The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 17 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 Northamptonshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 21 23 22
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 10 25 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 4.065% 6.219% 3.650%
As % of the General category 7.937% 10.64% 6.623%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 6
Average daily rate £364 £400 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.06% +39.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £325 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £573 £488 £363
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 -
All of the General Category
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
126 235 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 51.22% 58.46% 55.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 170 108
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 £325 £276 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £900 £500 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £8.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +135.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Retail Banking
East Midlands

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Northampton -2 6 £345 -13.75%
Retail Banking
East Midlands

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 17 (100.00%) Banking
1 17 (100.00%) Retail
2 14 (82.35%) Finance
3 7 (41.18%) Change Management
4 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (29.41%) Business Analysis
5 5 (29.41%) Requirements Analysis
5 5 (29.41%) Business Transformation
6 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (17.65%) HP Quality Center
7 3 (17.65%) Business Process Improvement
7 3 (17.65%) GAP Analysis
7 3 (17.65%) Project Management
7 3 (17.65%) HP
8 2 (11.76%) ISEB
8 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
8 2 (11.76%) MS Project
8 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
8 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (11.76%) PRINCE
8 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
8 2 (11.76%) Migration
8 2 (11.76%) TDD
9 1 (5.882%) CIPD
9 1 (5.882%) Marketing
9 1 (5.882%) Degree
9 1 (5.882%) Credit Risk
9 1 (5.882%) Use Case
9 1 (5.882%) Analytics
9 1 (5.882%) VisionPLUS

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (11.76%) MS Project
2 1 (5.882%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) ATM
1 1 (5.882%) HTTP
General
1 17 (100.00%) Banking
1 17 (100.00%) Retail
2 14 (82.35%) Finance
3 1 (5.882%) Legal
3 1 (5.882%) Marketing
3 1 (5.882%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Business Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Test Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Programme Office Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) UAT Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Lead Test Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) UAT Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) UAT Test Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Test Leader
4 2 (11.76%) Lead Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Programme Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Financial Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) VisionPlus Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Change Management
2 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (29.41%) Business Analysis
3 5 (29.41%) Requirements Analysis
3 5 (29.41%) Business Transformation
4 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Business Process Improvement
5 3 (17.65%) Project Management
5 3 (17.65%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Migration
6 2 (11.76%) TDD
6 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
6 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
6 2 (11.76%) PRINCE
7 1 (5.882%) RUP
7 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
7 1 (5.882%) Analytics
7 1 (5.882%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) ISEB
1 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (5.882%) ACCA
2 1 (5.882%) CIMA
2 1 (5.882%) MBA
2 1 (5.882%) CIPD
2 1 (5.882%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) HP
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.882%) Citrix