Halifax Basel II Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Basel Capital Accord (Basel II) skills within the Halifax region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Basel II over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Basel Capital Accord (Basel II)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London East Midlands Edinburgh England Halifax Hampshire London Milton Keynes North West Northampton Northamptonshire Scotland South East South Wales South West Thames Valley UK Wales Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£400	£434
% change on same period last year	-7.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Quality Assurance & Compliance Halifax
Matching contract IT job ads	2	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.001 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£297	-
Average daily rate	£297	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£297	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£372	£348
% change on same period last year	+6.91 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.00	-
Average hourly rate	£12.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£12.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.12	£25.92
% change on same period last year	-3.07 %
Basel II West Yorkshire

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.

Basel II
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Basel II across the Halifax region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Basel II
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing Basel II 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 Basel II.

1 1 (100.00 %) Finance 1 1 (100.00 %) Statistics 1 1 (100.00 %) Degree 1 1 (100.00 %) Mathematics

Basel II
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing Basel II 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 Basel II. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Test Manager
Miscellaneous 1 1 (100.00 %) Statistics 1 1 (100.00 %) Mathematics	Qualifications 1 1 (100.00 %) Degree