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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Banking' in contract IT jobs within the North West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBanking
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3745
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads148114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.197 %0.115 %
As % of the category below10.01 %7.331 %
Daily rates quoted6147
Average minimum daily rate£367£308
Average daily rate£387£325
% change on same period last year+19.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£341
UK excluding London average daily rate£406£380
% change on same period last year+6.97 %
Hourly rates quoted71
Average minimum hourly rate£13.71£25.00
Average hourly rate£15.71£27.50
% change on same period last year-42.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.71£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.10£28.83
% change on same period last year-9.48 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
North West
Matching contract IT job ads14781555
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.970 %1.573 %
Daily rates quoted396430
Average minimum daily rate£355£344
Average daily rate£376£360
% change on same period last year+4.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted123106
Average minimum hourly rate£22.89£22.43
Average hourly rate£25.05£24.77
% change on same period last year+1.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.21£27.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West Banking Hourly Rate Histogram

Banking
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CheshireUp+1778£355+32.88 %
ManchesterDown-1542£405-0.13 %
MerseysideDown-1510£447+85.68 %
LancashireUp+199£540+35.00 %
Banking EnglandBanking
England

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1244 (67.97 %)Finance
296 (26.74 %)Retail
386 (23.96 %)Retail Banking
447 (13.09 %)UNIX
546 (12.81 %)Project Management
635 (9.749 %)Stakeholder Management
733 (9.192 %)Insurance
832 (8.914 %)Java
832 (8.914 %)Oracle
931 (8.635 %)Windows
1028 (7.799 %)PRINCE2
1127 (7.521 %)MS Excel
1225 (6.964 %)Microsoft
1225 (6.964 %)Mainframe
1225 (6.964 %)WebSphere
1323 (6.407 %)IBM
1323 (6.407 %)J2EE
1323 (6.407 %)SAP
1422 (6.128 %)AIX
1520 (5.571 %)Middleware
1619 (5.292 %)Business Analysis
1718 (5.014 %)Change Management
1718 (5.014 %)MS Project
1718 (5.014 %)MS Office
1718 (5.014 %)Internet
1817 (4.735 %)SQL
1817 (4.735 %)International Banking
1916 (4.457 %)Online Banking
1916 (4.457 %)HP
2015 (4.178 %)Migration

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (6.964 %)WebSphere
223 (6.407 %)J2EE
320 (5.571 %)Middleware
415 (4.178 %)Spring
511 (3.064 %)Hibernate
610 (2.786 %).NET
79 (2.507 %)JSP
87 (1.950 %)CSS
96 (1.671 %)AJAX
96 (1.671 %)HTML
96 (1.671 %)XML
105 (1.393 %)Struts
105 (1.393 %)WebServices
105 (1.393 %)ASP.NET
105 (1.393 %)WBIMB
113 (0.836 %)Spring MVC
113 (0.836 %)Servlets
113 (0.836 %)SOAP
113 (0.836 %)MVC
113 (0.836 %)Swing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (2.228 %)Gentran
25 (1.393 %)WebSphere MQ
25 (1.393 %)WebSphere Application Server
25 (1.393 %)IIS
33 (0.836 %)WebLogic
42 (0.557 %)Tomcat
42 (0.557 %)Tuxedo
42 (0.557 %)SAS
42 (0.557 %)ColdFusion
51 (0.279 %)CICS
51 (0.279 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
51 (0.279 %)CMS
51 (0.279 %)Oracle Application Server
51 (0.279 %)Exchange Server 5.5
51 (0.279 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (0.279 %)Oracle 10gAS
51 (0.279 %)WebSphere Message Broker
51 (0.279 %)MQSeries
51 (0.279 %)SharePoint
51 (0.279 %)MS Exchange
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (7.521 %)MS Excel
218 (5.014 %)MS Project
218 (5.014 %)MS Office
314 (3.900 %)MS PowerPoint
45 (1.393 %)MS Visio
52 (0.557 %)Spreadsheet
61 (0.279 %)CA Clarity
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (1.393 %)SAP CO
24 (1.114 %)SAP FI
24 (1.114 %)SAP FI/CO
31 (0.279 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.279 %)BASE24
31 (0.279 %)Unica Affinium
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (5.014 %)Internet
210 (2.786 %)SAN
36 (1.671 %)SSL
36 (1.671 %)Firewall
44 (1.114 %)ATM
44 (1.114 %)TCP/IP
52 (0.557 %)SNA
52 (0.557 %)LAN
52 (0.557 %)WAN
52 (0.557 %)Network Security
52 (0.557 %)Intranet
61 (0.279 %)LDAP
61 (0.279 %)3G
61 (0.279 %)TACACS
61 (0.279 %)POP3
61 (0.279 %)SMTP
61 (0.279 %)Broadband
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (2.228 %)RDBMS
27 (1.950 %)SQL Server
36 (1.671 %)Oracle 10g
42 (0.557 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (0.557 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (0.557 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.279 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.279 %)TOAD
51 (0.279 %)Oracle Discoverer
51 (0.279 %)OLAP
51 (0.279 %)Oracle Reports
51 (0.279 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.279 %)Oracle OLAP
51 (0.279 %)Oracle 11g
51 (0.279 %)Easytrieve
51 (0.279 %)Oracle OWB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (2.228 %)ClearQuest
24 (1.114 %)Subversion
24 (1.114 %)TestDirector
33 (0.836 %)QuickTest Pro
33 (0.836 %)ClearCase
33 (0.836 %)Eclipse
33 (0.836 %)Ant
33 (0.836 %)JIRA
33 (0.836 %)Log4j
42 (0.557 %)Flash
42 (0.557 %)LoadRunner
51 (0.279 %)WinRunner
51 (0.279 %)JUnit
51 (0.279 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.279 %)Oracle Forms
51 (0.279 %)Visual LANSA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1244 (67.97 %)Finance
296 (26.74 %)Retail
386 (23.96 %)Retail Banking
433 (9.192 %)Insurance
517 (4.735 %)International Banking
616 (4.457 %)Online Banking
79 (2.507 %)Marketing
88 (2.228 %)Pensions
95 (1.393 %)Government
104 (1.114 %)Back Office
104 (1.114 %)Investment Banking
113 (0.836 %)Education
122 (0.557 %)Telecoms
122 (0.557 %)Law
122 (0.557 %)Manufacturing
122 (0.557 %)Corporate Banking
122 (0.557 %)Auditing
131 (0.279 %)General Ledger
131 (0.279 %)Billing
131 (0.279 %)Publishing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
185 (23.68 %)Analyst
280 (22.28 %)Project Manager
344 (12.26 %)Business Analyst
442 (11.70 %)Developer
522 (6.128 %)Java Developer
621 (5.850 %)Consultant
712 (3.343 %)Senior Manager
712 (3.343 %)Administrator
712 (3.343 %)J2EE Developer
712 (3.343 %)Java/J2EE Developer
810 (2.786 %)Senior Project Manager
810 (2.786 %)Coordinator
810 (2.786 %)Architect
99 (2.507 %)Junior
99 (2.507 %)Test Manager
99 (2.507 %)Test Analyst
99 (2.507 %)Junior Project Manager
99 (2.507 %)Infrastructure Designer
99 (2.507 %)Banking Business Analyst
107 (1.950 %)Business Project Manager
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (6.964 %)Mainframe
29 (2.507 %)Tandem
36 (1.671 %)HACMP
45 (1.393 %)Management Information System
53 (0.836 %)PMI
62 (0.557 %)AS400
62 (0.557 %)Blackberry
62 (0.557 %)N-Tier
62 (0.557 %)CMDB
62 (0.557 %)IBM Mainframe
71 (0.279 %)Data Extraction
71 (0.279 %)Multithreading
71 (0.279 %)Statistics
71 (0.279 %)Mathematics
71 (0.279 %)French Language
71 (0.279 %)Italian Language
71 (0.279 %)Spanish Language
71 (0.279 %)Client/Server
71 (0.279 %)APACS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
147 (13.09 %)UNIX
231 (8.635 %)Windows
322 (6.128 %)AIX
47 (1.950 %)Solaris
47 (1.950 %)Linux
56 (1.671 %)HPUX
65 (1.393 %)MVS
74 (1.114 %)Windows Server 2003
74 (1.114 %)Windows NT
83 (0.836 %)Windows 2000
92 (0.557 %)zOS
92 (0.557 %)Windows XP
92 (0.557 %)OS/400
101 (0.279 %)OS/2
101 (0.279 %)VME
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
146 (12.81 %)Project Management
235 (9.749 %)Stakeholder Management
328 (7.799 %)PRINCE2
419 (5.292 %)Business Analysis
518 (5.014 %)Change Management
615 (4.178 %)Migration
714 (3.900 %)ITIL
812 (3.343 %)User Acceptance Testing
911 (3.064 %)Supplier Management
1010 (2.786 %)Service Management
118 (2.228 %)BPR
127 (1.950 %)PRINCE
127 (1.950 %)E-Commerce
127 (1.950 %)Test Management
127 (1.950 %)Test Scripting
127 (1.950 %)Project Planning
136 (1.671 %)Data Protection
136 (1.671 %)Risk Management
145 (1.393 %)Data Migration
145 (1.393 %)Direct Marketing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
132 (8.914 %)Java
217 (4.735 %)SQL
314 (3.900 %)Shell Script
314 (3.900 %)C#
44 (1.114 %)COBOL
44 (1.114 %)JavaScript
44 (1.114 %)Perl
53 (0.836 %)C++
53 (0.836 %)RPG
62 (0.557 %)XPath
62 (0.557 %)JCL
62 (0.557 %)VB6
62 (0.557 %)VBScript
62 (0.557 %)VB
62 (0.557 %)REXX
71 (0.279 %)DataFlex
71 (0.279 %)Korn
71 (0.279 %)C
71 (0.279 %)PL/SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (2.786 %)PRINCE2 Certification
26 (1.671 %)Citrix Certification
35 (1.393 %)ITIL Certification
44 (1.114 %)Degree
53 (0.836 %)ISEB
62 (0.557 %)MCSE
62 (0.557 %)CISSP
62 (0.557 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (0.279 %)PMP
71 (0.279 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.279 %)ACCA
71 (0.279 %)CIMA
71 (0.279 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.114 %)SLA
23 (0.836 %)Basel II
31 (0.279 %)ISO27001
31 (0.279 %)MiFID
31 (0.279 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.279 %)BS7799
31 (0.279 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (2.228 %)Active Directory
25 (1.393 %)Oracle RMAN
33 (0.836 %)RACF
42 (0.557 %)Oracle RAC
51 (0.279 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (0.279 %)MetaFrame
51 (0.279 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (3.064 %)Tivoli
25 (1.393 %)OMEGAMON
34 (1.114 %)OpenView
43 (0.836 %)Tivoli Monitoring
43 (0.836 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (0.279 %)NNM
51 (0.279 %)CiscoWorks
51 (0.279 %)ServiceCenter
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
132 (8.914 %)Oracle
225 (6.964 %)Microsoft
323 (6.407 %)IBM
323 (6.407 %)SAP
416 (4.457 %)HP
513 (3.621 %)Citrix
65 (1.393 %)Teradata
74 (1.114 %)VMware
74 (1.114 %)BMC
82 (0.557 %)Dell
82 (0.557 %)Intel
82 (0.557 %)Cisco
82 (0.557 %)Adobe
82 (0.557 %)Ab Initio
82 (0.557 %)VERITAS
82 (0.557 %)LANSA
91 (0.279 %)Perforce
91 (0.279 %)Altiris
91 (0.279 %)Casewise
91 (0.279 %)Atlassian
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