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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 South East 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 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 South East region.

 Retail Banking
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank184170193
Rank change year-on-year
Down-14Up+23
Matching contract IT job ads141582
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East0.189 %0.198 %0.547 %
As % of the General category0.457 %0.455 %1.350 %
Daily rates quoted4617
Average daily rate£400£430£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.970 %+1.170 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£425£196
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£502£435£485
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---
South East IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
306132966072
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East41.35 %43.51 %40.48 %
Daily rates quoted10878161470
Average daily rate£359£363£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.960 %-3.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£230£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£515
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted214214604
Average hourly rate£25.14£29.00£27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.31 %+7.400 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.95£10.50£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£43.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£27.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
-11.11 %-1.810 %
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
BuckinghamshireDown-115£425-1.16 %
HampshireUp+23£535-
BerkshireNew entry-3£375-
SurreyNew entry-1--
East SussexNew entry-1--
Retail Banking EnglandRetail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

158 (100.00 %)Banking
158 (100.00 %)Retail
238 (65.52 %)Finance
319 (32.76 %)Telecoms
319 (32.76 %)Insurance
417 (29.31 %)Investment Banking
417 (29.31 %)Software Testing
510 (17.24 %)SQL
69 (15.52 %)Java
69 (15.52 %)SAP
77 (12.07 %)UNIX
77 (12.07 %)SQL Server
77 (12.07 %)Stakeholder Management
86 (10.34 %)SAP IS-U
86 (10.34 %)Oracle
86 (10.34 %)Perl
86 (10.34 %)XML
86 (10.34 %)QuickTest Pro
95 (8.621 %)JBoss
95 (8.621 %)Web Services
95 (8.621 %)VB
95 (8.621 %)Test Management
104 (6.897 %)Integration Testing
104 (6.897 %)Change Management
104 (6.897 %)FitNesse
104 (6.897 %)MySQL
104 (6.897 %)IIS
104 (6.897 %)JavaScript
104 (6.897 %)JSP
104 (6.897 %)SOAP

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (10.34 %)XML
25 (8.621 %)Web Services
34 (6.897 %)JSP
34 (6.897 %)SOAP
34 (6.897 %)ASP
41 (1.724 %)AWT
41 (1.724 %)Middleware
41 (1.724 %).NET
41 (1.724 %)HTML
41 (1.724 %)ASP.NET
41 (1.724 %)CSS
41 (1.724 %)Swing
41 (1.724 %)XSL
41 (1.724 %)XSLT
41 (1.724 %)CORBA
41 (1.724 %)WebSphere
41 (1.724 %)Spring
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (6.897 %)IIS
14 (6.897 %)Apache
14 (6.897 %)Tomcat
23 (5.172 %)SAS
32 (3.448 %)SharePoint
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (5.172 %)MS Excel
22 (3.448 %)MS Project
31 (1.724 %)MS Visio
31 (1.724 %)MS Office
31 (1.724 %)MS PowerPoint
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (10.34 %)SAP IS-U
23 (5.172 %)SAP FI
23 (5.172 %)SAP CO
23 (5.172 %)SAP FI/CO
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (1.724 %)3G
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (12.07 %)SQL Server
24 (6.897 %)MySQL
33 (5.172 %)DB2
41 (1.724 %)Oracle 10g
41 (1.724 %)PowerCenter
41 (1.724 %)Datawarehouse
41 (1.724 %)ETL
41 (1.724 %)MS Access
41 (1.724 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (1.724 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (1.724 %)DB2 UDB
41 (1.724 %)PerformancePoint
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (10.34 %)QuickTest Pro
24 (6.897 %)FitNesse
24 (6.897 %)WinRunner
South East IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
158 (100.00 %)Banking
158 (100.00 %)Retail
238 (65.52 %)Finance
319 (32.76 %)Telecoms
319 (32.76 %)Insurance
417 (29.31 %)Investment Banking
51 (1.724 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (1.724 %)Marketing
51 (1.724 %)Games
51 (1.724 %)Government
51 (1.724 %)Legal
51 (1.724 %)Advertising
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
130 (51.72 %)Analyst
29 (15.52 %)Business Analyst
36 (10.34 %)Developer
45 (8.621 %)Technical Analyst
45 (8.621 %)Project Manager
45 (8.621 %)Consultant
45 (8.621 %)Process Analyst
54 (6.897 %)Test Manager
63 (5.172 %)Tester
63 (5.172 %)SAP Manager
63 (5.172 %)SAP Test Manager
63 (5.172 %)Java Developer
72 (3.448 %)Planning Manager
72 (3.448 %)Business Process Analyst
72 (3.448 %)Process Consultant
72 (3.448 %)Business Systems Analyst
72 (3.448 %)Systems Analyst
81 (1.724 %)Architect
81 (1.724 %)Programme Manager
81 (1.724 %)Management Consultant
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (3.448 %)IVR
12 (3.448 %)Mainframe
12 (3.448 %)EPoS
21 (1.724 %)Mathematics
21 (1.724 %)IBM Mainframe
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (12.07 %)UNIX
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
117 (29.31 %)Software Testing
27 (12.07 %)Stakeholder Management
35 (8.621 %)Test Management
44 (6.897 %)Integration Testing
44 (6.897 %)Change Management
53 (5.172 %)Data Security
53 (5.172 %)Migration
53 (5.172 %)Information Security
62 (3.448 %)Performance Testing
62 (3.448 %)Stress Testing
62 (3.448 %)Security Testing
62 (3.448 %)Systems Analysis
62 (3.448 %)Business Analysis
62 (3.448 %)Fund Management
62 (3.448 %)Project Management
62 (3.448 %)Business Intelligence
71 (1.724 %)ERP
71 (1.724 %)SOA
71 (1.724 %)SSADM
71 (1.724 %)User Acceptance Testing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
110 (17.24 %)SQL
29 (15.52 %)Java
36 (10.34 %)Perl
45 (8.621 %)VB
54 (6.897 %)JavaScript
54 (6.897 %)Python
62 (3.448 %)C#
62 (3.448 %)COBOL
71 (1.724 %)Shell Script
71 (1.724 %)C++
71 (1.724 %)C
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (1.724 %)ISEB
11 (1.724 %)Degree
11 (1.724 %)Security Cleared
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (5.172 %)Basel II
13 (5.172 %)PCI DSS
21 (1.724 %)COBIT
21 (1.724 %)QA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.724 %)CONTROL-M
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (15.52 %)SAP
26 (10.34 %)Oracle
35 (8.621 %)JBoss
44 (6.897 %)Calypso
44 (6.897 %)HP
52 (3.448 %)IBM
61 (1.724 %)Microsoft
61 (1.724 %)Sybase