The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail 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 Retail Banking over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.531% - -
As % of the General category 6.522% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £750 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
- -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
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
46 96 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 23.47% 22.22% 27.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 42 20
Average daily rate £325 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £269 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £495 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 8
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -46.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.02 £14.00 £22.56
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £21.50 £39.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Retail Banking
North West

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail Banking within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Blackburn - 2 - -
Retail Banking
North West

Retail Banking
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Business Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Change Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Change Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement