience and backgrounds will be considered, as...
Real Staffing
Rate: £13.50 - £15.50 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The skill and experience needed for this role are- -Experience in delivering change. -Junior PM experience within Financial Services. -Analytical experience. -Microsoft Office, including Project. -Stakeholder management experience...
Sanderson
Rate: £250 - £290 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Yorkshire
SCRUM certification is essential for this role, as is knowledge of one or more Agile project management frameworks, excellent verbal and written communication skills and previous experience of...
Hudson
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
West Yorkshire
You will have Change management experience and will be have the ability to delivery to tight deadlines. You will be working in a complex, multi-discipline corporate environment...
Interquest Group PLC
Posted: 7 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
In addition assisting in the support of our remaining database estate consisting of Oracle 10 and 11g technologies. Skills Required: E-Business Suite administration including:o Application of...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £420 - £460 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Key Words: Data Modeller, Data Architect, Data Modelling, Data, Data modelling tools, Erwin, Enterprise Architect, Financial Services Logical Data Model, Data Warehousing, Metadata, Data Governance, Corporate Metadata model,...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £250 - £340 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Key Words: Data Quality, Data Quality Reporting, Automated Checking, Data Profiling, Data Quality rules and reports, Metadata, Data Quality Tools, Oracle EDQ, Informatica DQ, DataFlux, Data Governance Practices,...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £250 - £340 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Senior Credit Risk Analyst / Modeller - Credit Risk Portfolio InsightMy leading financial services client is currently looking for an experienced Senior Credit Risk Analyst / Modeller to join their team...
Rate: Market - Please Quote
Posted: 15 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Demonstrating full ownership for the development and delivery of the project plan including stakeholder management at all levels and full risk and issue management * Lead, manage & motivate the...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £500.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Key skills & experience required: - Experience of working in financial services - Experience of data profiling and building Data Quality rules and reports - Experience of working with metadata - Strong communication...
The Bridge Ltd
Rate: From £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Key skills and experience required; - Experience of working in financial services - Strong data modelling skills - In-depth knowledge of modelling tools such as ERwin, Enterprise Architect or a...
Integrity IT Solutions
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Yorkshire
We are looking for a Data Modeller who can assist with the development of a Corporate Data Model as well as the associated processes and procedures for maintaining,...
The Bridge Ltd
Rate: From £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Roc Search's Client is currently recruiting for a Disaster Recovery Associate (Jr Resource) Role: Providing alert analysis *Taking ownership and responsibility for the delivery against the requirements...
Roc Search
Posted: 20 May 2013