The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Banking
Rank 14 9 10
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +1
Contract jobs citing Banking 169 332 266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 8.412% 10.62% 8.788%
As % of the General category 23.37% 24.92% 20.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 295 205
Average daily rate £396 £385 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -3.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £275 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £483 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £388
% change year-on-year
- +3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £22.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+93.18% -24.13%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £22.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.74% +5.95%
All of the General Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
723 1332 1315
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.99% 42.60% 43.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 935 736
Average daily rate £380 £380 £380
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £273 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 103
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -27.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £18.00 £13.09
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £43.70 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Banking
England

Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Banking Jobs Demand Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Banking across the South West region.

South West Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Banking across the South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bristol -3 51 £396 -1.00% 7
Wiltshire +5 50 £420 +13.51% 2
Dorset -1 34 £400 +6.66% 2
Gloucestershire -9 4 £435 +14.47% 4
Somerset -4 3 - - 2
Devon - - - - 2
Banking
England

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 315 (79.95%) Finance
2 200 (50.76%) Retail
3 173 (43.91%) Retail Banking
4 100 (25.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 83 (21.07%) Change Management
6 71 (18.02%) Microsoft
7 56 (14.21%) Financial Institution
8 49 (12.44%) MS Project
9 44 (11.17%) PRINCE2
10 41 (10.41%) Project Management
11 39 (9.898%) SQL
12 37 (9.391%) Business Analysis
13 34 (8.629%) ISEB
14 32 (8.122%) Oracle
15 31 (7.868%) MS Excel
16 30 (7.614%) Change Control
16 30 (7.614%) Business Transformation
16 30 (7.614%) Data Warehouse
17 28 (7.107%) Migration
18 27 (6.853%) HP Quality Center
19 26 (6.599%) Business Intelligence
20 25 (6.345%) SWIFT
20 25 (6.345%) User Acceptance Testing
21 24 (6.091%) Marketing
21 24 (6.091%) HP
22 23 (5.838%) BPR
22 23 (5.838%) UML
22 23 (5.838%) SAP
23 22 (5.584%) .NET
23 22 (5.584%) ETL

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development
1 22 (5.584%) .NET
2 8 (2.030%) Web Services
2 8 (2.030%) XML
3 7 (1.777%) Middleware
3 7 (1.777%) ASP.NET
4 5 (1.269%) WCF
4 5 (1.269%) Silverlight
4 5 (1.269%) JDBC
4 5 (1.269%) ODBC
5 4 (1.015%) HTML
5 4 (1.015%) CSS
6 3 (0.761%) HTML5
6 3 (0.761%) AppFabric
6 3 (0.761%) jQuery
7 2 (0.508%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.254%) REST
8 1 (0.254%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.254%) JSON
8 1 (0.254%) SOAP
8 1 (0.254%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 20 (5.076%) SAS
2 13 (3.299%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.523%) WebLogic
3 6 (1.523%) TeamSite
4 5 (1.269%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (0.761%) IIS
6 2 (0.508%) CMS
6 2 (0.508%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.254%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.254%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.254%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 49 (12.44%) MS Project
2 31 (7.868%) MS Excel
3 18 (4.569%) MS Visio
4 14 (3.553%) MS PowerPoint
5 10 (2.538%) MS Office
6 1 (0.254%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.254%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.015%) SAP FI-GL
2 2 (0.508%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 1 (0.254%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.254%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.792%) Internet
2 7 (1.777%) HTTP
3 5 (1.269%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.015%) ATM
5 3 (0.761%) SMS
6 2 (0.508%) FTP
6 2 (0.508%) Intranet
7 1 (0.254%) NAS
7 1 (0.254%) Network Security
7 1 (0.254%) DVB
7 1 (0.254%) 3G
7 1 (0.254%) DHCP
7 1 (0.254%) SSL
7 1 (0.254%) RIP
7 1 (0.254%) VPN
7 1 (0.254%) DNS
7 1 (0.254%) SAN
7 1 (0.254%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.614%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (5.330%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.792%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (2.792%) TOAD
4 10 (2.538%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.269%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (1.269%) MS Access
6 3 (0.761%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (0.761%) Base SAS
6 3 (0.761%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (0.761%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.508%) OLAP
7 2 (0.508%) DTS
7 2 (0.508%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (0.508%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.254%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.254%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (0.254%) QlikView
8 1 (0.254%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.254%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 12 (3.046%) ERwin
2 11 (2.792%) LoadRunner
3 7 (1.777%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (1.777%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.523%) WinRunner
5 5 (1.269%) Introscope
6 3 (0.761%) TestDirector
7 2 (0.508%) JProbe
7 2 (0.508%) JIRA
7 2 (0.508%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.508%) JProfiler
8 1 (0.254%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.254%) COOL:Gen
8 1 (0.254%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.254%) ChangeMan
General
1 315 (79.95%) Finance
2 200 (50.76%) Retail
3 173 (43.91%) Retail Banking
4 56 (14.21%) Financial Institution
5 24 (6.091%) Marketing
6 21 (5.330%) Investment Banking
7 15 (3.807%) Corporate Banking
8 13 (3.299%) Wholesale Banking
9 9 (2.284%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.030%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.761%) Back Office
12 2 (0.508%) Advertising
13 1 (0.254%) Legal
13 1 (0.254%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 150 (38.07%) Analyst
2 77 (19.54%) Project Manager
3 74 (18.78%) Business Analyst
4 39 (9.898%) Developer
5 31 (7.868%) PMO Analyst
6 22 (5.584%) Architect
7 20 (5.076%) Programme Analyst
7 20 (5.076%) Test Analyst
7 20 (5.076%) Programme Office Analyst
8 17 (4.315%) Senior Analyst
9 15 (3.807%) Consultant
10 14 (3.553%) Junior
11 13 (3.299%) Test Manager
12 11 (2.792%) Banking Business Analyst
13 10 (2.538%) Tester
13 10 (2.538%) Junior Project Manager
14 9 (2.284%) Workstream Manager
14 9 (2.284%) Test Leader
14 9 (2.284%) .NET Developer
14 9 (2.284%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.345%) SWIFT
2 15 (3.807%) Mainframe
3 9 (2.284%) Online Banking
4 6 (1.523%) Reference Data
5 5 (1.269%) Digital Media
5 5 (1.269%) FMCG
5 5 (1.269%) IPTV
5 5 (1.269%) NHS
6 4 (1.015%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.508%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.508%) Visualisation
7 2 (0.508%) Social Media
7 2 (0.508%) Mobile Payment
8 1 (0.254%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.254%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.254%) Data Extraction
8 1 (0.254%) Data Integration
8 1 (0.254%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.254%) Derivative
8 1 (0.254%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.553%) Windows
2 12 (3.046%) Linux
3 10 (2.538%) UNIX
4 7 (1.777%) Solaris
5 2 (0.508%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.254%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.254%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.254%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (25.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 83 (21.07%) Change Management
3 44 (11.17%) PRINCE2
4 41 (10.41%) Project Management
5 37 (9.391%) Business Analysis
6 30 (7.614%) Change Control
6 30 (7.614%) Business Transformation
7 28 (7.107%) Migration
8 26 (6.599%) Business Intelligence
9 25 (6.345%) User Acceptance Testing
10 23 (5.838%) BPR
10 23 (5.838%) UML
11 22 (5.584%) ETL
12 19 (4.822%) Data Modelling
13 16 (4.061%) GAP Analysis
13 16 (4.061%) TOGAF
13 16 (4.061%) Requirements Analysis
14 14 (3.553%) DSDM
14 14 (3.553%) SSADM
15 13 (3.299%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.898%) SQL
2 15 (3.807%) PL/SQL
3 12 (3.046%) C#
4 11 (2.792%) Java
5 8 (2.030%) VB.NET
5 8 (2.030%) VBA
6 6 (1.523%) VB
7 5 (1.269%) C++
7 5 (1.269%) C
8 4 (1.015%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.508%) COBOL
9 2 (0.508%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.508%) VBScript
10 1 (0.254%) Clojure
10 1 (0.254%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.254%) JCL
10 1 (0.254%) PL/1
10 1 (0.254%) PHP
10 1 (0.254%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (8.629%) ISEB
2 18 (4.569%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 15 (3.807%) ISTQB
4 9 (2.284%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.284%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.030%) Degree
6 3 (0.761%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 2 (0.508%) PMP
7 2 (0.508%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.508%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.508%) ACCA
8 1 (0.254%) APMP
8 1 (0.254%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.254%) MCSE
8 1 (0.254%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.569%) QA
2 16 (4.061%) Basel II
3 13 (3.299%) Solvency II
4 12 (3.046%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.538%) Basel III
6 3 (0.761%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.508%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.254%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.254%) SLA
8 1 (0.254%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.015%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.254%) XenApp
2 1 (0.254%) XenDesktop
2 1 (0.254%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.254%) VMware Server
2 1 (0.254%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.254%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.254%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 27 (6.853%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (1.269%) HP SiteScope
3 3 (0.761%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.508%) SCOM
5 1 (0.254%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.254%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 71 (18.02%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.122%) Oracle
3 24 (6.091%) HP
4 23 (5.838%) SAP
5 8 (2.030%) IBM
6 5 (1.269%) DataFlux
6 5 (1.269%) Informatica
6 5 (1.269%) Ab Initio
7 3 (0.761%) Pega
8 2 (0.508%) PeopleSoft
8 2 (0.508%) Business Objects
8 2 (0.508%) Citrix
9 1 (0.254%) FalconStor
9 1 (0.254%) Verint
9 1 (0.254%) Fundtech
9 1 (0.254%) Wall Street Systems
9 1 (0.254%) Infoblox
9 1 (0.254%) ICL
9 1 (0.254%) KXEN
9 1 (0.254%) Primavera
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