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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Banking' in contract IT jobs within the Cheshire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBanking
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1825
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads8937
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.118 %0.038 %
As % of the category below19.35 %11.18 %
Daily rates quoted4622
Average minimum daily rate£341£268
Average daily rate£365£276
% change on same period last year+32.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£284
UK excluding London average daily rate£402£381
% change on same period last year+5.41 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.31£30.84
% change on same period last year-30.91 %
General CheshireGeneral
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads460331
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.611 %0.340 %
Daily rates quoted164119
Average minimum daily rate£332£329
Average daily rate£350£341
% change on same period last year+2.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£373
% change on same period last year+2.88 %
Hourly rates quoted3015
Average minimum hourly rate£22.50£18.85
Average hourly rate£24.14£19.74
% change on same period last year+22.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.78£20.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.62£27.27
% change on same period last year-2.40 %
Banking North WestBanking
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Banking
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Banking Demand Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Cheshire Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Banking within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
KnutsfordDown-1219£420-8.73 %
ChesterUp+412£356+33.50 %
CreweNew entry-1--
Banking North WestBanking
North West

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1122 (68.54 %)Finance
231 (17.42 %)Retail
330 (16.85 %)UNIX
426 (14.61 %)Project Management
426 (14.61 %)Retail Banking
525 (14.04 %)Windows
621 (11.80 %)Oracle
717 (9.551 %)Middleware
717 (9.551 %)International Banking
816 (8.989 %)Mainframe
914 (7.865 %)IBM
914 (7.865 %)HP
914 (7.865 %)AIX
914 (7.865 %)WebSphere
1013 (7.303 %)Java
1013 (7.303 %)PRINCE2
1112 (6.742 %)MS Excel
1211 (6.180 %)Citrix
1211 (6.180 %)Microsoft
1211 (6.180 %)Stakeholder Management
1310 (5.618 %)MS Office
149 (5.056 %)SAP
158 (4.494 %)Shell Script
158 (4.494 %)Tivoli
158 (4.494 %)Business Analysis
158 (4.494 %)Online Banking
167 (3.933 %)Gentran
167 (3.933 %)Tandem
167 (3.933 %)Internet
167 (3.933 %)MS Project

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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
117 (9.551 %)Middleware
214 (7.865 %)WebSphere
37 (3.933 %)J2EE
46 (3.371 %)WBIMB
55 (2.809 %)CSS
55 (2.809 %)JSP
55 (2.809 %)Hibernate
55 (2.809 %)Spring
64 (2.247 %)AJAX
64 (2.247 %)Struts
73 (1.685 %)WebServices
73 (1.685 %)XML
73 (1.685 %)Swing
73 (1.685 %)WSDL
73 (1.685 %)JAX-RPC
73 (1.685 %)HTML
73 (1.685 %).NET
73 (1.685 %)SOAP
82 (1.124 %)ISPF
82 (1.124 %)Servlets
Application Platforms
17 (3.933 %)Gentran
25 (2.809 %)WebSphere MQ
33 (1.685 %)IIS
42 (1.124 %)Tuxedo
42 (1.124 %)WebSphere Application Server
51 (0.562 %)MQSeries
51 (0.562 %)SAS
51 (0.562 %)CICS
51 (0.562 %)BizTalk Server
51 (0.562 %)Oracle Application Server
51 (0.562 %)Oracle 10gAS
51 (0.562 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
112 (6.742 %)MS Excel
210 (5.618 %)MS Office
37 (3.933 %)MS Project
45 (2.809 %)MS Visio
53 (1.685 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
11 (0.562 %)Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
17 (3.933 %)Internet
26 (3.371 %)Firewall
26 (3.371 %)SSL
33 (1.685 %)SAN
33 (1.685 %)LAN
33 (1.685 %)WAN
42 (1.124 %)TCP/IP
42 (1.124 %)SNA
42 (1.124 %)Network Security
51 (0.562 %)3G
51 (0.562 %)TACACS
51 (0.562 %)ATM
51 (0.562 %)POP3
51 (0.562 %)SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (2.247 %)RDBMS
23 (1.685 %)Oracle 10g
32 (1.124 %)SQL Server
32 (1.124 %)Datawarehouse
41 (0.562 %)ETL
41 (0.562 %)Oracle Discoverer
41 (0.562 %)Oracle Reports
41 (0.562 %)Oracle 9i
41 (0.562 %)BusinessObjects
41 (0.562 %)DataStage
41 (0.562 %)Easytrieve
Development Applications
13 (1.685 %)ClearCase
13 (1.685 %)TestDirector
22 (1.124 %)QuickTest Pro
22 (1.124 %)LoadRunner
22 (1.124 %)Eclipse
22 (1.124 %)Ant
22 (1.124 %)Subversion
22 (1.124 %)JIRA
31 (0.562 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.562 %)WinRunner
31 (0.562 %)ERwin
31 (0.562 %)Visual LANSA
General
1122 (68.54 %)Finance
231 (17.42 %)Retail
326 (14.61 %)Retail Banking
417 (9.551 %)International Banking
58 (4.494 %)Online Banking
64 (2.247 %)Education
73 (1.685 %)Insurance
82 (1.124 %)Marketing
82 (1.124 %)Auditing
82 (1.124 %)Telecoms
91 (0.562 %)Back Office
91 (0.562 %)Billing
91 (0.562 %)General Ledger
91 (0.562 %)Government
91 (0.562 %)Law
Job Titles
142 (23.60 %)Analyst
236 (20.22 %)Project Manager
314 (7.865 %)Business Analyst
412 (6.742 %)Developer
59 (5.056 %)Java Developer
59 (5.056 %)Infrastructure Designer
68 (4.494 %)Consultant
77 (3.933 %)Test Analyst
86 (3.371 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
86 (3.371 %)Coordinator
86 (3.371 %)Administrator
86 (3.371 %)Infrastructure Manager
95 (2.809 %)Technical Manager
95 (2.809 %)J2EE Developer
95 (2.809 %)Infrastructure Specialist
95 (2.809 %)Java/J2EE Developer
104 (2.247 %)Operations Analyst
104 (2.247 %)Data Analyst
104 (2.247 %)Delivery Manager
104 (2.247 %)Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
116 (8.989 %)Mainframe
27 (3.933 %)Tandem
35 (2.809 %)Management Information System
42 (1.124 %)AS400
42 (1.124 %)HACMP
51 (0.562 %)Blackberry
51 (0.562 %)Client/Server
51 (0.562 %)PMI
51 (0.562 %)Clustering
51 (0.562 %)Asset Management
51 (0.562 %)Statistics
51 (0.562 %)Mathematics
51 (0.562 %)IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
130 (16.85 %)UNIX
225 (14.04 %)Windows
314 (7.865 %)AIX
44 (2.247 %)HPUX
44 (2.247 %)Solaris
53 (1.685 %)Linux
53 (1.685 %)Windows NT
62 (1.124 %)OS/400
62 (1.124 %)zOS
62 (1.124 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.562 %)Windows XP
71 (0.562 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
126 (14.61 %)Project Management
213 (7.303 %)PRINCE2
311 (6.180 %)Stakeholder Management
48 (4.494 %)Business Analysis
57 (3.933 %)ITIL
65 (2.809 %)Change Management
65 (2.809 %)PRINCE
65 (2.809 %)Supplier Management
65 (2.809 %)User Acceptance Testing
65 (2.809 %)Test Scripting
65 (2.809 %)Data Protection
74 (2.247 %)E-Commerce
74 (2.247 %)Risk Management
74 (2.247 %)Migration
83 (1.685 %)Service Management
83 (1.685 %)Project Planning
83 (1.685 %)Operations Management
83 (1.685 %)Matrix Management
92 (1.124 %)Financial Modelling
92 (1.124 %)Test Management
Programming Languages
113 (7.303 %)Java
28 (4.494 %)Shell Script
37 (3.933 %)SQL
46 (3.371 %)C#
53 (1.685 %)COBOL
53 (1.685 %)RPG
62 (1.124 %)C++
62 (1.124 %)Perl
62 (1.124 %)JCL
62 (1.124 %)VB6
62 (1.124 %)VB
62 (1.124 %)REXX
62 (1.124 %)XPath
71 (0.562 %)Korn
71 (0.562 %)PL/SQL
71 (0.562 %)VBScript
Qualifications
15 (2.809 %)PRINCE2 Certification
15 (2.809 %)Degree
24 (2.247 %)ISEB
24 (2.247 %)ITIL Certification
32 (1.124 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (1.124 %)MCSE
41 (0.562 %)PMP
41 (0.562 %)PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.562 %)SLA
11 (0.562 %)Basel II
System Software
15 (2.809 %)Active Directory
23 (1.685 %)Oracle RMAN
32 (1.124 %)RACF
41 (0.562 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.562 %)MetaFrame
41 (0.562 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
18 (4.494 %)Tivoli
24 (2.247 %)OpenView
24 (2.247 %)OMEGAMON
33 (1.685 %)Tivoli Monitoring
42 (1.124 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (0.562 %)NNM
51 (0.562 %)ServiceCenter
51 (0.562 %)CiscoWorks
Vendors
121 (11.80 %)Oracle
214 (7.865 %)IBM
214 (7.865 %)HP
311 (6.180 %)Microsoft
311 (6.180 %)Citrix
49 (5.056 %)SAP
53 (1.685 %)Cisco
53 (1.685 %)BMC
53 (1.685 %)Dell
62 (1.124 %)LANSA
62 (1.124 %)Ab Initio
62 (1.124 %)VMware
71 (0.562 %)Altiris
71 (0.562 %)Perforce
71 (0.562 %)CA
71 (0.562 %)Hyperion
71 (0.562 %)VERITAS
71 (0.562 %)Business Objects
71 (0.562 %)Compuware
71 (0.562 %)Compaq
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