Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Birmingham region.

 Retail Banking
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank-4455
Matching contract IT job ads013
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham-0.218 %0.318 %
As % of the General category-0.680 %1.115 %
Daily rates quoted012
Average daily rate-£420£413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+1.810 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£425£450
% change year-on-year
-5.880 %-5.550 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
126147269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham32.56 %32.10 %28.50 %
Daily rates quoted485086
Average daily rate£375£325£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38 %-13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£205£190
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£500£515
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted101029
Average hourly rate£16.50£25.56£23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.44 %+8.760 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.36£17.50£11.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.50£39.45£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£27.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
-11.11 %-1.810 %
Retail Banking West MidlandsRetail Banking
West Midlands

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.

Retail Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Retail Banking across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Birmingham Retail Banking Demand Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Retail 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 Retail Banking.

19 (100.00 %)Banking
19 (100.00 %)Retail
27 (77.78 %)Finance
33 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
42 (22.22 %)Project Management
51 (11.11 %)Change Management
51 (11.11 %)Logistics
51 (11.11 %)Wholesale Banking
51 (11.11 %)Stakeholder Management

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Retail 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 Retail Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (100.00 %)Banking
19 (100.00 %)Retail
27 (77.78 %)Finance
31 (11.11 %)Wholesale Banking
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Project Manager
22 (22.22 %)Test Leader
22 (22.22 %)Banking Business Analyst
22 (22.22 %)Business Analyst
22 (22.22 %)Analyst
31 (11.11 %)Senior Manager
31 (11.11 %)Senior Project Manager
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (22.22 %)Project Management
31 (11.11 %)Change Management
31 (11.11 %)Logistics
31 (11.11 %)Stakeholder Management