Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

LinkBanking
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank47
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads45047858
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK13.11 %10.21 %
As % of the General category27.05 %21.33 %
Daily rates quoted24024035
Average daily rate£475£475
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£338£320
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£615
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£400
Hourly rates quoted40110
Average hourly rate£21.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+5.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.50£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.25£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£14.00
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralAll General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1665336836
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK48.48 %47.84 %
Daily rates quoted704713533
Average daily rate£450£450
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£245£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£400
% change on same period last year-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted8092174
Average hourly rate£22.50£23.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-2.170 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£25.00

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.

Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Banking within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Banking Demand Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Banking within the UK.

Banking Daily Rate Trend

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Banking within the UK.

Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Banking within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Banking Hourly Rate Histogram

Banking
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+24325£475-
LondonUp+23977£475-5.00 %
City of LondonNo change01942£475-5.00 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1186£475-5.00 %
ScotlandUp+6118£355-5.33 %
South WestNo change0116£400-8.57 %
EdinburghUp+3103£355-5.33 %
Canary WharfUp+168£450-6.73 %
North WestUp+466£375-9.90 %
South EastDown-5864£404+7.66 %
BristolUp+2759£400+6.66 %
YorkshireUp+1745£425+41.66 %
ManchesterUp+2436£350-20.00 %
West YorkshireUp+1236£400+34.22 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1231£430+22.85 %
Milton KeynesDown-930£430+22.85 %
WiltshireDown-1220£438-2.77 %
LeedsUp+619£425+54.54 %
East MidlandsDown-1618£303-34.59 %
SwindonDown-517£438-2.77 %
East of EnglandDown-1016£475+18.75 %
DorsetDown-315£375-6.25 %
NorfolkUp+2612£475+111.11 %
HalifaxUp+611£431+36.90 %
BournemouthUp+311£375+7.14 %
GlasgowDown-1411£394+12.50 %
NorwichUp+3210£475+111.11 %
West MidlandsUp+2410£435+20.00 %
BelfastUp+189£250-9.09 %
County AntrimUp+189£250-9.09 %

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

15035 (58.32 %)Investment Banking
23496 (40.50 %)Finance
31571 (18.20 %)SQL
41337 (15.49 %)Java
51228 (14.22 %)C#
61198 (13.88 %)Oracle
71196 (13.85 %)Derivative
81185 (13.73 %)Front Office
91165 (13.49 %)UNIX
10875 (10.14 %).NET
11867 (10.04 %)Retail
12824 (9.545 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
13737 (8.537 %)Retail Banking
14684 (7.923 %)SQL Server
15681 (7.888 %)Project Management
16666 (7.715 %)Windows
17639 (7.402 %)C++
18634 (7.344 %)Sybase
19586 (6.788 %)Credit Risk
20575 (6.660 %)Business Analysis
21505 (5.850 %)Equities
22500 (5.792 %)Migration
22500 (5.792 %)Fixed Income
23487 (5.641 %)Back Office
24464 (5.375 %)Risk Management
25440 (5.097 %)Microsoft
26427 (4.946 %)XML
27376 (4.355 %)Linux
28348 (4.031 %)OO
29341 (3.950 %)Perl

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1875 (10.14 %).NET
2427 (4.946 %)XML
3308 (3.568 %)J2EE
4283 (3.278 %)ASP.NET
5229 (2.653 %)WinForms
6198 (2.294 %)Spring
7173 (2.004 %)WebSphere
8161 (1.865 %)Hibernate
9160 (1.853 %)HTML
10148 (1.714 %)WebServices
11141 (1.633 %)AJAX
12134 (1.552 %).NET Framework
13126 (1.460 %)Middleware
14111 (1.286 %)JMS
1593 (1.077 %)WPF
1686 (0.996 %)WCF
1776 (0.880 %)CSS
1870 (0.811 %)Java EE
1965 (0.753 %)XSLT
2058 (0.672 %)J2SE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
190 (1.043 %)Apache
289 (1.031 %)SharePoint
388 (1.019 %)Rendezvous
486 (0.996 %)SAS
572 (0.834 %)TIBCO EMS
669 (0.799 %)MQSeries
669 (0.799 %)WebLogic
764 (0.741 %)MS Exchange
851 (0.591 %)Lotus Notes
947 (0.544 %)IIS
1044 (0.510 %)WebSphere MQ
1135 (0.405 %)Tomcat
1229 (0.336 %)CMS
1325 (0.290 %)Exchange Server 2007
1423 (0.266 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1522 (0.255 %)Exchange Server 2003
1619 (0.220 %)WebSphere Application Server
1718 (0.209 %)Lotus Domino
1816 (0.185 %)Documentum
1915 (0.174 %)ESB
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1326 (3.776 %)MS Excel
2225 (2.606 %)MS Office
3105 (1.216 %)MS Project
498 (1.135 %)MS Visio
580 (0.927 %)CA Clarity
667 (0.776 %)MS PowerPoint
759 (0.683 %)Spreadsheet
85 (0.058 %)MATLAB
85 (0.058 %)Photoshop
94 (0.046 %)Adobe Illustrator
94 (0.046 %)Authorware
103 (0.035 %)FreeHand
103 (0.035 %)SPSS
112 (0.023 %)Acrobat
112 (0.023 %)Fireworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
166 (0.765 %)Summit
261 (0.707 %)Endur
348 (0.556 %)RMDS
436 (0.417 %)SAP FI
535 (0.405 %)BusinessWorks
634 (0.394 %)SAP FI/CO
634 (0.394 %)SAP CO
729 (0.336 %)Sophis RISQUE
823 (0.266 %)Loan IQ
823 (0.266 %)TIBCO iProcess
921 (0.243 %)Oracle EBS
1020 (0.232 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
1118 (0.209 %)ION MarketView
1118 (0.209 %)Oracle Financials
1217 (0.197 %)Oracle EBS R12
1312 (0.139 %)Misys Midas
1312 (0.139 %)Kondor+
1411 (0.127 %)Hyperion Planning
1411 (0.127 %)HiInvest
1411 (0.127 %)Oracle Applications
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1162 (1.877 %)Internet
2127 (1.471 %)Firewall
397 (1.124 %)SAN
496 (1.112 %)TCP/IP
579 (0.915 %)LAN
676 (0.880 %)Intranet
774 (0.857 %)VPN
864 (0.741 %)WAN
955 (0.637 %)DNS
1039 (0.452 %)BGP
1138 (0.440 %)OSPF
1235 (0.405 %)SSL
1329 (0.336 %)LDAP
1425 (0.290 %)PBX
1524 (0.278 %)Cisco IPT
1622 (0.255 %)MPLS
1721 (0.243 %)DMZ
1820 (0.232 %)VoIP
1820 (0.232 %)DHCP
1820 (0.232 %)Network Security
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1684 (7.923 %)SQL Server
2299 (3.463 %)Datawarehouse
3202 (2.340 %)Oracle 10g
4168 (1.946 %)SQL Server 2005
5167 (1.934 %)BusinessObjects
6141 (1.633 %)ETL
7136 (1.575 %)RDBMS
896 (1.112 %)Reference Data
982 (0.950 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1078 (0.904 %)SQL Server 2000
1171 (0.822 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1269 (0.799 %)Oracle Reports
1269 (0.799 %)Oracle 9i
1363 (0.730 %)Essbase
1460 (0.695 %)Oracle OWB
1556 (0.649 %)OLAP
1652 (0.602 %)MS Access
1747 (0.544 %)Oracle 8/8i
1845 (0.521 %)DTS
1944 (0.510 %)DB2
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1213 (2.467 %)ClearCase
262 (0.718 %)Eclipse
352 (0.602 %)ClearQuest
450 (0.579 %)TestDirector
547 (0.544 %)Subversion
639 (0.452 %)JUnit
639 (0.452 %)NUnit
737 (0.429 %)QuickTest Pro
827 (0.313 %)Ant
925 (0.290 %)RequisitePro
1024 (0.278 %)Visual Studio
1122 (0.255 %)JIRA
1219 (0.220 %)LoadRunner
1318 (0.209 %)WinRunner
1416 (0.185 %)Rational Rose
1515 (0.174 %)CruiseControl
1613 (0.151 %)PowerBuilder
1711 (0.127 %)Selenium
188 (0.093 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
188 (0.093 %)Oracle Forms
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15035 (58.32 %)Investment Banking
23496 (40.50 %)Finance
31185 (13.73 %)Front Office
4867 (10.04 %)Retail
5737 (8.537 %)Retail Banking
6487 (5.641 %)Back Office
7216 (2.502 %)Financial Institution
8166 (1.923 %)Insurance
985 (0.985 %)Legal
1078 (0.904 %)Education
1177 (0.892 %)Corporate Banking
1255 (0.637 %)Telecoms
1352 (0.602 %)Marketing
1449 (0.568 %)General Ledger
1538 (0.440 %)Government
1636 (0.417 %)Online Banking
1735 (0.405 %)Pensions
1831 (0.359 %)International Banking
1927 (0.313 %)Wholesale Banking
2026 (0.301 %)Billing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12831 (32.79 %)Analyst
22377 (27.53 %)Developer
31551 (17.97 %)Business Analyst
4813 (9.417 %)Project Manager
5618 (7.159 %)C# Developer
6573 (6.637 %)Java Developer
7569 (6.591 %)Banking Business Analyst
8342 (3.962 %)Architect
9333 (3.857 %)Support Analyst
10303 (3.510 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
11263 (3.046 %)Consultant
12231 (2.676 %).NET Developer
13220 (2.548 %)C++ Developer
14200 (2.317 %)Administrator
15197 (2.282 %)Programmer
15197 (2.282 %)Senior Developer
16191 (2.212 %)Senior Analyst
17180 (2.085 %)Programme Manager
17180 (2.085 %)Credit Risk Analyst
18172 (1.992 %)SQL Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11196 (13.85 %)Derivative
2824 (9.545 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3586 (6.788 %)Credit Risk
4505 (5.850 %)Equities
5500 (5.792 %)Fixed Income
6243 (2.815 %)Market Risk
7215 (2.490 %)Equity Derivative
7215 (2.490 %)Credit Derivative
8209 (2.421 %)Multithreading
9150 (1.738 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1073 (0.846 %)Client/Server
1163 (0.730 %)Grid Computing
1259 (0.683 %)Replication
1355 (0.637 %)Blackberry
1448 (0.556 %)Mainframe
1544 (0.510 %)Clustering
1544 (0.510 %)Mathematics
1643 (0.498 %)N-Tier
1741 (0.475 %)Management Information System
1839 (0.452 %)iSeries
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11165 (13.49 %)UNIX
2666 (7.715 %)Windows
3376 (4.355 %)Linux
4306 (3.545 %)Solaris
5120 (1.390 %)Windows XP
6117 (1.355 %)Windows Server 2003
780 (0.927 %)AIX
865 (0.753 %)Windows 2000
958 (0.672 %)Red Hat Linux
1045 (0.521 %)HPUX
1136 (0.417 %)Windows NT
1228 (0.324 %)Windows Vista
1322 (0.255 %)VMS
1418 (0.209 %)MVS
1517 (0.197 %)OpenVMS
1614 (0.162 %)Windows 2000 Server
1711 (0.127 %)Windows Server 2008
186 (0.070 %)zOS
195 (0.058 %)OS/400
203 (0.035 %)NetWare
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1681 (7.888 %)Project Management
2575 (6.660 %)Business Analysis
3500 (5.792 %)Migration
4464 (5.375 %)Risk Management
5348 (4.031 %)OO
6307 (3.556 %)Change Management
7293 (3.394 %)Stakeholder Management
8253 (2.931 %)User Acceptance Testing
9252 (2.919 %)Data Modelling
10238 (2.757 %)UML
11235 (2.722 %)ITIL
12227 (2.629 %)PRINCE2
13204 (2.363 %)Agile Software Development
14200 (2.317 %)E-Commerce
15194 (2.247 %)Workflow
16181 (2.097 %)Asset Management
17180 (2.085 %)Business Intelligence
18164 (1.900 %)Electronic Trading
19152 (1.761 %)RAD
20137 (1.587 %)Test Scripting
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11571 (18.20 %)SQL
21337 (15.49 %)Java
31228 (14.22 %)C#
4639 (7.402 %)C++
5341 (3.950 %)Perl
6267 (3.093 %)PL/SQL
7266 (3.081 %)VBA
8202 (2.340 %)Shell Script
9200 (2.317 %)JavaScript
10192 (2.224 %)VB
11138 (1.599 %)T-SQL
12119 (1.378 %)C
1374 (0.857 %)VB6
1470 (0.811 %)Korn
1564 (0.741 %)VB.NET
1663 (0.730 %)VC++
1754 (0.626 %)COBOL
1844 (0.510 %)VBScript
1941 (0.475 %)Python
2027 (0.313 %)AWK
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1241 (2.792 %)Degree
294 (1.089 %)Cisco Certification
383 (0.961 %)Microsoft Certification
465 (0.753 %)ISEB
552 (0.602 %)MCSE
651 (0.591 %)PRINCE2 Certification
744 (0.510 %)CCIE
841 (0.475 %)CCNP
937 (0.429 %)CISSP
1026 (0.301 %)CISA
1119 (0.220 %)Security Cleared
1119 (0.220 %)PMI Certification
1217 (0.197 %)A+ Certification
1217 (0.197 %)MCP
1315 (0.174 %)PhD
1414 (0.162 %)PMP
1513 (0.151 %)ACCA
1513 (0.151 %)CIMA
1610 (0.116 %)CISM
1610 (0.116 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1142 (1.645 %)QA
289 (1.031 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
382 (0.950 %)Basel II
457 (0.660 %)SLA
519 (0.220 %)ISO27001
618 (0.209 %)COBIT
711 (0.127 %)MiFID
88 (0.093 %)ISO17799
95 (0.058 %)GAAP
104 (0.046 %)BS7799
104 (0.046 %)PCI DSS
113 (0.035 %)ISO9001
122 (0.023 %)EFQM
122 (0.023 %)IAS 39
131 (0.012 %)BS25999
131 (0.012 %)ISO/IEC 20000
131 (0.012 %)ISO8583
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1184 (2.131 %)Active Directory
248 (0.556 %)Oracle RAC
332 (0.371 %)VMware Infrastructure
426 (0.301 %)NetBackup
514 (0.162 %)VMware ESX
514 (0.162 %)RACF
613 (0.151 %)Veritas Cluster Server
711 (0.127 %)Veritas Volume Manager
89 (0.104 %)Oracle RMAN
98 (0.093 %)Sendmail
107 (0.081 %)NFS
116 (0.070 %)SRDF
125 (0.058 %)Citrix Presentation Server
125 (0.058 %)AquaLogic
133 (0.035 %)Backup Exec
133 (0.035 %)MSMQ
133 (0.035 %)Terminal Server
133 (0.035 %)Hyper-V
142 (0.023 %)VMware Server
142 (0.023 %)Terminal Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
196 (1.112 %)AutoSys
252 (0.602 %)OpenView
346 (0.533 %)Tivoli
431 (0.359 %)BMC PATROL
530 (0.348 %)CONTROL-M
629 (0.336 %)HP NNM
725 (0.290 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
725 (0.290 %)CiscoWorks
822 (0.255 %)Netcool
921 (0.243 %)Data Guard
1020 (0.232 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
1114 (0.162 %)MOM
1114 (0.162 %)SCCM
1212 (0.139 %)Netcool/Webtop
1311 (0.127 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1311 (0.127 %)Cacti
1311 (0.127 %)OVSD
1410 (0.116 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1410 (0.116 %)TIBCO Hawk
157 (0.081 %)OVPI
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11198 (13.88 %)Oracle
2634 (7.344 %)Sybase
3440 (5.097 %)Microsoft
4213 (2.467 %)TIBCO
5204 (2.363 %)Murex
6200 (2.317 %)IBM
7167 (1.934 %)Business Objects
8163 (1.888 %)HP
9151 (1.749 %)Cisco
10147 (1.703 %)SAP
10147 (1.703 %)Reuters
11138 (1.599 %)Bloomberg
12101 (1.170 %)Pega
1397 (1.124 %)Remedy
1488 (1.019 %)Informatica
1488 (1.019 %)Calypso
1585 (0.985 %)DataSynapse
1683 (0.961 %)Citrix
1782 (0.950 %)OpenLink
1881 (0.938 %)Cognos