Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the England region.

 Retail Banking
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank119176220
Rank change year-on-year
Up+57Up+44
Matching contract IT job ads641306518
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England1.430 %0.837 %0.675 %
As % of the General category2.692 %1.785 %1.440 %
Daily rates quoted301177300
Average daily rate£413£433£438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.620 %-1.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£311£338£303
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£563£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£425£450
% change year-on-year
-5.880 %-5.550 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
238131714435976
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England53.13 %46.90 %46.87 %
Daily rates quoted12243621813275
Average daily rate£470£425£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.58 %-5.550 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£250£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£575£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted7929952173
Average hourly rate£23.50£24.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.080 %-4.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.19£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£40.80£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Retail Banking UKRetail Banking
UK

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.

Retail Banking
Demand Trend

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

England Retail Banking Demand Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail Banking across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

England Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+15360£425-10.52 %
YorkshireUp+5895£400-20.00 %
North WestUp+2576£400-5.88 %
South WestDown-1054£425-1.16 %
East MidlandsUp+1229£450+5.88 %
South EastNo change015£375-12.79 %
North EastNew entry-5£538-
East of EnglandNew entry-2£350-
West MidlandsUp+91£475-1.04 %
Retail Banking UKRetail Banking
UK

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

11206 (100.00 %)Banking
11206 (100.00 %)Retail
2758 (62.85 %)Finance
3239 (19.82 %)Stakeholder Management
4130 (10.78 %)Project Management
5125 (10.36 %)Business Analysis
6120 (9.950 %)Change Management
790 (7.463 %)Migration
881 (6.716 %)PRINCE2
978 (6.468 %)Insurance
1077 (6.385 %)User Acceptance Testing
1165 (5.390 %)Investment Banking
1262 (5.141 %)MS Project
1360 (4.975 %)MS Visio
1457 (4.726 %)SAP
1556 (4.643 %)SQL
1654 (4.478 %)MS Excel
1751 (4.229 %)MS Office
1751 (4.229 %)CA Clarity
1849 (4.063 %)GAP Analysis
1947 (3.897 %)Internet
2043 (3.566 %)Advertising
2142 (3.483 %)Oracle
2240 (3.317 %)Microsoft
2339 (3.234 %)UML
2438 (3.151 %)Online Banking
2537 (3.068 %)Requirements Analysis
2636 (2.985 %)Credit Risk
2735 (2.902 %)Telecoms
2834 (2.819 %)UNIX

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
125 (2.073 %).NET
216 (1.327 %)WebSphere
314 (1.161 %)Middleware
412 (0.995 %)XML
59 (0.746 %)J2EE
59 (0.746 %)Spring
67 (0.580 %)Web Services
75 (0.415 %)J2ME
75 (0.415 %)BREW
84 (0.332 %)ASP
84 (0.332 %)ASP.NET
84 (0.332 %)JSP
84 (0.332 %)SOAP
92 (0.166 %)HTML
92 (0.166 %)Flash
92 (0.166 %)XSL
101 (0.083 %)ADSI
101 (0.083 %)AWT
101 (0.083 %)JMS
101 (0.083 %)JAXB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
120 (1.658 %)SharePoint
28 (0.663 %)IIS
37 (0.580 %)SAS
37 (0.580 %)WebSphere Application Server
44 (0.332 %)Tomcat
44 (0.332 %)Apache
53 (0.249 %)BizTalk Server
53 (0.249 %)MS Exchange
53 (0.249 %)WebSphere Process Server
62 (0.166 %)TeamSite
62 (0.166 %)CICS
62 (0.166 %)WebSphere MQ
71 (0.083 %)Exchange Server 5.5
71 (0.083 %)Exchange Server 2000
71 (0.083 %)Exchange Server 2003
71 (0.083 %)MQSI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
162 (5.141 %)MS Project
260 (4.975 %)MS Visio
354 (4.478 %)MS Excel
451 (4.229 %)MS Office
451 (4.229 %)CA Clarity
522 (1.824 %)MS PowerPoint
66 (0.498 %)Niku Workbench
72 (0.166 %)InDesign
72 (0.166 %)Photoshop
81 (0.083 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (1.078 %)Temenos T24
29 (0.746 %)SAP FI
38 (0.663 %)VisionPLUS
38 (0.663 %)Oracle Financials
46 (0.498 %)SAP IS-U
46 (0.498 %)SAP CO
46 (0.498 %)SAP FI/CO
55 (0.415 %)SAP FI-GL
63 (0.249 %)SAP WM
63 (0.249 %)Oracle General Ledger
72 (0.166 %)Temenos Globus
72 (0.166 %)SAP R/3
72 (0.166 %)ProfileStage
81 (0.083 %)Oracle EBS
81 (0.083 %)SAP Retail
81 (0.083 %)SalesLogix
81 (0.083 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
147 (3.897 %)Internet
211 (0.912 %)ATM
37 (0.580 %)Intranet
45 (0.415 %)SAN
54 (0.332 %)SMTP
54 (0.332 %)DNS
54 (0.332 %)SMS
54 (0.332 %)Firewall
62 (0.166 %)Network Security
62 (0.166 %)LAN
62 (0.166 %)WAN
62 (0.166 %)TCP/IP
62 (0.166 %)VPN
62 (0.166 %)3G
71 (0.083 %)MPLS
71 (0.083 %)OSPF
71 (0.083 %)Wireless
71 (0.083 %)Ethernet
71 (0.083 %)FTP
71 (0.083 %)HTTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (2.736 %)SQL Server
219 (1.575 %)Datawarehouse
311 (0.912 %)DataStage
311 (0.912 %)BusinessObjects
48 (0.663 %)ETL
57 (0.580 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (0.332 %)MySQL
64 (0.332 %)DB2
64 (0.332 %)Oracle 10g
73 (0.249 %)SQL Server 2000
73 (0.249 %)Data Mining
73 (0.249 %)Oracle 9i
73 (0.249 %)BODI
73 (0.249 %)SQL Server Integration Services
73 (0.249 %)Essbase
73 (0.249 %)Oracle BI EE
73 (0.249 %)BusinessObjects XI
82 (0.166 %)SQL Server 2008
82 (0.166 %)Base SAS
82 (0.166 %)Crystal Reports
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
19 (0.746 %)QuickTest Pro
28 (0.663 %)RequisitePro
35 (0.415 %)Visual Studio
44 (0.332 %)FitNesse
44 (0.332 %)WinRunner
44 (0.332 %)TestDirector
52 (0.166 %)LoadRunner
61 (0.083 %)ERwin
61 (0.083 %)ClearQuest
61 (0.083 %)OpenDeploy
61 (0.083 %)Ant
61 (0.083 %)Subversion
England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11206 (100.00 %)Banking
11206 (100.00 %)Retail
2758 (62.85 %)Finance
378 (6.468 %)Insurance
465 (5.390 %)Investment Banking
543 (3.566 %)Advertising
638 (3.151 %)Online Banking
735 (2.902 %)Telecoms
823 (1.907 %)Corporate Banking
919 (1.575 %)Private Banking
1014 (1.161 %)Pensions
1014 (1.161 %)Financial Institution
1112 (0.995 %)General Ledger
1211 (0.912 %)Back Office
139 (0.746 %)Marketing
147 (0.580 %)Wholesale Banking
147 (0.580 %)Education
156 (0.498 %)Legal
164 (0.332 %)Government
164 (0.332 %)International Banking
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1547 (45.36 %)Analyst
2385 (31.92 %)Business Analyst
3228 (18.91 %)Project Manager
4180 (14.93 %)Banking Business Analyst
567 (5.556 %)Programme Manager
663 (5.224 %)Test Manager
759 (4.892 %)Architect
856 (4.643 %)Senior Analyst
948 (3.980 %)Consultant
948 (3.980 %)Senior Manager
1041 (3.400 %)Test Analyst
1136 (2.985 %)Senior Business Analyst
1232 (2.653 %)Solutions Architect
1331 (2.570 %)PMO Analyst
1430 (2.488 %)Senior Project Manager
1528 (2.322 %)Process Analyst
1627 (2.239 %)Systems Analyst
1726 (2.156 %)Implementation Manager
1824 (1.990 %)PMO Manager
1922 (1.824 %)Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
136 (2.985 %)Credit Risk
214 (1.161 %)Mainframe
37 (0.580 %)Client/Server
37 (0.580 %)French Language
46 (0.498 %)German Language
46 (0.498 %)Fixed Income
46 (0.498 %)Derivative
55 (0.415 %)iPhone
55 (0.415 %)Copywriting
55 (0.415 %)Market Risk
64 (0.332 %)Fat Client
64 (0.332 %)Data Conversion
64 (0.332 %)IVR
64 (0.332 %)STB
64 (0.332 %)Thin Client
73 (0.249 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
73 (0.249 %)Management Information System
73 (0.249 %)Statistics
73 (0.249 %)Mathematics
82 (0.166 %)Computer Science
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
134 (2.819 %)UNIX
227 (2.239 %)Windows
38 (0.663 %)AIX
45 (0.415 %)Android
54 (0.332 %)Windows Vista
63 (0.249 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (0.249 %)zOS
72 (0.166 %)Windows NT
81 (0.083 %)MVS
81 (0.083 %)Windows XP
81 (0.083 %)Solaris
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1239 (19.82 %)Stakeholder Management
2130 (10.78 %)Project Management
3125 (10.36 %)Business Analysis
4120 (9.950 %)Change Management
590 (7.463 %)Migration
681 (6.716 %)PRINCE2
777 (6.385 %)User Acceptance Testing
849 (4.063 %)GAP Analysis
939 (3.234 %)UML
1037 (3.068 %)Requirements Analysis
1134 (2.819 %)Project Planning
1230 (2.488 %)Data Migration
1230 (2.488 %)Data Modelling
1329 (2.405 %)E-Commerce
1428 (2.322 %)Test Scripting
1525 (2.073 %)SSADM
1624 (1.990 %)Software Testing
1723 (1.907 %)Use Case
1723 (1.907 %)Wealth Management
1723 (1.907 %)Cash Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
156 (4.643 %)SQL
229 (2.405 %)C
324 (1.990 %)Java
415 (1.244 %)C#
58 (0.663 %)Perl
67 (0.580 %)VB
76 (0.498 %)VBA
76 (0.498 %)JavaScript
84 (0.332 %)Python
93 (0.249 %)PL/SQL
102 (0.166 %)C++
102 (0.166 %)COBOL
102 (0.166 %)T-SQL
102 (0.166 %)Shell Script
111 (0.083 %)VBScript
111 (0.083 %)VB.NET
111 (0.083 %)Jython
111 (0.083 %)SAS Macro
England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
134 (2.819 %)ISEB
219 (1.575 %)PRINCE2 Certification
313 (1.078 %)Degree
47 (0.580 %)CISSP
54 (0.332 %)ISTQB
54 (0.332 %)ITIL Certification
54 (0.332 %)CISA
54 (0.332 %)CISM
63 (0.249 %)Cisco Certification
63 (0.249 %)Microsoft Certification
63 (0.249 %)CCNP
63 (0.249 %)CCNA
63 (0.249 %)MCSE
63 (0.249 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
72 (0.166 %)Security Cleared
72 (0.166 %)MBA
72 (0.166 %)PhD
72 (0.166 %)PMI Certification
81 (0.083 %)ACCA
81 (0.083 %)QiCA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
131 (2.570 %)QA
220 (1.658 %)Basel II
319 (1.575 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
413 (1.078 %)PCI DSS
58 (0.663 %)SLA
66 (0.498 %)ISO27001
73 (0.249 %)BS7799
82 (0.166 %)ISO17799
91 (0.083 %)COBIT
91 (0.083 %)MiFID
England IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (0.249 %)Active Directory
21 (0.083 %)VMware ESX
21 (0.083 %)VMware Infrastructure
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.249 %)SCCM
22 (0.166 %)SCOM
22 (0.166 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (0.083 %)CONTROL-M
31 (0.083 %)Tivoli
31 (0.083 %)Unicenter
31 (0.083 %)MIIS
31 (0.083 %)CiscoWorks
England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
157 (4.726 %)SAP
242 (3.483 %)Oracle
340 (3.317 %)Microsoft
418 (1.493 %)IBM
512 (0.995 %)Temenos
611 (0.912 %)Business Objects
710 (0.829 %)Casewise
87 (0.580 %)Niku
87 (0.580 %)HP
96 (0.498 %)JBoss
105 (0.415 %)Symbian
105 (0.415 %)Cisco
114 (0.332 %)Fundtech
114 (0.332 %)Sybase
114 (0.332 %)Calypso
114 (0.332 %)Informatica
114 (0.332 %)CheckPoint
123 (0.249 %)PeopleSoft
123 (0.249 %)Planview
123 (0.249 %)Brocade