The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Lancashire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Banking
Rank 24 36 28
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -8
Contract jobs citing Banking 7 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 3.167% 1.422% 1.255%
As % of the General category 14.00% 5.941% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Average daily rate £750 £688 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +80.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £388
% change year-on-year
- +3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £22.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.74% +5.95%
All of the General Category
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
50 101 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 22.62% 23.93% 23.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 46 18
Average daily rate £345 £378 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.60% +15.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £300 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £499 £483
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 7
Average hourly rate £19.04 £20.75 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.24% -44.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.10 £15.00 £35.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £21.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Banking
North West

Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) SOAP
3 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 3 (37.50%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (37.50%) HP
3 3 (37.50%) UNIX
3 3 (37.50%) FTP
3 3 (37.50%) HTTP
3 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 3 (37.50%) Validation
3 3 (37.50%) Retail
3 3 (37.50%) Retail Banking
3 3 (37.50%) WebSphere
3 3 (37.50%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Citrix
4 2 (25.00%) DB2
5 1 (12.50%) MS Office
5 1 (12.50%) Web Services
5 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
5 1 (12.50%) CICS
5 1 (12.50%) CA
5 1 (12.50%) LoadRunner
5 1 (12.50%) zOS
5 1 (12.50%) JCL

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 3 (37.50%) SOAP
1 3 (37.50%) WebSphere
2 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (12.50%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) FTP
1 3 (37.50%) HTTP
1 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) DB2
3 1 (12.50%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) LoadRunner
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Retail
2 3 (37.50%) Retail Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Test Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) Business Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Change Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Performance Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Defect Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Performance Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Change Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
1 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
1 1 (12.50%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) UNIX
3 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
3 1 (12.50%) zOS
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Validation
2 2 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) TQM
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Software Deployment
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) JCL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
1 3 (37.50%) HP
1 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) CA
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) AppSense
3 1 (12.50%) Lumension