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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail Banking' in contract IT jobs within the City of London 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 Retail Banking over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetail Banking
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank172165
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads3032
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.043 %0.032 %
As % of the category below0.554 %0.620 %
Daily rates quoted2327
Average minimum daily rate£458£439
Average daily rate£496£528
% change on same period last year-5.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£535£617
UK excluding London average daily rate£436£419
% change on same period last year+4.09 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£15.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£12.00£21.00
% change on same period last year-42.85 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads54115165
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.690 %5.216 %
Daily rates quoted30502215
Average minimum daily rate£430£443
Average daily rate£468£476
% change on same period last year-1.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£506£508
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£381
% change on same period last year+0.86 %
Hourly rates quoted191150
Average minimum hourly rate£23.18£20.99
Average hourly rate£25.61£22.26
% change on same period last year+15.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.04£23.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.75
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
Retail Banking LondonRetail Banking
London

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.

Retail Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 7 October 2008.

City of London Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 7 October 2008, 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.

170 (100.00 %)Banking
170 (100.00 %)Retail
225 (35.71 %)Finance
311 (15.71 %)Project Management
49 (12.86 %)SQL
58 (11.43 %)Basel II
67 (10.00 %)Online Banking
67 (10.00 %)Credit Risk
76 (8.571 %)Business Analysis
76 (8.571 %)Internet
85 (7.143 %)Java
85 (7.143 %)Oracle
85 (7.143 %)Investment Banking
85 (7.143 %)Stakeholder Management
94 (5.714 %)PRINCE2
94 (5.714 %)Windows
94 (5.714 %)Data Modelling
94 (5.714 %)TestDirector
103 (4.286 %)J2EE
103 (4.286 %)MS Visio
103 (4.286 %)Microsoft
103 (4.286 %)SOA
103 (4.286 %)E-Commerce
103 (4.286 %)SQL Server
103 (4.286 %)Insurance
103 (4.286 %)Migration
103 (4.286 %)User Acceptance Testing
112 (2.857 %)SAP Implementation
112 (2.857 %)Pega
112 (2.857 %)Test Scripting

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (4.286 %)J2EE
22 (2.857 %)EDIFACT
22 (2.857 %)EDI
22 (2.857 %).NET
31 (1.429 %)HTML
31 (1.429 %)ASP.NET
31 (1.429 %)CSS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (2.857 %)SharePoint
21 (1.429 %)Oracle Workflow
21 (1.429 %)Oracle Application Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (4.286 %)MS Visio
22 (2.857 %)MS Office
31 (1.429 %)CA Clarity
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (8.571 %)Internet
21 (1.429 %)SAN
21 (1.429 %)VPN
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (4.286 %)SQL Server
22 (2.857 %)Oracle 10g
22 (2.857 %)TOAD
22 (2.857 %)BusinessObjects
31 (1.429 %)Datawarehouse
31 (1.429 %)ETL
31 (1.429 %)DB2
31 (1.429 %)Oracle OWB
31 (1.429 %)Sybase ASE
31 (1.429 %)BusinessObjects XI
31 (1.429 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (5.714 %)TestDirector
22 (2.857 %)Synon
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
170 (100.00 %)Banking
170 (100.00 %)Retail
225 (35.71 %)Finance
37 (10.00 %)Online Banking
45 (7.143 %)Investment Banking
53 (4.286 %)Insurance
61 (1.429 %)Front Office
61 (1.429 %)Construction
61 (1.429 %)Marketing
61 (1.429 %)Private Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
128 (40.00 %)Analyst
219 (27.14 %)Business Analyst
313 (18.57 %)Project Manager
412 (17.14 %)Banking Business Analyst
55 (7.143 %)Developer
55 (7.143 %)Consultant
64 (5.714 %)DBA
64 (5.714 %)Test Analyst
73 (4.286 %)Test Manager
73 (4.286 %)Credit Risk Analyst
82 (2.857 %)SAP Manager
82 (2.857 %)Programme Office Consultant
82 (2.857 %)Business Change Analyst
82 (2.857 %)Strategy Consultant
82 (2.857 %)Change Analyst
82 (2.857 %)Senior Test Manager
82 (2.857 %)Senior Manager
82 (2.857 %)Support Analyst
82 (2.857 %)Architect
91 (1.429 %)Business Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (10.00 %)Credit Risk
21 (1.429 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 (1.429 %)Mainframe
21 (1.429 %)Blackberry
21 (1.429 %)Replication
21 (1.429 %)CLARiiON
21 (1.429 %)Symmetrix
21 (1.429 %)EMC Centera
21 (1.429 %)Fixed Income
21 (1.429 %)PDA
21 (1.429 %)Derivative
21 (1.429 %)IBM Mainframe
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (5.714 %)Windows
22 (2.857 %)UNIX
31 (1.429 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (1.429 %)Windows XP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (15.71 %)Project Management
26 (8.571 %)Business Analysis
35 (7.143 %)Stakeholder Management
44 (5.714 %)PRINCE2
44 (5.714 %)Data Modelling
53 (4.286 %)SOA
53 (4.286 %)E-Commerce
53 (4.286 %)Migration
53 (4.286 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (2.857 %)SAP Implementation
62 (2.857 %)Test Scripting
62 (2.857 %)Web Development
62 (2.857 %)Risk Management
62 (2.857 %)Workflow
62 (2.857 %)UML
62 (2.857 %)SSADM
71 (1.429 %)Business Intelligence
71 (1.429 %)BPR
71 (1.429 %)RUP
71 (1.429 %)DSDM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (12.86 %)SQL
25 (7.143 %)Java
32 (2.857 %)Transact-SQL
32 (2.857 %)PL/SQL
41 (1.429 %)REXX
41 (1.429 %)Shell Script
41 (1.429 %)VB
41 (1.429 %)JavaScript
41 (1.429 %)C#
41 (1.429 %)C++
41 (1.429 %)DHTML
41 (1.429 %)Korn
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (2.857 %)ISEB
21 (1.429 %)PRINCE2 Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (11.43 %)Basel II
21 (1.429 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (2.857 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (1.429 %)NetBackup
21 (1.429 %)Oracle RAC
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.429 %)Legato
11 (1.429 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 (1.429 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (1.429 %)RepliStor
11 (1.429 %)EMC NetWorker
11 (1.429 %)OMEGAMON
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (7.143 %)Oracle
23 (4.286 %)Microsoft
32 (2.857 %)Pega
32 (2.857 %)Business Objects
32 (2.857 %)SAP
32 (2.857 %)IBM
41 (1.429 %)BMC
41 (1.429 %)EMC
41 (1.429 %)Sybase