The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 North East 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
Banking
Rank 25 27 36
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +9
Contract jobs citing Banking 9 20 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 3.214% 4.049% 2.059%
As % of the General category 13.24% 16.53% 7.965%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 5
Average daily rate £488 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £302 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £631 £470 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £390 £385
% change year-on-year
+2.56% +1.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £22.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.68% +15.78%
All of the General Category
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
68 121 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 24.29% 24.49% 25.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 68 51
Average daily rate £425 £350 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £263 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 4
Average hourly rate £11.00 £22.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-51.11% +28.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Banking
England

Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking across the North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North East Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and Wear +9 7 £513 +26.54%
Banking
England

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 18 (66.67%) Finance
2 17 (62.96%) Retail
3 16 (59.26%) Retail Banking
4 10 (37.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (25.93%) Project Management
6 6 (22.22%) RDF
6 6 (22.22%) Migration
7 5 (18.52%) Business Analysis
7 5 (18.52%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
7 5 (18.52%) Data Migration
7 5 (18.52%) Business Transformation
8 4 (14.81%) TSYS
8 4 (14.81%) SQL
8 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (14.81%) Data Management
9 3 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (11.11%) Wealth Management
9 3 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (11.11%) Integration Testing
10 2 (7.407%) Manual Testing
10 2 (7.407%) System Testing
10 2 (7.407%) Requirements Analysis
10 2 (7.407%) Waterfall
10 2 (7.407%) Analytics
10 2 (7.407%) Functional Testing
10 2 (7.407%) Performance Testing
10 2 (7.407%) Unit Testing
10 2 (7.407%) Marketing
10 2 (7.407%) Logistics

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (3.704%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.704%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.704%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.704%) Essbase
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (3.704%) BusinessObjects XI
General
1 18 (66.67%) Finance
2 17 (62.96%) Retail
3 16 (59.26%) Retail Banking
4 2 (7.407%) Marketing
4 2 (7.407%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.704%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.704%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Analyst
2 8 (29.63%) Business Analyst
3 7 (25.93%) Project Manager
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Project Manager
4 5 (18.52%) IT Project Manager
4 5 (18.52%) Test Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Manager
5 4 (14.81%) Senior IT Project Manager
5 4 (14.81%) Consultant
6 2 (7.407%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 2 (7.407%) Oracle Consultant
6 2 (7.407%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Programme Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Business Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Business Objects Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) Credit Risk
1 1 (3.704%) Mobile App
1 1 (3.704%) Mobile Banking
1 1 (3.704%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.704%) UNIX
1 1 (3.704%) Windows
1 1 (3.704%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (25.93%) Project Management
3 6 (22.22%) RDF
3 6 (22.22%) Migration
4 5 (18.52%) Business Analysis
4 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
4 5 (18.52%) Data Migration
4 5 (18.52%) Business Transformation
5 4 (14.81%) Data Management
6 3 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (11.11%) Wealth Management
6 3 (11.11%) Integration Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Manual Testing
7 2 (7.407%) System Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (7.407%) Waterfall
7 2 (7.407%) Analytics
7 2 (7.407%) Functional Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Performance Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (7.407%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) TSYS
2 2 (7.407%) Oracle
2 2 (7.407%) SAP
3 1 (3.704%) Business Objects
3 1 (3.704%) Hyperion
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