The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 18 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 terms in our General category for the Cardiff 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Banking
Rank 6 6 6
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Banking 32 42 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 15.69% 20.19% 18.15%
As % of the General category 38.55% 35.59% 34.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 37 31
Average daily rate £375 £380 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £280 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £388
% change year-on-year
- +3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £22.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.74% +5.95%
All of the General Category
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
83 118 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 40.69% 56.73% 52.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 92 92
Average daily rate £375 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £232 £280 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £14.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Banking
South Wales

Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 40 (59.70%) Finance
2 21 (31.34%) Retail
3 20 (29.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (29.85%) Retail Banking
3 20 (29.85%) Project Management
4 14 (20.90%) Microsoft
5 12 (17.91%) MS Project
5 12 (17.91%) Windows
6 11 (16.42%) MS Office
6 11 (16.42%) Migration
7 10 (14.93%) AS400
7 10 (14.93%) SQL
7 10 (14.93%) Business Analysis
8 9 (13.43%) SQL Server
9 7 (10.45%) ISEB
9 7 (10.45%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (8.955%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (8.955%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (8.955%) iSeries
10 6 (8.955%) T-SQL
10 6 (8.955%) Change Management
11 5 (7.463%) Mainframe
11 5 (7.463%) IBM
11 5 (7.463%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (5.970%) ISEB Practitioner
12 4 (5.970%) Automated Testing
12 4 (5.970%) Test Scripting
12 4 (5.970%) Risk Analysis
12 4 (5.970%) Incident Management
12 4 (5.970%) Internet

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 3 (4.478%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.493%) jQuery
2 1 (1.493%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.493%) HTML
2 1 (1.493%) .NET
2 1 (1.493%) J2EE
2 1 (1.493%) CSS
2 1 (1.493%) XML
2 1 (1.493%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.970%) IIS
1 4 (5.970%) SAS
2 1 (1.493%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.493%) Apache
Applications
1 12 (17.91%) MS Project
2 11 (16.42%) MS Office
3 2 (2.985%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.985%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.493%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.985%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.970%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.43%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.45%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (8.955%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (7.463%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.985%) Data Mart
5 2 (2.985%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (2.985%) DB2
6 1 (1.493%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.493%) DTS
6 1 (1.493%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (2.985%) TestDirector
2 1 (1.493%) Oracle Forms
General
1 40 (59.70%) Finance
2 21 (31.34%) Retail
3 20 (29.85%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.493%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (52.24%) Analyst
2 20 (29.85%) Business Analyst
3 13 (19.40%) Project Manager
4 8 (11.94%) Applications Support
5 7 (10.45%) Applications Support Analyst
5 7 (10.45%) Support Analyst
6 4 (5.970%) Developer
6 4 (5.970%) Banking Business Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Financial Services Business Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 3 (4.478%) DBA
7 3 (4.478%) Administrator
7 3 (4.478%) SQL Server DBA
7 3 (4.478%) SQL DBA
7 3 (4.478%) Financial Business Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Server Administrator
8 2 (2.985%) Business Project Manager
8 2 (2.985%) Business Manager
8 2 (2.985%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.93%) AS400
2 6 (8.955%) iSeries
3 5 (7.463%) Mainframe
4 3 (4.478%) Replication
4 3 (4.478%) Clustering
5 2 (2.985%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.493%) Statistics
6 1 (1.493%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.493%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.91%) Windows
2 4 (5.970%) UNIX
3 3 (4.478%) OS/400
3 3 (4.478%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (4.478%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.985%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (29.85%) Project Management
1 20 (29.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (16.42%) Migration
3 10 (14.93%) Business Analysis
4 6 (8.955%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (8.955%) Change Management
5 4 (5.970%) Automated Testing
5 4 (5.970%) Test Scripting
5 4 (5.970%) Incident Management
5 4 (5.970%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (5.970%) Risk Analysis
6 3 (4.478%) Data Analysis
6 3 (4.478%) ETL
6 3 (4.478%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (2.985%) Content Management
7 2 (2.985%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (2.985%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (2.985%) PRINCE2
7 2 (2.985%) UML
7 2 (2.985%) OO
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.93%) SQL
2 6 (8.955%) T-SQL
3 3 (4.478%) Shell Script
3 3 (4.478%) COBOL
4 2 (2.985%) RPG
4 2 (2.985%) VB
5 1 (1.493%) Java
5 1 (1.493%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.493%) Perl
5 1 (1.493%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.45%) ISEB
2 4 (5.970%) ISEB Practitioner
3 2 (2.985%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.985%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.493%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.463%) IBM
3 3 (4.478%) Cognos
4 2 (2.985%) Rackspace
5 1 (1.493%) Oracle
5 1 (1.493%) HP
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Rate: From £285 to £300 per day
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Posted: 17 June 2013
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