The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Knutsford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 24 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 Knutsford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Banking
Rank 2 2 9
Rank change year-on-year
0 +7
Contract jobs citing Banking 29 20 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 28.71% 27.78% 12.03%
As % of the General category 44.62% 37.74% 13.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 15
Average daily rate £370 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £279 £115
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £487 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £390 £385
% change year-on-year
+2.56% +1.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £22.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.68% +15.78%
All of the General Category
Knutsford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
65 53 139
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 64.36% 73.61% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 35 122
Average daily rate £370 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84% +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £454 £389
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Banking
Cheshire

Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knutsford Banking Jobs Demand Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Knutsford Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking across the Knutsford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Knutsford Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Knutsford Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford region citing 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 Banking.

1 32 (66.67%) Finance
2 25 (52.08%) Retail
3 22 (45.83%) Retail Banking
4 12 (25.00%) Project Management
4 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (20.83%) Migration
5 10 (20.83%) IBM
6 9 (18.75%) Mainframe
7 8 (16.67%) UNIX
8 6 (12.50%) Java
9 5 (10.42%) Middleware
9 5 (10.42%) Workflow
9 5 (10.42%) Content Management
10 4 (8.333%) Verint
10 4 (8.333%) C
10 4 (8.333%) Siebel
10 4 (8.333%) LAN
10 4 (8.333%) WAN
11 3 (6.250%) ITIL
11 3 (6.250%) Windows
11 3 (6.250%) CMS
11 3 (6.250%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (6.250%) Business Analysis
11 3 (6.250%) WebSphere
12 2 (4.167%) Information Security
12 2 (4.167%) Data Analysis
12 2 (4.167%) Change Control
12 2 (4.167%) Test Strategy
12 2 (4.167%) Capacity Planning
12 2 (4.167%) Data Migration

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford region citing 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 Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (10.42%) Middleware
2 3 (6.250%) WebSphere
3 2 (4.167%) SOAP
3 2 (4.167%) HTML
3 2 (4.167%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.250%) CMS
2 1 (2.083%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (2.083%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (2.083%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.083%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.083%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (4.167%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.083%) MS Project
2 1 (2.083%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.083%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.333%) LAN
1 4 (8.333%) WAN
2 1 (2.083%) Intranet
2 1 (2.083%) Internet
2 1 (2.083%) Extranet
2 1 (2.083%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.167%) DB2
2 1 (2.083%) TOAD
2 1 (2.083%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.083%) Data Warehouse
General
1 32 (66.67%) Finance
2 25 (52.08%) Retail
3 22 (45.83%) Retail Banking
4 2 (4.167%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.083%) Back Office
5 1 (2.083%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.083%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (2.083%) Billing
Job Titles
1 18 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 9 (18.75%) Analyst
3 5 (10.42%) Architect
4 4 (8.333%) Designer
4 4 (8.333%) Telephony Project Manager
4 4 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.250%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.250%) Programme Manager
5 3 (6.250%) Solutions Designer
5 3 (6.250%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (6.250%) Implementation Manager
6 2 (4.167%) Service Manager
6 2 (4.167%) Risk Manager
6 2 (4.167%) Technical Manager
6 2 (4.167%) Test Analyst
6 2 (4.167%) Consultant
7 1 (2.083%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (2.083%) Configuration Manager
7 1 (2.083%) Technical Architect
7 1 (2.083%) Migration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.083%) Replication
2 1 (2.083%) Reference Data
2 1 (2.083%) CMDB
2 1 (2.083%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (2.083%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.67%) UNIX
2 3 (6.250%) Windows
3 2 (4.167%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.00%) Project Management
1 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (20.83%) Migration
3 5 (10.42%) Workflow
3 5 (10.42%) Content Management
4 3 (6.250%) ITIL
4 3 (6.250%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (6.250%) Business Analysis
5 2 (4.167%) Information Security
5 2 (4.167%) Data Analysis
5 2 (4.167%) Change Control
5 2 (4.167%) Test Strategy
5 2 (4.167%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (4.167%) Data Migration
5 2 (4.167%) Identity Management
5 2 (4.167%) PRINCE2
5 2 (4.167%) E-Commerce
5 2 (4.167%) Data Modelling
5 2 (4.167%) ETL
6 1 (2.083%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.50%) Java
2 4 (8.333%) C
3 2 (4.167%) SQL
4 1 (2.083%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.167%) PMP
1 2 (4.167%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.083%) ISEB
2 1 (2.083%) CISSP
2 1 (2.083%) CISA
2 1 (2.083%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.083%) SLA
1 1 (2.083%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.083%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.167%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.083%) Tivoli
2 1 (2.083%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 1 (2.083%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 10 (20.83%) IBM
2 4 (8.333%) Verint
2 4 (8.333%) Siebel
3 2 (4.167%) Oracle
3 2 (4.167%) Informatica
4 1 (2.083%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (2.083%) HP
4 1 (2.083%) Dell