The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 24 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 Manchester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 51 75 55
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -20
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 24 8 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 2.572% 0.619% 1.631%
As % of the General category 7.101% 1.826% 4.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 3
Average daily rate £341 £373 £625
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.46% -40.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £345 £525
10% offered a daily rate of more than £424 £600 £645
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 £145.00
% change year-on-year
- -86.20%
All of the General Category
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
338 438 422
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 36.23% 33.90% 40.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 207 171
Average daily rate £353 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £250 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £546 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 19
Average hourly rate £14.50 £30.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-51.66% +66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 33 (100.00%) Banking
1 33 (100.00%) Retail
2 20 (60.61%) Finance
3 15 (45.45%) Project Management
4 11 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (21.21%) Mainframe
6 5 (15.15%) Migration
7 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2
7 4 (12.12%) TestPartner
7 4 (12.12%) Waterfall
7 4 (12.12%) Data Migration
8 2 (6.061%) ITIL
8 2 (6.061%) UNIX
8 2 (6.061%) Windows
8 2 (6.061%) FTP
8 2 (6.061%) IBM
8 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (6.061%) Marketing
8 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (6.061%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (3.030%) Data Governance
9 1 (3.030%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (3.030%) Customer Insight
9 1 (3.030%) Business Transformation
9 1 (3.030%) Analytics
9 1 (3.030%) Data Transformation
9 1 (3.030%) Solvency II
9 1 (3.030%) Unica
9 1 (3.030%) Unica Affinium
9 1 (3.030%) Direct Marketing

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (3.030%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (3.030%) MS Project
1 1 (3.030%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Unica Affinium
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.061%) FTP
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) TestPartner
General
1 33 (100.00%) Banking
1 33 (100.00%) Retail
2 20 (60.61%) Finance
3 2 (6.061%) Marketing
4 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.030%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (48.48%) Project Manager
2 8 (24.24%) Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Business Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Programme Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Test Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Programme Test Manager
5 3 (9.091%) Change Project Manager
5 3 (9.091%) Business Change Project Manager
5 3 (9.091%) Business Manager
5 3 (9.091%) Change Manager
5 3 (9.091%) Business Change Manager
5 3 (9.091%) Business Project Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.061%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Architect
6 2 (6.061%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.030%) SAS Marketing Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.030%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.061%) UNIX
1 2 (6.061%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Project Management
2 11 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (15.15%) Migration
4 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2
4 4 (12.12%) Waterfall
4 4 (12.12%) Data Migration
5 2 (6.061%) ITIL
5 2 (6.061%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.030%) Data Governance
6 1 (3.030%) Customer Insight
6 1 (3.030%) Business Transformation
6 1 (3.030%) Analytics
6 1 (3.030%) Data Transformation
6 1 (3.030%) Direct Marketing
6 1 (3.030%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.030%) PRINCE
6 1 (3.030%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.030%) Change Management
6 1 (3.030%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.030%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.030%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 2 (6.061%) IBM
2 1 (3.030%) Unica
Manchester, North West
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Posted: 18 May 2013