The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 18 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 374 435 421
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 19.02% 18.26% 22.33%
As % of the General category 57.36% 51.30% 61.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 287 235
Average daily rate £365 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.94% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £264 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £487 £500 £464
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 7
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.10 £14.20 £12.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.59 £16.38 £34.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.70 £17.50 £24.75
% change year-on-year
-4.60% -29.29%
All of the General Category
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
652 848 690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 33.16% 35.60% 36.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 535 366
Average daily rate £365 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.82% +1.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £242
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 21
Average hourly rate £18.00 £16.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -5.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.80 £9.90 £11.08
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.38 £50.00 £28.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Finance
England

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Finance Hourly Rate Trend

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Finance across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Yorkshire Finance Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire +1 289 £365 -5.80% 122
South Yorkshire 0 34 £365 -7.59% 17
North Yorkshire -5 22 £400 +14.28% 20
East Yorkshire - 4 £210 -
Finance
England

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 180 (24.32%) Banking
2 166 (22.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 139 (18.78%) Project Management
4 129 (17.43%) Oracle
5 102 (13.78%) SQL
5 102 (13.78%) Retail
6 95 (12.84%) PRINCE2
7 71 (9.595%) Migration
8 60 (8.108%) Change Management
9 49 (6.622%) Microsoft
10 48 (6.486%) Windows
11 46 (6.216%) UNIX
11 46 (6.216%) ITIL
12 45 (6.081%) MS Excel
12 45 (6.081%) User Acceptance Testing
13 43 (5.811%) MS Office
14 42 (5.676%) Telecoms
14 42 (5.676%) Retail Banking
15 41 (5.541%) Business Analysis
15 41 (5.541%) Data Warehouse
15 41 (5.541%) Business Intelligence
16 37 (5.000%) .NET
17 36 (4.865%) SQL Server
18 33 (4.459%) Oracle EBS
19 32 (4.324%) Project Planning
20 31 (4.189%) PL/SQL
20 31 (4.189%) Oracle 10g
20 31 (4.189%) Risk Management
21 30 (4.054%) Legal
21 30 (4.054%) MS Project

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 37 (5.000%) .NET
2 16 (2.162%) ASP.NET
3 15 (2.027%) XML
4 10 (1.351%) Web Services
5 8 (1.081%) Middleware
6 6 (0.811%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.676%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.676%) CSS
8 4 (0.541%) HTML
8 4 (0.541%) J2EE
8 4 (0.541%) Oracle ADF
9 3 (0.405%) Hibernate
10 2 (0.270%) JDBC
10 2 (0.270%) MapReduce
10 2 (0.270%) Spring
10 2 (0.270%) WCF
10 2 (0.270%) WPF
11 1 (0.135%) Silverlight
11 1 (0.135%) jQuery
11 1 (0.135%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 14 (1.892%) SAS
2 8 (1.081%) FileNet
3 7 (0.946%) CICS
3 7 (0.946%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.811%) StreamWeaver
5 5 (0.676%) CMS
6 4 (0.541%) IBM Notes
7 3 (0.405%) IIS
7 3 (0.405%) Oracle Application Server
7 3 (0.405%) ESB
7 3 (0.405%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 2 (0.270%) Liferay
8 2 (0.270%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.270%) Apache
8 2 (0.270%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.270%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.270%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.270%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.270%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.270%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 45 (6.081%) MS Excel
2 43 (5.811%) MS Office
3 30 (4.054%) MS Project
4 16 (2.162%) MS PowerPoint
5 15 (2.027%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.270%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 33 (4.459%) Oracle EBS
2 27 (3.649%) Oracle EBS R12
3 15 (2.027%) Oracle Financials
4 8 (1.081%) SAP HR
5 7 (0.946%) SAP Payroll
5 7 (0.946%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.541%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (0.541%) Oracle BPM
6 4 (0.541%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.405%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.405%) FileNet Content Manager
7 3 (0.405%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.405%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.405%) Agresso
8 2 (0.270%) HFM
8 2 (0.270%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
9 1 (0.135%) Sage 1000
9 1 (0.135%) Hyperion Planning
9 1 (0.135%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.135%) SAP EHS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.757%) Internet
2 11 (1.486%) WAN
3 10 (1.351%) Firewall
4 9 (1.216%) LAN
4 9 (1.216%) HTTP
5 7 (0.946%) VPN
6 5 (0.676%) DNS
6 5 (0.676%) FTP
6 5 (0.676%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.541%) Network Security
7 4 (0.541%) SAN
7 4 (0.541%) MPLS
8 3 (0.405%) SSL
8 3 (0.405%) ATM
8 3 (0.405%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (0.405%) VLAN
8 3 (0.405%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.405%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.270%) Cisco PIX
9 2 (0.270%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.541%) Data Warehouse
2 36 (4.865%) SQL Server
3 31 (4.189%) Oracle 10g
4 26 (3.514%) Oracle 11g
5 16 (2.162%) SQL Server 2008
5 16 (2.162%) Oracle Reports
6 15 (2.027%) SQL Server 2005
7 14 (1.892%) Oracle BI EE
8 12 (1.622%) Oracle 8/8i
9 11 (1.486%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (1.486%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (1.351%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 9 (1.216%) Oracle OWB
11 9 (1.216%) DB2
12 8 (1.081%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.811%) Oracle 9i
14 5 (0.676%) Oracle ODI
15 4 (0.541%) OLAP
15 4 (0.541%) SQLPlus
16 3 (0.405%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 7 (0.946%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (0.676%) ERwin
2 5 (0.676%) JIRA
3 4 (0.541%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (0.541%) ChangeMan
4 3 (0.405%) Subversion
5 2 (0.270%) Hudson
5 2 (0.270%) Rational Performance Tester
5 2 (0.270%) Selenium
5 2 (0.270%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.270%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.135%) Ant
6 1 (0.135%) JUnit
6 1 (0.135%) JMeter
6 1 (0.135%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (0.135%) WebLOAD
6 1 (0.135%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.135%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.135%) CruiseControl
6 1 (0.135%) Jenkins
General
1 180 (24.32%) Banking
2 102 (13.78%) Retail
3 42 (5.676%) Telecoms
3 42 (5.676%) Retail Banking
4 30 (4.054%) Legal
5 26 (3.514%) Marketing
6 12 (1.622%) Financial Institution
7 11 (1.486%) Investment Banking
8 8 (1.081%) Law
8 8 (1.081%) Manufacturing
9 6 (0.811%) Billing
10 5 (0.676%) Back Office
10 5 (0.676%) Games
11 4 (0.541%) Electronics
12 2 (0.270%) Local Government
12 2 (0.270%) Private Banking
12 2 (0.270%) Online Betting
13 1 (0.135%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.135%) Front Office
13 1 (0.135%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 251 (33.92%) Analyst
2 138 (18.65%) Project Manager
3 133 (17.97%) Business Analyst
4 66 (8.919%) Developer
5 49 (6.622%) Consultant
6 27 (3.649%) Architect
6 27 (3.649%) Test Analyst
7 23 (3.108%) Senior Manager
8 22 (2.973%) Data Analyst
9 21 (2.838%) DBA
10 19 (2.568%) Senior Project Manager
11 18 (2.432%) Technical Analyst
12 17 (2.297%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (2.162%) Oracle DBA
13 16 (2.162%) Oracle Developer
14 15 (2.027%) Administrator
14 15 (2.027%) PMO Analyst
15 13 (1.757%) Test Manager
16 12 (1.622%) Junior
16 12 (1.622%) Oracle Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 19 (2.568%) Management Information System
2 13 (1.757%) NHS
2 13 (1.757%) Credit Risk
3 11 (1.486%) Reference Data
3 11 (1.486%) Mainframe
4 7 (0.946%) Data Integration
5 5 (0.676%) Statistics
6 4 (0.541%) E-Learning
6 4 (0.541%) DTV
6 4 (0.541%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.405%) Blackberry
7 3 (0.405%) Web 2.0
7 3 (0.405%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.270%) Data Conversion
8 2 (0.270%) Data Extraction
8 2 (0.270%) IIBA
8 2 (0.270%) iPad
8 2 (0.270%) VAX
8 2 (0.270%) iPhone
8 2 (0.270%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 48 (6.486%) Windows
2 46 (6.216%) UNIX
3 30 (4.054%) Linux
4 16 (2.162%) Solaris
5 12 (1.622%) Windows 7
6 7 (0.946%) AIX
7 6 (0.811%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (0.676%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.541%) zOS
9 4 (0.541%) VMS
10 3 (0.405%) SUSE
11 2 (0.270%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.270%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.270%) Windows XP
11 2 (0.270%) HPUX
12 1 (0.135%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.135%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.135%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.135%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (22.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 139 (18.78%) Project Management
3 95 (12.84%) PRINCE2
4 71 (9.595%) Migration
5 60 (8.108%) Change Management
6 46 (6.216%) ITIL
7 45 (6.081%) User Acceptance Testing
8 41 (5.541%) Business Intelligence
8 41 (5.541%) Business Analysis
9 32 (4.324%) Project Planning
10 31 (4.189%) Risk Management
11 30 (4.054%) Data Migration
12 29 (3.919%) Data Modelling
13 28 (3.784%) Use Case
14 27 (3.649%) Data Analysis
15 26 (3.514%) Test Scripting
16 19 (2.568%) Workflow
16 19 (2.568%) Agile Software Development
17 18 (2.432%) Programme Management
17 18 (2.432%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 102 (13.78%) SQL
2 31 (4.189%) PL/SQL
3 18 (2.432%) VBA
4 16 (2.162%) T-SQL
5 11 (1.486%) C#
6 9 (1.216%) COBOL
6 9 (1.216%) Shell Script
6 9 (1.216%) VB.NET
7 8 (1.081%) VB
7 8 (1.081%) Java
8 5 (0.676%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.541%) Perl
10 3 (0.405%) C
11 2 (0.270%) Scala
11 2 (0.270%) Bash shell
12 1 (0.135%) R
12 1 (0.135%) sed
12 1 (0.135%) VBScript
12 1 (0.135%) XAML
12 1 (0.135%) AWK
Qualifications
1 25 (3.378%) ISEB
2 23 (3.108%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 13 (1.757%) ISTQB
4 12 (1.622%) Degree
5 11 (1.486%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (1.351%) PMP
6 10 (1.351%) PMI Certification
6 10 (1.351%) APMP
7 9 (1.216%) Security Cleared
8 7 (0.946%) SC Cleared
8 7 (0.946%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (0.946%) CCNA
9 6 (0.811%) CCAB
10 4 (0.541%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.405%) IBM Certification
11 3 (0.405%) MCSE
11 3 (0.405%) CISSP
11 3 (0.405%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.270%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.270%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.703%) QA
2 10 (1.351%) SLA
3 8 (1.081%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.811%) Basel II
5 4 (0.541%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.541%) FATCA
6 2 (0.270%) GAAP
6 2 (0.270%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.270%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.270%) Basel III
7 1 (0.135%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (1.622%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (1.216%) Oracle RMAN
3 7 (0.946%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.405%) NFS
4 3 (0.405%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 3 (0.405%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.270%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.135%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.135%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.135%) Xen
6 1 (0.135%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (2.838%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (0.946%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 5 (0.676%) Tivoli
4 4 (0.541%) Control-M
5 3 (0.405%) OpenView
5 3 (0.405%) Data Guard
5 3 (0.405%) OVSD
6 2 (0.270%) Opalis
6 2 (0.270%) WSUS
6 2 (0.270%) SCCM
7 1 (0.135%) PureDisk
7 1 (0.135%) Cisco IPCC
7 1 (0.135%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.135%) Tivoli Configuration Manager
7 1 (0.135%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 1 (0.135%) Tivoli Remote Control
7 1 (0.135%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 129 (17.43%) Oracle
2 49 (6.622%) Microsoft
3 24 (3.243%) IBM
4 18 (2.432%) SAP
5 15 (2.027%) Business Objects
6 13 (1.757%) HP
7 10 (1.351%) Cisco
7 10 (1.351%) VMware
8 9 (1.216%) Citrix
9 8 (1.081%) Hyperion
9 8 (1.081%) CheckPoint
9 8 (1.081%) Red Hat
10 7 (0.946%) Informatica
10 7 (0.946%) Perforce
11 6 (0.811%) JD Edwards
12 5 (0.676%) Pega
13 4 (0.541%) DataFlux
13 4 (0.541%) Sun
13 4 (0.541%) Veritas
13 4 (0.541%) Lotus
South Yorkshire
Project Management Development C# Asp.Net Visual Studio Leading financial services organisation are looking for an immediate start contractor to come into to manage a fantastic development project.....
Parallel Consulting
Posted: 12 June 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
Informatica Developer - ILM Archiving Informatica Developer; Our client a market leader across financial services currently requires an Informatica Developer - ILM Archiving specialist with strong archiving ILM skills, design,...
Rate: £480 - £500 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
BUSINESS ANALYST - FINANCIAL SERVICES - HALIFAX My leading financial services client has an urgent requirement for a Business Analyst to be responsible for typical Business Analyst duties. Key Accountabilities...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £380.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Yorkshire and the Humber
JD Edwards Analyst 9 month contract Yorkshire £300 - £500 per day Our client is a leading blue chip organisation and is looking for a JD Edwards Analyst to...
McGregor Boyall
Posted: 3 June 2013
East Riding
Yorkshire My client is a major player within financial services and is looking to recruit an Interim Project Manager to ensure the efficient operation of property functions within...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Posted: 11 June 2013
North Yorkshire
Real Staffing
Rate: £220 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £380.00 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Reed Technology
Rate: £320 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £400.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £465.00 per annum + Dependent on experience
Posted: 3 June 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £425.00 - £450.00 per annum
Posted: 29 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
Orgtel
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
North Yorkshire
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
West Yorkshire
Senitor Associates
Rate: £1 - £999 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Yorkshire and the Humber
Amoria Bond
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Real Staffing
Rate: £13.50 - £15.50 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
Barnsley, Yorkshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £380.00 - £396.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £500.00 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
West Yorkshire
Rate: £315 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
Pudsey, Yorkshire
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Vertical IT
Posted: 13 June 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £300.00 - £360.00 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013