The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 23 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 Leicestershire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Banking
Rank - 23 16
Contract jobs citing Banking 0 3 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire - 1.395% 8.511%
As % of the General category - 5.556% 34.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
Average daily rate - £330 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -26.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £396 £390 £385
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +1.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £22.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-13.63% +18.91%
All of the General Category
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
61 54 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 28.91% 25.12% 24.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 30 22
Average daily rate £425 £330 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.78% -15.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £205 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £545
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 7
Average hourly rate £19.75 £22.63 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.70% +41.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.49 £9.03 £14.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £38.50 £24.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Banking
East Midlands

Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 (45.45%) AS400
1 5 (45.45%) RPG
2 4 (36.36%) Retail
2 4 (36.36%) Retail Banking
2 4 (36.36%) Credit Risk
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Migration
3 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE
5 1 (9.091%) Financial Institution
5 1 (9.091%) iSeries

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

General
1 4 (36.36%) Retail
1 4 (36.36%) Retail Banking
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Project Manager
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) RPG Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Credit Risk Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Team Leader
3 1 (9.091%) Desktop Team Leader
3 1 (9.091%) AS400 Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) AS400
2 4 (36.36%) Credit Risk
3 1 (9.091%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) RPG