Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Banking' in contract IT jobs within the Chester region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBanking
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank413
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads3617
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.019 %
As % of the category below37.11 %20.48 %
Daily rates quoted61
Average minimum daily rate£262£310
Average daily rate£262£310
% change on same period last year-15.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£262£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£395£398
% change on same period last year-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.42£23.02
% change on same period last year-6.95 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads9783
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.157 %0.091 %
Daily rates quoted178
Average minimum daily rate£272£303
Average daily rate£274£306
% change on same period last year-10.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£277£309
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£378
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Hourly rates quoted75
Average minimum hourly rate£33.80£21.38
Average hourly rate£35.30£21.63
% change on same period last year+63.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.80£21.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.32£26.63
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Banking CheshireBanking
Cheshire

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 Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

136 (67.92 %)Finance
215 (28.30 %)C++
314 (26.42 %)C
413 (24.53 %)Java
511 (20.75 %)SQL
610 (18.87 %)Windows
610 (18.87 %)Project Management
610 (18.87 %)International Banking
79 (16.98 %)User Acceptance Testing
79 (16.98 %)UNIX
79 (16.98 %)Swing
88 (15.09 %)E-Commerce
88 (15.09 %)ISEB
88 (15.09 %)Perforce
97 (13.21 %)Retail Banking
97 (13.21 %)Retail
97 (13.21 %)Middleware
97 (13.21 %)VMS
106 (11.32 %)Test Scripting
115 (9.434 %)Agile Software Development
115 (9.434 %)Incident Management
115 (9.434 %)Unit Testing
115 (9.434 %)Integration Testing
115 (9.434 %)Marketing
115 (9.434 %)MS Excel
115 (9.434 %)Oracle
115 (9.434 %)HTML
124 (7.547 %)XML
124 (7.547 %)MS Office
124 (7.547 %)CSS

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (16.98 %)Swing
27 (13.21 %)Middleware
35 (9.434 %)HTML
44 (7.547 %)CSS
44 (7.547 %)JSP
44 (7.547 %)SOAP
44 (7.547 %)Hibernate
44 (7.547 %)WSDL
44 (7.547 %)XML
53 (5.660 %)JAX-RPC
53 (5.660 %)Spring
53 (5.660 %)WebServices
61 (1.887 %)AJAX
61 (1.887 %)Apache Axis
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (5.660 %)Tuxedo
21 (1.887 %)SAS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (9.434 %)MS Excel
24 (7.547 %)MS Visio
24 (7.547 %)MS Office
32 (3.774 %)MS PowerPoint
32 (3.774 %)MS Project
41 (1.887 %)Photoshop
41 (1.887 %)FreeHand
41 (1.887 %)Fireworks
41 (1.887 %)Adobe Illustrator
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.887 %)Oracle Applications
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (3.774 %)Internet
21 (1.887 %)ATM
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (1.887 %)Oracle Reports
11 (1.887 %)Oracle 9i
11 (1.887 %)Datawarehouse
11 (1.887 %)Oracle Discoverer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (5.660 %)TestDirector
21 (1.887 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (1.887 %)JIRA
21 (1.887 %)Oracle Forms
21 (1.887 %)Flash
21 (1.887 %)Dreamweaver
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
136 (67.92 %)Finance
210 (18.87 %)International Banking
37 (13.21 %)Retail
37 (13.21 %)Retail Banking
45 (9.434 %)Marketing
52 (3.774 %)Financial Institution
61 (1.887 %)Online Banking
61 (1.887 %)Legal
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (28.30 %)Developer
29 (16.98 %)Project Manager
36 (11.32 %)Analyst
36 (11.32 %)C++ Developer
36 (11.32 %)C Developer
45 (9.434 %)Java Developer
53 (5.660 %)Project Leader
53 (5.660 %)Test Manager
53 (5.660 %)Test Analyst
53 (5.660 %)Business Analyst
53 (5.660 %)Tester
53 (5.660 %)Coordinator
53 (5.660 %)Test Coordinator
62 (3.774 %)Software Engineer
62 (3.774 %)Senior Developer
62 (3.774 %)Consultant
62 (3.774 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
62 (3.774 %)Senior Analyst
62 (3.774 %)Senior Test Analyst
62 (3.774 %)Infrastructure Manager
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (7.547 %)PMI
23 (5.660 %)Mainframe
32 (3.774 %)Mathematics
32 (3.774 %)Spanish Language
41 (1.887 %)Human Factors
41 (1.887 %)Italian Language
41 (1.887 %)Management Information System
41 (1.887 %)Statistics
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (18.87 %)Windows
29 (16.98 %)UNIX
37 (13.21 %)VMS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (18.87 %)Project Management
29 (16.98 %)User Acceptance Testing
38 (15.09 %)E-Commerce
46 (11.32 %)Test Scripting
55 (9.434 %)Unit Testing
55 (9.434 %)Integration Testing
55 (9.434 %)Incident Management
55 (9.434 %)Agile Software Development
64 (7.547 %)Data Modelling
64 (7.547 %)Six Sigma
64 (7.547 %)Matrix Management
73 (5.660 %)Time Management
73 (5.660 %)Project Planning
73 (5.660 %)Extreme Programming
82 (3.774 %)SSADM
82 (3.774 %)Internet Marketing
82 (3.774 %)V-Model
91 (1.887 %)Data Protection
91 (1.887 %)Use Case
91 (1.887 %)System Testing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (28.30 %)C++
214 (26.42 %)C
313 (24.53 %)Java
411 (20.75 %)SQL
53 (5.660 %)Perl
53 (5.660 %)C#
62 (3.774 %)COBOL
71 (1.887 %)PL/SQL
71 (1.887 %)XPath
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (15.09 %)ISEB
23 (5.660 %)Degree
31 (1.887 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (1.887 %)Sun Certification
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.887 %)ISO17799
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.887 %)Oracle RMAN
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (15.09 %)Perforce
25 (9.434 %)Oracle
32 (3.774 %)Microsoft
32 (3.774 %)Ab Initio
41 (1.887 %)Sun
41 (1.887 %)HP
41 (1.887 %)BMC
41 (1.887 %)Informatica