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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Banking' in contract IT jobs within the East of England 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 Banking over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBanking
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6364
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads85106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.106 %
As % of the category below4.587 %5.079 %
Daily rates quoted2548
Average minimum daily rate£391£376
Average daily rate£426£396
% change on same period last year+7.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£461£416
UK excluding London average daily rate£405£390
% change on same period last year+3.79 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.69£27.46
% change on same period last year+15.42 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads18532087
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.445 %2.079 %
Daily rates quoted636801
Average minimum daily rate£359£342
Average daily rate£386£364
% change on same period last year+6.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£414£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£381
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted174183
Average minimum hourly rate£27.65£24.80
Average hourly rate£29.41£26.65
% change on same period last year+10.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.16£28.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.94£27.04
% change on same period last year+3.32 %
Banking EnglandBanking
England

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.

Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Banking across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

East of England Banking Demand Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Banking across the East of England region.

East of England Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

East of England Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Banking across the East of England region.

East of England Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HertfordshireUp+2841£472+27.23 %
CambridgeshireDown-525£412-4.06 %
NorfolkDown-29£413+17.85 %
EssexDown-79£394-13.98 %
BedfordshireUp+81--
Banking EnglandBanking
England

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1153 (76.50 %)Finance
277 (38.50 %)Java
372 (36.00 %)SQL
463 (31.50 %)UML
559 (29.50 %)Oracle
657 (28.50 %)OO
657 (28.50 %)Hibernate
756 (28.00 %)SOA
855 (27.50 %)Back Office
954 (27.00 %)Spring
1052 (26.00 %)J2EE
1149 (24.50 %)JUnit
1149 (24.50 %)Eclipse
1244 (22.00 %)WebServices
1342 (21.00 %)PL/SQL
1440 (20.00 %)SQL Server
1537 (18.50 %)Java EE
1631 (15.50 %)RAD
1730 (15.00 %)Telecoms
1827 (13.50 %)SQL Server 2005
1827 (13.50 %)Project Management
1926 (13.00 %)XML
2023 (11.50 %)Agile Software Development
2121 (10.50 %)Retail
2121 (10.50 %)PRINCE2
2121 (10.50 %).NET
2219 (9.500 %)C#
2318 (9.000 %)OLAP
2318 (9.000 %)Insurance
2318 (9.000 %)Financial Institution

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
157 (28.50 %)Hibernate
254 (27.00 %)Spring
352 (26.00 %)J2EE
444 (22.00 %)WebServices
537 (18.50 %)Java EE
626 (13.00 %)XML
721 (10.50 %).NET
813 (6.500 %)ASP.NET
912 (6.000 %)WCF
1011 (5.500 %)JSF
1110 (5.000 %)CSS
1110 (5.000 %)ASP
129 (4.500 %)WPF
129 (4.500 %)XSLT
129 (4.500 %)Middleware
137 (3.500 %)WebSphere
146 (3.000 %)Struts
155 (2.500 %)SOAP
155 (2.500 %)JSP
164 (2.000 %)Tapestry
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (6.000 %)WebLogic
24 (2.000 %)CICS
24 (2.000 %)Apache
33 (1.500 %)SharePoint
33 (1.500 %)ESB
42 (1.000 %)CMS
42 (1.000 %)MQSeries
51 (0.500 %)IIS
51 (0.500 %)Office Project Server
51 (0.500 %)WPS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (5.000 %)MS Project
24 (2.000 %)MS Visio
33 (1.500 %)MS Excel
42 (1.000 %)CA Clarity
51 (0.500 %)MS Office
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.500 %)Advent Geneva
13 (1.500 %)Sophis VALUE
13 (1.500 %)InvestOne
13 (1.500 %)HiInvest
13 (1.500 %)HiPortfolio
13 (1.500 %)SunGard AvantGard
13 (1.500 %)Thomson PORTIA
13 (1.500 %)SimCorp Dimension
13 (1.500 %)SunGard Martini
13 (1.500 %)Adaptiv
13 (1.500 %)FRONT ARENA
13 (1.500 %)Sophis RISQUE
21 (0.500 %)SAP FI
21 (0.500 %)SAP CO
21 (0.500 %)SAP FI/CO
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (1.500 %)TELNET
13 (1.500 %)Internet
13 (1.500 %)3GPP
13 (1.500 %)Firewall
21 (0.500 %)ATM
21 (0.500 %)SMS
21 (0.500 %)TCP/IP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
140 (20.00 %)SQL Server
227 (13.50 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (9.000 %)OLAP
46 (3.000 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
55 (2.500 %)BusinessObjects
64 (2.000 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
64 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (2.000 %)DB2
64 (2.000 %)Datawarehouse
72 (1.000 %)ETL
81 (0.500 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.500 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.500 %)RDBMS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
149 (24.50 %)JUnit
149 (24.50 %)Eclipse
213 (6.500 %)Subversion
311 (5.500 %)JIRA
45 (2.500 %)Visual Studio
54 (2.000 %)ClearQuest
54 (2.000 %)ClearCase
63 (1.500 %)WinRunner
72 (1.000 %)Rational Rose
81 (0.500 %)RequisitePro
81 (0.500 %)TestDirector
81 (0.500 %)QuickTest Pro
81 (0.500 %)CruiseControl
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1153 (76.50 %)Finance
255 (27.50 %)Back Office
330 (15.00 %)Telecoms
421 (10.50 %)Retail
518 (9.000 %)Insurance
518 (9.000 %)Financial Institution
69 (4.500 %)Retail Banking
74 (2.000 %)Investment Banking
83 (1.500 %)Health
83 (1.500 %)Marketing
92 (1.000 %)Pensions
92 (1.000 %)Corporate Banking
92 (1.000 %)Legal
101 (0.500 %)Government
101 (0.500 %)Front Office
101 (0.500 %)Auditing
101 (0.500 %)Online Banking
101 (0.500 %)Wholesale Banking
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1100 (50.00 %)Developer
262 (31.00 %)Java Developer
328 (14.00 %)Senior Developer
427 (13.50 %)Senior Java Developer
427 (13.50 %)Analyst
524 (12.00 %)Project Manager
618 (9.000 %)Java/J2EE Developer
717 (8.500 %)J2EE Developer
816 (8.000 %)SQL Developer
915 (7.500 %)Business Analyst
1012 (6.000 %)VB.NET Developer
1012 (6.000 %).NET Developer
1110 (5.000 %)SQL Server Developer
129 (4.500 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
129 (4.500 %)Architect
129 (4.500 %)ASP.NET Developer
138 (4.000 %)C# Developer
138 (4.000 %)Product Manager
147 (3.500 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
147 (3.500 %)Senior J2EE Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (2.000 %)PMI
23 (1.500 %)CMDB
23 (1.500 %)Java Card
23 (1.500 %)Derivative
23 (1.500 %)Cryptography
32 (1.000 %)Equity Derivative
32 (1.000 %)Clustering
32 (1.000 %)EFT
32 (1.000 %)Arabic Language
41 (0.500 %)IBM Mainframe
41 (0.500 %)Mathematics
41 (0.500 %)Computer Science
41 (0.500 %)Credit Risk
41 (0.500 %)N-Tier
41 (0.500 %)Mainframe
41 (0.500 %)APACS
41 (0.500 %)Fixed Income
41 (0.500 %)Management Information System
41 (0.500 %)Credit Derivative
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (7.000 %)Solaris
212 (6.000 %)UNIX
34 (2.000 %)Linux
43 (1.500 %)Windows
52 (1.000 %)AIX
52 (1.000 %)HPUX
61 (0.500 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.500 %)MVS
61 (0.500 %)zOS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
163 (31.50 %)UML
257 (28.50 %)OO
356 (28.00 %)SOA
431 (15.50 %)RAD
527 (13.50 %)Project Management
623 (11.50 %)Agile Software Development
721 (10.50 %)PRINCE2
810 (5.000 %)Time Management
99 (4.500 %)CRM
99 (4.500 %)Stakeholder Management
106 (3.000 %)Web Development
106 (3.000 %)Supplier Management
115 (2.500 %)ITIL
115 (2.500 %)Business Intelligence
115 (2.500 %)Service Delivery
115 (2.500 %)Business Analysis
115 (2.500 %)Penetration Testing
124 (2.000 %)Change Management
124 (2.000 %)Configuration Management
124 (2.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
177 (38.50 %)Java
272 (36.00 %)SQL
342 (21.00 %)PL/SQL
419 (9.500 %)C#
516 (8.000 %)Transact-SQL
516 (8.000 %)VB.NET
611 (5.500 %)JavaScript
79 (4.500 %)VB
79 (4.500 %)VB6
85 (2.500 %)VBA
94 (2.000 %)C
94 (2.000 %)COBOL
103 (1.500 %)C++
112 (1.000 %)Shell Script
112 (1.000 %)Perl
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (2.000 %)Degree
23 (1.500 %)ITIL Certification
32 (1.000 %)ISEB
41 (0.500 %)MCP
41 (0.500 %)MCSE
41 (0.500 %)Cisco Certification
41 (0.500 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.500 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.500 %)PMP
41 (0.500 %)PMI Certification
41 (0.500 %)CCNP
41 (0.500 %)CCNA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.000 %)SLA
21 (0.500 %)ISO27001
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (2.000 %)AquaLogic
23 (1.500 %)MSMQ
31 (0.500 %)NetBackup
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (1.500 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.500 %)OMEGAMON
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
159 (29.50 %)Oracle
29 (4.500 %)Microsoft
36 (3.000 %)HP
45 (2.500 %)Business Objects
45 (2.500 %)IBM
54 (2.000 %)Cognos
63 (1.500 %)Advent
63 (1.500 %)Sybase
63 (1.500 %)SAP
63 (1.500 %)StatPro
63 (1.500 %)Sun
63 (1.500 %)BMC
63 (1.500 %)SunGard
63 (1.500 %)SimCorp
63 (1.500 %)Sophis
72 (1.000 %)BEA
81 (0.500 %)VERITAS
81 (0.500 %)Citrix
81 (0.500 %)Compaq
81 (0.500 %)Dell