Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Wiltshire region.

 Financial
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank142
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Down-2
Matching contract IT job ads153116227
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire25.89 %16.25 %19.65 %
As % of the General category54.45 %40.42 %41.73 %
Daily rates quoted9681125
Average daily rate£400£425£438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.880 %-2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£310£325£310
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£490£540
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£384£390
% change year-on-year
-8.850 %-1.530 %
Hourly rates quoted1612
Average hourly rate£160.00£14.91£41.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+973.10 %-63.85 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£21.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
-6.970 %-4.440 %
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
281287544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire47.55 %40.20 %47.10 %
Daily rates quoted147149238
Average daily rate£400£430£438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.970 %-1.710 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£284£324£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£488£490£538
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted193160
Average hourly rate£19.88£21.25£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.470 %-39.28 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.82£14.25£25.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£45.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Finance South WestFinance
South West

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.

Finance
Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Wiltshire Finance Daily Rate Histogram

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
SwindonUp+1120£400-6.97 %
SalisburyUp+41£215-
ChippenhamDown-31--
Finance South WestFinance
South West

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

174 (27.72 %)Banking
256 (20.97 %)Retail
354 (20.22 %)SAP
448 (17.98 %)SQL
547 (17.60 %)Retail Banking
643 (16.10 %)CA Clarity
735 (13.11 %)Project Management
832 (11.99 %)Insurance
929 (10.86 %)Stakeholder Management
1026 (9.738 %)PRINCE2
1124 (8.989 %)ETL
1221 (7.865 %)GAP Analysis
1319 (7.116 %)Datawarehouse
1319 (7.116 %)Requirements Analysis
1418 (6.742 %)Microsoft
1418 (6.742 %)Migration
1517 (6.367 %)Change Management
1517 (6.367 %).NET
1517 (6.367 %)Oracle
1616 (5.993 %)SQL Server
1616 (5.993 %)Business Intelligence
1616 (5.993 %)Business Analysis
1715 (5.618 %)BODI
1814 (5.243 %)Business Process Improvement
1814 (5.243 %)Endur
1814 (5.243 %)C#
1913 (4.869 %)Data Migration
2012 (4.494 %)Business Objects
2012 (4.494 %)UML
2012 (4.494 %)BusinessObjects

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
117 (6.367 %).NET
23 (1.124 %)EDI
32 (0.749 %)Middleware
32 (0.749 %)J2EE
32 (0.749 %)HTML
41 (0.375 %)WebSphere
41 (0.375 %)WCF
41 (0.375 %)SAP XI
41 (0.375 %)CSS
41 (0.375 %)SOAP
41 (0.375 %)Web Services
41 (0.375 %)XML
41 (0.375 %)Flash
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (1.873 %)SharePoint
24 (1.498 %)IIS
33 (1.124 %)WebLogic
33 (1.124 %)BizTalk Server
42 (0.749 %)CMS
42 (0.749 %)Oracle Workflow
51 (0.375 %)Confluence
51 (0.375 %)Tuxedo
51 (0.375 %)Lotus Notes
51 (0.375 %)SAS
51 (0.375 %)WebLogic Portal
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
143 (16.10 %)CA Clarity
210 (3.745 %)MS Project
38 (2.996 %)MS Office
47 (2.622 %)MS PowerPoint
47 (2.622 %)Niku Workbench
54 (1.498 %)MS Excel
63 (1.124 %)MS Visio
72 (0.749 %)Spreadsheet
81 (0.375 %)Fireworks
81 (0.375 %)SPSS
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
114 (5.243 %)Endur
27 (2.622 %)Oracle EBS
35 (1.873 %)SAP ERP
44 (1.498 %)SAP FI
44 (1.498 %)SAP CO
44 (1.498 %)SAP FI/CO
44 (1.498 %)Oracle CRM
44 (1.498 %)Oracle iStore
53 (1.124 %)Oracle EBS R12
53 (1.124 %)Oracle Applications
62 (0.749 %)HiPortfolio
62 (0.749 %)PeopleSoft Financials
71 (0.375 %)Dynamics CRM
71 (0.375 %)Dynamics AX
71 (0.375 %)Pivotal CRM
71 (0.375 %)Singl.eView
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (2.247 %)Internet
23 (1.124 %)SAN
32 (0.749 %)Intranet
32 (0.749 %)PBX
32 (0.749 %)Symposium
41 (0.375 %)FTP
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (8.989 %)ETL
219 (7.116 %)Datawarehouse
316 (5.993 %)SQL Server
415 (5.618 %)BODI
512 (4.494 %)BusinessObjects
66 (2.247 %)BusinessObjects XI
66 (2.247 %)SQL Server 2005
75 (1.873 %)SQL Server Integration Services
75 (1.873 %)DTS
83 (1.124 %)Xcelsius
83 (1.124 %)SQL Server 2008
83 (1.124 %)DB2
92 (0.749 %)Data Mining
92 (0.749 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.375 %)Oracle 11g
101 (0.375 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
101 (0.375 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
101 (0.375 %)Oracle BI EE
101 (0.375 %)Reference Data
101 (0.375 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (2.247 %)Visual Studio
25 (1.873 %)VSS/SourceSafe
34 (1.498 %)Team Foundation Server
43 (1.124 %)Subversion
52 (0.749 %)InstallShield
52 (0.749 %)Ant
52 (0.749 %)PVCS
61 (0.375 %)JIRA
61 (0.375 %)COOL:Gen
61 (0.375 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.375 %)JDeveloper
61 (0.375 %)TestDirector
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
174 (27.72 %)Banking
256 (20.97 %)Retail
347 (17.60 %)Retail Banking
432 (11.99 %)Insurance
58 (2.996 %)Financial Institution
66 (2.247 %)Construction
75 (1.873 %)Telecoms
84 (1.498 %)Investment Banking
84 (1.498 %)Online Banking
84 (1.498 %)Marketing
92 (0.749 %)Front Office
92 (0.749 %)Advertising
92 (0.749 %)Publishing
92 (0.749 %)General Ledger
92 (0.749 %)Pensions
101 (0.375 %)Police
101 (0.375 %)Health
101 (0.375 %)Legal
101 (0.375 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.375 %)Back Office
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
191 (34.08 %)Analyst
236 (13.48 %)Business Analyst
334 (12.73 %)Developer
424 (8.989 %)Project Manager
523 (8.614 %)Senior Analyst
618 (6.742 %)Consultant
716 (5.993 %)ETL Developer
814 (5.243 %)Senior Business Analyst
912 (4.494 %)Systems Analyst
1011 (4.120 %)Programmer
1011 (4.120 %)Banking Business Analyst
1110 (3.745 %)Configuration Manager
129 (3.371 %)Programme Manager
129 (3.371 %)Test Analyst
138 (2.996 %)Process Analyst
147 (2.622 %)Business Manager
147 (2.622 %)Designer
147 (2.622 %)Data Analyst
147 (2.622 %)Programme Office Analyst
147 (2.622 %)Oracle Consultant
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (2.247 %)Client/Server
22 (0.749 %)EFT
22 (0.749 %)Mainframe
22 (0.749 %)Management Information System
22 (0.749 %)Replication
31 (0.375 %)Statistics
31 (0.375 %)Copywriting
31 (0.375 %)Cloud Computing
31 (0.375 %)iSeries
31 (0.375 %)CLARiiON
31 (0.375 %)Symmetrix
31 (0.375 %)EMC Centera
31 (0.375 %)Clustering
31 (0.375 %)E-Learning
31 (0.375 %)AS400
31 (0.375 %)Tandem
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (3.371 %)Windows
25 (1.873 %)UNIX
34 (1.498 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (1.498 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (0.375 %)Linux
41 (0.375 %)Windows 2000
41 (0.375 %)Windows XP
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
135 (13.11 %)Project Management
229 (10.86 %)Stakeholder Management
326 (9.738 %)PRINCE2
421 (7.865 %)GAP Analysis
519 (7.116 %)Requirements Analysis
618 (6.742 %)Migration
717 (6.367 %)Change Management
816 (5.993 %)Business Intelligence
816 (5.993 %)Business Analysis
914 (5.243 %)Business Process Improvement
1013 (4.869 %)Data Migration
1112 (4.494 %)UML
1211 (4.120 %)SSADM
1211 (4.120 %)DSDM
1211 (4.120 %)Data Modelling
1211 (4.120 %)Release Management
1310 (3.745 %)ERP
149 (3.371 %)ITIL
149 (3.371 %)CRM
158 (2.996 %)Project Planning
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
148 (17.98 %)SQL
214 (5.243 %)C#
39 (3.371 %)C
48 (2.996 %)PL/SQL
53 (1.124 %)C++
53 (1.124 %)VB
53 (1.124 %)VB.NET
62 (0.749 %)COBOL
62 (0.749 %)Java
71 (0.375 %)X++
71 (0.375 %)VB6
71 (0.375 %)Perl
71 (0.375 %)RPG
71 (0.375 %)VBScript
71 (0.375 %)VBA
71 (0.375 %)Shell Script
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (1.873 %)ISEB
24 (1.498 %)PRINCE2 Certification
32 (0.749 %)CISSP
41 (0.375 %)CISA
41 (0.375 %)CISM
41 (0.375 %)MOS
41 (0.375 %)ITIL Certification
41 (0.375 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.375 %)Citrix Certification
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.498 %)Basel II
23 (1.124 %)ISO27001
23 (1.124 %)QA
32 (0.749 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.375 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.375 %)ISO17799
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (1.124 %)Active Directory
22 (0.749 %)VMware Infrastructure
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.749 %)MOM
12 (0.749 %)MSI
21 (0.375 %)SCOM
21 (0.375 %)CONTROL-M
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
154 (20.22 %)SAP
218 (6.742 %)Microsoft
317 (6.367 %)Oracle
412 (4.494 %)Business Objects
412 (4.494 %)OpenLink
58 (2.996 %)Niku
67 (2.622 %)Cognos
74 (1.498 %)Unisys
83 (1.124 %)PeopleSoft
83 (1.124 %)HP
92 (0.749 %)MKS
92 (0.749 %)VMware
101 (0.375 %)Planview
101 (0.375 %)Teradata
101 (0.375 %)FileNet
101 (0.375 %)Adobe
101 (0.375 %)BEA
101 (0.375 %)Actuate
101 (0.375 %)Lotus
101 (0.375 %)EMC