The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail 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 Retail 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
Retail Banking
Rank 7 6 4
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 26 66 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 22.22% 27.85% 31.30%
As % of the General category 26.26% 33.67% 38.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 63 20
Average daily rate £365 £375 £403
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% -6.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £272 £265 £296
10% offered a daily rate of more than £492 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
-1.31% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 -
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%
Retail Banking
West Yorkshire

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax Retail Banking Jobs Demand Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Halifax Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail Banking across the Halifax region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Halifax Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Halifax Retail Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 47 (100.00%) Banking
1 47 (100.00%) Retail
2 28 (59.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (57.45%) Finance
4 19 (40.43%) Project Management
5 11 (23.40%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (14.89%) MS Project
6 7 (14.89%) Test Scripting
7 6 (12.77%) HP Quality Center
7 6 (12.77%) Change Management
8 5 (10.64%) ISTQB
8 5 (10.64%) ISEB
8 5 (10.64%) Business Transformation
9 4 (8.511%) APMP
9 4 (8.511%) Use Case
9 4 (8.511%) PRINCE2
9 4 (8.511%) UML
9 4 (8.511%) Software Testing
9 4 (8.511%) Migration
10 3 (6.383%) MS PowerPoint
10 3 (6.383%) Business Analysis
10 3 (6.383%) MS Excel
10 3 (6.383%) Front Office
10 3 (6.383%) FATCA
11 2 (4.255%) Test Strategy
11 2 (4.255%) Resource Management
11 2 (4.255%) Microsoft
11 2 (4.255%) MS Office
11 2 (4.255%) VBA
11 2 (4.255%) Project Planning

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (2.128%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.128%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.128%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) MS Project
2 3 (6.383%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.383%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (4.255%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.128%) SAP Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.128%) ATM
1 1 (2.128%) Intranet
1 1 (2.128%) NFC
General
1 47 (100.00%) Banking
1 47 (100.00%) Retail
2 27 (57.45%) Finance
3 3 (6.383%) Front Office
4 1 (2.128%) Back Office
4 1 (2.128%) Law
Job Titles
1 23 (48.94%) Analyst
2 11 (23.40%) Project Manager
2 11 (23.40%) Business Analyst
3 10 (21.28%) Test Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (8.511%) Banking Business Analyst
6 3 (6.383%) Senior Test Analyst
6 3 (6.383%) UML Business Analyst
6 3 (6.383%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (4.255%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (4.255%) Implementation Manager
7 2 (4.255%) Developer
7 2 (4.255%) Assistant Project Manager
7 2 (4.255%) Test Leader
7 2 (4.255%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.255%) Project Implementation Manager
7 2 (4.255%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (4.255%) PMO Manager
8 1 (2.128%) Senior Implementation Manager
8 1 (2.128%) UAT Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.128%) Mainframe
1 1 (2.128%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.128%) Online Banking
1 1 (2.128%) Credit Risk
1 1 (2.128%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.128%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (59.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (40.43%) Project Management
3 11 (23.40%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (14.89%) Test Scripting
5 6 (12.77%) Change Management
6 5 (10.64%) Business Transformation
7 4 (8.511%) Use Case
7 4 (8.511%) PRINCE2
7 4 (8.511%) UML
7 4 (8.511%) Migration
7 4 (8.511%) Software Testing
8 3 (6.383%) Business Analysis
9 2 (4.255%) Data Analysis
9 2 (4.255%) Incident Management
9 2 (4.255%) Project Planning
9 2 (4.255%) Resource Management
9 2 (4.255%) Test Strategy
10 1 (2.128%) Analytics
10 1 (2.128%) Test Management
10 1 (2.128%) BPMN
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.255%) VBA
2 1 (2.128%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) ISEB
1 5 (10.64%) ISTQB
2 4 (8.511%) APMP
3 1 (2.128%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.383%) FATCA
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (4.255%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.128%) TIBCO
2 1 (2.128%) Pega
2 1 (2.128%) SAP
2 1 (2.128%) IBM
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