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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Banking' in contract IT jobs within the Northern Ireland region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBanking
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1618
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.008 %
As % of the category below22.62 %16.00 %
Daily rates quoted54
Average minimum daily rate£321£338
Average daily rate£333£369
% change on same period last year-9.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£403£397
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£5.50
Average hourly rate-£5.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£5.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.06£30.88
% change on same period last year+0.58 %
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Northern Ireland
Matching contract IT job ads8450
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.118 %0.051 %
Daily rates quoted2618
Average minimum daily rate£292£404
Average daily rate£307£427
% change on same period last year-28.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted17
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00£6.75
Average hourly rate£31.50£6.82
% change on same period last year+361.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£6.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.78
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
Banking UKBanking
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Banking across the Northern Ireland region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Northern Ireland Banking Demand Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Banking across the Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Northern Ireland Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Banking across the Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
County AntrimUp+119£333-9.83 %
Banking UKBanking
UK

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing 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 Banking.

111 (39.29 %)SQL Server
111 (39.29 %)Windows
29 (32.14 %)Finance
29 (32.14 %)Investment Banking
29 (32.14 %)SQL Server 2005
38 (28.57 %)Migration
38 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (25.00 %)UNIX
55 (17.86 %)Clustering
55 (17.86 %)Sybase
55 (17.86 %)Windows 2000
55 (17.86 %)SQL Server Integration Services
55 (17.86 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
64 (14.29 %)MCSE
64 (14.29 %)RDBMS
64 (14.29 %)SQL
64 (14.29 %)VB
64 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
73 (10.71 %)TIBCO
73 (10.71 %)BusinessWorks
73 (10.71 %)J2EE
73 (10.71 %)Oracle
73 (10.71 %)Java
73 (10.71 %)WebLogic
73 (10.71 %)IIS
73 (10.71 %)Solaris
73 (10.71 %)Linux
73 (10.71 %)Windows NT
73 (10.71 %)Auditing

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing 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 Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (10.71 %)J2EE
21 (3.571 %).NET
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (10.71 %)WebLogic
13 (10.71 %)IIS
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (7.143 %)MS Office
12 (7.143 %)MS Excel
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (10.71 %)BusinessWorks
21 (3.571 %)Oracle Payroll
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (7.143 %)DHCP
12 (7.143 %)DNS
21 (3.571 %)TCP/IP
21 (3.571 %)SNA
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (39.29 %)SQL Server
29 (32.14 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (17.86 %)SQL Server Integration Services
35 (17.86 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
44 (14.29 %)RDBMS
44 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (7.143 %)Oracle 8/8i
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (32.14 %)Finance
19 (32.14 %)Investment Banking
23 (10.71 %)Auditing
23 (10.71 %)Retail
32 (7.143 %)Financial Institution
41 (3.571 %)Government
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (35.71 %)DBA
26 (21.43 %)Server Support
35 (17.86 %)Analyst
35 (17.86 %)SQL DBA
44 (14.29 %)SQL Server DBA
44 (14.29 %)Server Engineer
44 (14.29 %)Support Engineer
44 (14.29 %)Wintel Engineer
52 (7.143 %)PC Engineer
52 (7.143 %)Systems Engineer
52 (7.143 %)Migration Engineer
52 (7.143 %)Desktop Support
52 (7.143 %)Developer
52 (7.143 %)Analyst Programmer
52 (7.143 %)Programmer
52 (7.143 %)Support Analyst
52 (7.143 %)PC Support
52 (7.143 %)Server Support Engineer
52 (7.143 %)Senior Server Engineer
52 (7.143 %)Wintel Support
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (17.86 %)Clustering
22 (7.143 %)PDA
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (39.29 %)Windows
28 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (25.00 %)UNIX
45 (17.86 %)Windows 2000
53 (10.71 %)Windows NT
53 (10.71 %)Solaris
53 (10.71 %)Linux
62 (7.143 %)AIX
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (28.57 %)Migration
23 (10.71 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (3.571 %)Security Cleared
31 (3.571 %)Business Analysis
31 (3.571 %)PRINCE2
31 (3.571 %)Business Intelligence
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (14.29 %)SQL
14 (14.29 %)VB
23 (10.71 %)Java
32 (7.143 %)VBScript
41 (3.571 %)PL/SQL
41 (3.571 %)Shell Script
41 (3.571 %)C#
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (14.29 %)MCSE
14 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (7.143 %)A+ Certification
22 (7.143 %)MCSA
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (7.143 %)QA
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (7.143 %)Active Directory
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (7.143 %)ARCserve
21 (3.571 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (17.86 %)Sybase
23 (10.71 %)TIBCO
23 (10.71 %)Oracle
31 (3.571 %)Altiris
31 (3.571 %)Microsoft
31 (3.571 %)Compaq
31 (3.571 %)BEA