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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 12 March 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
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank109159213
Rank change year-on-year
Up+50Up+54
Matching contract IT job ads694370574
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.479 %0.917 %0.704 %
As % of the General category2.815 %1.992 %1.523 %
Daily rates quoted336193320
Average daily rate£400£430£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.970 %-4.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£337£313
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£516£565£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£425£450
% change year-on-year
-5.880 %-5.550 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
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
246521857237689
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK52.54 %46.05 %46.20 %
Daily rates quoted12405651613577
Average daily rate£450£425£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
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£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted81610842231
Average hourly rate£23.00£24.50£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.120 %-2.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.27£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.35£41.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£27.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-12.72 %-

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 12 March 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 12 March 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+68619£413-4.62 %
LondonUp+14347£415-12.63 %
City of LondonUp+31120£425-
YorkshireUp+5984£395-21.00 %
North WestUp+2677£393-7.64 %
ManchesterUp+1469£278-34.70 %
ScotlandUp+1764£306-2.77 %
West YorkshireUp+4260£395-21.00 %
South WestUp+160£413-4.06 %
EdinburghNo change044£325+3.17 %
HalifaxNew entry-42£400-
East MidlandsUp+1329£450+5.88 %
NorthamptonshireUp+929£450+5.88 %
NorthamptonUp+727£450+4.65 %
BristolUp+125£388+15.32 %
WiltshireDown-622£455+4.00 %
SwindonDown-721£455+4.00 %
South EastUp+812£400-6.97 %
GlasgowDown-310£268-
Canary WharfNew entry-7£700-
LeedsUp+86£388-22.50 %
WalesUp+56£388+14.81 %
CheshireDown-56£400+2.56 %
KnutsfordNew entry-6£400-
South WalesUp+95£350+3.70 %
Docklands, LondonUp+25£550+37.50 %
North EastNew entry-5£538-
CardiffUp+184£350+3.70 %
BuckinghamshireDown-114£425-1.16 %
GloucestershireNew entry-4£255-

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 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.

11329 (100.00 %)Banking
11329 (100.00 %)Retail
2829 (62.38 %)Finance
3260 (19.56 %)Stakeholder Management
4145 (10.91 %)Business Analysis
5142 (10.68 %)Change Management
6138 (10.38 %)Project Management
7103 (7.750 %)Migration
896 (7.223 %)PRINCE2
988 (6.622 %)Insurance
1085 (6.396 %)Investment Banking
1182 (6.170 %)User Acceptance Testing
1271 (5.342 %)MS Project
1363 (4.740 %)SAP
1363 (4.740 %)MS Excel
1460 (4.515 %)MS Visio
1460 (4.515 %)SQL
1555 (4.138 %)CA Clarity
1652 (3.913 %)MS Office
1750 (3.762 %)GAP Analysis
1849 (3.687 %)ISEB
1945 (3.386 %)Microsoft
1945 (3.386 %)Oracle
2043 (3.236 %)Internet
2142 (3.160 %)UML
2241 (3.085 %)Telecoms
2340 (3.010 %)Requirements Analysis
2340 (3.010 %)ITIL
2439 (2.935 %)UNIX
2538 (2.859 %)SQL Server

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 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
129 (2.182 %).NET
219 (1.430 %)WebSphere
316 (1.204 %)Middleware
412 (0.903 %)XML
59 (0.677 %)J2EE
59 (0.677 %)Spring
67 (0.527 %)Web Services
67 (0.527 %)ASP.NET
75 (0.376 %)J2ME
75 (0.376 %)BREW
84 (0.301 %)ASP
84 (0.301 %)JSP
84 (0.301 %)SOAP
93 (0.226 %)HTML
102 (0.150 %)Flash
102 (0.150 %)CSS
102 (0.150 %)XSL
111 (0.075 %)XSLT
111 (0.075 %)CORBA
111 (0.075 %)Swing
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
120 (1.505 %)SharePoint
214 (1.053 %)SAS
38 (0.602 %)IIS
47 (0.527 %)WebSphere Application Server
54 (0.301 %)BizTalk Server
54 (0.301 %)Apache
54 (0.301 %)Tomcat
63 (0.226 %)MS Exchange
63 (0.226 %)WebSphere MQ
63 (0.226 %)WebSphere Process Server
72 (0.150 %)TeamSite
72 (0.150 %)CICS
81 (0.075 %)MQSeries
81 (0.075 %)Exchange Server 5.5
81 (0.075 %)Exchange Server 2000
81 (0.075 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (0.075 %)MQSI
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
171 (5.342 %)MS Project
263 (4.740 %)MS Excel
360 (4.515 %)MS Visio
455 (4.138 %)CA Clarity
552 (3.913 %)MS Office
623 (1.731 %)MS PowerPoint
76 (0.451 %)Niku Workbench
83 (0.226 %)Photoshop
92 (0.150 %)InDesign
101 (0.075 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (0.978 %)Temenos T24
29 (0.677 %)Oracle Financials
29 (0.677 %)SAP FI
29 (0.677 %)VisionPLUS
36 (0.451 %)SAP FI/CO
36 (0.451 %)SAP CO
36 (0.451 %)SAP IS-U
43 (0.226 %)Temenos Globus
43 (0.226 %)SAP WM
52 (0.150 %)ProfileStage
52 (0.150 %)SAP R/3
52 (0.150 %)SAP Retail
52 (0.150 %)SAP FI-GL
61 (0.075 %)Oracle General Ledger
61 (0.075 %)SalesLogix
61 (0.075 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
61 (0.075 %)Siebel Analytics
61 (0.075 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
143 (3.236 %)Internet
210 (0.752 %)ATM
37 (0.527 %)Intranet
45 (0.376 %)Firewall
54 (0.301 %)SMS
54 (0.301 %)SMTP
54 (0.301 %)DNS
63 (0.226 %)WAN
63 (0.226 %)SAN
63 (0.226 %)Network Security
72 (0.150 %)3G
72 (0.150 %)MPLS
72 (0.150 %)FTP
72 (0.150 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.150 %)VPN
72 (0.150 %)LAN
81 (0.075 %)LDAP
81 (0.075 %)ISDN
81 (0.075 %)Ethernet
81 (0.075 %)VoIP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
138 (2.859 %)SQL Server
216 (1.204 %)Datawarehouse
311 (0.828 %)BusinessObjects
49 (0.677 %)DataStage
58 (0.602 %)ETL
58 (0.602 %)SQL Server 2005
66 (0.451 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
75 (0.376 %)Oracle 10g
84 (0.301 %)Oracle BI EE
84 (0.301 %)MySQL
84 (0.301 %)DB2
93 (0.226 %)BusinessObjects XI
93 (0.226 %)Base SAS
93 (0.226 %)BODI
93 (0.226 %)SQL Server Integration Services
93 (0.226 %)SQL Server 2000
102 (0.150 %)Essbase
102 (0.150 %)SQL Server 2008
102 (0.150 %)Crystal Reports
102 (0.150 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (0.828 %)QuickTest Pro
210 (0.752 %)RequisitePro
37 (0.527 %)TestDirector
45 (0.376 %)Visual Studio
54 (0.301 %)WinRunner
54 (0.301 %)FitNesse
54 (0.301 %)LoadRunner
61 (0.075 %)Ant
61 (0.075 %)OpenDeploy
61 (0.075 %)ERwin
61 (0.075 %)ClearQuest
61 (0.075 %)InstallShield
61 (0.075 %)Subversion
61 (0.075 %)FrontPage
61 (0.075 %)StarTeam
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11329 (100.00 %)Banking
11329 (100.00 %)Retail
2829 (62.38 %)Finance
388 (6.622 %)Insurance
485 (6.396 %)Investment Banking
541 (3.085 %)Telecoms
637 (2.784 %)Advertising
735 (2.634 %)Online Banking
824 (1.806 %)Corporate Banking
917 (1.279 %)Pensions
917 (1.279 %)Private Banking
1015 (1.129 %)Financial Institution
1113 (0.978 %)Marketing
1211 (0.828 %)Back Office
1211 (0.828 %)General Ledger
139 (0.677 %)Wholesale Banking
148 (0.602 %)Government
157 (0.527 %)Education
166 (0.451 %)Legal
174 (0.301 %)International Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1597 (44.92 %)Analyst
2426 (32.05 %)Business Analyst
3253 (19.04 %)Project Manager
4194 (14.60 %)Banking Business Analyst
570 (5.267 %)Programme Manager
659 (4.439 %)Architect
758 (4.364 %)Senior Analyst
857 (4.289 %)Test Manager
950 (3.762 %)Senior Manager
1048 (3.612 %)Consultant
1147 (3.536 %)Test Analyst
1147 (3.536 %)Developer
1239 (2.935 %)Senior Business Analyst
1334 (2.558 %)Systems Analyst
1431 (2.333 %)Senior Project Manager
1530 (2.257 %)Solutions Architect
1628 (2.107 %)PMO Analyst
1727 (2.032 %)Process Analyst
1826 (1.956 %)Implementation Manager
1925 (1.881 %)PMO Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
138 (2.859 %)Credit Risk
216 (1.204 %)Mainframe
37 (0.527 %)Client/Server
37 (0.527 %)French Language
46 (0.451 %)German Language
46 (0.451 %)Derivative
46 (0.451 %)Fixed Income
46 (0.451 %)IVR
55 (0.376 %)Copywriting
55 (0.376 %)Market Risk
55 (0.376 %)Data Conversion
55 (0.376 %)iPhone
64 (0.301 %)Fat Client
64 (0.301 %)STB
64 (0.301 %)Thin Client
73 (0.226 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
73 (0.226 %)Management Information System
73 (0.226 %)PKI
73 (0.226 %)Statistics
73 (0.226 %)Mathematics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
139 (2.935 %)UNIX
228 (2.107 %)Windows
310 (0.752 %)AIX
45 (0.376 %)Android
54 (0.301 %)Windows Vista
63 (0.226 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (0.226 %)zOS
72 (0.150 %)Windows NT
81 (0.075 %)Windows XP
81 (0.075 %)MVS
81 (0.075 %)Solaris
81 (0.075 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1260 (19.56 %)Stakeholder Management
2145 (10.91 %)Business Analysis
3142 (10.68 %)Change Management
4138 (10.38 %)Project Management
5103 (7.750 %)Migration
696 (7.223 %)PRINCE2
782 (6.170 %)User Acceptance Testing
850 (3.762 %)GAP Analysis
942 (3.160 %)UML
1040 (3.010 %)ITIL
1040 (3.010 %)Requirements Analysis
1136 (2.709 %)Project Planning
1234 (2.558 %)Investment Management
1234 (2.558 %)Data Migration
1330 (2.257 %)Data Modelling
1428 (2.107 %)E-Commerce
1527 (2.032 %)SSADM
1626 (1.956 %)Software Testing
1626 (1.956 %)Use Case
1626 (1.956 %)Test Scripting
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
160 (4.515 %)SQL
231 (2.333 %)C
324 (1.806 %)Java
418 (1.354 %)C#
58 (0.602 %)Perl
58 (0.602 %)VB
67 (0.527 %)JavaScript
76 (0.451 %)VBA
84 (0.301 %)Python
92 (0.150 %)Shell Script
92 (0.150 %)T-SQL
92 (0.150 %)VBScript
92 (0.150 %)PL/SQL
92 (0.150 %)C++
92 (0.150 %)COBOL
101 (0.075 %)VB.NET
101 (0.075 %)Jython
101 (0.075 %)SAS Macro
101 (0.075 %)Tcl
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
149 (3.687 %)ISEB
220 (1.505 %)PRINCE2 Certification
315 (1.129 %)Degree
49 (0.677 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
57 (0.527 %)CISSP
66 (0.451 %)ISTQB
74 (0.301 %)Cisco Certification
74 (0.301 %)CCNA
74 (0.301 %)ITIL Certification
74 (0.301 %)CISA
74 (0.301 %)CISM
83 (0.226 %)CCNP
83 (0.226 %)MCSE
83 (0.226 %)Microsoft Certification
83 (0.226 %)Security Cleared
92 (0.150 %)SC Cleared
92 (0.150 %)PhD
92 (0.150 %)MBA
92 (0.150 %)PMI Certification
101 (0.075 %)IBM Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
131 (2.333 %)QA
226 (1.956 %)SLA
320 (1.505 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
419 (1.430 %)Basel II
513 (0.978 %)PCI DSS
66 (0.451 %)ISO27001
73 (0.226 %)BS7799
82 (0.150 %)ISO17799
91 (0.075 %)COBIT
91 (0.075 %)MiFID
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (0.226 %)Active Directory
22 (0.150 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.075 %)VMware ESX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.226 %)SCCM
22 (0.150 %)SCOM
22 (0.150 %)Unicenter
31 (0.075 %)Tivoli
31 (0.075 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (0.075 %)OpenView Configuration Management
31 (0.075 %)CONTROL-M
31 (0.075 %)MSI
31 (0.075 %)MIIS
31 (0.075 %)HP Quality Center
31 (0.075 %)CiscoWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
163 (4.740 %)SAP
245 (3.386 %)Oracle
245 (3.386 %)Microsoft
320 (1.505 %)IBM
411 (0.828 %)Temenos
411 (0.828 %)Business Objects
59 (0.677 %)Casewise
68 (0.602 %)Planview
68 (0.602 %)HP
77 (0.527 %)Niku
86 (0.451 %)JBoss
86 (0.451 %)Cisco
95 (0.376 %)Symbian
95 (0.376 %)Sybase
95 (0.376 %)CheckPoint
95 (0.376 %)Fundtech
104 (0.301 %)VMware
104 (0.301 %)Calypso
113 (0.226 %)Nokia
113 (0.226 %)Nortel