The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 23 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 Wiltshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 162 169 169
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 36.16% 27.35% 30.18%
As % of the General category 76.42% 61.68% 61.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 152 122
Average daily rate £413 £395 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.43% -7.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £475 £504
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
Average hourly rate £13.50 - £16.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 - £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.80 - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -6.97%
All of the General Category
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
212 274 277
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 47.32% 44.34% 49.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 204 160
Average daily rate £408 £370 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.33% -12.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £275 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £495 £518 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 20
Average hourly rate £15.00 £35.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-57.14% +20.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £17.50 £12.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £44.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Finance
South West

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Swindon 0 151 £420 +1.81%
Salisbury -5 1 - -
Corsham - 1 £300 -
Finance
South West

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

1 112 (28.21%) Banking
2 76 (19.14%) Retail
3 73 (18.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (16.88%) Microsoft
5 63 (15.87%) Retail Banking
6 60 (15.11%) Project Management
7 52 (13.10%) MS Project
8 51 (12.85%) Change Management
9 49 (12.34%) PRINCE2
10 38 (9.572%) SQL
11 36 (9.068%) Business Intelligence
12 34 (8.564%) Oracle
13 32 (8.060%) Information Management
14 30 (7.557%) Change Control
15 29 (7.305%) Business Transformation
15 29 (7.305%) MS Excel
16 23 (5.793%) MS Office
17 21 (5.290%) Data Management
17 21 (5.290%) ETL
17 21 (5.290%) BPR
18 20 (5.038%) ISEB
18 20 (5.038%) C
19 19 (4.786%) MS Visio
20 18 (4.534%) GAP Analysis
20 18 (4.534%) Oracle EBS
20 18 (4.534%) C++
20 18 (4.534%) PL/SQL
20 18 (4.534%) Requirements Analysis
21 17 (4.282%) Oracle EBS R12
21 17 (4.282%) Windows

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 15 (3.778%) .NET
2 12 (3.023%) XML
3 10 (2.519%) ASP.NET
4 9 (2.267%) jQuery
4 9 (2.267%) WCF
4 9 (2.267%) XSLT
5 8 (2.015%) Middleware
5 8 (2.015%) HTML
5 8 (2.015%) Web Services
5 8 (2.015%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.763%) CSS
7 6 (1.511%) Ajax
8 5 (1.259%) HTML5
9 4 (1.008%) J2EE
9 4 (1.008%) WebCenter
9 4 (1.008%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 4 (1.008%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.008%) JSON
10 3 (0.756%) AppFabric
11 2 (0.504%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 14 (3.526%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.023%) SAS
3 9 (2.267%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (1.008%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (1.008%) ESB
5 3 (0.756%) IIS
6 2 (0.504%) CMS
7 1 (0.252%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.252%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.252%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.252%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.252%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.252%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.252%) Content Management Server
7 1 (0.252%) PowerExchange
7 1 (0.252%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 52 (13.10%) MS Project
2 29 (7.305%) MS Excel
3 23 (5.793%) MS Office
4 19 (4.786%) MS Visio
5 11 (2.771%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (0.756%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.756%) SPSS
7 1 (0.252%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.252%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.252%) FreeHand
7 1 (0.252%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.252%) QuarkXPress
7 1 (0.252%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 18 (4.534%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (4.282%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (1.259%) Oracle CRM
3 5 (1.259%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (1.008%) Oracle HRMS
5 3 (0.756%) FRx
5 3 (0.756%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 3 (0.756%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.756%) PeopleSoft HRMS
5 3 (0.756%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.504%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 1 (0.252%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.252%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.252%) BASE24
7 1 (0.252%) Oracle Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.267%) SAN
2 8 (2.015%) Internet
3 5 (1.259%) VPN
4 4 (1.008%) Intranet
4 4 (1.008%) LAN
4 4 (1.008%) WAN
4 4 (1.008%) NAS
5 2 (0.504%) Firewall
5 2 (0.504%) HTTP
5 2 (0.504%) ATM
5 2 (0.504%) Network Security
6 1 (0.252%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.252%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.252%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.252%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.252%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.030%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (3.526%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.526%) Oracle BI EE
3 11 (2.771%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.008%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (1.008%) SAP Data Services
4 4 (1.008%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (1.008%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.756%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.756%) BusinessObjects XI
5 3 (0.756%) Big Data
5 3 (0.756%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.504%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (0.504%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.504%) MS Access
6 2 (0.504%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (0.504%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.504%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (0.252%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.252%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 7 (1.763%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (1.259%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (1.008%) JDeveloper
3 4 (1.008%) WinRunner
3 4 (1.008%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.504%) LSMW
5 1 (0.252%) Subversion
5 1 (0.252%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.252%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.252%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (0.252%) Dreamweaver
General
1 112 (28.21%) Banking
2 76 (19.14%) Retail
3 63 (15.87%) Retail Banking
4 13 (3.275%) Marketing
5 6 (1.511%) Telecoms
5 6 (1.511%) Back Office
6 5 (1.259%) General Ledger
7 3 (0.756%) Advertising
8 2 (0.504%) Publishing
8 2 (0.504%) Legal
8 2 (0.504%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.252%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.252%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.252%) Law
Job Titles
1 126 (31.74%) Analyst
2 75 (18.89%) Project Manager
3 42 (10.58%) Developer
4 34 (8.564%) Business Analyst
5 32 (8.060%) PMO Analyst
6 28 (7.053%) Consultant
7 22 (5.542%) Programme Analyst
7 22 (5.542%) Programme Office Analyst
8 19 (4.786%) Architect
9 16 (4.030%) Senior Analyst
10 15 (3.778%) Senior Manager
10 15 (3.778%) Tester
11 14 (3.526%) Test Analyst
11 14 (3.526%) Senior Project Manager
12 13 (3.275%) Programme Manager
12 13 (3.275%) Junior
13 12 (3.023%) Support Analyst
14 11 (2.771%) Software Developer
15 9 (2.267%) Administrator
16 8 (2.015%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.282%) EMV
2 15 (3.778%) APACS
3 14 (3.526%) EPoS
4 9 (2.267%) Mainframe
4 9 (2.267%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.511%) Chip and PIN
6 5 (1.259%) Mathematics
6 5 (1.259%) Data Conversion
7 4 (1.008%) Online Banking
7 4 (1.008%) Credit Risk
8 3 (0.756%) Mobile Payment
8 3 (0.756%) EFT
8 3 (0.756%) EFTPOS
9 2 (0.504%) Data Extraction
10 1 (0.252%) CMDB
10 1 (0.252%) Blog
10 1 (0.252%) Social Network
10 1 (0.252%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.252%) Statistics
10 1 (0.252%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.282%) Windows
2 12 (3.023%) Linux
3 7 (1.763%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (1.259%) Windows 7
5 3 (0.756%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.252%) VME
6 1 (0.252%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.252%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.252%) AIX
6 1 (0.252%) Solaris
6 1 (0.252%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (18.39%) Stakeholder Management
2 60 (15.11%) Project Management
3 51 (12.85%) Change Management
4 49 (12.34%) PRINCE2
5 36 (9.068%) Business Intelligence
6 32 (8.060%) Information Management
7 30 (7.557%) Change Control
8 29 (7.305%) Business Transformation
9 21 (5.290%) Data Management
9 21 (5.290%) ETL
9 21 (5.290%) BPR
10 18 (4.534%) GAP Analysis
10 18 (4.534%) Requirements Analysis
11 16 (4.030%) Data Modelling
11 16 (4.030%) User Acceptance Testing
12 15 (3.778%) Migration
12 15 (3.778%) CRM
13 14 (3.526%) ITIL
13 14 (3.526%) UML
13 14 (3.526%) SSADM
Programming Languages
1 38 (9.572%) SQL
2 20 (5.038%) C
3 18 (4.534%) C++
3 18 (4.534%) PL/SQL
4 12 (3.023%) C#
5 11 (2.771%) VBScript
5 11 (2.771%) VB
6 10 (2.519%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.267%) VBA
8 6 (1.511%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.008%) XQuery
9 4 (1.008%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.008%) Java
10 3 (0.756%) R
10 3 (0.756%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.756%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.756%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.252%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 20 (5.038%) ISEB
2 16 (4.030%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 12 (3.023%) Degree
4 11 (2.771%) Security Cleared
5 10 (2.519%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.008%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (0.756%) CISSP
7 3 (0.756%) OCP
8 2 (0.504%) CISA
8 2 (0.504%) CISM
8 2 (0.504%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.504%) MCP
8 2 (0.504%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.504%) PCI QSA
9 1 (0.252%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.252%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.252%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.252%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.252%) CCIE
9 1 (0.252%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.023%) Basel II
2 11 (2.771%) SLA
3 9 (2.267%) Basel III
3 9 (2.267%) Solvency II
4 8 (2.015%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.763%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.763%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.259%) QA
7 3 (0.756%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.504%) MiFID
System Software
1 8 (2.015%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.008%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.504%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.252%) vSphere
4 1 (0.252%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 13 (3.275%) HP Quality Center
1 13 (3.275%) SCOM
2 11 (2.771%) MOM
3 5 (1.259%) WMI
Vendors
1 67 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.564%) Oracle
3 14 (3.526%) Business Objects
4 12 (3.023%) HP
5 10 (2.519%) SAP
5 10 (2.519%) VeriFone
6 9 (2.267%) VMware
7 7 (1.763%) Informatica
7 7 (1.763%) Epicor
8 6 (1.511%) Hyperion
8 6 (1.511%) PeopleSoft
9 5 (1.259%) Siebel
10 4 (1.008%) Unisys
10 4 (1.008%) NetApp
11 3 (0.756%) Cognos
11 3 (0.756%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.756%) Adobe
11 3 (0.756%) Stellent
12 2 (0.504%) Cisco
12 2 (0.504%) Omniture
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