The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking 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 Retail Banking over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 74 97 92
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -5
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 52 35 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.148% 1.172% 0.971%
As % of the General category 5.603% 3.435% 2.335%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 27 14
Average daily rate £370 £378 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.98% -4.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £283 £304
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £643
UK excluding London average daily rate £396 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+4.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £145.00
All of the General Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
928 1019 1242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 38.33% 34.13% 41.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 577 710
Average daily rate £350 £360 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £272 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £461
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 35 52
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.50 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.60% +40.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £10.84 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.56 £31.00 £38.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

North West 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 West region.

North West Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail Banking across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Retail Banking Hourly 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 West region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire +14 24 £398 +8.16% 4
Manchester +24 21 £336 -9.67% 4
Retail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 77 (100.00%) Banking
1 77 (100.00%) Retail
2 46 (59.74%) Finance
3 28 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (25.97%) Project Management
5 13 (16.88%) Mainframe
6 12 (15.58%) IBM
7 7 (9.091%) E-Commerce
7 7 (9.091%) Migration
8 6 (7.792%) Java
9 5 (6.494%) Middleware
9 5 (6.494%) Content Management
9 5 (6.494%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (5.195%) Waterfall
10 4 (5.195%) ServiceNow
10 4 (5.195%) Data Migration
10 4 (5.195%) TestPartner
10 4 (5.195%) WebSphere
10 4 (5.195%) CMS
10 4 (5.195%) Change Management
10 4 (5.195%) WebSphere MQ
10 4 (5.195%) Oracle
10 4 (5.195%) PRINCE2
10 4 (5.195%) UNIX
11 3 (3.896%) C
11 3 (3.896%) ITIL
11 3 (3.896%) Risk Management
11 3 (3.896%) Business Analysis
11 3 (3.896%) User Acceptance Testing
12 2 (2.597%) Change Control

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 5 (6.494%) Middleware
2 4 (5.195%) WebSphere
2 4 (5.195%) WebSphere MQ
3 2 (2.597%) .NET
3 2 (2.597%) SOAP
3 2 (2.597%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.195%) CMS
2 2 (2.597%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.299%) MS Excel
1 1 (1.299%) MS Project
1 1 (1.299%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.597%) FTP
2 1 (1.299%) Internet
2 1 (1.299%) Extranet
2 1 (1.299%) Firewall
2 1 (1.299%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.299%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (5.195%) TestPartner
General
1 77 (100.00%) Banking
1 77 (100.00%) Retail
2 46 (59.74%) Finance
3 2 (2.597%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.597%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.299%) Legal
4 1 (1.299%) Private Banking
4 1 (1.299%) Marketing
4 1 (1.299%) Billing
Job Titles
1 30 (38.96%) Project Manager
2 17 (22.08%) Analyst
3 12 (15.58%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.091%) Technical Manager
5 6 (7.792%) Architect
5 6 (7.792%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (6.494%) Programme Manager
6 5 (6.494%) Test Manager
6 5 (6.494%) Implementation Manager
7 4 (5.195%) Technical Implementation Manager
7 4 (5.195%) Programme Test Manager
7 4 (5.195%) Business Manager
8 3 (3.896%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.896%) Technical Project Manager
8 3 (3.896%) Senior Manager
8 3 (3.896%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (3.896%) Business Change Project Manager
8 3 (3.896%) Business Project Manager
8 3 (3.896%) Change Manager
8 3 (3.896%) Business Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.88%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.299%) IVR
2 1 (1.299%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.195%) UNIX
2 2 (2.597%) Windows
2 2 (2.597%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (25.97%) Project Management
3 7 (9.091%) E-Commerce
3 7 (9.091%) Migration
4 5 (6.494%) Content Management
4 5 (6.494%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (5.195%) Waterfall
5 4 (5.195%) Data Migration
5 4 (5.195%) Change Management
5 4 (5.195%) PRINCE2
6 3 (3.896%) ITIL
6 3 (3.896%) Risk Management
6 3 (3.896%) Business Analysis
6 3 (3.896%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (2.597%) Change Control
7 2 (2.597%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (2.597%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (1.299%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (1.299%) Six Sigma
8 1 (1.299%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.792%) Java
2 3 (3.896%) C
3 1 (1.299%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (2.597%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (1.299%) ISEB
2 1 (1.299%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (1.299%) PMP
2 1 (1.299%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.299%) SLA
1 1 (1.299%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.299%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (1.299%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (15.58%) IBM
2 4 (5.195%) ServiceNow
2 4 (5.195%) Oracle
3 1 (1.299%) SAP
3 1 (1.299%) McAfee
3 1 (1.299%) Nortel
3 1 (1.299%) Avaya
3 1 (1.299%) Genesys
3 1 (1.299%) FatWire
3 1 (1.299%) Fortinet
3 1 (1.299%) F5
3 1 (1.299%) Verint
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