The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the York 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 York 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 3 1
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 13 11 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in York 13.40% 19.64% 22.50%
As % of the General category 86.67% 64.71% 56.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 1
Average daily rate £435 £350 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.28% +34.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
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
York
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
15 17 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in York 15.46% 30.36% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 2
Average daily rate £435 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.28% +3.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £11.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +40.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Finance
North Yorkshire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York 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 York region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

York 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 York region.

York Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the York 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 16 (55.17%) Oracle
2 8 (27.59%) Project Management
3 5 (17.24%) E-Commerce
3 5 (17.24%) MS Visio
4 4 (13.79%) MS Excel
4 4 (13.79%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (13.79%) Workflow
4 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
5 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
5 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
5 3 (10.34%) Change Management
5 3 (10.34%) Data Security
5 3 (10.34%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
5 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
5 3 (10.34%) MS Office
5 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
5 3 (10.34%) SQL
6 2 (6.897%) VBA
6 2 (6.897%) UNIX
6 2 (6.897%) CRM
6 2 (6.897%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (6.897%) ERP
6 2 (6.897%) SLA
6 2 (6.897%) Cisco
6 2 (6.897%) CheckPoint
6 2 (6.897%) Management Information System
6 2 (6.897%) Risk Management
6 2 (6.897%) Scrum
6 2 (6.897%) Stakeholder Management

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the York 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 (3.448%) XML
1 1 (3.448%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (3.448%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) MS Visio
2 4 (13.79%) MS Excel
3 3 (10.34%) MS Office
4 1 (3.448%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.448%) Sage 1000
2 1 (3.448%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.448%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.897%) BIG-IP
1 2 (6.897%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (6.897%) Network Security
2 1 (3.448%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (6.897%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (6.897%) JIRA
2 1 (3.448%) Axure RP
General
1 1 (3.448%) Marketing
1 1 (3.448%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Analyst
2 8 (27.59%) Business Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Oracle Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Consultant
5 2 (6.897%) Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 2 (6.897%) Financial Business Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Senior Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (3.448%) Excel Specialist
6 1 (3.448%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Data Migration Manager
6 1 (3.448%) User Experience Architect
6 1 (3.448%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Data Modeller
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Data Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Oracle Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) Management Information System
1 2 (6.897%) IIBA
2 1 (3.448%) Social Network
2 1 (3.448%) Credit Risk
2 1 (3.448%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.897%) UNIX
2 1 (3.448%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Project Management
2 5 (17.24%) E-Commerce
3 4 (13.79%) Workflow
3 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
4 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) Change Management
4 3 (10.34%) Data Security
4 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
4 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
5 2 (6.897%) CRM
5 2 (6.897%) ERP
5 2 (6.897%) Risk Management
5 2 (6.897%) Scrum
5 2 (6.897%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.897%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (6.897%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (6.897%) System Testing
6 1 (3.448%) QMS
6 1 (3.448%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.448%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
2 2 (6.897%) VBA
3 1 (3.448%) C#
3 1 (3.448%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.897%) CCSE
2 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (6.897%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.448%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Oracle
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.897%) Cisco
3 2 (6.897%) CheckPoint
3 2 (6.897%) F5
4 1 (3.448%) Blue Coat
4 1 (3.448%) Ariba
4 1 (3.448%) Sage