Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution over the 3 months to 18 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 West region.

 Financial Institution
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank104107138
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Up+31
Matching contract IT job ads10715
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West0.396 %0.252 %0.299 %
As % of the General category0.871 %0.654 %0.697 %
Daily rates quoted557
Average daily rate£400£400£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--11.11 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£330£211£365
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£460£430£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£394£400
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-1.560 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£7.50£10.00£26.00
% change year-on-year
-25.00 %-61.53 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
114810702152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West45.50 %38.48 %42.84 %
Daily rates quoted591366778
Average daily rate£350£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£235£261
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£499£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted85181205
Average hourly rate£23.00£32.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.23 %+8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.70£14.00£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£37.25£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£27.00£27.00
% change year-on-year
-11.11 %-
Financial Institution EnglandFinancial Institution
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.

Financial Institution
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Financial Institution across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

South West Financial Institution Demand Trend

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Financial Institution Daily Rate Trend

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Financial Institution across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

South West Financial Institution Daily Rate Histogram

Financial Institution
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Financial Institution Hourly Rate Trend

Financial Institution
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Institution within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 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
BristolNew entry-5£400-
DorsetNew entry-2£500-
WiltshireUp+31--
Financial Institution EnglandFinancial Institution
England

Financial Institution
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution.

123 (100.00 %)Finance
26 (26.09 %)Banking
34 (17.39 %)Regression Testing
34 (17.39 %)SQL
34 (17.39 %)Project Management
34 (17.39 %)Integration Testing
43 (13.04 %)Retail Banking
43 (13.04 %)Back Office
43 (13.04 %)Retail
52 (8.696 %)Business Analysis
52 (8.696 %)Risk Management
52 (8.696 %)SharePoint
52 (8.696 %)MS Project
52 (8.696 %)PRINCE2
52 (8.696 %)SQL Server
52 (8.696 %)ETL
61 (4.348 %)Unisys
61 (4.348 %)Oracle 9iAS
61 (4.348 %)IBM
61 (4.348 %)Oracle 10g
61 (4.348 %)HP
61 (4.348 %)Intel
61 (4.348 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (4.348 %)BEA
61 (4.348 %)TestDirector
61 (4.348 %)LoadRunner
61 (4.348 %)Internet
61 (4.348 %)MOM
61 (4.348 %)HACMP
61 (4.348 %)CONTROL-M

Financial Institution
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (4.348 %).NET
11 (4.348 %)WebSphere
11 (4.348 %)Silverlight
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (8.696 %)SharePoint
21 (4.348 %)Oracle 9iAS
21 (4.348 %)WebLogic
21 (4.348 %)IIS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (8.696 %)MS Project
21 (4.348 %)Niku Workbench
21 (4.348 %)MS PowerPoint
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (4.348 %)Internet
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.696 %)SQL Server
12 (8.696 %)ETL
21 (4.348 %)Oracle 10g
21 (4.348 %)DB2
21 (4.348 %)Oracle 9i
21 (4.348 %)Datawarehouse
21 (4.348 %)NonStop SQL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (4.348 %)TestDirector
11 (4.348 %)LoadRunner
South West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
123 (100.00 %)Finance
26 (26.09 %)Banking
33 (13.04 %)Retail Banking
33 (13.04 %)Back Office
33 (13.04 %)Retail
41 (4.348 %)Pensions
41 (4.348 %)Investment Banking
41 (4.348 %)Online Banking
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (43.48 %)Analyst
25 (21.74 %)Test Analyst
34 (17.39 %)Project Manager
43 (13.04 %)Business Analyst
52 (8.696 %)Senior Analyst
52 (8.696 %)Consultant
52 (8.696 %)Test Manager
52 (8.696 %)Senior Business Analyst
61 (4.348 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
61 (4.348 %)Senior Manager
61 (4.348 %)Support Specialist
61 (4.348 %)Tester
61 (4.348 %)Author
61 (4.348 %)Technical Author
61 (4.348 %)Developer
61 (4.348 %)Performance Tester
61 (4.348 %)Senior Project Manager
61 (4.348 %).NET Developer
61 (4.348 %)C# Developer
61 (4.348 %)Infrastructure Manager
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (4.348 %)HACMP
11 (4.348 %)Mainframe
11 (4.348 %)Tandem
11 (4.348 %)Copywriting
11 (4.348 %)iSeries
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (4.348 %)Windows
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (17.39 %)Regression Testing
14 (17.39 %)Project Management
14 (17.39 %)Integration Testing
22 (8.696 %)Business Analysis
22 (8.696 %)Risk Management
22 (8.696 %)PRINCE2
31 (4.348 %)GAP Analysis
31 (4.348 %)Logistics
31 (4.348 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (4.348 %)Performance Testing
31 (4.348 %)Test Management
31 (4.348 %)Stakeholder Management
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (17.39 %)SQL
21 (4.348 %)VBScript
21 (4.348 %)VB
21 (4.348 %)C#
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (4.348 %)PRINCE2 Certification
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.348 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
11 (4.348 %)ISO27001
11 (4.348 %)PCI DSS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (4.348 %)VMware Infrastructure
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (4.348 %)MOM
11 (4.348 %)CONTROL-M
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (4.348 %)Unisys
11 (4.348 %)IBM
11 (4.348 %)HP
11 (4.348 %)Intel
11 (4.348 %)BEA
11 (4.348 %)Niku
11 (4.348 %)Oracle
11 (4.348 %)SAP
11 (4.348 %)Teradata
11 (4.348 %)VMware