The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Wholesale 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 Wholesale Banking over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wholesale Banking
Rank 104 129 121
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -8
Contract jobs citing Wholesale Banking 4 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.198% 0.216% 0.035%
As % of the General category 0.557% 0.508% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
Average daily rate £423 £371 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.01% -21.89%
UK excluding London average daily rate £423 £435 £500
% change year-on-year
-2.75% -13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the General Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
718 1377 1257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.60% 42.57% 44.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 938 700
Average daily rate £370 £378 £391
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.92% -3.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £264 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £490 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 59 92
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.35 £15.70 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £39.15 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Wholesale Banking
England

Wholesale Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Wholesale Banking Jobs Demand Trend

Wholesale Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Wholesale Banking Daily Rate Trend

Wholesale Banking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wholesale Banking within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bristol +10 2 £423 +5.75%
Dorset - 2 - -
Wholesale Banking
England

Wholesale Banking
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Wholesale 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 Wholesale Banking.

1 9 (100.00%) Banking
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
2 5 (55.56%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (44.44%) SWIFT
4 3 (33.33%) Change Control
4 3 (33.33%) MS Access
4 3 (33.33%) MS Visio
4 3 (33.33%) Retail
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
5 2 (22.22%) Retail Banking
5 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
5 2 (22.22%) QA
5 2 (22.22%) Use Case
6 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) HTTP
6 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution

Wholesale Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Wholesale 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 Wholesale Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
1 5 (55.56%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (33.33%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) MS Access
General
1 9 (100.00%) Banking
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Retail
4 2 (22.22%) Retail Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Business Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) SWIFT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Change Control
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
2 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
2 2 (22.22%) Use Case
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
South West
BUSINESS ANALYST RETAIL BANKING SOUTH WEST ENGLAND. We are looking for Business Analysts who have worked within large scale banking/ financial institutions.
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £380.00 - £440.00 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
A leading financial client is looking for a Technical Project Manager with payments exposure... group of companies, the fourth largest staffing company in the world, (collectively referred to...
Aston Carter
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013