The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Investment Banking over the 3 months to 17 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 Buckinghamshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Investment Banking
Rank 63 - 72
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.254% - 0.283%
As % of the General category 0.930% - 0.579%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £501 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £390 £388
% change year-on-year
+8.97% +0.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £23.50 £69.00
% change year-on-year
-36.17% -65.94%
All of the General Category
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
215 395 518
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 27.28% 38.88% 48.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 194 210
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £232
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 37
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +19.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Investment Banking
South East

Investment Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Investment Banking Jobs Demand Trend

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Investment Banking Daily Rate Trend

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Investment Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Investment Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Investment 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 Investment Banking.

1 7 (100.00%) Banking
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Data Migration
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) SOA
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle
4 2 (28.57%) Web Services
4 2 (28.57%) XML
4 2 (28.57%) ActionScript
4 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
4 2 (28.57%) JMS
4 2 (28.57%) Data Mining
4 2 (28.57%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (14.29%) comScore
5 1 (14.29%) LAMP
5 1 (14.29%) Middleware
5 1 (14.29%) Automotive
5 1 (14.29%) Retail
5 1 (14.29%) Logistics
5 1 (14.29%) Ajax
5 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Web Development
5 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (14.29%) EAI
5 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) MySQL
5 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 1 (14.29%) PHP
5 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 1 (14.29%) Linux

Investment Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Investment 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 Investment Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) Web Services
1 2 (28.57%) XML
1 2 (28.57%) JMS
2 1 (14.29%) Middleware
2 1 (14.29%) LAMP
2 1 (14.29%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Data Mining
2 1 (14.29%) MySQL
General
1 7 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) PHP Developer
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) PHP MySQL Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) SOA
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Data Migration
3 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
4 1 (14.29%) EAI
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) UML
4 1 (14.29%) OOP
4 1 (14.29%) Logistics
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) ActionScript
1 2 (28.57%) ActionScript 2.0
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) comScore