The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 19 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 Merseyside 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 26 31 30
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 1 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.529% 2.033% 2.158%
As % of the General category 2.083% 6.944% 5.607%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
Average daily rate - £425 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +18.05%
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 - - £145.00
All of the General Category
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
48 72 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 25.40% 29.27% 38.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 38 55
Average daily rate £334 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £181 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £425 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 12
Average hourly rate £11.50 £15.25 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.59% +38.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Retail

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) PMO Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management