The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 18 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 Leeds 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 69 52 53
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +1
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 6 23 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.750% 2.312% 0.901%
As % of the General category 2.817% 7.692% 2.804%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 22 5
Average daily rate £330 £380 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.15% -20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £396 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+4.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £145.00
% change year-on-year
- -86.20%
All of the General Category
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
213 299 214
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 26.63% 30.05% 32.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 208 98
Average daily rate £325 £378 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.90% -1.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £265 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 12
Average hourly rate £14.25 £15.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -31.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.71 £10.50 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.25 £51.20 £31.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Retail Banking
West Yorkshire

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 14 (100.00%) Banking
1 14 (100.00%) Retail
2 9 (64.29%) Finance
3 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (35.71%) Project Management
4 5 (35.71%) Migration
5 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
5 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
6 3 (21.43%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
6 3 (21.43%) SAS
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
6 3 (21.43%) ISEB
6 3 (21.43%) Data Management
6 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
6 3 (21.43%) MS PowerPoint
7 2 (14.29%) MS Project
7 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
8 1 (7.143%) Test Scripting
8 1 (7.143%) Performance Management
8 1 (7.143%) Change Management
8 1 (7.143%) Programme Management
8 1 (7.143%) MS Office
8 1 (7.143%) Windows
8 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
8 1 (7.143%) ISTQB
8 1 (7.143%) Private Banking
8 1 (7.143%) Asset Management

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 3 (21.43%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (14.29%) MS Project
4 1 (7.143%) MS Office
General
1 14 (100.00%) Banking
1 14 (100.00%) Retail
2 9 (64.29%) Finance
3 1 (7.143%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Data Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Data Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) SAS Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Senior SAS Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Quality Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) PMO Manager
4 1 (7.143%) SAS Data Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Test Leader
4 1 (7.143%) Defect Manager
4 1 (7.143%) SAS Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Data Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (35.71%) Project Management
2 5 (35.71%) Migration
3 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) Data Management
5 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
6 1 (7.143%) Test Scripting
6 1 (7.143%) Performance Management
6 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.143%) Programme Management
6 1 (7.143%) Asset Management
6 1 (7.143%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft