North West Basel II Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Basel Capital Accord (Basel II) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Basel II over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Basel Capital Accord (Basel II)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands Edinburgh England Hampshire London Milton Keynes North West Northampton Northamptonshire Poole Scotland South East South Wales South West Thames Valley UK Wales Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	129	144
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.463 %	0.935 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£385	£445
% change on same period last year	-13.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Quality Assurance & Compliance North West
Matching contract IT job ads	216	107
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.302 %	0.108 %
Daily rates quoted	45	21
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£351
Average daily rate	£354	£374
% change on same period last year	-5.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£373	£396
UK excluding London average daily rate	£367	£346
% change on same period last year	+6.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	28	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.67	£25.36
Average hourly rate	£24.47	£26.82
% change on same period last year	-8.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.26	£28.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.05	£25.23
% change on same period last year	-0.73 %
Basel II 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.

Basel II
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Basel II across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Basel II
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Basel II across the North West region.

Basel II
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Basel II 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 Basel II.

1 2 (100.00 %) Finance 2 1 (50.00 %) Banking 2 1 (50.00 %) Project Planning 2 1 (50.00 %) Degree 2 1 (50.00 %) Test Management

Basel II
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Basel II 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 Basel II. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 2 (100.00 %) Finance 2 1 (50.00 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 1 (50.00 %) Project Manager 1 1 (50.00 %) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (50.00 %) Project Planning 1 1 (50.00 %) Test Management	Qualifications 1 1 (50.00 %) Degree