Finance Contracts in the East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Financial England / East of England
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	5	4	5
Rank change year-on-year	-1	+1
Contract jobs citing Finance	340	435	434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England	14.53%	17.13%	14.35%
As % of the General category	49.71%	49.89%	48.28%
Number of daily rates quoted	236	234	250
Median daily rate	£475	£425	£413
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+11.76%	+3.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£239	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£420	£400	£400
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	9	46	30
Median hourly rate	£31.50	£19.00	£19.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+65.78%	-
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£16.20	£16.50	£16.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£40.00	£35.75	£42.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.25	£19.00	£19.25
% change year-on-year	+32.89%	-1.29%

Finance is in the common skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for common skills.

General Skills East of England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills	684	872	899
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England	29.23%	34.33%	29.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	429	444	501
Median daily rate	£488	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+14.70%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£295	£205	£265
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£613	£600	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£400
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	40	95	75
Median hourly rate	£40.00	£22.25	£32.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+79.77%	-31.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£17.70	£12.80	£15.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£45.30	£41.60	£42.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£30.00	£25.00	£22.50
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	+11.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the East of England citing Finance as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the General category.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Finance in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Finance in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Finance in the East of England over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Finance in the East of England

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Finance in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Finance in the East of England over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Finance in the East of England

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the East of England region over the 3 months to 27 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Essex	-2	109	£538	+19.44%	22
Cambridgeshire	0	62	£365	-18.88%	46
Hertfordshire	-9	59	£425	-	39
Bedfordshire	+5	46	£475	+11.76%	20
Norfolk	0	41	£450	+5.88%	12
East Anglia	+4	14	£513	-14.58%
Suffolk	-14	8	£425	-15.00%	2
Finance England

Finance
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Finance also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the East of England region with a requirement for Finance.

1	198 (31.53%)	Agile Software Development
2	110 (17.52%)	SAP
2	110 (17.52%)	SOA
3	109 (17.36%)	Business Intelligence
4	107 (17.04%)	Project Management
5	103 (16.40%)	Oracle
6	98 (15.61%)	Programme Management
7	97 (15.45%)	Telecoms
8	96 (15.29%)	SQL
9	90 (14.33%)	Java
9	90 (14.33%)	Stakeholder Management
10	86 (13.69%)	TDD
11	84 (13.38%)	Marketing
12	82 (13.06%)	Manufacturing
13	75 (11.94%)	Microsoft

14	73 (11.62%)	Digital Marketing
15	72 (11.46%)	Electronics
15	72 (11.46%)	Scrum
16	71 (11.31%)	SAP Oil and Gas
17	69 (10.99%)	Middleware
18	60 (9.55%)	XML
18	60 (9.55%)	Windows
19	54 (8.60%)	Linux
19	54 (8.60%)	CRM
20	53 (8.44%)	Retail
21	50 (7.96%)	XSLT
21	50 (7.96%)	DevOps
22	49 (7.80%)	Migration
23	47 (7.48%)	Risk Management
23	47 (7.48%)	Mentoring

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Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	41 (6.53%)	Oracle SOA Suite
2	35 (5.57%)	Oracle Service Bus
3	34 (5.41%)	Mule
4	20 (3.18%)	SharePoint
5	14 (2.23%)	Apache
5	14 (2.23%)	BizTalk Server
6	13 (2.07%)	Tomcat
6	13 (2.07%)	WebLogic
7	12 (1.91%)	CMS
8	9 (1.43%)	IIS
9	5 (0.80%)	JBoss
9	5 (0.80%)	MS Exchange
9	5 (0.80%)	WebSphere
10	4 (0.64%)	Elasticsearch
10	4 (0.64%)	Exchange Server 2010
10	4 (0.64%)	Exchange Server 2013
10	4 (0.64%)	SAS
11	3 (0.48%)	Confluence
11	3 (0.48%)	Skype for Business
11	3 (0.48%)	WebSphere Application Server

Applications
1	36 (5.73%)	Microsoft Excel
2	26 (4.14%)	Microsoft Office
3	21 (3.34%)	Microsoft Project
4	16 (2.55%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	12 (1.91%)	MS Visio
6	3 (0.48%)	Spreadsheet
7	2 (0.32%)	FrameMaker
7	2 (0.32%)	Open Workbench
8	1 (0.16%)	InVision

Business Applications
1	71 (11.31%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	18 (2.87%)	Payment Gateway
3	11 (1.75%)	Oracle EBS
4	10 (1.59%)	Dynamics CRM
5	9 (1.43%)	Dynamics AX
5	9 (1.43%)	Dynamics NAV
6	6 (0.96%)	Oracle Receivables
6	6 (0.96%)	SAP CO
6	6 (0.96%)	SAP FI
6	6 (0.96%)	SAP FI/CO
7	5 (0.80%)	Oracle Assets
7	5 (0.80%)	Oracle Payables
8	4 (0.64%)	Oracle EBS R12
8	4 (0.64%)	Oracle Financials
9	3 (0.48%)	HFM
9	3 (0.48%)	Oracle Applications
9	3 (0.48%)	SAP ERP
9	3 (0.48%)	SAP MDG
9	3 (0.48%)	Unit4 Business World
10	2 (0.32%)	SAP S/4HANA

Cloud Services
1	27 (4.30%)	Microsoft Azure
2	17 (2.71%)	Office 365
3	12 (1.91%)	Amazon AWS
4	8 (1.27%)	Dynamics 365
5	7 (1.11%)	OneDrive
6	5 (0.80%)	Azure Active Directory
7	3 (0.48%)	Akamai
7	3 (0.48%)	Cloud Computing
7	3 (0.48%)	SaaS
7	3 (0.48%)	Sumo Logic
8	2 (0.32%)	IBM Blueworks
9	1 (0.16%)	Dropbox
9	1 (0.16%)	Google Cloud Platform
9	1 (0.16%)	Google Drive
9	1 (0.16%)	IaaS
9	1 (0.16%)	OpenShift
9	1 (0.16%)	PaaS
9	1 (0.16%)	SuccessFactors
9	1 (0.16%)	Yammer

Communications & Networking
1	26 (4.14%)	Firewall
2	18 (2.87%)	TCP/IP
3	16 (2.55%)	SSL
4	13 (2.07%)	DNS
5	9 (1.43%)	WAN
6	6 (0.96%)	HTTP
6	6 (0.96%)	Internet
7	5 (0.80%)	Network Security
7	5 (0.80%)	Wireless
8	4 (0.64%)	Cisco ASA
8	4 (0.64%)	LAN
8	4 (0.64%)	SAN
9	3 (0.48%)	NAS
10	2 (0.32%)	ADSL
10	2 (0.32%)	Bluetooth
10	2 (0.32%)	Broadband
10	2 (0.32%)	Cisco ISE
10	2 (0.32%)	DHCP
10	2 (0.32%)	VPN
10	2 (0.32%)	Wireshark

Database & Business Intelligence
1	28 (4.46%)	SQL Server
2	21 (3.34%)	PostgreSQL
3	18 (2.87%)	MySQL
4	16 (2.55%)	Data Warehouse
5	14 (2.23%)	Oracle Database
6	13 (2.07%)	MongoDB
6	13 (2.07%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
7	12 (1.91%)	SQL Server Integration Services
8	11 (1.75%)	Oracle Reports
9	9 (1.43%)	Data Mining
9	9 (1.43%)	Oracle BI Publisher
9	9 (1.43%)	QlikView
9	9 (1.43%)	Relational Database
9	9 (1.43%)	Sybase ASE
10	8 (1.27%)	SQL Server 2008
11	7 (1.11%)	Crystal Reports
11	7 (1.11%)	Oracle Database 10g
11	7 (1.11%)	SQL Server 2012
12	5 (0.80%)	OLAP
12	5 (0.80%)	OLTP

Development Applications
1	37 (5.89%)	Maven
2	34 (5.41%)	Jenkins
3	16 (2.55%)	JIRA
4	12 (1.91%)	Git (software)
5	11 (1.75%)	Selenium
6	9 (1.43%)	JUnit
7	8 (1.27%)	Cucumber
8	7 (1.11%)	Subversion
8	7 (1.11%)	Team Foundation Server
9	6 (0.96%)	SoapUI
9	6 (0.96%)	WebDriver
10	4 (0.64%)	Atlassian Bamboo
10	4 (0.64%)	JMeter
10	4 (0.64%)	Mockito
11	3 (0.48%)	Appium
11	3 (0.48%)	Rational Rose
12	2 (0.32%)	Calabash
12	2 (0.32%)	Redmine
12	2 (0.32%)	SpecFlow
12	2 (0.32%)	Trac

General
1	97 (15.45%)	Telecoms
2	84 (13.38%)	Marketing
3	82 (13.06%)	Manufacturing
4	72 (11.46%)	Electronics
5	53 (8.44%)	Retail
6	43 (6.85%)	Banking
7	23 (3.66%)	Legal
8	12 (1.91%)	Back Office
8	12 (1.91%)	Local Government
9	10 (1.59%)	Billing
10	9 (1.43%)	Publishing
11	8 (1.27%)	General Ledger
12	7 (1.11%)	Automotive
13	5 (0.80%)	Advertising
13	5 (0.80%)	Pharmaceutical
14	4 (0.64%)	Retail Banking
15	3 (0.48%)	Japanese Language
16	2 (0.32%)	Games
16	2 (0.32%)	Law
17	1 (0.16%)	Norwegian Language

Job Titles
1	111 (17.68%)	Developer
2	91 (14.49%)	Analyst
3	89 (14.17%)	Project Manager
4	67 (10.67%)	Architect
5	40 (6.37%)	Consultant
6	37 (5.89%)	Solutions Architect
7	35 (5.57%)	Agile Developer
8	34 (5.41%)	Java Developer
9	32 (5.10%)	SOA Developer
10	31 (4.94%)	Integration Developer
11	28 (4.46%)	Business Analyst
11	28 (4.46%)	IT Manager
12	24 (3.82%)	Designer
12	24 (3.82%)	DevOps Engineer
13	18 (2.87%)	IT Project Manager
13	18 (2.87%)	Solutions Designer
14	15 (2.39%)	Programme Manager
15	14 (2.23%)	Applications Support
15	14 (2.23%)	Delivery Manager
16	13 (2.07%)	Financial Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	69 (10.99%)	Middleware
2	60 (9.55%)	XML
3	50 (7.96%)	XSLT
4	47 (7.48%)	JSON
5	39 (6.21%)	Web Services
6	37 (5.89%)	Swagger
7	35 (5.57%)	Apache Camel
8	34 (5.41%)	WireMock
9	31 (4.94%)	Spring
10	28 (4.46%)	.NET
10	28 (4.46%)	Hibernate
11	24 (3.82%)	HTML
12	23 (3.66%)	J2EE
13	19 (3.03%)	JSP
14	17 (2.71%)	AngularJS
14	17 (2.71%)	Java EE
14	17 (2.71%)	SOAP
15	14 (2.23%)	RESTful
16	11 (1.75%)	LAPP Stack
16	11 (1.75%)	Oracle Fusion

Miscellaneous
1	44 (7.01%)	Greenfield Project
2	36 (5.73%)	Analytical Skills
3	21 (3.34%)	Data Centre
4	20 (3.18%)	Management Information System
5	18 (2.87%)	Computer Science
6	16 (2.55%)	PMI
7	14 (2.23%)	Clustering
7	14 (2.23%)	Mobile App
8	9 (1.43%)	Virtual Team
9	8 (1.27%)	NHS
10	7 (1.11%)	User Experience
11	5 (0.80%)	Data Protection Act
12	4 (0.64%)	Algorithms
12	4 (0.64%)	Driving Licence
12	4 (0.64%)	Enterprise Software
12	4 (0.64%)	Mainframe
12	4 (0.64%)	Private Cloud
12	4 (0.64%)	Replication
13	3 (0.48%)	e-Learning
13	3 (0.48%)	Hybrid Cloud

Operating Systems
1	60 (9.55%)	Windows
2	54 (8.60%)	Linux
3	16 (2.55%)	Unix
4	15 (2.39%)	Windows Server
5	11 (1.75%)	Windows 7
5	11 (1.75%)	Windows Server 2003
6	9 (1.43%)	Windows 10
7	7 (1.11%)	Apple iOS
8	6 (0.96%)	Android
8	6 (0.96%)	Windows Server 2012
9	5 (0.80%)	Mac OS X
9	5 (0.80%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10	3 (0.48%)	Solaris
10	3 (0.48%)	Windows Server 2008
11	2 (0.32%)	CentOS
11	2 (0.32%)	Fedora
11	2 (0.32%)	Windows Phone
12	1 (0.16%)	VME
12	1 (0.16%)	VxWorks
12	1 (0.16%)	Windows 2000 Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	198 (31.53%)	Agile Software Development
2	110 (17.52%)	SOA
3	109 (17.36%)	Business Intelligence
4	107 (17.04%)	Project Management
5	98 (15.61%)	Programme Management
6	90 (14.33%)	Stakeholder Management
7	86 (13.69%)	TDD
8	73 (11.62%)	Digital Marketing
9	72 (11.46%)	Scrum
10	54 (8.60%)	CRM
11	50 (7.96%)	DevOps
12	49 (7.80%)	Migration
13	47 (7.48%)	Mentoring
13	47 (7.48%)	Risk Management
14	46 (7.32%)	PRINCE2
15	43 (6.85%)	ITIL
16	40 (6.37%)	Configuration Management
17	39 (6.21%)	Coaching
18	33 (5.25%)	Change Management
19	32 (5.10%)	ERP

Programming Languages
1	96 (15.29%)	SQL
2	90 (14.33%)	Java
3	38 (6.05%)	C#
4	37 (5.89%)	XPath
5	25 (3.98%)	JavaScript
6	22 (3.50%)	Python
7	20 (3.18%)	T-SQL
8	19 (3.03%)	Ruby
9	18 (2.87%)	Perl
10	15 (2.39%)	Bash Shell
11	13 (2.07%)	C
12	11 (1.75%)	PL/SQL
13	10 (1.59%)	PHP
14	9 (1.43%)	VB
15	8 (1.27%)	VB.NET
16	7 (1.11%)	VBScript
17	6 (0.96%)	C++
17	6 (0.96%)	Shell Script
18	5 (0.80%)	Objective-C
18	5 (0.80%)	PowerShell

Qualifications
1	32 (5.10%)	Degree
2	20 (3.18%)	PMI Certification
3	15 (2.39%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
4	14 (2.23%)	CISSP
5	12 (1.91%)	RHCE
6	11 (1.75%)	PMP
6	11 (1.75%)	PRINCE2 Certification
6	11 (1.75%)	Security Cleared
7	10 (1.59%)	Cisco Certification
7	10 (1.59%)	CISM
8	8 (1.27%)	BPSS Clearance
9	7 (1.11%)	Microsoft Certification
10	5 (0.80%)	CCNP
10	5 (0.80%)	SC Cleared
10	5 (0.80%)	SSCP
11	4 (0.64%)	CCIE
11	4 (0.64%)	ITIL Certification
11	4 (0.64%)	MCSE
12	3 (0.48%)	CCDP
12	3 (0.48%)	MCP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	20 (3.18%)	PMO
2	18 (2.87%)	Data Quality
3	16 (2.55%)	QA
4	14 (2.23%)	SLA
5	9 (1.43%)	ISO/IEC 27001
6	8 (1.27%)	GDPR
7	7 (1.11%)	IFRS
8	5 (0.80%)	PCI DSS
9	4 (0.64%)	Disclosure Scotland
9	4 (0.64%)	GAAP
10	3 (0.48%)	Cyber Essentials
10	3 (0.48%)	GPG13
10	3 (0.48%)	IFRS 9
10	3 (0.48%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11	2 (0.32%)	PMBOK
12	1 (0.16%)	DO-178B
12	1 (0.16%)	GMP
12	1 (0.16%)	ISO/IEC 27005
12	1 (0.16%)	MiFID
12	1 (0.16%)	P3O

System Software
1	20 (3.18%)	Active Directory
1	20 (3.18%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	14 (2.23%)	VMware ESXi
3	9 (1.43%)	Virtual Desktop
4	7 (1.11%)	Oracle RAC
5	3 (0.48%)	Docker
5	3 (0.48%)	Firmware
6	2 (0.32%)	Hyper-V
6	2 (0.32%)	Virtual Machines
6	2 (0.32%)	vSphere
7	1 (0.16%)	vCloud

Systems Management
1	32 (5.10%)	Puppet
2	21 (3.34%)	Opscode Chef
3	11 (1.75%)	Salt
4	10 (1.59%)	Ansible
5	8 (1.27%)	MOM
6	5 (0.80%)	Microsoft Intune
7	2 (0.32%)	McAfee ePO
7	2 (0.32%)	vCenter Server
8	1 (0.16%)	Control-M
8	1 (0.16%)	EMC VPLEX
8	1 (0.16%)	HP NNM
8	1 (0.16%)	HP Quality Center
8	1 (0.16%)	Nexpose
8	1 (0.16%)	Oracle EDQ
8	1 (0.16%)	PaperCut
8	1 (0.16%)	QRadar
8	1 (0.16%)	SCOM
8	1 (0.16%)	vRealize

Vendors
1	110 (17.52%)	SAP
2	103 (16.40%)	Oracle
3	75 (11.94%)	Microsoft
4	36 (5.73%)	WSO2
5	24 (3.82%)	VMware
6	15 (2.39%)	Cisco
7	12 (1.91%)	IBM
8	11 (1.75%)	Epicor
9	9 (1.43%)	Avaya
9	9 (1.43%)	Sybase
10	7 (1.11%)	F5
10	7 (1.11%)	HP
11	6 (0.96%)	Adobe
11	6 (0.96%)	Citrix
11	6 (0.96%)	Salesforce.com
12	5 (0.80%)	BEA
12	5 (0.80%)	CheckPoint
12	5 (0.80%)	hybris
12	5 (0.80%)	Hyperion
12	5 (0.80%)	Nokia