The first table below looks at the demand for Solvency II skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Solvency II over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solvency II
Rank 41 59 46
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -13
Contract jobs citing Solvency II 5 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.004% 0.581% 1.433%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.82% 10.20% 30.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 5
Average daily rate £288 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.73% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £285 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £720 £356
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £550
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -22.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
39 49 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 7.831% 5.698% 4.728%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 32 21
Average daily rate £320 £344 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.90% -1.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £216 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £468 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
Average hourly rate £22.50 £10.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+114.28% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.65% -44.26%
Solvency II
South West

Solvency II
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Solvency II across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Bristol Solvency II Jobs Demand Trend

Solvency II
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Solvency II Daily Rate Trend

Solvency II
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Solvency II 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 Solvency II.

1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) ETL
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Data Mapping
4 1 (14.29%) IBM InfoSphere
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Star Schema
4 1 (14.29%) IBM
4 1 (14.29%) Informatica
4 1 (14.29%) ERwin
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) OLAP
4 1 (14.29%) MS Office
4 1 (14.29%) XSD
4 1 (14.29%) UML
4 1 (14.29%) MS Excel

Solvency II
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Solvency II 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 Solvency II. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) XSD
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) IBM InfoSphere
2 1 (14.29%) Star Schema
2 1 (14.29%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) ERwin
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Project Implementation Manager
2 1 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Solvency II Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Solvency II Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Data Modeller
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) ETL
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Use Case
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Data Mapping
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) IBM
1 1 (14.29%) Informatica
Bristol, South West
Business analyst required for Solvency II delivery within the insurance division of a leading global bank... The ideal candidate for this role will have a detailed knowledge and...
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £365 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Role will be working on the end to end delivery of multiple business projects within the Solvency II Programme. Experience of regulatory work within a Life company would...
Sanderson
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013