The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 23 May 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 County Antrim 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Banking
Rank 18 18 7
Rank change year-on-year
0 -11
Contract jobs citing Banking 15 11 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 7.692% 6.548% 12.24%
As % of the General category 36.59% 15.49% 34.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 17
Average daily rate £350 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £315 £122
10% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £396 £390 £385
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +1.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £22.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-13.63% +18.91%
All of the General Category
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
41 71 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 21.03% 42.26% 35.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 31 60
Average daily rate £300 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £260 £124
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Banking
Northern Ireland

Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Belfast 0 15 £350 -12.50%
Banking
Northern Ireland

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 16 (59.26%) Finance
2 11 (40.74%) SQL
2 11 (40.74%) UNIX
3 10 (37.04%) Sybase
4 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 8 (29.63%) Investment Banking
5 8 (29.63%) SQL Server 2008
6 7 (25.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (25.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (25.93%) Web Services
6 7 (25.93%) T-SQL
6 7 (25.93%) C#
7 6 (22.22%) Perl
7 6 (22.22%) Shell Script
8 5 (18.52%) WebLogic
8 5 (18.52%) HTML
8 5 (18.52%) Linux
8 5 (18.52%) WebSphere
8 5 (18.52%) Release Management
9 4 (14.81%) Credit Risk
9 4 (14.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (14.81%) ETL
9 4 (14.81%) .NET
9 4 (14.81%) Financial Institution
9 4 (14.81%) Equities
10 3 (11.11%) Fixed Income
10 3 (11.11%) Java
10 3 (11.11%) Oracle
10 3 (11.11%) Data Modelling
10 3 (11.11%) Progress Apama

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 7 (25.93%) Web Services
2 5 (18.52%) HTML
2 5 (18.52%) WebSphere
3 4 (14.81%) .NET
4 3 (11.11%) Java EE
4 3 (11.11%) WPF
5 2 (7.407%) WF
5 2 (7.407%) LINQ
5 2 (7.407%) Ajax
5 2 (7.407%) WCF
5 2 (7.407%) JSON
5 2 (7.407%) ASP.NET
5 2 (7.407%) CSS
5 2 (7.407%) J2EE
6 1 (3.704%) WinForms
6 1 (3.704%) .NET Framework
6 1 (3.704%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) WebLogic
2 3 (11.11%) Progress Apama
3 1 (3.704%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.704%) SMTP
1 1 (3.704%) HTTP
1 1 (3.704%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.704%) DNS
1 1 (3.704%) HTTPS
1 1 (3.704%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (29.63%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (25.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (25.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (14.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (7.407%) Data Warehouse
General
1 16 (59.26%) Finance
2 8 (29.63%) Investment Banking
3 4 (14.81%) Financial Institution
4 2 (7.407%) Retail Banking
4 2 (7.407%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (70.37%) Developer
2 9 (33.33%) Sybase Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Developer
4 4 (14.81%) SQL Developer
4 4 (14.81%) SQL Server Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Business Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) .NET Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Banking Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Specialist
7 1 (3.704%) Oracle Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Linux Specialist
7 1 (3.704%) C++ Developer
7 1 (3.704%) C# Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Database Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Contracts Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Information Security Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Developer Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Credit Risk
1 4 (14.81%) Equities
2 3 (11.11%) Fixed Income
2 3 (11.11%) Derivative
3 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (40.74%) UNIX
2 5 (18.52%) Linux
3 1 (3.704%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (18.52%) Release Management
2 4 (14.81%) ETL
3 3 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 2 (7.407%) SIEM
4 2 (7.407%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (7.407%) Information Security
5 1 (3.704%) Software Engineering
5 1 (3.704%) TDD
5 1 (3.704%) Migration
5 1 (3.704%) Workflow
5 1 (3.704%) UML
5 1 (3.704%) Cyber Security
5 1 (3.704%) Use Case
5 1 (3.704%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 11 (40.74%) SQL
2 7 (25.93%) T-SQL
2 7 (25.93%) C#
3 6 (22.22%) Perl
3 6 (22.22%) Shell Script
4 3 (11.11%) Java
5 2 (7.407%) JavaScript
5 2 (7.407%) C++
6 1 (3.704%) Python
6 1 (3.704%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Sybase
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle
3 2 (7.407%) ArcSight
4 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.704%) Q1 Labs
4 1 (3.704%) LogLogic