The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail 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 Retail 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
Retail Banking
Rank 71 55 65
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +10
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 13 30 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.023% 2.195% 1.327%
As % of the General category 3.283% 6.024% 3.543%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 14
Average daily rate £364 £375 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.00% -1.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £325 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £573 £470 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
-1.31% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £20.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 -
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%
Retail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Retail Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail 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 +2 10 £364 -9.06%
Retail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 24 (100.00%) Banking
1 24 (100.00%) Retail
2 17 (70.83%) Finance
3 7 (29.17%) Change Management
3 7 (29.17%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
4 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (20.83%) Project Management
5 5 (20.83%) HP
5 5 (20.83%) Migration
5 5 (20.83%) Business Analysis
5 5 (20.83%) Business Transformation
5 5 (20.83%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) PRINCE
6 3 (12.50%) Business Process Improvement
7 2 (8.333%) Credit Risk
7 2 (8.333%) TDD
7 2 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (8.333%) ISEB
7 2 (8.333%) RPG
7 2 (8.333%) MS Project
7 2 (8.333%) PRINCE2
7 2 (8.333%) Data Modelling
7 2 (8.333%) Microsoft
7 2 (8.333%) AS400
8 1 (4.167%) CIMA
8 1 (4.167%) Legal
8 1 (4.167%) MBA
8 1 (4.167%) Back Office

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Project
2 1 (4.167%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) ATM
1 1 (4.167%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 24 (100.00%) Banking
1 24 (100.00%) Retail
2 17 (70.83%) Finance
3 1 (4.167%) Legal
3 1 (4.167%) Back Office
3 1 (4.167%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Test Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Lead Tester
4 2 (8.333%) Test Leader
4 2 (8.333%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) UAT Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Lead Test Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) UAT Tester
4 2 (8.333%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Programme Office Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Test Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Programmer
4 2 (8.333%) Tester
4 2 (8.333%) Developer
4 2 (8.333%) UAT Test Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Programme Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Credit Risk
1 2 (8.333%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Change Management
1 7 (29.17%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (20.83%) Project Management
3 5 (20.83%) Migration
3 5 (20.83%) Business Analysis
3 5 (20.83%) Business Transformation
3 5 (20.83%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) PRINCE
4 3 (12.50%) Business Process Improvement
5 2 (8.333%) TDD
5 2 (8.333%) PRINCE2
5 2 (8.333%) Data Modelling
6 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.167%) RUP
6 1 (4.167%) Data Analysis
6 1 (4.167%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.167%) Use Case
6 1 (4.167%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) RPG
2 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (8.333%) ISEB
2 1 (4.167%) CIMA
2 1 (4.167%) MBA
2 1 (4.167%) ACCA
2 1 (4.167%) CIPD
2 1 (4.167%) Degree
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) HP
2 2 (8.333%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.167%) Citrix