The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 21 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 South Wales 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 24 26 44
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +18
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 11 18 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 3.385% 4.557% 0.750%
As % of the General category 8.800% 9.326% 1.786%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 0
Average daily rate £410 £379 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.17% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
-1.31% -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
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
125 193 168
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 38.46% 48.86% 42.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 135 109
Average daily rate £390 £385 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.29% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £280 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.00 £10.28
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% +55.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Retail Banking
Wales

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Wales Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cardiff -2 7 £435 +15.07%
Newport +3 4 £410 -
Retail Banking
Wales

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 27 (100.00%) Banking
1 27 (100.00%) Retail
2 18 (66.67%) Finance
3 12 (44.44%) Migration
3 12 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (22.22%) Mainframe
4 6 (22.22%) Business Analysis
5 5 (18.52%) Project Management
6 4 (14.81%) Change Management
7 3 (11.11%) .NET
7 3 (11.11%) SAS
7 3 (11.11%) ISEB
7 3 (11.11%) WebSphere
7 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (11.11%) Change Control
7 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
8 2 (7.407%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (7.407%) Data Analysis
8 2 (7.407%) Automated Testing
8 2 (7.407%) Release Management
8 2 (7.407%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (7.407%) Test Scripting
8 2 (7.407%) Data Migration
8 2 (7.407%) Data Mapping
8 2 (7.407%) Product Management
8 2 (7.407%) Internet
8 2 (7.407%) SQL
8 2 (7.407%) VB
8 2 (7.407%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (7.407%) E-Commerce

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

Application Development
1 3 (11.11%) .NET
1 3 (11.11%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.11%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (7.407%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.704%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.407%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.407%) Data Warehouse
General
1 27 (100.00%) Banking
1 27 (100.00%) Retail
2 18 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (3.704%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.704%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Project Manager
2 5 (18.52%) Business Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Test Manager
3 3 (11.11%) Environment Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Test Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Senior Manager
4 2 (7.407%) Data Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Marketing Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Business Continuity Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Business Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Defect Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.704%) Credit Risk
2 1 (3.704%) Mathematics
2 1 (3.704%) Physics
2 1 (3.704%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Migration
1 12 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 5 (18.52%) Project Management
4 4 (14.81%) Change Management
5 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (11.11%) Change Control
5 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 2 (7.407%) Data Analysis
6 2 (7.407%) Automated Testing
6 2 (7.407%) Release Management
6 2 (7.407%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (7.407%) Test Scripting
6 2 (7.407%) Data Migration
6 2 (7.407%) Data Mapping
6 2 (7.407%) Product Management
6 2 (7.407%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.704%) ITSM
7 1 (3.704%) Risk Management
7 1 (3.704%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.407%) SQL
1 2 (7.407%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) ISEB
2 1 (3.704%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (3.704%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) HP Quality Center
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