The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 21 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 Gloucestershire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Banking
Rank 32 18 39
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +21
Contract jobs citing Banking 5 59 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.825% 8.819% 1.399%
As % of the General category 8.333% 26.58% 4.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 56 4
Average daily rate £375 £380 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% -7.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £339 £325 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £390 £385
% change year-on-year
- +1.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £16.63
% change year-on-year
-18.18% +32.33%
All of the General Category
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
60 222 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 21.90% 33.18% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 126 46
Average daily rate £375 £365 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.73% +16.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £451 £475 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 24 36
Average hourly rate £34.00 £25.00 £35.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.00% -29.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.65 £25.00 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.30 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Banking
South West

Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Banking Hourly 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Gloucester -7 1 £425 +11.84%
Banking
South West

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 14 (82.35%) Finance
2 11 (64.71%) Retail
3 9 (52.94%) SQL
4 8 (47.06%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (47.06%) Retail Banking
5 7 (41.18%) VB.NET
5 7 (41.18%) .NET
5 7 (41.18%) Oracle
5 7 (41.18%) PL/SQL
6 6 (35.29%) Visual Studio
6 6 (35.29%) TOAD
6 6 (35.29%) Dimensional Modelling
7 5 (29.41%) Silverlight
7 5 (29.41%) OOP
7 5 (29.41%) XML
8 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (23.53%) Basel II
9 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
9 3 (17.65%) Change Management
9 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
10 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (11.76%) Change Control
10 2 (11.76%) SAS
10 2 (11.76%) RDBMS
10 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
10 2 (11.76%) MS Access
10 2 (11.76%) ODBC
11 1 (5.882%) Windows
11 1 (5.882%) C#
11 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Application Development
1 7 (41.18%) .NET
2 5 (29.41%) Silverlight
2 5 (29.41%) XML
3 2 (11.76%) ODBC
4 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (47.06%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (35.29%) TOAD
3 2 (11.76%) RDBMS
3 2 (11.76%) MS Access
4 1 (5.882%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (82.35%) Finance
2 11 (64.71%) Retail
3 8 (47.06%) Retail Banking
4 1 (5.882%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.882%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Developer
1 7 (41.18%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Business Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle Developer
3 2 (11.76%) .NET Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Trainer
4 1 (5.882%) Test Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Development Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Systems Development Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Risk Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) VB.NET Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Systems Developer
4 1 (5.882%) SQL Developer
4 1 (5.882%) PL/SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Credit Risk
1 1 (5.882%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.882%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Dimensional Modelling
2 5 (29.41%) OOP
3 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) Change Management
4 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.76%) Change Control
6 1 (5.882%) CRM
6 1 (5.882%) ETL
6 1 (5.882%) Validation
6 1 (5.882%) Migration
6 1 (5.882%) E-business
6 1 (5.882%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (5.882%) Project Management
6 1 (5.882%) Business Transformation
6 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) SQL
2 7 (41.18%) VB.NET
2 7 (41.18%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.882%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Basel II
2 1 (5.882%) FATCA
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Oracle
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
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