The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail 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 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 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
Retail Banking
Rank 30 38 44
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +6
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 4 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 1.429% 1.822% 0.229%
As % of the General category 5.882% 7.438% 0.885%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 0
Average daily rate £425 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
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
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%
Retail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail 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 +12 4 £425 +8.97%
Retail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 16 (100.00%) Banking
1 16 (100.00%) Retail
2 10 (62.50%) Finance
3 9 (56.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (37.50%) RDF
5 5 (31.25%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (31.25%) Project Management
5 5 (31.25%) Migration
5 5 (31.25%) Business Transformation
6 4 (25.00%) TSYS
6 4 (25.00%) Data Migration
6 4 (25.00%) Data Management
6 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
6 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
8 2 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (12.50%) Marketing
8 2 (12.50%) Performance Testing
8 2 (12.50%) Unit Testing
8 2 (12.50%) Manual Testing
8 2 (12.50%) System Testing
8 2 (12.50%) Regression Testing
8 2 (12.50%) ISEB
8 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
8 2 (12.50%) Functional Testing
9 1 (6.250%) Analytics
9 1 (6.250%) Fraud Modelling
9 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (6.250%) GAP Analysis

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) Data Warehouse
General
1 16 (100.00%) Banking
1 16 (100.00%) Retail
2 10 (62.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (6.250%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Analyst
2 8 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 4 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Test Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Financial Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Technical Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Technical Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (37.50%) RDF
3 5 (31.25%) Project Management
3 5 (31.25%) Migration
3 5 (31.25%) Business Transformation
4 4 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 4 (25.00%) Data Management
4 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Performance Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Unit Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Manual Testing
6 2 (12.50%) System Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Regression Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
6 2 (12.50%) Functional Testing
7 1 (6.250%) Analytics
7 1 (6.250%) Fraud Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (12.50%) ISEB
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) TSYS
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