The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Financial Institution 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 West 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
Financial Institution
Rank 109 104 113
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +9
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 9 28 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.386% 0.900% 0.426%
As % of the General category 1.065% 2.654% 1.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 19 7
Average daily rate £425 £305 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.34% -15.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £267 £348
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £413 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £378 £413
% change year-on-year
-0.66% -8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £22.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £11.39 £17.00
% change year-on-year
+80.06% -33.02%
All of the General Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
845 1055 1293
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 36.25% 33.91% 42.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 568 717
Average daily rate £353 £360 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.94% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 34 51
Average hourly rate £19.04 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.80% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £30.60 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Financial Institution
England

Financial Institution
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Financial Institution Jobs Demand Trend

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Financial Institution across the North West region.

North West Financial Institution Daily Rate Trend

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West Financial Institution Daily Rate Histogram

Financial Institution
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Financial Institution Hourly Rate Trend

Financial Institution
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Institution within the North West 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
Cheshire +2 6 £340 +13.33%
Manchester -2 3 £425 +39.34%
Financial Institution
England

Financial Institution
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution.

1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Banking
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 3 (23.08%) Oracle
4 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
4 3 (23.08%) Retail
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
4 3 (23.08%) IBM
5 2 (15.38%) Retail Banking
5 2 (15.38%) Planview
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) CMS
5 2 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (15.38%) Content Management
5 2 (15.38%) ERP
5 2 (15.38%) MS Project
5 2 (15.38%) PL/SQL
5 2 (15.38%) SQL
5 2 (15.38%) .NET
6 1 (7.692%) C#
6 1 (7.692%) COBOL
6 1 (7.692%) MS Office
6 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
6 1 (7.692%) MS Visio
6 1 (7.692%) ETL
6 1 (7.692%) PBX
6 1 (7.692%) VoIP
6 1 (7.692%) WAN
6 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP

Financial Institution
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
2 1 (7.692%) Middleware
2 1 (7.692%) WebSphere
2 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (15.38%) CMS
3 1 (7.692%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (15.38%) MS Project
2 1 (7.692%) MS Office
2 1 (7.692%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.692%) Acrobat
2 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) PBX
1 1 (7.692%) VoIP
1 1 (7.692%) WAN
1 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.692%) Internet
1 1 (7.692%) OSPF
1 1 (7.692%) BGP
1 1 (7.692%) EIGRP
1 1 (7.692%) IGRP
1 1 (7.692%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) PowerCenter
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Banking
3 3 (23.08%) Retail
4 2 (15.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) PMO Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) COBOL Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Firewall Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Change Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Developer
3 1 (7.692%) PL/SQL Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Informatica Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Business Process Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Process Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) IVR
1 1 (7.692%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
2 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (15.38%) Content Management
2 2 (15.38%) ERP
3 1 (7.692%) ETL
3 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
3 1 (7.692%) Six Sigma
3 1 (7.692%) Project Management
3 1 (7.692%) Document Management
3 1 (7.692%) Data Analysis
3 1 (7.692%) Workflow Management
3 1 (7.692%) Supplier Management
3 1 (7.692%) Migration
3 1 (7.692%) Information Security
3 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.692%) Change Management
3 1 (7.692%) Security Management
3 1 (7.692%) Workflow
3 1 (7.692%) Network Architecture
3 1 (7.692%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PL/SQL
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) C#
2 1 (7.692%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (7.692%) CCNP
2 1 (7.692%) CCNA
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.692%) PMP
2 1 (7.692%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.692%) JNCIA
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) IBM
3 2 (15.38%) Planview
4 1 (7.692%) Cisco
4 1 (7.692%) Adobe
4 1 (7.692%) Nortel
4 1 (7.692%) Juniper
4 1 (7.692%) Informatica
4 1 (7.692%) Mercator
4 1 (7.692%) VMware