The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Belfast 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Banking
Rank 19 17 7
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -10
Contract jobs citing Banking 14 12 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 7.216% 7.407% 12.54%
As % of the General category 35.00% 17.39% 34.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 17
Average daily rate £350 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £322 £122
10% offered a daily rate of more than £436 £490 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £390 £385
% change year-on-year
+2.56% +1.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £22.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.68% +15.78%
All of the General Category
Belfast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
40 69 119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 20.62% 42.59% 36.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 32 59
Average daily rate £325 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £124
10% offered a daily rate of more than £392 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Banking
County Antrim

Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast Banking Jobs Demand Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Banking across the Belfast region.

Belfast Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Belfast Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Belfast Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Banking 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 Banking.

1 16 (64.00%) Finance
2 11 (44.00%) SQL
3 9 (36.00%) SQL Server
3 9 (36.00%) Sybase
3 9 (36.00%) UNIX
4 8 (32.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (28.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (28.00%) Investment Banking
5 7 (28.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (28.00%) T-SQL
5 7 (28.00%) C#
6 6 (24.00%) Perl
6 6 (24.00%) Web Services
6 6 (24.00%) Shell Script
7 5 (20.00%) HTML
8 4 (16.00%) .NET
8 4 (16.00%) WebLogic
8 4 (16.00%) Linux
8 4 (16.00%) ETL
8 4 (16.00%) WebSphere
8 4 (16.00%) Financial Institution
8 4 (16.00%) Equities
8 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (16.00%) Credit Risk
8 4 (16.00%) Release Management
9 3 (12.00%) Progress Apama
9 3 (12.00%) Java EE
9 3 (12.00%) Degree
9 3 (12.00%) WPF
9 3 (12.00%) Fixed Income

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Banking 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 Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (24.00%) Web Services
2 5 (20.00%) HTML
3 4 (16.00%) .NET
3 4 (16.00%) WebSphere
4 3 (12.00%) Java EE
4 3 (12.00%) WPF
5 2 (8.000%) ASP.NET
5 2 (8.000%) CSS
5 2 (8.000%) WF
5 2 (8.000%) LINQ
5 2 (8.000%) Ajax
5 2 (8.000%) WCF
5 2 (8.000%) JSON
6 1 (4.000%) MDX
6 1 (4.000%) WinForms
6 1 (4.000%) .NET Framework
6 1 (4.000%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) WebLogic
2 3 (12.00%) Progress Apama
3 1 (4.000%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) SMTP
1 1 (4.000%) HTTP
1 1 (4.000%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.000%) DNS
1 1 (4.000%) HTTPS
1 1 (4.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (36.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (32.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (28.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (28.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (8.000%) Data Warehouse
General
1 16 (64.00%) Finance
2 7 (28.00%) Investment Banking
3 4 (16.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (8.000%) Retail Banking
4 2 (8.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Developer
2 8 (32.00%) Sybase Developer
3 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Developer
3 4 (16.00%) SQL Developer
3 4 (16.00%) Senior Developer
4 2 (8.000%) .NET Developer
4 2 (8.000%) Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) C++ Developer
5 1 (4.000%) C# Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Database Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (4.000%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Information Security Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Linux Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Equities
1 4 (16.00%) Credit Risk
2 3 (12.00%) Fixed Income
2 3 (12.00%) Derivative
3 1 (4.000%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) UNIX
2 4 (16.00%) Linux
3 1 (4.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.00%) ETL
1 4 (16.00%) Release Management
2 3 (12.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (8.000%) Information Security
3 2 (8.000%) SIEM
3 2 (8.000%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (4.000%) Cyber Security
4 1 (4.000%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (4.000%) Use Case
4 1 (4.000%) Workflow
4 1 (4.000%) Migration
4 1 (4.000%) TDD
4 1 (4.000%) Software Engineering
4 1 (4.000%) UML
Programming Languages
1 11 (44.00%) SQL
2 7 (28.00%) T-SQL
2 7 (28.00%) C#
3 6 (24.00%) Perl
3 6 (24.00%) Shell Script
4 3 (12.00%) Java
5 2 (8.000%) JavaScript
5 2 (8.000%) C++
6 1 (4.000%) Bash shell
6 1 (4.000%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Sybase
2 2 (8.000%) Oracle
2 2 (8.000%) ArcSight
3 1 (4.000%) Q1 Labs
3 1 (4.000%) LogLogic
3 1 (4.000%) Microsoft