The first table below looks at the demand for Basel II skills 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 Basel II over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Basel II
Rank 105 134 119
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -15
Contract jobs citing Basel II 5 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.243% 0.096% 0.265%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.646% 1.456% 2.768%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 5
Average daily rate £410 £448 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.37% +37.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £401 £419 £413
% change year-on-year
-4.23% +1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
189 206 289
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 9.197% 6.571% 9.585%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 116 114
Average daily rate £405 £375 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -5.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £484 £524 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 56
Average hourly rate £18.00 £31.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.39% -10.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.14 £11.08 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £146.00 £37.70 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+10.64% -44.26%
Basel II
England

Basel II
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Basel II across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

South West Basel II Jobs Demand Trend

Basel II
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Basel II Daily Rate Trend

Basel II
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Basel II Hourly Rate Trend

Basel II
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Basel II 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 Basel II.

1 21 (95.45%) Finance
2 16 (72.73%) Banking
3 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (45.45%) GAP Analysis
3 10 (45.45%) Requirements Analysis
3 10 (45.45%) Business Transformation
3 10 (45.45%) Basel III
4 9 (40.91%) Solvency II
4 9 (40.91%) BPR
4 9 (40.91%) MS Visio
4 9 (40.91%) UML
4 9 (40.91%) SSADM
4 9 (40.91%) DSDM
5 8 (36.36%) PL/SQL
5 8 (36.36%) SQL
5 8 (36.36%) Oracle
6 7 (31.82%) XML
6 7 (31.82%) TOAD
6 7 (31.82%) .NET
6 7 (31.82%) VB.NET
6 7 (31.82%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (31.82%) OOP
6 7 (31.82%) Visual Studio
6 7 (31.82%) Dimensional Modelling
6 7 (31.82%) Silverlight
7 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (22.73%) Data Modelling
8 4 (18.18%) SAS
8 4 (18.18%) Credit Risk
8 4 (18.18%) Retail

Basel II
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Basel II 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 Basel II. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (31.82%) .NET
1 7 (31.82%) XML
1 7 (31.82%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 4 (18.18%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (40.91%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (31.82%) TOAD
2 1 (4.545%) Star Schema
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.545%) DTS
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (95.45%) Finance
2 16 (72.73%) Banking
3 4 (18.18%) Retail
4 2 (9.091%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Analyst
2 10 (45.45%) Business Analyst
3 8 (36.36%) Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (9.091%) .NET Developer
5 2 (9.091%) Data Modeller
5 2 (9.091%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Credit Risk Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Credit Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Database Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Credit Risk
2 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) GAP Analysis
1 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
1 10 (45.45%) Requirements Analysis
1 10 (45.45%) Business Transformation
2 9 (40.91%) SSADM
2 9 (40.91%) DSDM
2 9 (40.91%) UML
2 9 (40.91%) BPR
3 7 (31.82%) OOP
3 7 (31.82%) Dimensional Modelling
4 5 (22.73%) Data Modelling
4 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.64%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (4.545%) Stress Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Business Analysis
6 1 (4.545%) Data Cleansing
6 1 (4.545%) Data Mapping
6 1 (4.545%) Business Process Improvement
6 1 (4.545%) ETL
6 1 (4.545%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) PL/SQL
1 8 (36.36%) SQL
2 7 (31.82%) VB.NET
3 2 (9.091%) C#
4 1 (4.545%) VBA
4 1 (4.545%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.545%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) Basel III
2 9 (40.91%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Oracle
2 1 (4.545%) SAP
2 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
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