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The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Halifax region.

 Retail Banking
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank5-18
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching contract IT job ads5401
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax34.39 %-1.220 %
As % of the General category38.57 %-3.125 %
Daily rates quoted2100
Average daily rate£400--
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£425£450
% change year-on-year
-5.880 %-5.550 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1401832
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax89.17 %60.00 %39.02 %
Daily rates quoted5728
Average daily rate£365£325£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.30 %+8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£305£277
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£470£345£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted100
Average hourly rate£11.00--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Retail Banking West YorkshireRetail Banking
West Yorkshire

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.

Retail Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail Banking across the Halifax region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Halifax Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 19 March 2010, 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.

170 (100.00 %)Banking
170 (100.00 %)Retail
241 (58.57 %)Finance
311 (15.71 %)Project Management
49 (12.86 %)Migration
58 (11.43 %)Change Management
58 (11.43 %)Stakeholder Management
67 (10.00 %)Insurance
67 (10.00 %)Business Analysis
76 (8.571 %)Credit Risk
76 (8.571 %)Enterprise Architecture
85 (7.143 %)Temenos
85 (7.143 %)MS Project
85 (7.143 %)Advertising
85 (7.143 %)Temenos T24
85 (7.143 %)Data Architecture
94 (5.714 %)SAP FI-GL
94 (5.714 %)Test Scripting
94 (5.714 %)Wealth Management
94 (5.714 %)Private Banking
94 (5.714 %)Programme Management
94 (5.714 %)Oracle
94 (5.714 %)SAP
94 (5.714 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
94 (5.714 %)ERP
103 (4.286 %)C
103 (4.286 %)MS Office
103 (4.286 %)MS Excel
103 (4.286 %)ETL
103 (4.286 %)Data Migration

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (1.429 %)SharePoint
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (7.143 %)MS Project
23 (4.286 %)MS Office
23 (4.286 %)MS Excel
32 (2.857 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (1.429 %)MS Visio
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (7.143 %)Temenos T24
24 (5.714 %)SAP FI-GL
33 (4.286 %)Oracle General Ledger
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (1.429 %)Internet
11 (1.429 %)ATM
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (4.286 %)ETL
22 (2.857 %)Datawarehouse
31 (1.429 %)OLAP
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
170 (100.00 %)Banking
170 (100.00 %)Retail
241 (58.57 %)Finance
37 (10.00 %)Insurance
45 (7.143 %)Advertising
54 (5.714 %)Private Banking
62 (2.857 %)Financial Institution
71 (1.429 %)Health
71 (1.429 %)Corporate Banking
71 (1.429 %)General Ledger
71 (1.429 %)Marketing
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
134 (48.57 %)Analyst
223 (32.86 %)Business Analyst
313 (18.57 %)Project Manager
410 (14.29 %)Banking Business Analyst
59 (12.86 %)Architect
59 (12.86 %)Solutions Architect
67 (10.00 %)PMO Analyst
76 (8.571 %)Test Manager
82 (2.857 %)Credit Risk Analyst
82 (2.857 %)Test Analyst
82 (2.857 %)Implementation Manager
82 (2.857 %)Senior Analyst
82 (2.857 %)Process Analyst
91 (1.429 %)Business Process Analyst
91 (1.429 %)Programme Manager
91 (1.429 %)Applications Architect
91 (1.429 %)Credit Risk Business Analyst
91 (1.429 %)Risk Manager
91 (1.429 %)Data Analyst
91 (1.429 %)Programme Office Manager
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (8.571 %)Credit Risk
21 (1.429 %)Mainframe
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (1.429 %)zOS
11 (1.429 %)UNIX
11 (1.429 %)AIX
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (15.71 %)Project Management
29 (12.86 %)Migration
38 (11.43 %)Change Management
38 (11.43 %)Stakeholder Management
47 (10.00 %)Business Analysis
56 (8.571 %)Enterprise Architecture
65 (7.143 %)Data Architecture
74 (5.714 %)Test Scripting
74 (5.714 %)Wealth Management
74 (5.714 %)Programme Management
74 (5.714 %)ERP
83 (4.286 %)Data Migration
83 (4.286 %)Test Management
92 (2.857 %)Project Planning
92 (2.857 %)PRINCE2
101 (1.429 %)Regression Testing
101 (1.429 %)GAP Analysis
101 (1.429 %)Risk Management
101 (1.429 %)Workflow
101 (1.429 %)Validation
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (4.286 %)C
21 (1.429 %)VBA
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (1.429 %)ISEB
11 (1.429 %)ACCA
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (5.714 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (1.429 %)Basel II
21 (1.429 %)QA
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (7.143 %)Temenos
24 (5.714 %)Oracle
24 (5.714 %)SAP
31 (1.429 %)Casewise
31 (1.429 %)IBM
31 (1.429 %)Microsoft