The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 20 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 Bristol 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 26 17 35
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +18
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 24 56 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 4.545% 6.675% 2.742%
As % of the General category 11.27% 13.08% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 51 11
Average daily rate £410 £390 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.12% -8.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £280 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £480 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
-1.31% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 -
All of the General Category
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
213 428 323
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 40.34% 51.01% 52.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 316 201
Average daily rate £350 £390 £403
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% -3.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 14
Average hourly rate £30.00 £23.00 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.43% -32.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £15.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £32.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Retail Banking
South West

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Retail Banking Jobs Demand Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail Banking across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bristol Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Retail Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 50 (100.00%) Banking
1 50 (100.00%) Retail
2 35 (70.00%) Finance
3 22 (44.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (28.00%) Business Analysis
5 12 (24.00%) Change Management
6 9 (18.00%) Migration
7 8 (16.00%) Project Management
8 7 (14.00%) Marketing
9 6 (12.00%) ISEB
10 5 (10.00%) SAP
10 5 (10.00%) MS Excel
10 5 (10.00%) Project Planning
10 5 (10.00%) Data Migration
11 4 (8.000%) Degree
11 4 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (8.000%) SQL
11 4 (8.000%) SAS
11 4 (8.000%) MS Office
12 3 (6.000%) CRM
12 3 (6.000%) Oracle
12 3 (6.000%) MS Project
12 3 (6.000%) PRINCE2
12 3 (6.000%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
12 3 (6.000%) MS PowerPoint
12 3 (6.000%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (6.000%) Data Analysis
12 3 (6.000%) General Ledger
12 3 (6.000%) Test Management
13 2 (4.000%) Lean Six Sigma

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.000%) SAS
2 1 (2.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.000%) MS Office
3 3 (6.000%) MS Project
3 3 (6.000%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.000%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.000%) SAP FI-GL
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.000%) ATM
2 1 (2.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.000%) MS Access
1 2 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.000%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.000%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (2.000%) ChangeMan
General
1 50 (100.00%) Banking
1 50 (100.00%) Retail
2 35 (70.00%) Finance
3 7 (14.00%) Marketing
4 3 (6.000%) Corporate Banking
4 3 (6.000%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.000%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (58.00%) Analyst
2 21 (42.00%) Business Analyst
3 11 (22.00%) Project Manager
4 6 (12.00%) Banking Business Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
6 4 (8.000%) Test Manager
6 4 (8.000%) Senior Manager
7 3 (6.000%) Senior Test Manager
7 3 (6.000%) PMO Analyst
8 2 (4.000%) Test Leader
8 2 (4.000%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (4.000%) Project Analyst
8 2 (4.000%) Support Analyst
8 2 (4.000%) Test Analyst
9 1 (2.000%) Architect
9 1 (2.000%) Senior Business Analyst
9 1 (2.000%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (2.000%) Programmer
9 1 (2.000%) Business Architect
9 1 (2.000%) Project Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.000%) Mainframe
1 2 (4.000%) Online Banking
1 2 (4.000%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (28.00%) Business Analysis
3 12 (24.00%) Change Management
4 9 (18.00%) Migration
5 8 (16.00%) Project Management
6 5 (10.00%) Project Planning
6 5 (10.00%) Data Migration
7 4 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (6.000%) Test Management
8 3 (6.000%) Data Analysis
8 3 (6.000%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
8 3 (6.000%) PRINCE2
8 3 (6.000%) CRM
9 2 (4.000%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (4.000%) PRINCE
9 2 (4.000%) Six Sigma
9 2 (4.000%) BPR
9 2 (4.000%) Lean Six Sigma
9 2 (4.000%) Test Scripting
9 2 (4.000%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.000%) SQL
2 1 (2.000%) PL/1
2 1 (2.000%) JCL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) ISEB
2 4 (8.000%) Degree
3 2 (4.000%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 2 (4.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.000%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.000%) QA
2 1 (2.000%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 2 (4.000%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (10.00%) SAP
2 3 (6.000%) Oracle
3 2 (4.000%) Business Objects
3 2 (4.000%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.000%) HP
3 2 (4.000%) Teradata
4 1 (2.000%) KXEN
4 1 (2.000%) Pega