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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Investment Banking' in contract IT jobs within the Kent region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Investment Banking over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInvestment Banking
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4651
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.117 %0.474 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£430
% change on same period last year-22.58 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50£30.00
% change on same period last year+41.66 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads179211
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.288 %0.227 %
Daily rates quoted4445
Average minimum daily rate£313£342
Average daily rate£323£362
% change on same period last year-10.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£378
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted2329
Average minimum hourly rate£20.10£23.16
Average hourly rate£21.03£24.48
% change on same period last year-14.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.95£25.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£26.62
% change on same period last year+2.74 %
Investment Banking South EastInvestment Banking
South East

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.

Investment Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Investment Banking across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Kent Investment Banking Demand Trend

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Investment Banking Daily Rate Trend

Investment Banking
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

14 (100.00 %)SQL
14 (100.00 %)Finance
14 (100.00 %)Banking
14 (100.00 %)Asset Management
14 (100.00 %)Fund Management
14 (100.00 %)Investment Management
23 (75.00 %)RPG
23 (75.00 %)AS400
23 (75.00 %)DB2
31 (25.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (25.00 %)Active Directory
31 (25.00 %)HP
31 (25.00 %)Intel
31 (25.00 %)Citrix
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (25.00 %)Project Management
31 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)Altiris
31 (25.00 %)VMware
31 (25.00 %)VMware ESX
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (25.00 %)WSUS
31 (25.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server

Investment Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (75.00 %)DB2
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (100.00 %)Finance
14 (100.00 %)Banking
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Developer
13 (75.00 %)Applications Support
13 (75.00 %)AS400 Support
13 (75.00 %)AS400 Developer
21 (25.00 %)Senior Infrastructure Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Senior Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)AS400
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Windows
11 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (100.00 %)Asset Management
14 (100.00 %)Fund Management
14 (100.00 %)Investment Management
21 (25.00 %)Project Management
21 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)RPG
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
11 (25.00 %)VMware ESX
11 (25.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (25.00 %)WSUS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)HP
11 (25.00 %)Intel
11 (25.00 %)Citrix
11 (25.00 %)VMware
11 (25.00 %)Altiris