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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail Banking' in contract IT jobs across the UK together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetail Banking
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank206243
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching contract IT job ads557609
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.742 %0.616 %
As % of the category below1.541 %1.285 %
Daily rates quoted310346
Average minimum daily rate£422£394
Average daily rate£451£416
% change on same period last year+8.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£423£396
% change on same period last year+6.68 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£14.67£32.33
Average hourly rate£15.50£34.00
% change on same period last year-54.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.33£35.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.50£34.00
% change on same period last year-54.41 %
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3614047376
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled48.17 %47.93 %
Daily rates quoted1367716935
Average minimum daily rate£415£419
Average daily rate£444£448
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£476
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted20572302
Average minimum hourly rate£24.89£25.14
Average hourly rate£26.66£26.87
% change on same period last year-0.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.43£28.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 25 July 2008.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail Banking within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Retail Banking Hourly Rate Histogram

Retail Banking
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+56518£456+9.65 %
LondonUp+54286£480+10.98 %
South EastUp+5473£416+10.91 %
South WestUp+4166£442+13.55 %
WiltshireUp+4445£468-0.68 %
SwindonUp+3243£468-0.23 %
East MidlandsUp+1239£458+5.94 %
ScotlandUp+1639£289-23.79 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2938£352-29.22 %
Milton KeynesUp+1338£352-34.49 %
NorthamptonshireUp+1037£476+12.47 %
City of LondonDown-935£430-3.40 %
NorthamptonUp+435£477+12.33 %
EdinburghNo change033£289-14.69 %
North WestUp+229£382-5.15 %
HampshireUp+3017£461+26.74 %
YorkshireUp+1614£375+10.41 %
CheshireUp+214£313-11.41 %
DorsetUp+1111£412+14.01 %
PooleUp+811£407+13.79 %
West YorkshireUp+911£391+68.27 %
ManchesterDown-228£425+1.32 %
BasingstokeNew entry-8£514-
LeedsDown-17£420+154.54 %
Docklands, LondonUp+167£522+11.91 %
MidlandsUp+96£450+13.92 %
BerkshireUp+366--
CroydonUp+135£425+100.00 %
GlasgowUp+75--
BristolDown-25£288-28.23 %

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

11125 (100.00 %)Banking
11125 (100.00 %)Retail
2660 (58.67 %)Finance
3170 (15.11 %)Project Management
4156 (13.87 %)Stakeholder Management
5121 (10.76 %)PRINCE2
6107 (9.511 %)Business Analysis
785 (7.556 %)Migration
884 (7.467 %)Investment Management
974 (6.578 %)Change Management
1072 (6.400 %)Oracle
1168 (6.044 %)UNIX
1262 (5.511 %)Windows
1361 (5.422 %)Java
1460 (5.333 %)Insurance
1557 (5.067 %)UML
1557 (5.067 %)GAP Analysis
1652 (4.622 %)Requirements Analysis
1751 (4.533 %)J2EE
1849 (4.356 %)SQL
1849 (4.356 %)CA Clarity
1948 (4.267 %)Credit Risk
2046 (4.089 %)XML
2046 (4.089 %)Internet
2145 (4.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
2239 (3.467 %)Data Modelling
2239 (3.467 %)Online Banking
2239 (3.467 %)Risk Analysis
2336 (3.200 %)Derivative
2336 (3.200 %)DSDM

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
151 (4.533 %)J2EE
246 (4.089 %)XML
335 (3.111 %)WebSphere
434 (3.022 %).NET
518 (1.600 %)Struts
616 (1.422 %)ASP.NET
715 (1.333 %)XSLT
814 (1.244 %)Hibernate
814 (1.244 %)JSP
912 (1.067 %)Spring
1011 (0.978 %)Servlets
1011 (0.978 %)EJB
118 (0.711 %)HTML
127 (0.622 %)Middleware
136 (0.533 %)CSS
145 (0.444 %)WebServices
154 (0.356 %)XSL
163 (0.267 %)JMS
163 (0.267 %).NET Framework
163 (0.267 %)JDBC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
134 (3.022 %)SAS
28 (0.711 %)CICS
28 (0.711 %)WebLogic
36 (0.533 %)MQSeries
43 (0.267 %)Tuxedo
43 (0.267 %)Lotus Notes
43 (0.267 %)BizTalk Server
52 (0.178 %)IIS
52 (0.178 %)SharePoint
61 (0.089 %)Apache
61 (0.089 %)Tomcat
61 (0.089 %)WebSphere MQ
61 (0.089 %)WebLogic Portal
61 (0.089 %)Oracle Workflow
61 (0.089 %)Gentran
61 (0.089 %)Oracle Application Server
61 (0.089 %)Oracle 10gAS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
149 (4.356 %)CA Clarity
232 (2.844 %)MS Project
323 (2.044 %)MS Visio
420 (1.778 %)MS Office
59 (0.800 %)MS Excel
67 (0.622 %)MS PowerPoint
75 (0.444 %)Spreadsheet
83 (0.267 %)Open Workbench
92 (0.178 %)AutoCAD
101 (0.089 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
132 (2.844 %)RMDS
26 (0.533 %)SAP ERP
34 (0.356 %)SAP HCM
43 (0.267 %)AWD
43 (0.267 %)VisionPLUS
52 (0.178 %)Temenos Globus
52 (0.178 %)FLEXCUBE
61 (0.089 %)SAP HR
61 (0.089 %)SAP FI
61 (0.089 %)Staffware
61 (0.089 %)BASE24
61 (0.089 %)SAP FI/CO
61 (0.089 %)SAP CO
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
146 (4.089 %)Internet
210 (0.889 %)ATM
34 (0.356 %)TCP/IP
34 (0.356 %)SAN
43 (0.267 %)MPLS
43 (0.267 %)Firewall
52 (0.178 %)SSL
52 (0.178 %)LAN
61 (0.089 %)WAN
61 (0.089 %)POP3
61 (0.089 %)SMTP
61 (0.089 %)FTP
61 (0.089 %)Extranet
61 (0.089 %)Network Security
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (3.111 %)SQL Server
223 (2.044 %)DB2
318 (1.600 %)Oracle 10g
318 (1.600 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (1.600 %)Base SAS
416 (1.422 %)Oracle 8/8i
515 (1.333 %)Datawarehouse
614 (1.244 %)BusinessObjects
76 (0.533 %)RDBMS
85 (0.444 %)PowerCenter
94 (0.356 %)ETL
103 (0.267 %)Data Mining
103 (0.267 %)Reference Data
112 (0.178 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
112 (0.178 %)Oracle BI EE
112 (0.178 %)Oracle Reports
112 (0.178 %)Data Mart
121 (0.089 %)SQL Server 7
121 (0.089 %)SQLPlus
121 (0.089 %)GIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (1.956 %)TestDirector
27 (0.622 %)PVCS
36 (0.533 %)ClearCase
45 (0.444 %)Rational Rose
53 (0.267 %)Visual Studio
53 (0.267 %)RequisitePro
53 (0.267 %)Dreamweaver
62 (0.178 %)FrontPage
62 (0.178 %)ClearQuest
62 (0.178 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
71 (0.089 %)Eclipse
71 (0.089 %)JUnit
71 (0.089 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.089 %)NUnit
71 (0.089 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.089 %)ProC
71 (0.089 %)LoadRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11125 (100.00 %)Banking
11125 (100.00 %)Retail
2660 (58.67 %)Finance
360 (5.333 %)Insurance
439 (3.467 %)Online Banking
532 (2.844 %)Marketing
626 (2.311 %)Pensions
724 (2.133 %)Front Office
821 (1.867 %)Financial Institution
917 (1.511 %)Education
917 (1.511 %)Investment Banking
1012 (1.067 %)Government
1111 (0.978 %)Back Office
129 (0.800 %)Legal
138 (0.711 %)Corporate Banking
147 (0.622 %)Telecoms
155 (0.444 %)Manufacturing
164 (0.356 %)Private Banking
173 (0.267 %)Publishing
182 (0.178 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1402 (35.73 %)Analyst
2280 (24.89 %)Business Analyst
3266 (23.64 %)Project Manager
4120 (10.67 %)Banking Business Analyst
574 (6.578 %)Developer
666 (5.867 %)Trainee
751 (4.533 %)Programme Manager
847 (4.178 %)Senior Analyst
943 (3.822 %)Senior Manager
1039 (3.467 %)J2EE Developer
1138 (3.378 %)Java Developer
1236 (3.200 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1335 (3.111 %)Architect
1433 (2.933 %)Test Manager
1529 (2.578 %)Business Manager
1627 (2.400 %)Consultant
1726 (2.311 %)Test Analyst
1726 (2.311 %)Senior Project Manager
1823 (2.044 %)Systems Analyst
1823 (2.044 %)Senior Business Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
148 (4.267 %)Credit Risk
236 (3.200 %)Derivative
335 (3.111 %)Credit Derivative
421 (1.867 %)Fixed Income
519 (1.689 %)French Language
614 (1.244 %)Mainframe
710 (0.889 %)EPoS
89 (0.800 %)IBM Mainframe
98 (0.711 %)EFT
107 (0.622 %)Management Information System
115 (0.444 %)IVR
124 (0.356 %)EMV
124 (0.356 %)VSAM
132 (0.178 %)CLARiiON
132 (0.178 %)Symmetrix
132 (0.178 %)EMC Centera
132 (0.178 %)HACMP
132 (0.178 %)Tandem
132 (0.178 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
141 (0.089 %)Portuguese Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
168 (6.044 %)UNIX
262 (5.511 %)Windows
321 (1.867 %)Solaris
321 (1.867 %)Linux
49 (0.800 %)Windows NT
57 (0.622 %)AIX
66 (0.533 %)Windows Server 2003
74 (0.356 %)MVS
83 (0.267 %)Windows 2000
92 (0.178 %)HPUX
92 (0.178 %)Windows XP
101 (0.089 %)VMS
101 (0.089 %)zOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1170 (15.11 %)Project Management
2156 (13.87 %)Stakeholder Management
3121 (10.76 %)PRINCE2
4107 (9.511 %)Business Analysis
585 (7.556 %)Migration
684 (7.467 %)Investment Management
774 (6.578 %)Change Management
857 (5.067 %)GAP Analysis
857 (5.067 %)UML
952 (4.622 %)Requirements Analysis
1045 (4.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
1139 (3.467 %)Risk Analysis
1139 (3.467 %)Data Modelling
1236 (3.200 %)DSDM
1335 (3.111 %)SSADM
1335 (3.111 %)Data Analysis
1433 (2.933 %)Programme Management
1433 (2.933 %)PRINCE
1529 (2.578 %)BPR
1628 (2.489 %)Project Planning
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
161 (5.422 %)Java
249 (4.356 %)SQL
329 (2.578 %)C#
418 (1.600 %)VBA
59 (0.800 %)VB.NET
68 (0.711 %)COBOL
68 (0.711 %)JavaScript
77 (0.622 %)C++
86 (0.533 %)PL/SQL
86 (0.533 %)JCL
86 (0.533 %)SAS Macro
94 (0.356 %)VBScript
94 (0.356 %)VB
103 (0.267 %)Perl
103 (0.267 %)DHTML
103 (0.267 %)Shell Script
112 (0.178 %)Transact-SQL
121 (0.089 %)RPG
121 (0.089 %)VC++
121 (0.089 %)REXX
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
123 (2.044 %)PRINCE2 Certification
214 (1.244 %)ISEB
313 (1.156 %)Citrix Certification
410 (0.889 %)Degree
55 (0.444 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
63 (0.267 %)SAS Certification
63 (0.267 %)PMP
63 (0.267 %)PMI Certification
72 (0.178 %)ACCA
72 (0.178 %)CCNP
72 (0.178 %)CCNA
72 (0.178 %)Cisco Certification
81 (0.089 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.089 %)CISSP
81 (0.089 %)CIMA
81 (0.089 %)MBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
130 (2.667 %)Basel II
215 (1.333 %)SLA
215 (1.333 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
37 (0.622 %)ISO9002
46 (0.533 %)QA
52 (0.178 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.089 %)ISO8583
61 (0.089 %)ISO27001
61 (0.089 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (1.600 %)NetBackup
216 (1.422 %)NFS
38 (0.711 %)Active Directory
43 (0.267 %)Oracle RMAN
52 (0.178 %)Oracle RAC
61 (0.089 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (0.089 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (0.089 %)AquaLogic
61 (0.089 %)MetaFrame
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (0.444 %)Tivoli
24 (0.356 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
33 (0.267 %)Legato
42 (0.178 %)CiscoWorks
42 (0.178 %)RepliStor
42 (0.178 %)EMC NetWorker
42 (0.178 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (0.089 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
51 (0.089 %)OpenView
51 (0.089 %)MAINVIEW
51 (0.089 %)Tivoli Monitoring
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
172 (6.400 %)Oracle
232 (2.844 %)Reuters
329 (2.578 %)SAP
423 (2.044 %)Microsoft
519 (1.689 %)IBM
617 (1.511 %)Bloomberg
617 (1.511 %)Cisco
617 (1.511 %)Mitel
716 (1.422 %)Red Hat
716 (1.422 %)VERITAS
814 (1.244 %)Business Objects
98 (0.711 %)Chordiant
107 (0.622 %)Siebel
116 (0.533 %)BEA
125 (0.444 %)Sun
134 (0.356 %)Casewise
143 (0.267 %)Fundtech
143 (0.267 %)EMC
143 (0.267 %)Citrix
143 (0.267 %)Lotus
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