The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Edinburgh 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 24 14 15
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +1
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 48 63 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 5.189% 5.932% 6.672%
As % of the General category 10.15% 8.738% 9.716%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 42 56
Average daily rate £438 £378 £401
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.89% -5.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £299 £310 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £523 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £396 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+4.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £145.00
% change year-on-year
- -86.20%
All of the General Category
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
473 721 916
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 51.14% 67.89% 68.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 337 488
Average daily rate £425 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 5
Average hourly rate £10.00 £12.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -17.24%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £7.50 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.15 £32.00 £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Retail Banking
Scotland

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Retail Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 74 (100.00%) Banking
1 74 (100.00%) Retail
2 28 (37.84%) Finance
3 25 (33.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (13.51%) Project Management
5 6 (8.108%) Workflow
5 6 (8.108%) Business Analysis
6 5 (6.757%) Document Management
6 5 (6.757%) Change Management
6 5 (6.757%) Migration
6 5 (6.757%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (6.757%) SAS
7 4 (5.405%) Java
7 4 (5.405%) ETL
7 4 (5.405%) Teradata
7 4 (5.405%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (5.405%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (4.054%) Spring
8 3 (4.054%) Investment Banking
8 3 (4.054%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (4.054%) Credit Risk
8 3 (4.054%) Multithreading
8 3 (4.054%) Time Management
8 3 (4.054%) Data Migration
8 3 (4.054%) MongoDB
8 3 (4.054%) NoSQL
8 3 (4.054%) Scala
8 3 (4.054%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (4.054%) Open Source
8 3 (4.054%) Risk Management

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Application Development
1 3 (4.054%) Hibernate
1 3 (4.054%) Spring
2 2 (2.703%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.351%) J2EE
3 1 (1.351%) WebSphere MQ
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.757%) SAS
2 1 (1.351%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (1.351%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (4.054%) MS Project
2 2 (2.703%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.351%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.351%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.703%) ATM
2 1 (1.351%) HTTP
2 1 (1.351%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.351%) SAN
2 1 (1.351%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.757%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.054%) PowerCenter
2 3 (4.054%) MongoDB
2 3 (4.054%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.351%) QlikView
3 1 (1.351%) SQL Server
General
1 74 (100.00%) Banking
1 74 (100.00%) Retail
2 28 (37.84%) Finance
3 3 (4.054%) Investment Banking
3 3 (4.054%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.054%) Games
4 2 (2.703%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (2.703%) Back Office
5 1 (1.351%) Front Office
5 1 (1.351%) Legal
Job Titles
1 21 (28.38%) Analyst
2 18 (24.32%) Architect
3 14 (18.92%) Solutions Architect
4 13 (17.57%) Project Manager
5 11 (14.86%) Business Analyst
6 5 (6.757%) Senior Architect
7 4 (5.405%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 4 (5.405%) Banking Business Analyst
7 4 (5.405%) Test Analyst
7 4 (5.405%) Developer
7 4 (5.405%) Senior Manager
7 4 (5.405%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (5.405%) Business Architect
8 3 (4.054%) Data Modeller
8 3 (4.054%) Java Developer
8 3 (4.054%) Data Analyst
8 3 (4.054%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (4.054%) Test Manager
8 3 (4.054%) Test Leader
9 2 (2.703%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.054%) Mainframe
1 3 (4.054%) Credit Risk
1 3 (4.054%) Open Source
1 3 (4.054%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.351%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.351%) Online Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (33.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (13.51%) Project Management
3 6 (8.108%) Workflow
3 6 (8.108%) Business Analysis
4 5 (6.757%) Migration
4 5 (6.757%) Document Management
4 5 (6.757%) Change Management
5 4 (5.405%) ETL
5 4 (5.405%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (5.405%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (4.054%) Multithreading
6 3 (4.054%) Time Management
6 3 (4.054%) Data Migration
6 3 (4.054%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (4.054%) Risk Management
6 3 (4.054%) Data Modelling
7 2 (2.703%) ITIL
7 2 (2.703%) Programme Management
7 2 (2.703%) Asset Management
7 2 (2.703%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.405%) Java
2 3 (4.054%) Scala
3 1 (1.351%) C#
3 1 (1.351%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.351%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (4.054%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (5.405%) Teradata
2 3 (4.054%) Informatica
3 1 (1.351%) Cadis
3 1 (1.351%) Oracle
3 1 (1.351%) Business Objects
3 1 (1.351%) JBoss
3 1 (1.351%) Microsoft
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Will possess a minimum of 5 years testing experience, quality center and knowledge of the full testing lifecycle. Will have previously worked on a large business change programme...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £330 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
PMO Analyst is urgently required for a leading Retail Bank based in Scotland. It is essential that candidates have at least four years experience in the PMO; financial...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £300.00 - £320.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Our financial services client are currently looking to recruit 2 Service Analysts, preferably with experience in Migration of processes from one organisation to the other, ensuring that all...
Sanderson
Rate: £24000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 4 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
We are looking for a seasonsed Solution architect's with experience of Retail banking to help design and support the development of our clients architecture assets across multiple...
Sanderson
Rate: £400 - £600 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Edinburgh -ASAP Start -£425-£450 per day -6 Months My client is looking for a Solution Architect with good business skills and a strong background in Retail Banking...
Sanderson
Rate: £425 - £450 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Head Resourcing
Posted: 12 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Sanderson
Rate: £420 - £460 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013