The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Woking region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Woking 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 11 8 10
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +2
Contract jobs citing Finance 7 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 9.722% 8.475% 11.11%
As % of the General category 31.82% 21.74% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
Average daily rate £267 £325 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.84% -5.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £213 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £395 £369
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.70 £17.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-4.60% -28.57%
All of the General Category
Woking
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
22 23 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 30.56% 38.98% 35.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 11
Average daily rate £363 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.40% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £280 £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £371
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.21% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Finance
Surrey

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Woking 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 Woking region.

Woking Finance Daily Rate Trend

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Woking Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking 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 6 (33.33%) SQL
1 6 (33.33%) Oracle
2 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
2 5 (27.78%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Stress Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 3 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
4 3 (16.67%) ISEB
4 3 (16.67%) CCA
4 3 (16.67%) Project Management
4 3 (16.67%) Law
4 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 3 (16.67%) Migration
4 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
4 3 (16.67%) SAP
4 3 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 3 (16.67%) ETL
4 3 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
4 3 (16.67%) LoadRunner
4 3 (16.67%) SAP BW
5 2 (11.11%) XML
5 2 (11.11%) PL/SQL
5 2 (11.11%) MS Office
5 2 (11.11%) T-SQL
5 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
5 2 (11.11%) ERP

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking 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 2 (11.11%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 2 (11.11%) MS Office
3 1 (5.556%) Office 365
3 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
3 1 (5.556%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Network Security
1 1 (5.556%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (5.556%) Internet
1 1 (5.556%) MPLS
1 1 (5.556%) OSPF
1 1 (5.556%) BGP
1 1 (5.556%) EIGRP
1 1 (5.556%) DHCP
1 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.556%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
2 3 (16.67%) SAP BW
3 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (16.67%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (16.67%) Law
1 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.556%) Automotive
2 1 (5.556%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) ETL Developer
3 3 (16.67%) SAP Test Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Test Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) SQL Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior ETL Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Oracle Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Network Design Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Deployment Project Manager
5 1 (5.556%) PMO Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Oracle Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Data Integration
1 1 (5.556%) iPad
1 1 (5.556%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
1 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
2 1 (5.556%) Windows Vista
2 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.556%) Windows XP
2 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (16.67%) Stress Testing
2 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
2 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
2 3 (16.67%) Project Management
2 3 (16.67%) Migration
2 3 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 3 (16.67%) ETL
3 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
3 2 (11.11%) ERP
3 2 (11.11%) Automated Testing
3 2 (11.11%) Integration Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Data Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Change Control
4 1 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) Risk Management
4 1 (5.556%) Network Design
4 1 (5.556%) Resource Management
4 1 (5.556%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (5.556%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) PL/SQL
2 2 (11.11%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.556%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
1 3 (16.67%) ISEB
1 3 (16.67%) CCA
2 1 (5.556%) Degree
2 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.556%) CCIE
2 1 (5.556%) CCNP
2 1 (5.556%) CCIP
2 1 (5.556%) CCDP
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (5.556%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco
3 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
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Universe Technology Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 23 May 2013
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Rate: Competitive
Posted: 10 June 2013