Finance Contracts in Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 25 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 North West / Manchester
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	3	3	1
Rank change year-on-year	0	-2
Contract jobs citing Finance	223	337	422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester	16.33%	19.07%	27.98%
As % of the General category	48.90%	54.44%	70.10%
Number of daily rates quoted	133	237	254
Median daily rate	£400	£400	£395
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+1.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£277	£275	£270
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£525	£585	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£420	£400	£400
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	1	2
Median hourly rate	-	£27.50	£17.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-	+61.76%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.00	£19.00	£19.75
% change year-on-year	+31.57%	-3.79%

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 Manchester with a requirement for common skills.

General Skills Manchester
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills	456	619	602
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester	33.38%	35.03%	39.92%
Number of daily rates quoted	255	382	335
Median daily rate	£400	£400	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£200	£273	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£550	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£400
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	14	11	3
Median hourly rate	£19.50	£14.50	£15.98
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+34.48%	-9.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.50	£12.00	£15.39
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£37.10	£41.00	£17.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£30.00	£25.00	£22.50
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	+11.11%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Manchester 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 Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate trend for Finance in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Finance in Manchester over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Finance in Manchester

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for Finance in Manchester

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 25 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
Bolton	-1	5	£370	-7.50%	3
Altrincham	-	2	£389	-	3
Cheadle	-	1	£313	-	1
Salford	-	1	£388	-	1
Finance North West

Finance
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester

For the 6 months to 25 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 Manchester region with a requirement for Finance.

1	84 (18.92%)	Banking
2	75 (16.89%)	Agile Software Development
3	72 (16.22%)	Stakeholder Management
4	62 (13.96%)	SQL
5	56 (12.61%)	Project Management
6	50 (11.26%)	SAP
7	49 (11.04%)	Java
7	49 (11.04%)	PRINCE2
8	47 (10.59%)	Oracle
8	47 (10.59%)	Business Intelligence
9	36 (8.11%)	Migration
9	36 (8.11%)	Analytical Skills
10	35 (7.88%)	Microsoft
10	35 (7.88%)	Windows
11	32 (7.21%)	Data Analysis

12	29 (6.53%)	SQL Server
12	29 (6.53%)	JavaScript
13	28 (6.31%)	ERP
13	28 (6.31%)	Management Information System
13	28 (6.31%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
14	27 (6.08%)	Line Management
14	27 (6.08%)	Microsoft Excel
14	27 (6.08%)	ITIL
15	25 (5.63%)	Retail
15	25 (5.63%)	People Management
15	25 (5.63%)	Amazon AWS
16	24 (5.41%)	Data Modelling
16	24 (5.41%)	Change Management
16	24 (5.41%)	Legal
17	23 (5.18%)	Manufacturing

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Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester 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	12 (2.70%)	WebSphere
2	11 (2.48%)	SAS
3	7 (1.58%)	Apache Spark
4	4 (0.90%)	CMS
5	3 (0.68%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
5	3 (0.68%)	Confluence
5	3 (0.68%)	Exchange Server 2007
5	3 (0.68%)	Exchange Server 2010
5	3 (0.68%)	IIS
5	3 (0.68%)	MS Exchange
5	3 (0.68%)	SharePoint
5	3 (0.68%)	Tomcat
6	2 (0.45%)	EPiServer
6	2 (0.45%)	IBM Domino
7	1 (0.23%)	Apache
7	1 (0.23%)	CICS
7	1 (0.23%)	JBoss
7	1 (0.23%)	Jetty
7	1 (0.23%)	Umbraco
7	1 (0.23%)	WebSphere Application Server

Applications
1	27 (6.08%)	Microsoft Excel
2	20 (4.50%)	Microsoft Office
3	16 (3.60%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	6 (1.35%)	Microsoft Project
5	3 (0.68%)	MS Visio
6	1 (0.23%)	Photoshop
6	1 (0.23%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	13 (2.93%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	9 (2.03%)	SAP FI
3	8 (1.80%)	Oracle EBS
3	8 (1.80%)	SAP CO
3	8 (1.80%)	SAP FI/CO
4	5 (1.13%)	Dynamics AX
4	5 (1.13%)	SAP ERP
5	4 (0.90%)	Oracle HRMS
5	4 (0.90%)	SAP S/4HANA
5	4 (0.90%)	Unit4 Business World
6	3 (0.68%)	HFM
6	3 (0.68%)	Oracle Applications
7	2 (0.45%)	Oracle BPM
7	2 (0.45%)	Oracle EBS R12
7	2 (0.45%)	Oracle Financials
7	2 (0.45%)	SAP Payroll
8	1 (0.23%)	Oracle 11i
8	1 (0.23%)	Sage X3
8	1 (0.23%)	SAP GRC
8	1 (0.23%)	SAP SD

Cloud Services
1	25 (5.63%)	Amazon AWS
2	11 (2.48%)	Microsoft Azure
3	9 (2.03%)	IaaS
3	9 (2.03%)	PaaS
4	6 (1.35%)	Google Cloud Platform
4	6 (1.35%)	SaaS
5	5 (1.13%)	Amazon EC2
6	4 (0.90%)	Amazon S3
6	4 (0.90%)	Office 365
7	1 (0.23%)	Cloud Computing
7	1 (0.23%)	Dynamics 365
7	1 (0.23%)	GitHub
7	1 (0.23%)	Google App Engine
7	1 (0.23%)	SuccessFactors
7	1 (0.23%)	Taleo

Communications & Networking
1	7 (1.58%)	DNS
2	6 (1.35%)	Firewall
2	6 (1.35%)	NAS
2	6 (1.35%)	RFID
3	5 (1.13%)	Internet
3	5 (1.13%)	TCP/IP
3	5 (1.13%)	WAN
4	4 (0.90%)	LAN
4	4 (0.90%)	Network Security
4	4 (0.90%)	VoIP
5	3 (0.68%)	Cisco ISE
5	3 (0.68%)	Extranet
5	3 (0.68%)	FTP
5	3 (0.68%)	NFC
5	3 (0.68%)	SSL
5	3 (0.68%)	VPN
6	2 (0.45%)	DHCP
6	2 (0.45%)	HTTPS
6	2 (0.45%)	SAN
6	2 (0.45%)	Unified Communications

Database & Business Intelligence
1	29 (6.53%)	SQL Server
2	18 (4.05%)	Data Warehouse
3	17 (3.83%)	SAP BW
4	12 (2.70%)	BusinessObjects
5	10 (2.25%)	Oracle Database
5	10 (2.25%)	QlikView
6	9 (2.03%)	Oracle Database 11g
7	8 (1.80%)	Relational Database
8	7 (1.58%)	Big Data
8	7 (1.58%)	Hadoop
8	7 (1.58%)	SQL Server Integration Services
9	5 (1.13%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
10	4 (0.90%)	GIS
10	4 (0.90%)	Oracle Database 12c
10	4 (0.90%)	Power BI
10	4 (0.90%)	SQL Server 2012
10	4 (0.90%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
11	3 (0.68%)	Blockchain
11	3 (0.68%)	OLAP Cube
11	3 (0.68%)	SQL Server 2014

Development Applications
1	12 (2.70%)	JIRA
2	8 (1.80%)	Jenkins
2	8 (1.80%)	Selenium
2	8 (1.80%)	WebDriver
3	5 (1.13%)	JUnit
4	4 (0.90%)	Git (software)
5	3 (0.68%)	Oracle APEX
6	2 (0.45%)	Bitbucket
6	2 (0.45%)	Cucumber
6	2 (0.45%)	NUnit
6	2 (0.45%)	Oracle Forms
6	2 (0.45%)	Team Foundation Server
6	2 (0.45%)	Vagrant
6	2 (0.45%)	Visual Studio Team System
7	1 (0.23%)	Axure RP
7	1 (0.23%)	Gradle
7	1 (0.23%)	Grunt
7	1 (0.23%)	Jasmine
7	1 (0.23%)	Karma Test Runner
7	1 (0.23%)	SoapUI

General
1	84 (18.92%)	Banking
2	25 (5.63%)	Retail
3	24 (5.41%)	Legal
4	23 (5.18%)	Manufacturing
5	19 (4.28%)	Telecoms
6	17 (3.83%)	Marketing
7	13 (2.93%)	Electronics
8	12 (2.70%)	Financial Institution
9	8 (1.80%)	Games
10	7 (1.58%)	Law
10	7 (1.58%)	Retail Banking
11	5 (1.13%)	General Ledger
12	4 (0.90%)	Local Government
13	3 (0.68%)	Investment Banking
14	2 (0.45%)	French Language
14	2 (0.45%)	German Language
14	2 (0.45%)	Pharmaceutical
14	2 (0.45%)	Swedish Language
15	1 (0.23%)	Advertising
15	1 (0.23%)	Publishing

Job Titles
1	109 (24.55%)	Analyst
2	70 (15.77%)	Developer
3	56 (12.61%)	Project Manager
4	53 (11.94%)	Consultant
5	38 (8.56%)	Business Analyst
6	34 (7.66%)	Architect
7	20 (4.50%)	SAP Consultant
8	19 (4.28%)	Java Developer
9	12 (2.70%)	Data Analyst
9	12 (2.70%)	SQL Developer
10	10 (2.25%)	Financial Analyst
10	10 (2.25%)	Security Architect
10	10 (2.25%)	Support Analyst
11	9 (2.03%)	Infrastructure Architect
11	9 (2.03%)	JavaScript Developer
12	8 (1.80%)	Administrator
12	8 (1.80%)	Cloud Architect
12	8 (1.80%)	ETL Developer
12	8 (1.80%)	Oracle Developer
12	8 (1.80%)	Solutions Architect

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	23 (5.18%)	HTML
2	19 (4.28%)	.NET
2	19 (4.28%)	J2EE
2	19 (4.28%)	Spring
2	19 (4.28%)	Web Services
3	17 (3.83%)	AngularJS
3	17 (3.83%)	Middleware
4	15 (3.38%)	HTML5
4	15 (3.38%)	SOAP
5	14 (3.15%)	CSS
6	12 (2.70%)	XML
7	10 (2.25%)	CSS3
7	10 (2.25%)	Node.js
8	9 (2.03%)	REST
8	9 (2.03%)	RESTful
8	9 (2.03%)	XML Messaging
9	8 (1.80%)	Hibernate
9	8 (1.80%)	React
10	6 (1.35%)	ASP.NET
10	6 (1.35%)	JPA

Miscellaneous
1	36 (8.11%)	Analytical Skills
2	28 (6.31%)	Management Information System
3	13 (2.93%)	Data Centre
4	9 (2.03%)	Virtual Team
5	8 (1.80%)	Life Science
5	8 (1.80%)	Mobile App
6	5 (1.13%)	User Experience
7	4 (0.90%)	CMDB
7	4 (0.90%)	Internet of Things
7	4 (0.90%)	iPad
7	4 (0.90%)	Mainframe
8	3 (0.68%)	AS400
8	3 (0.68%)	Blackberry
8	3 (0.68%)	Computer Science
8	3 (0.68%)	Credit Risk
8	3 (0.68%)	Greenfield Project
8	3 (0.68%)	Oracle Exalytics
8	3 (0.68%)	PMI
8	3 (0.68%)	Security Operations Centre
8	3 (0.68%)	Video Conferencing

Operating Systems
1	35 (7.88%)	Windows
2	21 (4.73%)	Unix
3	16 (3.60%)	Linux
4	12 (2.70%)	Windows Server
5	9 (2.03%)	Apple iOS
6	8 (1.80%)	AIX
7	7 (1.58%)	Windows Server 2012
8	5 (1.13%)	Windows 7
9	4 (0.90%)	Android
9	4 (0.90%)	Windows 10
9	4 (0.90%)	Windows Server 2008
9	4 (0.90%)	zOS
10	3 (0.68%)	Solaris
10	3 (0.68%)	Windows XP
11	2 (0.45%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12	1 (0.23%)	CentOS
12	1 (0.23%)	HPUX
12	1 (0.23%)	OS/400
12	1 (0.23%)	VMS

Processes & Methodologies
1	75 (16.89%)	Agile Software Development
2	72 (16.22%)	Stakeholder Management
3	56 (12.61%)	Project Management
4	49 (11.04%)	PRINCE2
5	47 (10.59%)	Business Intelligence
6	36 (8.11%)	Migration
7	32 (7.21%)	Data Analysis
8	28 (6.31%)	ERP
9	27 (6.08%)	ITIL
9	27 (6.08%)	Line Management
10	25 (5.63%)	People Management
11	24 (5.41%)	Change Management
11	24 (5.41%)	Data Modelling
12	23 (5.18%)	Programme Management
13	22 (4.95%)	Business Analysis
14	21 (4.73%)	ETL
15	20 (4.50%)	DevOps
16	19 (4.28%)	Risk Management
16	19 (4.28%)	Test Automation
17	18 (4.05%)	User Acceptance Testing

Programming Languages
1	62 (13.96%)	SQL
2	49 (11.04%)	Java
3	29 (6.53%)	JavaScript
4	17 (3.83%)	Python
5	9 (2.03%)	C
6	8 (1.80%)	C#
6	8 (1.80%)	PL/SQL
6	8 (1.80%)	Shell Script
7	5 (1.13%)	VBA
8	4 (0.90%)	ABAP
8	4 (0.90%)	PHP
8	4 (0.90%)	PowerShell
8	4 (0.90%)	TypeScript
8	4 (0.90%)	VB
9	3 (0.68%)	RPG
9	3 (0.68%)	RPG IV
10	2 (0.45%)	C++
10	2 (0.45%)	Go
10	2 (0.45%)	JCL
10	2 (0.45%)	Objective-C

Qualifications
1	28 (6.31%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
2	22 (4.95%)	Degree
3	9 (2.03%)	CISSP
4	7 (1.58%)	ISEB
5	4 (0.90%)	CISM
5	4 (0.90%)	PMI Certification
5	4 (0.90%)	Security Cleared
6	3 (0.68%)	ITIL Certification
6	3 (0.68%)	SC Cleared
6	3 (0.68%)	Six Sigma Green Belt
7	2 (0.45%)	AWS Certification
7	2 (0.45%)	Cisco Certification
7	2 (0.45%)	MCITP
7	2 (0.45%)	MCP
7	2 (0.45%)	MCSE
7	2 (0.45%)	MCTS
7	2 (0.45%)	Microsoft Certification
7	2 (0.45%)	SAS Certification
7	2 (0.45%)	Six Sigma Black Belt
7	2 (0.45%)	SSCP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	12 (2.70%)	PMO
2	10 (2.25%)	QA
3	6 (1.35%)	GDPR
3	6 (1.35%)	SLA
4	3 (0.68%)	PCI DSS
5	2 (0.45%)	IFRS
5	2 (0.45%)	IFRS 9
5	2 (0.45%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
6	1 (0.23%)	Basel II
6	1 (0.23%)	IAS 39
6	1 (0.23%)	SEPA

System Software
1	12 (2.70%)	Active Directory
2	6 (1.35%)	Citrix Presentation Server
2	6 (1.35%)	XenApp
3	5 (1.13%)	Hyper-V
3	5 (1.13%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	4 (0.90%)	Docker
5	2 (0.45%)	Virtual Desktop
6	1 (0.23%)	PowerHA
6	1 (0.23%)	Time Sharing Option
6	1 (0.23%)	VMware ESXi
6	1 (0.23%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	14 (3.15%)	Puppet
2	11 (2.48%)	Ansible
3	10 (2.25%)	Opscode Chef
4	4 (0.90%)	Cisco IPCC
5	3 (0.68%)	QRadar
5	3 (0.68%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
6	2 (0.45%)	Failover Clustering
6	2 (0.45%)	Mesos
6	2 (0.45%)	Microsoft Clustering
6	2 (0.45%)	MOM
6	2 (0.45%)	TrustSec
7	1 (0.23%)	Kubernetes
7	1 (0.23%)	Nessus
7	1 (0.23%)	OpenView
7	1 (0.23%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
7	1 (0.23%)	Oracle RMAN
7	1 (0.23%)	SCOM
7	1 (0.23%)	ServiceCenter
7	1 (0.23%)	Stealthwatch
7	1 (0.23%)	yum

Vendors
1	50 (11.26%)	SAP
2	47 (10.59%)	Oracle
3	35 (7.88%)	Microsoft
4	12 (2.70%)	IBM
5	11 (2.48%)	Citrix
5	11 (2.48%)	Google
6	10 (2.25%)	VMware
7	9 (2.03%)	TIBCO
8	8 (1.80%)	Cisco
8	8 (1.80%)	ServiceNow
8	8 (1.80%)	Sybase
9	6 (1.35%)	NetApp
9	6 (1.35%)	PeopleSoft
9	6 (1.35%)	Splunk
10	5 (1.13%)	HP
11	4 (0.90%)	Ariba
11	4 (0.90%)	Intel
11	4 (0.90%)	JD Edwards
11	4 (0.90%)	Veritas
11	4 (0.90%)	Wyse