The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Investment Banking over the 3 months to 20 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 Halifax 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Investment Banking
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 1.709% - -
As % of the General category 2.020% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £390 £388
% change year-on-year
+8.97% +0.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £23.50 £69.00
% change year-on-year
-36.17% -65.94%
All of the General Category
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
99 196 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 84.62% 82.70% 81.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 177 60
Average daily rate £365 £380 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.94% -3.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £270 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £472 £485
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 £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Investment Banking
West Yorkshire

Investment Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax Investment Banking Jobs Demand Trend

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Halifax Investment Banking Daily Rate Trend

Investment Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing Investment 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 Investment Banking.

1 4 (100.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) CSS
2 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (50.00%) RIP
2 2 (50.00%) SNMP
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) CCNP
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Nokia
2 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) VRRP
2 2 (50.00%) NetScreen
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) IPsec
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Device Driver
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (50.00%) Network Management
2 2 (50.00%) FWSM
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (50.00%) HSRP
3 1 (25.00%) SQL

Investment Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing Investment 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 Investment Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) RIP
1 2 (50.00%) SNMP
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
1 2 (50.00%) OSPF
1 2 (50.00%) BGP
1 2 (50.00%) VRRP
1 2 (50.00%) NetScreen
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
1 2 (50.00%) IPsec
1 2 (50.00%) VLAN
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (50.00%) FWSM
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (50.00%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Mart
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Support Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Nokia
1 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Business Objects