The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 20 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 Swindon 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Banking
Rank 6 7 3
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Contract jobs citing Banking 50 42 84
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 14.08% 12.54% 22.58%
As % of the General category 27.17% 25.15% 37.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 39 71
Average daily rate £420 £370 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.51% -17.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £250 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £460 £523
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £388
% change year-on-year
- +3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £22.25 £21.75
% change year-on-year
-6.74% +2.29%
All of the General Category
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
184 167 225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 51.83% 49.85% 60.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 131 140
Average daily rate £420 £386 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.94% -9.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £300 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £523
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 11
Average hourly rate £14.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £25.00 £18.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £25.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Banking
Wiltshire

Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

1 102 (97.14%) Finance
2 65 (61.90%) Retail
3 62 (59.05%) Retail Banking
4 45 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 38 (36.19%) Change Management
6 37 (35.24%) MS Project
7 35 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (27.62%) PRINCE2
8 29 (27.62%) Business Transformation
9 20 (19.05%) BPR
9 20 (19.05%) Change Control
10 16 (15.24%) GAP Analysis
10 16 (15.24%) Requirements Analysis
11 14 (13.33%) UML
11 14 (13.33%) SSADM
11 14 (13.33%) DSDM
11 14 (13.33%) MS Visio
12 13 (12.38%) ISEB
12 13 (12.38%) HP Quality Center
13 12 (11.43%) HP
13 12 (11.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 12 (11.43%) User Acceptance Testing
14 11 (10.48%) PRINCE
14 11 (10.48%) Basel II
15 10 (9.524%) Basel III
16 9 (8.571%) Solvency II
17 8 (7.619%) Project Management
18 7 (6.667%) Marketing
19 5 (4.762%) Programme Management
19 5 (4.762%) Internet

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 1 (0.952%) AppFabric
1 1 (0.952%) WCF
1 1 (0.952%) .NET
1 1 (0.952%) ASP.NET
1 1 (0.952%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.952%) IIS
1 1 (0.952%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.952%) SAS
1 1 (0.952%) CMS
Applications
1 37 (35.24%) MS Project
2 14 (13.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.905%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.952%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.905%) PeopleSoft Financials
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.762%) Internet
2 1 (0.952%) Network Security
2 1 (0.952%) Intranet
2 1 (0.952%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.905%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.952%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (0.952%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (3.810%) WinRunner
1 4 (3.810%) LoadRunner
General
1 102 (97.14%) Finance
2 65 (61.90%) Retail
3 62 (59.05%) Retail Banking
4 7 (6.667%) Marketing
5 2 (1.905%) Advertising
6 1 (0.952%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (53.33%) Analyst
2 26 (24.76%) Project Manager
3 23 (21.90%) PMO Analyst
4 20 (19.05%) Programme Office Analyst
4 20 (19.05%) Programme Analyst
5 19 (18.10%) Business Analyst
6 13 (12.38%) Senior Analyst
7 12 (11.43%) Junior
8 9 (8.571%) Test Analyst
8 9 (8.571%) Workstream Manager
8 9 (8.571%) Junior Project Manager
9 8 (7.619%) UAT Analyst
9 8 (7.619%) Tester
9 8 (7.619%) UAT Test Analyst
10 7 (6.667%) Senior Business Analyst
10 7 (6.667%) UAT Tester
11 5 (4.762%) Architect
12 4 (3.810%) Project Planner
12 4 (3.810%) Test Manager
12 4 (3.810%) Lead Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.810%) Online Banking
2 3 (2.857%) Mainframe
3 1 (0.952%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.952%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (0.952%) Credit Risk
3 1 (0.952%) SCORM
3 1 (0.952%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.952%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (36.19%) Change Management
2 35 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (27.62%) PRINCE2
3 29 (27.62%) Business Transformation
4 20 (19.05%) BPR
4 20 (19.05%) Change Control
5 16 (15.24%) GAP Analysis
5 16 (15.24%) Requirements Analysis
6 14 (13.33%) UML
6 14 (13.33%) SSADM
6 14 (13.33%) DSDM
7 12 (11.43%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (10.48%) PRINCE
9 8 (7.619%) Project Management
10 5 (4.762%) Programme Management
11 4 (3.810%) Data Modelling
11 4 (3.810%) Migration
11 4 (3.810%) Information Management
11 4 (3.810%) Performance Testing
12 3 (2.857%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.905%) SQL
2 1 (0.952%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 13 (12.38%) ISEB
2 12 (11.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (1.905%) Degree
4 1 (0.952%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.952%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.952%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.48%) Basel II
2 10 (9.524%) Basel III
3 9 (8.571%) Solvency II
4 2 (1.905%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.952%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.952%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 13 (12.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 45 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.43%) HP
3 2 (1.905%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (0.952%) ICL
4 1 (0.952%) Epicor
4 1 (0.952%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.952%) Niku
4 1 (0.952%) SAP
4 1 (0.952%) Unisys