The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Fife region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 24 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 Fife 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Banking
Rank 5 6 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Banking 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Fife 11.43% 2.703% -
As % of the General category 21.05% 50.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £323 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £390 £385
% change year-on-year
+2.56% +1.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £22.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.68% +15.78%
All of the General Category
Fife
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
19 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Fife 54.29% 5.405% 29.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 1
Average daily rate £330 £348 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.03% +3.73%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Banking
Scotland

Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Fife Banking Jobs Demand Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Fife Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Fife region over the 3 months to 24 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
Dunfermline 0 2 £264 -41.38%
Banking
Scotland

Banking
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Fife 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.

1 4 (80.00%) Retail
1 4 (80.00%) Retail Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) ISEB
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
2 2 (40.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (40.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) MS Project
3 1 (20.00%) MS Office
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Fife 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.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
General
1 4 (80.00%) Retail
1 4 (80.00%) Retail Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) HP Quality Center