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The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the North West region.

 Retail Banking
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank446979
Rank change year-on-year
Up+25Up+10
Matching contract IT job ads763161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West3.351 %1.361 %1.542 %
As % of the General category7.975 %3.407 %4.147 %
Daily rates quoted91437
Average daily rate£400£425£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£266£383£212
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£472£460£535
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£425£450
% change year-on-year
-5.880 %-5.550 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
North West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
9539101471
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West42.02 %39.95 %37.18 %
Daily rates quoted391300443
Average daily rate£300£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£168£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted4676107
Average hourly rate£20.00£18.91£28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.760 %-33.64 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£11.48£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£47.50£34.77£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Retail Banking EnglandRetail Banking
England

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.

Retail Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 19 March 2010.

North West Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
ManchesterUp+1568£325-23.52 %
CheshireDown-86£400+2.56 %
Retail Banking EnglandRetail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1132 (100.00 %)Banking
1132 (100.00 %)Retail
263 (47.73 %)Finance
331 (23.48 %)Stakeholder Management
416 (12.12 %)MS Visio
515 (11.36 %)Business Analysis
614 (10.61 %)Project Management
713 (9.848 %)MS Excel
812 (9.091 %)Microsoft
911 (8.333 %)Migration
108 (6.061 %)RequisitePro
108 (6.061 %)PRINCE2
108 (6.061 %)Resource Management
117 (5.303 %)Spring
117 (5.303 %)MS Office
117 (5.303 %)IBM
126 (4.545 %)VisionPLUS
126 (4.545 %)QA
135 (3.788 %)WebSphere
135 (3.788 %)Use Case
135 (3.788 %)Advertising
135 (3.788 %)Risk Management
135 (3.788 %)Configuration Management
135 (3.788 %)Oracle
144 (3.030 %)ITIL
144 (3.030 %)Datawarehouse
144 (3.030 %)CISSP
144 (3.030 %)Firewall
144 (3.030 %)Mainframe
144 (3.030 %)PCI DSS

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (5.303 %)Spring
25 (3.788 %)WebSphere
33 (2.273 %).NET
42 (1.515 %)J2EE
42 (1.515 %)Middleware
51 (0.758 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.758 %)XML
51 (0.758 %)XSL
51 (0.758 %)ADSI
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (1.515 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (0.758 %)Exchange Server 5.5
21 (0.758 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (0.758 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (0.758 %)IIS
21 (0.758 %)MS Exchange
21 (0.758 %)SAS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (12.12 %)MS Visio
213 (9.848 %)MS Excel
37 (5.303 %)MS Office
43 (2.273 %)MS Project
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (4.545 %)VisionPLUS
23 (2.273 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.758 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (3.030 %)Firewall
22 (1.515 %)TCP/IP
22 (1.515 %)Network Security
31 (0.758 %)Intrusion Detection
31 (0.758 %)NAS
31 (0.758 %)Internet
31 (0.758 %)MPLS
31 (0.758 %)VPN
31 (0.758 %)SSL
31 (0.758 %)LDAP
31 (0.758 %)ATM
31 (0.758 %)HTTP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (3.030 %)Datawarehouse
22 (1.515 %)DataStage
31 (0.758 %)Base SAS
31 (0.758 %)ROLAP
31 (0.758 %)Oracle 8/8i
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (6.061 %)RequisitePro
North West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1132 (100.00 %)Banking
1132 (100.00 %)Retail
263 (47.73 %)Finance
35 (3.788 %)Advertising
44 (3.030 %)Insurance
52 (1.515 %)Government
61 (0.758 %)Investment Banking
61 (0.758 %)Corporate Banking
61 (0.758 %)Legal
61 (0.758 %)Telecoms
61 (0.758 %)Back Office
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
147 (35.61 %)Analyst
241 (31.06 %)Business Analyst
327 (20.45 %)Project Manager
417 (12.88 %)Programme Manager
59 (6.818 %)Architect
68 (6.061 %)Consultant
76 (4.545 %)Implementation Manager
76 (4.545 %)Banking Business Analyst
85 (3.788 %)PMO Consultant
85 (3.788 %)Senior Manager
94 (3.030 %)Senior Project Manager
94 (3.030 %)Integration Manager
94 (3.030 %)Lead Business Analyst
103 (2.273 %)Solutions Architect
112 (1.515 %)Technical Architect
112 (1.515 %)Data Architect
112 (1.515 %)Security Consultant
112 (1.515 %)Administrator
112 (1.515 %)Security Analyst
112 (1.515 %)Systems Integration Manager
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (3.030 %)Mainframe
21 (0.758 %)Cryptography
21 (0.758 %)PKI
21 (0.758 %)Statistics
21 (0.758 %)PMI
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (2.273 %)Windows
13 (2.273 %)AIX
21 (0.758 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (0.758 %)MVS
21 (0.758 %)Windows XP
21 (0.758 %)UNIX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
131 (23.48 %)Stakeholder Management
215 (11.36 %)Business Analysis
314 (10.61 %)Project Management
411 (8.333 %)Migration
58 (6.061 %)PRINCE2
58 (6.061 %)Resource Management
65 (3.788 %)Use Case
65 (3.788 %)Risk Management
65 (3.788 %)Configuration Management
74 (3.030 %)ITIL
83 (2.273 %)Project Planning
83 (2.273 %)TOGAF
83 (2.273 %)Time Management
83 (2.273 %)Data Migration
83 (2.273 %)Matrix Management
83 (2.273 %)GAP Analysis
83 (2.273 %)Quality Management
83 (2.273 %)Disaster Recovery
83 (2.273 %)UML
83 (2.273 %)OO
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (2.273 %)SQL
22 (1.515 %)Java
31 (0.758 %)SAS Macro
31 (0.758 %)JavaScript
31 (0.758 %)C#
31 (0.758 %)C++
31 (0.758 %)T-SQL
31 (0.758 %)VBScript
31 (0.758 %)VB
31 (0.758 %)VB.NET
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (3.030 %)CISSP
23 (2.273 %)Degree
32 (1.515 %)PRINCE2 Certification
32 (1.515 %)PMI Certification
41 (0.758 %)Security+ Certification
41 (0.758 %)CISA
41 (0.758 %)CISM
41 (0.758 %)MBA
41 (0.758 %)PMP
41 (0.758 %)ISEB
41 (0.758 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.758 %)MCSE
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (4.545 %)QA
24 (3.030 %)PCI DSS
32 (1.515 %)BS7799
32 (1.515 %)ISO27001
41 (0.758 %)Basel II
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (1.515 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.758 %)Unicenter
11 (0.758 %)MIIS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
112 (9.091 %)Microsoft
27 (5.303 %)IBM
35 (3.788 %)Oracle
42 (1.515 %)Cisco
42 (1.515 %)BearingPoint
42 (1.515 %)Nokia
42 (1.515 %)CheckPoint
42 (1.515 %)Accenture
42 (1.515 %)Teradata
51 (0.758 %)BMC
51 (0.758 %)Genesys