Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Banking' in contract IT jobs within the Midlands 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
Rank5037
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads1044
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.044 %
As % of the category below2.392 %7.483 %
Daily rates quoted621
Average minimum daily rate£492£366
Average daily rate£492£400
% change on same period last year+22.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£492£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£403£397
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.06£30.88
% change on same period last year+0.58 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads418588
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.589 %0.594 %
Daily rates quoted65129
Average minimum daily rate£418£366
Average daily rate£438£392
% change on same period last year+11.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£458£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted533
Average minimum hourly rate£24.00£22.71
Average hourly rate£26.20£23.25
% change on same period last year+12.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.40£23.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.78
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
Banking EnglandBanking
England

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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

128 (65.12 %)Finance
216 (37.21 %)Retail
313 (30.23 %)Retail Banking
45 (11.63 %)Windows
54 (9.302 %)Java
54 (9.302 %)J2EE
54 (9.302 %)UNIX
54 (9.302 %)Project Management
63 (6.977 %)Stakeholder Management
63 (6.977 %)Front Office
63 (6.977 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
63 (6.977 %)Microsoft
63 (6.977 %)Active Directory
63 (6.977 %)SQL Server
63 (6.977 %)SQL
63 (6.977 %)Unit Testing
63 (6.977 %)Investment Banking
63 (6.977 %)Test Scripting
72 (4.651 %)Security Cleared
72 (4.651 %)Insurance
72 (4.651 %)Online Banking
72 (4.651 %)Spring
72 (4.651 %)PRINCE2
72 (4.651 %)Solaris
72 (4.651 %)OO
72 (4.651 %)MS Project
72 (4.651 %)Shell Script
72 (4.651 %)Internet
72 (4.651 %)MS Visio
72 (4.651 %)Financial Institution

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (9.302 %)J2EE
22 (4.651 %)Hibernate
22 (4.651 %)Spring
31 (2.326 %)WebSphere
31 (2.326 %)Java EE
31 (2.326 %)XML
31 (2.326 %)Middleware
31 (2.326 %)MVC
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.326 %)Lotus Notes
11 (2.326 %)Lotus Domino
11 (2.326 %)SAS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.651 %)MS Project
12 (4.651 %)MS Visio
21 (2.326 %)CA Clarity
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (4.651 %)Internet
21 (2.326 %)SAN
21 (2.326 %)Intranet
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (6.977 %)SQL Server
21 (2.326 %)Base SAS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.326 %)ClearCase
11 (2.326 %)HttpUnit
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (65.12 %)Finance
216 (37.21 %)Retail
313 (30.23 %)Retail Banking
43 (6.977 %)Investment Banking
43 (6.977 %)Front Office
52 (4.651 %)Government
52 (4.651 %)Insurance
52 (4.651 %)Online Banking
52 (4.651 %)Financial Institution
61 (2.326 %)Auditing
61 (2.326 %)International Banking
61 (2.326 %)Back Office
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (25.58 %)Analyst
210 (23.26 %)Architect
37 (16.28 %)Infrastructure Architect
46 (13.95 %)Developer
55 (11.63 %)Project Manager
55 (11.63 %)Test Analyst
63 (6.977 %)Business Analyst
63 (6.977 %)Systems Analyst
63 (6.977 %)Infrastructure Engineer
63 (6.977 %)Java Developer
63 (6.977 %)SQL Developer
63 (6.977 %)Applications Architect
63 (6.977 %)Server Engineer
63 (6.977 %)SQL Server Developer
72 (4.651 %)J2EE Developer
72 (4.651 %)Java/J2EE Developer
72 (4.651 %)Administrator
72 (4.651 %)Systems Administrator
81 (2.326 %)Technical Project Manager
81 (2.326 %)Solutions Architect
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (11.63 %)Windows
24 (9.302 %)UNIX
32 (4.651 %)Solaris
41 (2.326 %)AIX
41 (2.326 %)HPUX
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (9.302 %)Project Management
23 (6.977 %)Unit Testing
23 (6.977 %)Stakeholder Management
23 (6.977 %)Test Scripting
32 (4.651 %)Security Cleared
32 (4.651 %)PRINCE2
32 (4.651 %)OO
41 (2.326 %)Data Modelling
41 (2.326 %)SOA
41 (2.326 %)PRINCE
41 (2.326 %)Web Testing
41 (2.326 %)Change Management
41 (2.326 %)Validation
41 (2.326 %)Business Continuity
41 (2.326 %)Data Analysis
41 (2.326 %)Systems Analysis
41 (2.326 %)Business Analysis
41 (2.326 %)Web Development
41 (2.326 %)Matrix Management
41 (2.326 %)User Acceptance Testing
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (9.302 %)Java
23 (6.977 %)SQL
32 (4.651 %)Shell Script
41 (2.326 %)Perl
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.326 %)ISEB
11 (2.326 %)PMP
11 (2.326 %)PMI Certification
11 (2.326 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (6.977 %)Active Directory
21 (2.326 %)NetBackup
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (6.977 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (6.977 %)Microsoft
21 (2.326 %)VERITAS
21 (2.326 %)Lotus
21 (2.326 %)Oracle
21 (2.326 %)IBM