England Retail Banking Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail Banking' in contract IT jobs within the 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 Retail Banking over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Retail Banking
Location Andover Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Croydon Dartford Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Halifax Hampshire Home Counties Kent Knutsford Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Poole Pudsey Reading Scotland Somerset South Coast South East South West Street Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	202	258
Rank change on same period last year	+56
Matching contract IT job ads	518	530
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.690 %	0.536 %
As % of the category below	1.526 %	1.183 %
Daily rates quoted	301	322
Average minimum daily rate	£427	£394
Average daily rate	£456	£416
% change on same period last year	+9.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£484	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£423	£396
% change on same period last year	+6.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.00	£32.33
Average hourly rate	£12.00	£34.00
% change on same period last year	-64.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£12.00	£35.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.50	£34.00
% change on same period last year	-54.41 %
General England
Matching contract IT job ads	33943	44786
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	45.24 %	45.31 %
Daily rates quoted	13166	16359
Average minimum daily rate	£417	£422
Average daily rate	£447	£450
% change on same period last year	-0.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£476	£479
UK excluding London average daily rate	£383	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	1966	2214
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.07	£25.28
Average hourly rate	£26.84	£27.03
% change on same period last year	-0.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.60	£28.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.78	£27.25
% change on same period last year	-1.70 %
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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.

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.

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.

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 25 July 2008.

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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.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail Banking across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+54	286	£480	+10.98 %
South East	+54	73	£416	+10.91 %
South West	+41	66	£442	+13.55 %
East Midlands	+12	39	£458	+5.94 %
North West	+2	29	£382	-5.15 %
Yorkshire	+16	14	£375	+10.41 %
Midlands	+9	6	£450	+13.92 %
West Midlands	-8	4	£331	-10.67 %
East of England	-15	2	-	-
South Coast	-	1	£300	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1 1038 (100.00 %) Banking 1 1038 (100.00 %) Retail 2 634 (61.08 %) Finance 3 165 (15.90 %) Project Management 4 146 (14.07 %) Stakeholder Management 5 113 (10.89 %) PRINCE2 6 105 (10.12 %) Business Analysis 7 84 (8.092 %) Investment Management 8 82 (7.900 %) Migration 9 67 (6.455 %) Change Management 10 65 (6.262 %) UNIX 11 59 (5.684 %) Oracle 12 57 (5.491 %) Windows 12 57 (5.491 %) GAP Analysis 13 56 (5.395 %) UML

14 55 (5.299 %) Insurance 15 51 (4.913 %) Requirements Analysis 16 50 (4.817 %) Java 17 49 (4.721 %) CA Clarity 18 46 (4.432 %) J2EE 18 46 (4.432 %) Credit Risk 19 45 (4.335 %) Internet 20 43 (4.143 %) XML 21 40 (3.854 %) User Acceptance Testing 22 39 (3.757 %) SQL 22 39 (3.757 %) Data Modelling 23 38 (3.661 %) Online Banking 23 38 (3.661 %) Risk Analysis 24 36 (3.468 %) Derivative 24 36 (3.468 %) DSDM

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Application Development 1 46 (4.432 %) J2EE 2 43 (4.143 %) XML 3 28 (2.697 %) WebSphere 3 28 (2.697 %) .NET 4 18 (1.734 %) Struts 5 15 (1.445 %) XSLT 6 14 (1.349 %) JSP 7 11 (1.060 %) Servlets 7 11 (1.060 %) Hibernate 8 10 (0.963 %) EJB 8 10 (0.963 %) ASP.NET 9 9 (0.867 %) Spring 10 7 (0.674 %) Middleware 11 6 (0.578 %) HTML 12 5 (0.482 %) WebServices 13 3 (0.289 %) MFC 13 3 (0.289 %) JMS 13 3 (0.289 %) .NET Framework 13 3 (0.289 %) JDBC 14 2 (0.193 %) WBIMB	Application Platforms 1 33 (3.179 %) SAS 2 8 (0.771 %) WebLogic 3 7 (0.674 %) CICS 4 5 (0.482 %) MQSeries 5 3 (0.289 %) Tuxedo 5 3 (0.289 %) Lotus Notes 5 3 (0.289 %) BizTalk Server 6 2 (0.193 %) SharePoint 7 1 (0.096 %) Apache 7 1 (0.096 %) Tomcat 7 1 (0.096 %) IIS 7 1 (0.096 %) WebSphere MQ 7 1 (0.096 %) WebLogic Portal 7 1 (0.096 %) Oracle Workflow 7 1 (0.096 %) Gentran 7 1 (0.096 %) Oracle Application Server 7 1 (0.096 %) Oracle 10gAS
Applications 1 49 (4.721 %) CA Clarity 2 29 (2.794 %) MS Project 3 17 (1.638 %) MS Office 4 15 (1.445 %) MS Visio 5 7 (0.674 %) MS Excel 6 6 (0.578 %) MS PowerPoint 7 5 (0.482 %) Spreadsheet 8 3 (0.289 %) Open Workbench 9 1 (0.096 %) Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite	Business Applications 1 32 (3.083 %) RMDS 2 6 (0.578 %) SAP ERP 3 4 (0.385 %) SAP HCM 4 3 (0.289 %) AWD 4 3 (0.289 %) VisionPLUS 5 2 (0.193 %) Temenos Globus 5 2 (0.193 %) FLEXCUBE 6 1 (0.096 %) SAP HR 6 1 (0.096 %) SAP FI 6 1 (0.096 %) Staffware 6 1 (0.096 %) BASE24 6 1 (0.096 %) SAP FI/CO 6 1 (0.096 %) SAP CO
Communications & Networking 1 45 (4.335 %) Internet 2 9 (0.867 %) ATM 3 4 (0.385 %) SAN 4 3 (0.289 %) MPLS 5 2 (0.193 %) Firewall 5 2 (0.193 %) LAN 5 2 (0.193 %) TCP/IP 5 2 (0.193 %) SSL 6 1 (0.096 %) Extranet 6 1 (0.096 %) WAN 6 1 (0.096 %) POP3 6 1 (0.096 %) SMTP 6 1 (0.096 %) FTP 6 1 (0.096 %) Network Security	Database & Business Intelligence 1 32 (3.083 %) SQL Server 2 18 (1.734 %) Oracle 10g 2 18 (1.734 %) Base SAS 3 17 (1.638 %) DB2 4 16 (1.541 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 16 (1.541 %) SQL Server 2005 5 10 (0.963 %) BusinessObjects 5 10 (0.963 %) Datawarehouse 6 6 (0.578 %) RDBMS 7 5 (0.482 %) PowerCenter 8 4 (0.385 %) ETL 9 3 (0.289 %) Data Mining 9 3 (0.289 %) Reference Data 10 2 (0.193 %) Data Mart 11 1 (0.096 %) SAS Enterprise Guide 11 1 (0.096 %) MS Access 11 1 (0.096 %) OLAP 11 1 (0.096 %) Crystal Reports 11 1 (0.096 %) Oracle Reports 11 1 (0.096 %) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications 1 16 (1.541 %) TestDirector 2 5 (0.482 %) Rational Rose 3 3 (0.289 %) ClearCase 3 3 (0.289 %) RequisitePro 4 2 (0.193 %) ClearQuest 4 2 (0.193 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5 1 (0.096 %) JUnit 5 1 (0.096 %) Visual Studio 5 1 (0.096 %) Oracle Forms 5 1 (0.096 %) Eclipse 5 1 (0.096 %) Dreamweaver 5 1 (0.096 %) LoadRunner 5 1 (0.096 %) CruiseControl 5 1 (0.096 %) ProC	General 1 1038 (100.00 %) Banking 1 1038 (100.00 %) Retail 2 634 (61.08 %) Finance 3 55 (5.299 %) Insurance 4 38 (3.661 %) Online Banking 5 32 (3.083 %) Marketing 6 25 (2.408 %) Pensions 7 24 (2.312 %) Front Office 8 19 (1.830 %) Financial Institution 9 17 (1.638 %) Education 10 14 (1.349 %) Investment Banking 11 11 (1.060 %) Government 11 11 (1.060 %) Back Office 12 9 (0.867 %) Legal 13 8 (0.771 %) Corporate Banking 14 7 (0.674 %) Telecoms 15 5 (0.482 %) Manufacturing 16 4 (0.385 %) Private Banking 17 2 (0.193 %) Auditing 17 2 (0.193 %) International Banking
Job Titles 1 384 (36.99 %) Analyst 2 272 (26.20 %) Business Analyst 3 249 (23.99 %) Project Manager 4 116 (11.18 %) Banking Business Analyst 5 66 (6.358 %) Trainee 6 63 (6.069 %) Developer 7 50 (4.817 %) Programme Manager 8 43 (4.143 %) Senior Manager 9 41 (3.950 %) Senior Analyst 10 37 (3.565 %) J2EE Developer 11 36 (3.468 %) Java Developer 12 34 (3.276 %) Java/J2EE Developer 13 30 (2.890 %) Architect 14 29 (2.794 %) Test Manager 14 29 (2.794 %) Business Manager 15 26 (2.505 %) Senior Project Manager 16 25 (2.408 %) Test Analyst 17 23 (2.216 %) Systems Analyst 18 21 (2.023 %) Consultant 18 21 (2.023 %) Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 46 (4.432 %) Credit Risk 2 36 (3.468 %) Derivative 3 35 (3.372 %) Credit Derivative 4 21 (2.023 %) Fixed Income 5 17 (1.638 %) French Language 6 12 (1.156 %) Mainframe 7 10 (0.963 %) EPoS 8 8 (0.771 %) EFT 8 8 (0.771 %) IBM Mainframe 9 7 (0.674 %) Management Information System 10 5 (0.482 %) IVR 11 4 (0.385 %) EMV 12 3 (0.289 %) VSAM 13 2 (0.193 %) CLARiiON 13 2 (0.193 %) Symmetrix 13 2 (0.193 %) EMC Centera 13 2 (0.193 %) HACMP 13 2 (0.193 %) Tandem 13 2 (0.193 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 14 1 (0.096 %) Portuguese Language
Operating Systems 1 65 (6.262 %) UNIX 2 57 (5.491 %) Windows 3 21 (2.023 %) Solaris 3 21 (2.023 %) Linux 4 7 (0.674 %) Windows NT 5 6 (0.578 %) AIX 6 4 (0.385 %) MVS 6 4 (0.385 %) Windows Server 2003 7 3 (0.289 %) Windows 2000 8 2 (0.193 %) HPUX 9 1 (0.096 %) VMS 9 1 (0.096 %) zOS	Processes & Methodologies 1 165 (15.90 %) Project Management 2 146 (14.07 %) Stakeholder Management 3 113 (10.89 %) PRINCE2 4 105 (10.12 %) Business Analysis 5 84 (8.092 %) Investment Management 6 82 (7.900 %) Migration 7 67 (6.455 %) Change Management 8 57 (5.491 %) GAP Analysis 9 56 (5.395 %) UML 10 51 (4.913 %) Requirements Analysis 11 40 (3.854 %) User Acceptance Testing 12 39 (3.757 %) Data Modelling 13 38 (3.661 %) Risk Analysis 14 36 (3.468 %) DSDM 15 35 (3.372 %) SSADM 15 35 (3.372 %) Data Analysis 16 32 (3.083 %) PRINCE 17 29 (2.794 %) BPR 17 29 (2.794 %) Programme Management 18 28 (2.697 %) Data Migration
Programming Languages 1 50 (4.817 %) Java 2 39 (3.757 %) SQL 3 29 (2.794 %) C# 4 16 (1.541 %) VBA 5 7 (0.674 %) C++ 5 7 (0.674 %) COBOL 6 6 (0.578 %) SAS Macro 7 5 (0.482 %) JCL 7 5 (0.482 %) PL/SQL 8 4 (0.385 %) JavaScript 9 3 (0.289 %) Perl 9 3 (0.289 %) VB.NET 10 2 (0.193 %) Shell Script 10 2 (0.193 %) VBScript 10 2 (0.193 %) VB 11 1 (0.096 %) Transact-SQL 11 1 (0.096 %) VC++ 11 1 (0.096 %) RPG 11 1 (0.096 %) Delphi 11 1 (0.096 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 19 (1.830 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 13 (1.252 %) Citrix Certification 3 12 (1.156 %) ISEB 4 10 (0.963 %) Degree 5 5 (0.482 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 6 3 (0.289 %) SAS Certification 6 3 (0.289 %) PMP 6 3 (0.289 %) PMI Certification 7 2 (0.193 %) ACCA 8 1 (0.096 %) CIMA 8 1 (0.096 %) MBA 8 1 (0.096 %) CISSP 8 1 (0.096 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 30 (2.890 %) Basel II 2 13 (1.252 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 8 (0.771 %) SLA 4 6 (0.578 %) QA 5 2 (0.193 %) PCI DSS 6 1 (0.096 %) BS7799 6 1 (0.096 %) ISO8583 6 1 (0.096 %) ISO27001	System Software 1 18 (1.734 %) NetBackup 2 16 (1.541 %) NFS 3 8 (0.771 %) Active Directory 4 3 (0.289 %) Oracle RMAN 5 2 (0.193 %) Oracle RAC 6 1 (0.096 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 1 (0.096 %) VMware Infrastructure 6 1 (0.096 %) AquaLogic 6 1 (0.096 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 4 (0.385 %) Tivoli 1 4 (0.385 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 2 (0.193 %) Legato 2 2 (0.193 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 2 (0.193 %) RepliStor 2 2 (0.193 %) EMC NetWorker 3 1 (0.096 %) MAINVIEW 3 1 (0.096 %) Tivoli Monitoring 3 1 (0.096 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 3 1 (0.096 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 59 (5.684 %) Oracle 2 32 (3.083 %) Reuters 3 28 (2.697 %) SAP 4 21 (2.023 %) Microsoft 5 17 (1.638 %) Cisco 5 17 (1.638 %) IBM 5 17 (1.638 %) Bloomberg 5 17 (1.638 %) Mitel 6 16 (1.541 %) VERITAS 6 16 (1.541 %) Red Hat 7 10 (0.963 %) Business Objects 8 8 (0.771 %) Chordiant 9 7 (0.674 %) Siebel 10 6 (0.578 %) BEA 11 5 (0.482 %) Sun 12 4 (0.385 %) Casewise 13 3 (0.289 %) Fundtech 13 3 (0.289 %) Citrix 13 3 (0.289 %) Peregrine 13 3 (0.289 %) Remedy