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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Banking' in contract IT jobs within the Leeds 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 Banking over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBanking
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6161
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads1618
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.018 %
As % of the category below2.778 %3.072 %
Daily rates quoted42
Average minimum daily rate£324£310
Average daily rate£331£310
% change on same period last year+6.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£403£397
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£29.50
Average hourly rate£37.50£30.00
% change on same period last year+25.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.06£30.88
% change on same period last year+0.58 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads576586
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.811 %0.592 %
Daily rates quoted158118
Average minimum daily rate£348£359
Average daily rate£372£384
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted1526
Average minimum hourly rate£21.45£26.98
Average hourly rate£23.37£28.17
% change on same period last year-17.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.28£29.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.78
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
Banking West YorkshireBanking
West Yorkshire

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.

Banking
Demand Trend

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

Leeds Banking Demand Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Leeds Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

133 (56.90 %)Finance
219 (32.76 %)Java
315 (25.86 %)Security Cleared
413 (22.41 %)SC Cleared
510 (17.24 %)Windows
69 (15.52 %)SQL Server
69 (15.52 %)SOA
69 (15.52 %)Microsoft
69 (15.52 %)Government
69 (15.52 %)Retail
69 (15.52 %)SQL Server 2005
78 (13.79 %)SQL
87 (12.07 %)UNIX
87 (12.07 %)MS Excel
87 (12.07 %)Project Management
87 (12.07 %)Retail Banking
96 (10.34 %)Exchange Server 2003
96 (10.34 %)Windows Vista
96 (10.34 %)MPLS
96 (10.34 %)Law
96 (10.34 %)Firewall
96 (10.34 %)VMware ESX
96 (10.34 %)SAS
96 (10.34 %)MS Exchange
96 (10.34 %)WAN
96 (10.34 %)VPN
96 (10.34 %)Active Directory
96 (10.34 %)SAN
96 (10.34 %)Windows Server 2003
96 (10.34 %)Oracle

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (8.621 %).NET
24 (6.897 %)J2EE
24 (6.897 %)ASP.NET
32 (3.448 %)CSS
32 (3.448 %)WebServices
32 (3.448 %)XML
32 (3.448 %)XHTML
32 (3.448 %)Middleware
32 (3.448 %)Hibernate
32 (3.448 %)Spring
32 (3.448 %)HTML
41 (1.724 %)AJAX
41 (1.724 %)ASP.NET 2.0
41 (1.724 %)WinForms
41 (1.724 %)ADO.NET
41 (1.724 %)J2SE
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (10.34 %)MS Exchange
16 (10.34 %)SAS
16 (10.34 %)Exchange Server 2003
23 (5.172 %)IIS
31 (1.724 %)Commerce Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (12.07 %)MS Excel
21 (1.724 %)MS Project
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.448 %)SAP IS-U
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (10.34 %)WAN
16 (10.34 %)VPN
16 (10.34 %)SAN
16 (10.34 %)MPLS
16 (10.34 %)Firewall
23 (5.172 %)Internet
23 (5.172 %)TCP/IP
31 (1.724 %)SSH
31 (1.724 %)PBX
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (15.52 %)SQL Server
19 (15.52 %)SQL Server 2005
26 (10.34 %)Base SAS
33 (5.172 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (1.724 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (1.724 %)Datawarehouse
41 (1.724 %)TOAD
41 (1.724 %)BusinessObjects
41 (1.724 %)SAP BW
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (5.172 %)TestDirector
13 (5.172 %)WebLOAD
21 (1.724 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (1.724 %)NUnit
21 (1.724 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.724 %)Oracle Forms
21 (1.724 %)Flash
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
133 (56.90 %)Finance
29 (15.52 %)Government
29 (15.52 %)Retail
37 (12.07 %)Retail Banking
46 (10.34 %)Law
55 (8.621 %)International Banking
64 (6.897 %)Investment Banking
73 (5.172 %)Auditing
82 (3.448 %)Insurance
91 (1.724 %)Legal
91 (1.724 %)Education
91 (1.724 %)Front Office
91 (1.724 %)Telecoms
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (20.69 %)Developer
210 (17.24 %)Analyst
38 (13.79 %)Business Analyst
46 (10.34 %)Programmer
46 (10.34 %)Architect
46 (10.34 %)SAS Programmer
55 (8.621 %)Project Engineer
64 (6.897 %)Solutions Architect
64 (6.897 %)Java Developer
64 (6.897 %)Project Leader
64 (6.897 %).NET Developer
73 (5.172 %)Infrastructure Engineer
73 (5.172 %)UNIX Engineer
82 (3.448 %)Tester
82 (3.448 %)C# Developer
82 (3.448 %)Project Manager
91 (1.724 %)Graduate
91 (1.724 %)Coordinator
91 (1.724 %)Test Manager
91 (1.724 %)Test Analyst
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (5.172 %)Clustering
22 (3.448 %)IVR
22 (3.448 %)Multithreading
31 (1.724 %)Management Information System
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (17.24 %)Windows
27 (12.07 %)UNIX
36 (10.34 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (10.34 %)Windows Vista
43 (5.172 %)Linux
51 (1.724 %)AIX
51 (1.724 %)HPUX
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (25.86 %)Security Cleared
213 (22.41 %)SC Cleared
39 (15.52 %)SOA
47 (12.07 %)Project Management
56 (10.34 %)ITIL
56 (10.34 %)PRINCE2
56 (10.34 %)Dimensional Modelling
65 (8.621 %)Scrum
65 (8.621 %)UML
65 (8.621 %)GAP Analysis
65 (8.621 %)Business Analysis
74 (6.897 %)RUP
83 (5.172 %)CRM
83 (5.172 %)Load Balancing
83 (5.172 %)Agile Software Development
92 (3.448 %)Stakeholder Management
92 (3.448 %)E-Commerce
92 (3.448 %)Data Modelling
101 (1.724 %)Risk Management
101 (1.724 %)Service Delivery
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (32.76 %)Java
28 (13.79 %)SQL
36 (10.34 %)SAS Macro
45 (8.621 %)C#
52 (3.448 %)JavaScript
61 (1.724 %)PL/SQL
61 (1.724 %)VB
61 (1.724 %)Shell Script
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (5.172 %)MCSE
13 (5.172 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (3.448 %)SAS Certification
31 (1.724 %)CCVP
31 (1.724 %)CCNP
31 (1.724 %)Cisco Certification
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.724 %)SLA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (10.34 %)Active Directory
16 (10.34 %)VMware ESX
23 (5.172 %)NetBackup
23 (5.172 %)Oracle RAC
32 (3.448 %)VMware Infrastructure
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (15.52 %)Microsoft
26 (10.34 %)Oracle
34 (6.897 %)VERITAS
42 (3.448 %)VMware
42 (3.448 %)SAP
51 (1.724 %)Cisco
51 (1.724 %)Business Objects
51 (1.724 %)Nortel
51 (1.724 %)Lucent
51 (1.724 %)Alcatel
51 (1.724 %)Ericsson