The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 44 46 51
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +5
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 13 17 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 2.163% 2.537% 1.106%
As % of the General category 7.975% 6.939% 2.349%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 2
Average daily rate £213 £288 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.08% -41.02%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 £225 £358
10% offered a daily rate of more than £348 £444 £618
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
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
163 245 298
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 27.12% 36.57% 47.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 116 101
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 34
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +19.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Retail Banking
Buckinghamshire

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail Banking across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Milton Keynes Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Retail Banking across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Retail Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 24 (100.00%) Banking
1 24 (100.00%) Retail
2 19 (79.17%) Finance
3 11 (45.83%) QuickTest Pro
4 8 (33.33%) Automation Testing
5 7 (29.17%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (16.67%) Change Management
7 3 (12.50%) Project Management
8 2 (8.333%) Business Analysis
8 2 (8.333%) Spanish Language
8 2 (8.333%) Credit Risk
8 2 (8.333%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (8.333%) Service Management
8 2 (8.333%) Service Delivery
8 2 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (8.333%) SQL
8 2 (8.333%) .NET
8 2 (8.333%) Oracle
8 2 (8.333%) XML
8 2 (8.333%) XSLT
8 2 (8.333%) ITIL
9 1 (4.167%) PRINCE2
9 1 (4.167%) CRM
9 1 (4.167%) LAN
9 1 (4.167%) WAN
9 1 (4.167%) DB2
9 1 (4.167%) PMP
9 1 (4.167%) PMI Certification
9 1 (4.167%) CICS

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 Development
1 2 (8.333%) .NET
1 2 (8.333%) XML
1 2 (8.333%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) CICS
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) LAN
1 1 (4.167%) WAN
1 1 (4.167%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.167%) DB2
Development Applications
1 11 (45.83%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 24 (100.00%) Banking
1 24 (100.00%) Retail
2 19 (79.17%) Finance
3 2 (8.333%) Spanish Language
4 1 (4.167%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Analyst
2 9 (37.50%) Test Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Banking Business Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Automation Test Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Credit Risk Project Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Change Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Functional Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Technical Business Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Test Leader
5 2 (8.333%) Automation Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Developer
5 2 (8.333%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Tester
6 1 (4.167%) CRM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Automation Testing
2 4 (16.67%) Change Management
3 3 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (8.333%) Business Analysis
4 2 (8.333%) Service Management
4 2 (8.333%) Service Delivery
4 2 (8.333%) ITIL
5 1 (4.167%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.167%) CRM
5 1 (4.167%) PRINCE
5 1 (4.167%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (4.167%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.167%) Manual Testing
5 1 (4.167%) Budget Control
5 1 (4.167%) Software Testing
5 1 (4.167%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) SQL
2 1 (4.167%) JCL
2 1 (4.167%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.167%) PMP
2 1 (4.167%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (8.333%) Oracle
2 1 (4.167%) Remedy