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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail Banking' in contract IT jobs within the South East 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 Retail Banking over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetail Banking
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank198241
Rank change on same period last yearUp+43
Matching contract IT job ads4658
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.058 %
As % of the category below0.831 %0.849 %
Daily rates quoted2233
Average minimum daily rate£409£369
Average daily rate£434£390
% change on same period last year+11.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£458£411
UK excluding London average daily rate£431£427
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£18.00
Average hourly rate-£21.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£12.00£30.50
% change on same period last year-60.65 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
South East
Matching contract IT job ads55376828
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.380 %6.812 %
Daily rates quoted15291984
Average minimum daily rate£352£365
Average daily rate£374£384
% change on same period last year-2.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£404
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted500583
Average minimum hourly rate£25.35£26.74
Average hourly rate£27.06£28.46
% change on same period last year-4.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.77£30.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£27.25
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Retail Banking EnglandRetail Banking
England

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.

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 29 August 2008.

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

This section 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 29 August 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
BuckinghamshireUp+1419£304-41.71 %
HampshireUp+3210£491+22.65 %
BerkshireUp+386--
M4 CorridorNew entry-6£480-
SurreyUp+151--
Thames ValleyUp+151--
KentUp+81£388-21.05 %
Retail Banking EnglandRetail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

1135 (100.00 %)Banking
1135 (100.00 %)Retail
274 (54.81 %)Finance
326 (19.26 %)Project Management
418 (13.33 %)Oracle
515 (11.11 %)DB2
613 (9.630 %)UNIX
613 (9.630 %)Insurance
711 (8.148 %)Stakeholder Management
810 (7.407 %)PRINCE2
810 (7.407 %)SQL Server
99 (6.667 %)SAS
99 (6.667 %)Financial Institution
108 (5.926 %)Programme Management
108 (5.926 %)Basel II
108 (5.926 %)MS Project
108 (5.926 %)Credit Risk
117 (5.185 %)Business Objects
117 (5.185 %)IBM
117 (5.185 %)BusinessObjects
126 (4.444 %)Workflow
126 (4.444 %)Econometrics
126 (4.444 %)CICS
126 (4.444 %)RAD
126 (4.444 %)CRM
126 (4.444 %)J2EE
126 (4.444 %)COBOL
126 (4.444 %)Java
126 (4.444 %)Project Planning
126 (4.444 %)Base SAS

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (4.444 %)J2EE
25 (3.704 %)XML
25 (3.704 %)WebSphere
34 (2.963 %).NET
34 (2.963 %)Middleware
43 (2.222 %)HTML
43 (2.222 %).NET Framework
52 (1.481 %)ASP.NET
52 (1.481 %)WebServices
61 (0.741 %)Hibernate
61 (0.741 %)Spring
61 (0.741 %)AJAX
61 (0.741 %)XSL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (6.667 %)SAS
26 (4.444 %)CICS
34 (2.963 %)WebLogic
43 (2.222 %)Tuxedo
43 (2.222 %)MQSeries
43 (2.222 %)BizTalk Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (5.926 %)MS Project
22 (1.481 %)MS Excel
22 (1.481 %)MS Visio
22 (1.481 %)CA Clarity
31 (0.741 %)Spreadsheet
31 (0.741 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.481 %)AWD
21 (0.741 %)Oracle Financials
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (2.222 %)ATM
13 (2.222 %)Internet
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (11.11 %)DB2
210 (7.407 %)SQL Server
37 (5.185 %)BusinessObjects
46 (4.444 %)Base SAS
55 (3.704 %)PowerCenter
63 (2.222 %)ETL
71 (0.741 %)GIS
71 (0.741 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.741 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.741 %)Datawarehouse
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (3.704 %)TestDirector
21 (0.741 %)LoadRunner
21 (0.741 %)Rational Functional Tester
21 (0.741 %)Oracle Forms
21 (0.741 %)Rational Rose
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1135 (100.00 %)Banking
1135 (100.00 %)Retail
274 (54.81 %)Finance
313 (9.630 %)Insurance
49 (6.667 %)Financial Institution
54 (2.963 %)Online Banking
63 (2.222 %)Corporate Banking
63 (2.222 %)Investment Banking
72 (1.481 %)Front Office
72 (1.481 %)Back Office
72 (1.481 %)Government
81 (0.741 %)Health
81 (0.741 %)Manufacturing
81 (0.741 %)Marketing
81 (0.741 %)Pensions
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
156 (41.48 %)Analyst
235 (25.93 %)Project Manager
332 (23.70 %)Business Analyst
419 (14.07 %)Banking Business Analyst
512 (8.889 %)Developer
68 (5.926 %)SAS Analyst
77 (5.185 %)Systems Analyst
86 (4.444 %)Programme Manager
86 (4.444 %)Java Developer
86 (4.444 %)J2EE Developer
86 (4.444 %)Java/J2EE Developer
95 (3.704 %)Business Manager
95 (3.704 %)Banking Analyst
95 (3.704 %)Business Project Manager
95 (3.704 %)Test Analyst
104 (2.963 %)Test Manager
104 (2.963 %)Tester
104 (2.963 %)Service Manager
104 (2.963 %)Team Leader
113 (2.222 %)Project Administrator
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (5.926 %)Credit Risk
25 (3.704 %)IBM Mainframe
25 (3.704 %)Mainframe
34 (2.963 %)EPoS
43 (2.222 %)VSAM
51 (0.741 %)Economics
51 (0.741 %)EFT
51 (0.741 %)Tandem
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (9.630 %)UNIX
24 (2.963 %)Windows
33 (2.222 %)MVS
42 (1.481 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.741 %)Solaris
51 (0.741 %)Linux
51 (0.741 %)Windows NT
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (19.26 %)Project Management
211 (8.148 %)Stakeholder Management
310 (7.407 %)PRINCE2
48 (5.926 %)Programme Management
56 (4.444 %)Econometrics
56 (4.444 %)Workflow
56 (4.444 %)Project Planning
56 (4.444 %)RAD
56 (4.444 %)CRM
65 (3.704 %)OO
65 (3.704 %)Systems Analysis
65 (3.704 %)Business Analysis
65 (3.704 %)Migration
65 (3.704 %)User Acceptance Testing
74 (2.963 %)Six Sigma
83 (2.222 %)Data Modelling
83 (2.222 %)PRINCE
83 (2.222 %)Requirements Analysis
83 (2.222 %)Risk Analysis
83 (2.222 %)Test Scripting
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (4.444 %)COBOL
16 (4.444 %)Java
24 (2.963 %)SQL
24 (2.963 %)C++
24 (2.963 %)JCL
33 (2.222 %)VB.NET
33 (2.222 %)PL/SQL
42 (1.481 %)VB
51 (0.741 %)C#
51 (0.741 %)Delphi
51 (0.741 %)VBScript
51 (0.741 %)JavaScript
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (1.481 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (0.741 %)ACCA
21 (0.741 %)Degree
21 (0.741 %)ISEB
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (5.926 %)Basel II
22 (1.481 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.741 %)SLA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.741 %)Tivoli
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (13.33 %)Oracle
27 (5.185 %)Business Objects
27 (5.185 %)IBM
34 (2.963 %)BEA
42 (1.481 %)Remedy
42 (1.481 %)Microsoft
51 (0.741 %)SAP
51 (0.741 %)Casewise