The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 21 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 East Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Banking
Rank 28 9 8
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -1
Contract jobs citing Banking 68 128 141
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 5.350% 9.364% 10.40%
As % of the General category 17.17% 25.70% 27.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 92 88
Average daily rate £425 £383 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.04% -4.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £291 £280 £193
10% offered a daily rate of more than £620 £524 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £390 £385
% change year-on-year
- +1.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £16.63
% change year-on-year
-18.18% +32.33%
All of the General Category
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
396 498 508
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 31.16% 36.43% 37.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 311 265
Average daily rate £425 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £237 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £516
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 15 27
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.17 £9.50 £11.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £32.50 £120.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Banking
England

Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Northamptonshire -1 47 £425 +6.25%
Leicestershire -9 2 £290 -12.12%
Derbyshire +11 1 £300 +263.63%
Nottinghamshire -13 1 - -
Banking
England

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 87 (70.73%) Finance
2 34 (27.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (21.95%) Retail
4 25 (20.33%) Project Management
5 24 (19.51%) Retail Banking
6 21 (17.07%) Change Management
7 16 (13.01%) UML
8 15 (12.20%) Requirements Analysis
9 13 (10.57%) Business Transformation
10 12 (9.756%) User Acceptance Testing
10 12 (9.756%) SQL
11 11 (8.943%) GAP Analysis
11 11 (8.943%) BPR
11 11 (8.943%) Business Analysis
12 10 (8.130%) Investment Banking
12 10 (8.130%) Migration
12 10 (8.130%) Oracle
12 10 (8.130%) PRINCE2
12 10 (8.130%) MS Visio
13 9 (7.317%) IBM
13 9 (7.317%) UNIX
13 9 (7.317%) SSADM
13 9 (7.317%) Java
13 9 (7.317%) HP Quality Center
14 8 (6.504%) Bash shell
14 8 (6.504%) Content Management
14 8 (6.504%) WebSphere
14 8 (6.504%) Continuous Integration
14 8 (6.504%) JavaScript
14 8 (6.504%) Perl

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 8 (6.504%) WebSphere
1 8 (6.504%) HTML
1 8 (6.504%) J2EE
1 8 (6.504%) XHTML
1 8 (6.504%) EJB
1 8 (6.504%) CSS
1 8 (6.504%) JDBC
1 8 (6.504%) JSP
1 8 (6.504%) Servlets
1 8 (6.504%) XML
2 3 (2.439%) .NET
3 2 (1.626%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.626%) Middleware
4 1 (0.813%) ADO
Application Platforms
1 8 (6.504%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (2.439%) IIS
2 3 (2.439%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.626%) WebLogic
3 2 (1.626%) Apache
4 1 (0.813%) SAS
4 1 (0.813%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.813%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.813%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 10 (8.130%) MS Visio
2 5 (4.065%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.065%) MS Project
3 3 (2.439%) MS Office
4 2 (1.626%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.626%) Oracle BPM
1 2 (1.626%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.813%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (0.813%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.626%) NFC
1 2 (1.626%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.626%) ATM
2 1 (0.813%) VoIP
2 1 (0.813%) DHCP
2 1 (0.813%) FTP
2 1 (0.813%) HTTP
2 1 (0.813%) Internet
2 1 (0.813%) Firewall
2 1 (0.813%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.813%) MPLS
2 1 (0.813%) VLAN
2 1 (0.813%) NetScaler
2 1 (0.813%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.504%) DB2
1 8 (6.504%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (6.504%) JUnit
1 8 (6.504%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1 8 (6.504%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.813%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 87 (70.73%) Finance
2 27 (21.95%) Retail
3 24 (19.51%) Retail Banking
4 10 (8.130%) Investment Banking
5 7 (5.691%) Legal
6 5 (4.065%) Marketing
7 2 (1.626%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.626%) Back Office
8 1 (0.813%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 44 (35.77%) Analyst
2 25 (20.33%) Project Manager
3 24 (19.51%) Business Analyst
4 16 (13.01%) Developer
5 10 (8.130%) Test Analyst
6 8 (6.504%) WebSphere Developer
6 8 (6.504%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (6.504%) Change Manager
7 6 (4.878%) Digital Project Manager
7 6 (4.878%) Senior Business Analyst
8 5 (4.065%) Process Analyst
8 5 (4.065%) Senior Manager
8 5 (4.065%) UAT Test Analyst
8 5 (4.065%) UAT Analyst
9 4 (3.252%) Test Leader
10 3 (2.439%) Quality Manager
10 3 (2.439%) QA Manager
10 3 (2.439%) Tester
10 3 (2.439%) Process Improvement Analyst
10 3 (2.439%) Head of Operations
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.691%) Credit Risk
2 5 (4.065%) AS400
3 4 (3.252%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.252%) PMI
4 3 (2.439%) SWIFT
5 2 (1.626%) Mobile Payment
5 2 (1.626%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.813%) EMV
6 1 (0.813%) IVR
6 1 (0.813%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.317%) UNIX
2 4 (3.252%) Windows
3 1 (0.813%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (27.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 25 (20.33%) Project Management
3 21 (17.07%) Change Management
4 16 (13.01%) UML
5 15 (12.20%) Requirements Analysis
6 13 (10.57%) Business Transformation
7 12 (9.756%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (8.943%) GAP Analysis
8 11 (8.943%) BPR
8 11 (8.943%) Business Analysis
9 10 (8.130%) Migration
9 10 (8.130%) PRINCE2
10 9 (7.317%) SSADM
11 8 (6.504%) Content Management
11 8 (6.504%) Continuous Integration
11 8 (6.504%) DSDM
11 8 (6.504%) OO
11 8 (6.504%) RAD
11 8 (6.504%) MVC
12 6 (4.878%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.756%) SQL
2 9 (7.317%) Java
3 8 (6.504%) Bash shell
3 8 (6.504%) JavaScript
3 8 (6.504%) Perl
4 5 (4.065%) RPG
5 1 (0.813%) C++
5 1 (0.813%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (6.504%) Sun Certification
2 4 (3.252%) PMI Certification
3 3 (2.439%) ISEB
4 2 (1.626%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.813%) CCNP
5 1 (0.813%) PMP
5 1 (0.813%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.813%) CIMA
5 1 (0.813%) ACCA
5 1 (0.813%) MBA
5 1 (0.813%) CIPD
5 1 (0.813%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.691%) QA
2 5 (4.065%) SLA
3 2 (1.626%) Solvency II
3 2 (1.626%) Basel III
3 2 (1.626%) Basel II
4 1 (0.813%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.813%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 1 (0.813%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.317%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (8.130%) Oracle
2 9 (7.317%) IBM
3 8 (6.504%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.504%) Sun
4 6 (4.878%) HP
5 2 (1.626%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.813%) Cisco
6 1 (0.813%) Nokia
6 1 (0.813%) Citrix
6 1 (0.813%) VMware
6 1 (0.813%) Capita
6 1 (0.813%) ICL
6 1 (0.813%) TSYS
Northampton, East Midlands
Systems Analyst. My Blue Chip Financial Services Client is seeking an experienced Systems Analyst from a strong Banking or Financial Services Background.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350.00 per hour
Posted: 8 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
You will have experience of business change, business transformation, BPR backgrounds with process mapping experience, requirements gathering, gap analysis, requirements capture, workshop facilitation, etc... Very experienced in requirements...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £399 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Roc Search's client is currently recruiting for a Project Manager: Tags: Project Manager, PM, ITIL, PRINCE 2, Prince2, Prince ii, PMP, Project Management, Banking, Finance, Northampton, Northamptonshire...
Roc Search
Posted: 20 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Our client, a large financial institution, is currently looking to hire a... Role Description: Previous banking experience is essential for this position. The role is for a Senior...
Experis IT
Posted: 17 May 2013