The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail 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 Retail Banking over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 13 16 25
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +9
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 33 25 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 11.30% 6.849% 3.797%
As % of the General category 20.37% 13.81% 6.522%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 25 12
Average daily rate £360 £355 £364
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.40% -2.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £330 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £553 £465 £456
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
-0.65% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 -
All of the General Category
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
162 181 184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 55.48% 49.59% 58.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 153 109
Average daily rate £410 £384 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.84% -9.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £301 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £512 £525 £504
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 14
Average hourly rate £13.50 £32.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-58.46% +12.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £32.50 £11.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.80 £32.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Retail Banking
Wiltshire

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon Retail Banking Jobs Demand Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Swindon Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail Banking across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Swindon Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon Retail Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region citing Retail 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 Retail Banking.

1 63 (100.00%) Banking
1 63 (100.00%) Retail
2 62 (98.41%) Finance
3 40 (63.49%) Microsoft
4 39 (61.90%) Change Management
5 33 (52.38%) MS Project
6 22 (34.92%) Change Control
7 17 (26.98%) PRINCE2
8 10 (15.87%) HP
8 10 (15.87%) ISEB
8 10 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (15.87%) Business Transformation
8 10 (15.87%) HP Quality Center
8 10 (15.87%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (9.524%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (9.524%) PRINCE
10 5 (7.937%) Project Planning
11 4 (6.349%) Programme Management
11 4 (6.349%) Marketing
11 4 (6.349%) Information Management
11 4 (6.349%) WinRunner
11 4 (6.349%) LoadRunner
11 4 (6.349%) BPR
11 4 (6.349%) Performance Testing
12 3 (4.762%) Mainframe
13 2 (3.175%) Basel II
14 1 (1.587%) Data Migration
14 1 (1.587%) Data Cleansing
14 1 (1.587%) Data Architecture
14 1 (1.587%) Credit Risk

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region citing Retail 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 Retail Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.587%) SAS
Applications
1 33 (52.38%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.587%) PeopleSoft Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.587%) Intranet
1 1 (1.587%) Internet
1 1 (1.587%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.587%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (1.587%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.587%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.349%) WinRunner
1 4 (6.349%) LoadRunner
General
1 63 (100.00%) Banking
1 63 (100.00%) Retail
2 62 (98.41%) Finance
3 4 (6.349%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (53.97%) Analyst
2 25 (39.68%) PMO Analyst
3 23 (36.51%) Programme Analyst
3 23 (36.51%) Programme Office Analyst
4 9 (14.29%) Project Manager
5 6 (9.524%) Tester
5 6 (9.524%) Architect
5 6 (9.524%) Junior
5 6 (9.524%) Test Analyst
5 6 (9.524%) UAT Analyst
5 6 (9.524%) UAT Test Analyst
6 5 (7.937%) UAT Tester
6 5 (7.937%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (7.937%) Project Planner
7 4 (6.349%) Test Manager
7 4 (6.349%) Junior Analyst
7 4 (6.349%) Lead Architect
7 4 (6.349%) Senior Programme Analyst
7 4 (6.349%) Senior Programme Office Analyst
8 3 (4.762%) Programme Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.762%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.587%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.587%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (61.90%) Change Management
2 22 (34.92%) Change Control
3 17 (26.98%) PRINCE2
4 10 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (15.87%) Business Transformation
4 10 (15.87%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (9.524%) PRINCE
6 5 (7.937%) Project Planning
7 4 (6.349%) Programme Management
7 4 (6.349%) Information Management
7 4 (6.349%) BPR
7 4 (6.349%) Performance Testing
8 1 (1.587%) Data Migration
8 1 (1.587%) Data Cleansing
8 1 (1.587%) Data Architecture
8 1 (1.587%) Release Management
8 1 (1.587%) Stress Testing
8 1 (1.587%) Test Scripting
8 1 (1.587%) Analytics
8 1 (1.587%) Business Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.587%) COBOL
1 1 (1.587%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (15.87%) ISEB
2 6 (9.524%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.175%) Basel II
2 1 (1.587%) Basel III
Systems Management
1 10 (15.87%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 40 (63.49%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.87%) HP
3 1 (1.587%) Niku
3 1 (1.587%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (1.587%) SAP
3 1 (1.587%) ICL
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