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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 9 February 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.

LinkRetail Banking
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank112192226
Rank change year-on-year
Up+80Up+34
Matching contract IT job ads636353561
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.453 %0.768 %0.685 %
As % of the General category2.813 %1.692 %1.491 %
Daily rates quoted345229307
Average daily rate£400£425£438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.880 %-2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£309£320
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£560£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£425£440
% change year-on-year
-5.880 %-3.400 %
Hourly rates quoted004
Average hourly rate--£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
226072086337632
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK51.64 %45.36 %45.97 %
Daily rates quoted11092711413112
Average daily rate£450£405£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£250£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£575£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£388
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-3.220 %
Hourly rates quoted80813902263
Average hourly rate£22.00£25.00£26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.00 %-5.660 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£12.50£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.49£40.00£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£27.50£28.00
% change year-on-year
-18.18 %-1.780 %

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.

Retail Banking
Demand Trend

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

Retail Banking Demand Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail Banking within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Retail Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Retail 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 Retail Banking within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandUp+83565£400-6.97 %
LondonUp+36316£405-10.00 %
City of LondonUp+780£394-21.25 %
North WestUp+4069£375-11.76 %
YorkshireUp+5567£400+47.05 %
ManchesterUp+1964£333-21.76 %
South WestUp+1158£410-6.28 %
ScotlandUp+956£356-10.93 %
West YorkshireUp+4252£398+46.13 %
EdinburghDown-936£363-9.37 %
HalifaxUp+734£400+47.05 %
WiltshireUp+124£440+0.62 %
East MidlandsUp+1122£450+5.26 %
SwindonNo change022£440+0.62 %
BristolDown-322£375+11.60 %
NorthamptonshireUp+821£450+4.65 %
NorthamptonUp+917£450+2.85 %
South EastUp+2016£415-5.14 %
WalesUp+1410£388+3.33 %
GlasgowUp+49£300-
West MidlandsUp+198£350+8.52 %
BirminghamUp+158£350-16.66 %
South WalesUp+128£350-6.66 %
LeedsNew entry-7£406-
NewportUp+125--
East SussexNew entry-4£425-
SurreyNew entry-4£280-
East of EnglandUp+293--
CardiffUp+163£350-6.66 %
BuckinghamshireUp+13£425-2.85 %

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11211 (100.00 %)Banking
11211 (100.00 %)Retail
2762 (62.92 %)Finance
3230 (18.99 %)Stakeholder Management
4125 (10.32 %)Change Management
5123 (10.16 %)Migration
6121 (9.992 %)Business Analysis
7119 (9.827 %)Project Management
882 (6.771 %)Investment Banking
980 (6.606 %)PRINCE2
1076 (6.276 %)Insurance
1175 (6.193 %)User Acceptance Testing
1260 (4.955 %)SAP
1357 (4.707 %)MS Project
1357 (4.707 %)MS Visio
1455 (4.542 %)Investment Management
1551 (4.211 %)Data Migration
1649 (4.046 %)CA Clarity
1748 (3.964 %)GAP Analysis
1847 (3.881 %)SQL
1946 (3.799 %)MS Excel
2042 (3.468 %)Requirements Analysis
2140 (3.303 %)ISEB
2239 (3.220 %)UML
2239 (3.220 %)Internet
2239 (3.220 %)Online Banking
2338 (3.138 %)ITIL
2437 (3.055 %)Microsoft
2437 (3.055 %)Telecoms
2534 (2.808 %)SLA

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
122 (1.817 %).NET
221 (1.734 %)WebSphere
312 (0.991 %)XML
48 (0.661 %)Middleware
57 (0.578 %)ASP.NET
57 (0.578 %)Spring
66 (0.495 %)J2EE
66 (0.495 %)Web Services
74 (0.330 %)ASP
74 (0.330 %)JSP
74 (0.330 %)SOAP
83 (0.248 %)XSL
92 (0.165 %)HTML
92 (0.165 %)CSS
92 (0.165 %)CORBA
92 (0.165 %)Swing
92 (0.165 %)Flash
92 (0.165 %)AWT
101 (0.083 %)JAXB
101 (0.083 %)ADSI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (1.156 %)SAS
213 (1.073 %)SharePoint
38 (0.661 %)IIS
47 (0.578 %)WebSphere Application Server
55 (0.413 %)MS Exchange
55 (0.413 %)Tomcat
64 (0.330 %)Apache
64 (0.330 %)BizTalk Server
64 (0.330 %)WebSphere MQ
73 (0.248 %)WebSphere Process Server
73 (0.248 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (0.083 %)Exchange Server 2007
81 (0.083 %)WebSphere Message Broker
81 (0.083 %)CICS
81 (0.083 %)TeamSite
81 (0.083 %)MQSeries
81 (0.083 %)WebLogic
81 (0.083 %)Exchange Server 5.5
81 (0.083 %)Exchange Server 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
157 (4.707 %)MS Project
157 (4.707 %)MS Visio
249 (4.046 %)CA Clarity
346 (3.799 %)MS Excel
434 (2.808 %)MS Office
519 (1.569 %)MS PowerPoint
66 (0.495 %)Niku Workbench
72 (0.165 %)InDesign
72 (0.165 %)Photoshop
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
111 (0.908 %)SAP FI
210 (0.826 %)VisionPLUS
210 (0.826 %)Temenos T24
39 (0.743 %)Oracle Financials
48 (0.661 %)SAP FI/CO
48 (0.661 %)SAP CO
56 (0.495 %)SAP IS-U
63 (0.248 %)SAP WM
72 (0.165 %)Temenos Globus
81 (0.083 %)Oracle General Ledger
81 (0.083 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
81 (0.083 %)Siebel Analytics
81 (0.083 %)SAP FI-GL
81 (0.083 %)SAP HR
81 (0.083 %)SAP R/3
81 (0.083 %)SAP Retail
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
139 (3.220 %)Internet
29 (0.743 %)ATM
35 (0.413 %)SMTP
44 (0.330 %)DNS
44 (0.330 %)Intranet
53 (0.248 %)WAN
53 (0.248 %)SMS
62 (0.165 %)LAN
62 (0.165 %)FTP
62 (0.165 %)SAN
62 (0.165 %)3G
62 (0.165 %)Network Security
71 (0.083 %)NAS
71 (0.083 %)Cisco PIX
71 (0.083 %)MPLS
71 (0.083 %)OSPF
71 (0.083 %)Frame Relay
71 (0.083 %)Wireless
71 (0.083 %)Firewall
71 (0.083 %)Ethernet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (2.725 %)SQL Server
210 (0.826 %)Datawarehouse
37 (0.578 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (0.495 %)ETL
55 (0.413 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
55 (0.413 %)BusinessObjects
64 (0.330 %)MySQL
73 (0.248 %)SQL Server 2000
73 (0.248 %)Oracle 10g
73 (0.248 %)DB2
73 (0.248 %)BODI
82 (0.165 %)SQL Server Integration Services
82 (0.165 %)Oracle 8/8i
82 (0.165 %)Oracle Discoverer
82 (0.165 %)RDBMS
82 (0.165 %)DataStage
82 (0.165 %)Oracle BI EE
82 (0.165 %)Base SAS
82 (0.165 %)SQL Server 2008
91 (0.083 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (0.991 %)RequisitePro
210 (0.826 %)QuickTest Pro
37 (0.578 %)TestDirector
45 (0.413 %)Visual Studio
54 (0.330 %)WinRunner
54 (0.330 %)FitNesse
63 (0.248 %)LoadRunner
71 (0.083 %)ERwin
71 (0.083 %)InstallShield
71 (0.083 %)Ant
71 (0.083 %)Subversion
71 (0.083 %)FrontPage
71 (0.083 %)StarTeam
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11211 (100.00 %)Banking
11211 (100.00 %)Retail
2762 (62.92 %)Finance
382 (6.771 %)Investment Banking
476 (6.276 %)Insurance
539 (3.220 %)Online Banking
637 (3.055 %)Telecoms
720 (1.652 %)Education
819 (1.569 %)Pensions
917 (1.404 %)Private Banking
917 (1.404 %)Financial Institution
1015 (1.239 %)Corporate Banking
1113 (1.073 %)General Ledger
1211 (0.908 %)Marketing
1310 (0.826 %)Wholesale Banking
148 (0.661 %)Back Office
157 (0.578 %)Government
163 (0.248 %)Legal
163 (0.248 %)International Banking
172 (0.165 %)Front Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1551 (45.50 %)Analyst
2396 (32.70 %)Business Analyst
3227 (18.74 %)Project Manager
4173 (14.29 %)Banking Business Analyst
564 (5.285 %)Programme Manager
649 (4.046 %)Test Manager
748 (3.964 %)Senior Analyst
748 (3.964 %)Senior Manager
847 (3.881 %)Architect
944 (3.633 %)Consultant
1043 (3.551 %)Developer
1140 (3.303 %)Trainee
1239 (3.220 %)Test Analyst
1333 (2.725 %)Senior Business Analyst
1432 (2.642 %)Senior Project Manager
1530 (2.477 %)Systems Analyst
1628 (2.312 %)PMO Manager
1722 (1.817 %)Process Analyst
1821 (1.734 %)Web Developer
1821 (1.734 %)PMO Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
127 (2.230 %)Credit Risk
213 (1.073 %)Derivative
213 (1.073 %)Credit Derivative
213 (1.073 %)Fixed Income
312 (0.991 %)Mainframe
48 (0.661 %)French Language
57 (0.578 %)German Language
66 (0.495 %)IVR
66 (0.495 %)Client/Server
66 (0.495 %)Spanish Language
75 (0.413 %)Market Risk
75 (0.413 %)Data Conversion
84 (0.330 %)Mathematics
93 (0.248 %)Fat Client
93 (0.248 %)Thin Client
93 (0.248 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
93 (0.248 %)Management Information System
93 (0.248 %)STB
93 (0.248 %)Statistics
102 (0.165 %)Computer Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
132 (2.642 %)UNIX
223 (1.899 %)Windows
39 (0.743 %)AIX
44 (0.330 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (0.248 %)Windows Vista
62 (0.165 %)Windows NT
62 (0.165 %)Windows XP
62 (0.165 %)zOS
71 (0.083 %)MVS
71 (0.083 %)Solaris
71 (0.083 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1230 (18.99 %)Stakeholder Management
2125 (10.32 %)Change Management
3123 (10.16 %)Migration
4121 (9.992 %)Business Analysis
5119 (9.827 %)Project Management
680 (6.606 %)PRINCE2
775 (6.193 %)User Acceptance Testing
855 (4.542 %)Investment Management
951 (4.211 %)Data Migration
1048 (3.964 %)GAP Analysis
1142 (3.468 %)Requirements Analysis
1239 (3.220 %)UML
1338 (3.138 %)ITIL
1430 (2.477 %)Risk Management
1430 (2.477 %)Project Planning
1527 (2.230 %)BPR
1527 (2.230 %)Data Modelling
1626 (2.147 %)Use Case
1725 (2.064 %)Software Testing
1824 (1.982 %)Programme Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
147 (3.881 %)SQL
220 (1.652 %)C
317 (1.404 %)C#
416 (1.321 %)Java
59 (0.743 %)VB
68 (0.661 %)Perl
76 (0.495 %)JavaScript
84 (0.330 %)Python
93 (0.248 %)VBA
93 (0.248 %)C++
102 (0.165 %)VBScript
102 (0.165 %)COBOL
102 (0.165 %)Shell Script
111 (0.083 %)SAS Macro
111 (0.083 %)Tcl
111 (0.083 %)T-SQL
111 (0.083 %)VB.NET
111 (0.083 %)Jython
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
140 (3.303 %)ISEB
229 (2.395 %)Degree
323 (1.899 %)PRINCE2 Certification
413 (1.073 %)Postgraduate
59 (0.743 %)CISSP
67 (0.578 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
76 (0.495 %)MCSE
76 (0.495 %)CISM
76 (0.495 %)Microsoft Certification
84 (0.330 %)Cisco Certification
84 (0.330 %)ITIL Certification
84 (0.330 %)CCNA
84 (0.330 %)Security Cleared
93 (0.248 %)CCNP
93 (0.248 %)ISTQB
102 (0.165 %)PhD
102 (0.165 %)CISA
102 (0.165 %)PMP
102 (0.165 %)PMI Certification
102 (0.165 %)SC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (2.808 %)SLA
220 (1.652 %)QA
220 (1.652 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
314 (1.156 %)Basel II
410 (0.826 %)PCI DSS
55 (0.413 %)ISO27001
62 (0.165 %)ISO17799
62 (0.165 %)BS7799
71 (0.083 %)COBIT
71 (0.083 %)MiFID
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (0.330 %)Active Directory
22 (0.165 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.083 %)VMware ESX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.248 %)SCCM
22 (0.165 %)Unicenter
22 (0.165 %)SCOM
31 (0.083 %)HP Quality Center
31 (0.083 %)Tivoli
31 (0.083 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (0.083 %)OpenView Configuration Management
31 (0.083 %)CONTROL-M
31 (0.083 %)MSI
31 (0.083 %)MIIS
31 (0.083 %)CiscoWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
160 (4.955 %)SAP
237 (3.055 %)Microsoft
334 (2.808 %)Oracle
417 (1.404 %)IBM
58 (0.661 %)HP
58 (0.661 %)Temenos
58 (0.661 %)Accenture
67 (0.578 %)JBoss
67 (0.578 %)Casewise
76 (0.495 %)Sybase
76 (0.495 %)Niku
85 (0.413 %)Business Objects
94 (0.330 %)VMware
94 (0.330 %)Calypso
94 (0.330 %)Cisco
94 (0.330 %)BearingPoint
94 (0.330 %)Fundtech
103 (0.248 %)Juniper
103 (0.248 %)Nortel
112 (0.165 %)Teradata