The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 19 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 City of London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 137 67 114
Rank change year-on-year
-70 +47
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 76 194 156
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.121% 2.506% 1.558%
As % of the General category 1.965% 4.156% 2.349%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 140 131
Average daily rate £430 £428 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.58% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £307 £339 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £539 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £396 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+4.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £145.00
All of the General Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
3867 4668 6642
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 57.04% 60.30% 66.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2957 3566 5064
Average daily rate £475 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £310 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £620 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 52 92
Average hourly rate £19.50 £21.00 £21.33
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -1.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £15.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £44.75 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Retail Banking
London

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Retail Banking Jobs Demand Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Retail Banking across the City of London region.

City of London Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail Banking across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Retail Banking across the City of London region.

City of London Retail Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Retail 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 Retail Banking.

1 174 (100.00%) Banking
1 174 (100.00%) Retail
2 106 (60.92%) Finance
3 50 (28.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (24.71%) Project Management
5 36 (20.69%) Change Management
6 27 (15.52%) E-Commerce
7 20 (11.49%) SQL
8 16 (9.195%) MS Project
9 14 (8.046%) Scrum
9 14 (8.046%) User Acceptance Testing
10 13 (7.471%) MS Office
11 12 (6.897%) Windows
11 12 (6.897%) MS Excel
11 12 (6.897%) Business Analysis
11 12 (6.897%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (6.322%) Waterfall
12 11 (6.322%) Investment Banking
12 11 (6.322%) PRINCE2
12 11 (6.322%) Oracle
13 10 (5.747%) Migration
13 10 (5.747%) Analytics
14 8 (4.598%) Legal
14 8 (4.598%) Java
14 8 (4.598%) IBM
14 8 (4.598%) Microsoft
14 8 (4.598%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 8 (4.598%) Online Banking
14 8 (4.598%) Corporate Banking
14 8 (4.598%) HP Quality Center

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Retail 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 Retail Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (3.448%) .NET
2 5 (2.874%) Web Services
2 5 (2.874%) HTML
3 4 (2.299%) CSS
4 3 (1.724%) XHTML
4 3 (1.724%) RSS
4 3 (1.724%) XML
4 3 (1.724%) SAP XI
5 2 (1.149%) J2EE
6 1 (0.575%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.575%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.575%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 7 (4.023%) CMS
2 6 (3.448%) IIS
2 6 (3.448%) Apache
2 6 (3.448%) SAS
3 5 (2.874%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.724%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.724%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.149%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (1.149%) MS Exchange
5 2 (1.149%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (1.149%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (1.149%) StreamWeaver
5 2 (1.149%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.575%) WebSphere Process Server
6 1 (0.575%) TeamSite
6 1 (0.575%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 16 (9.195%) MS Project
2 13 (7.471%) MS Office
3 12 (6.897%) MS Excel
4 6 (3.448%) MS PowerPoint
5 5 (2.874%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.575%) DOC1
6 1 (0.575%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.575%) Fireworks
6 1 (0.575%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 3 (1.724%) SiteCatalyst
2 1 (0.575%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.448%) Internet
2 4 (2.299%) HTTP
3 3 (1.724%) SAN
4 2 (1.149%) Firewall
4 2 (1.149%) DNS
4 2 (1.149%) LDAP
4 2 (1.149%) LAN
4 2 (1.149%) WAN
4 2 (1.149%) DHCP
5 1 (0.575%) NAS
5 1 (0.575%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.023%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.299%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.299%) BusinessObjects XI
3 3 (1.724%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.149%) ReportNet
4 2 (1.149%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.149%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.575%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.575%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.575%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.575%) Base SAS
5 1 (0.575%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.575%) MS Access
5 1 (0.575%) DB2
Development Applications
1 8 (4.598%) JIRA
2 2 (1.149%) JUnit
3 1 (0.575%) Axure RP
General
1 174 (100.00%) Banking
1 174 (100.00%) Retail
2 106 (60.92%) Finance
3 11 (6.322%) Investment Banking
4 8 (4.598%) Legal
4 8 (4.598%) Corporate Banking
5 3 (1.724%) General Ledger
5 3 (1.724%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.149%) Billing
7 1 (0.575%) Marketing
7 1 (0.575%) Private Banking
7 1 (0.575%) Front Office
7 1 (0.575%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 60 (34.48%) Analyst
2 41 (23.56%) Business Analyst
3 36 (20.69%) Project Manager
4 15 (8.621%) Developer
5 13 (7.471%) Implementation Manager
5 13 (7.471%) Banking Business Analyst
6 11 (6.322%) Test Manager
7 7 (4.023%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (3.448%) Senior Manager
8 6 (3.448%) Business Manager
9 5 (2.874%) Business Project Manager
9 5 (2.874%) PMO Analyst
9 5 (2.874%) Business Developer
9 5 (2.874%) Test Analyst
9 5 (2.874%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (2.299%) Programme Manager
11 3 (1.724%) Performance Manager
11 3 (1.724%) Web Manager
11 3 (1.724%) Product Manager
11 3 (1.724%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.598%) Online Banking
2 4 (2.299%) Computer Science
2 4 (2.299%) Mobile Banking
3 3 (1.724%) Credit Risk
3 3 (1.724%) W3C
4 2 (1.149%) Clustering
4 2 (1.149%) Thin Client
4 2 (1.149%) Blackberry
4 2 (1.149%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.149%) Fat Client
4 2 (1.149%) iPad
5 1 (0.575%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.575%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.575%) DataPower
5 1 (0.575%) iPhone
5 1 (0.575%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.575%) SaaS
5 1 (0.575%) SWIFT
5 1 (0.575%) Data Conversion
5 1 (0.575%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.897%) Windows
2 6 (3.448%) UNIX
3 5 (2.874%) Linux
4 2 (1.149%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (1.149%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.575%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.575%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (28.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (24.71%) Project Management
3 36 (20.69%) Change Management
4 27 (15.52%) E-Commerce
5 14 (8.046%) Scrum
5 14 (8.046%) User Acceptance Testing
6 12 (6.897%) Business Analysis
6 12 (6.897%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (6.322%) Waterfall
7 11 (6.322%) PRINCE2
8 10 (5.747%) Migration
8 10 (5.747%) Analytics
9 7 (4.023%) Test Strategy
10 6 (3.448%) Test Management
10 6 (3.448%) Test Scripting
11 5 (2.874%) Content Management
11 5 (2.874%) TDD
11 5 (2.874%) Programme Management
11 5 (2.874%) Web Analytics
11 5 (2.874%) OO
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.49%) SQL
2 8 (4.598%) Java
3 4 (2.299%) C#
3 4 (2.299%) Perl
3 4 (2.299%) Bash shell
4 3 (1.724%) PHP
4 3 (1.724%) VBA
5 2 (1.149%) C
6 1 (0.575%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.575%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.575%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (4.598%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 7 (4.023%) Degree
3 5 (2.874%) ISEB
4 4 (2.299%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.575%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.299%) QA
2 1 (0.575%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.149%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (4.598%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.149%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 11 (6.322%) Oracle
2 8 (4.598%) IBM
2 8 (4.598%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.448%) Cognos
4 5 (2.874%) HP
4 5 (2.874%) SAP
5 4 (2.299%) Business Objects
6 2 (1.149%) Veritas
6 2 (1.149%) Adobe
6 2 (1.149%) Sun
6 2 (1.149%) IronPort
6 2 (1.149%) Omniture
7 1 (0.575%) Actimize
7 1 (0.575%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.575%) FatWire
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