The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking 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 Northampton 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
Retail Banking
Rank 19 16 15
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -1
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 4 15 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 2.857% 6.073% 5.056%
As % of the General category 5.128% 9.202% 8.411%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 7
Average daily rate £423 £400 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.62% +39.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £325 £253
10% offered a daily rate of more than £518 £520 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £145.00
% change year-on-year
- -86.20%
All of the General Category
Northampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
78 163 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 55.71% 65.99% 60.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 121 80
Average daily rate £425 £400 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +4.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £267 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £484 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -36.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Retail Banking
Northamptonshire

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Retail Banking across the Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton 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 Northampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Retail Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 9 (100.00%) Banking
1 9 (100.00%) Retail
2 7 (77.78%) Finance
3 4 (44.44%) Change Management
4 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) TDD
5 2 (22.22%) MS Project
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) HP
5 2 (22.22%) ISEB
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE
5 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
6 1 (11.11%) Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) ACCA
6 1 (11.11%) CIMA
6 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Legal
6 1 (11.11%) MBA

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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.

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Project
General
1 9 (100.00%) Banking
1 9 (100.00%) Retail
2 7 (77.78%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) UAT Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Lead Test Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) UAT Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Programme Office Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Test Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
2 2 (22.22%) UAT Test Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Test Leader
2 2 (22.22%) Lead Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Programme Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Financial Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Banking Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Change Management
2 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) TDD
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE
3 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
4 1 (11.11%) Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
1 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (11.11%) ACCA
2 1 (11.11%) CIMA
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) MBA
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) HP
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