The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 17 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 West Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 92 77 86
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +9
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 3 26 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.182% 1.165% 0.422%
As % of the General category 0.588% 3.514% 1.258%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 21 8
Average daily rate £345 £380 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.21% -15.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £310 £379
10% offered a daily rate of more than £389 £475 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
- -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
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
510 740 636
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 30.89% 33.17% 33.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 307 273
Average daily rate £350 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £245 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 47 33
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% -19.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Retail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Retail Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Retail Banking
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Birmingham -4 3 £345 -4.82%
Retail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 9 (100.00%) Banking
1 9 (100.00%) Retail
2 7 (77.78%) Finance
3 5 (55.56%) Financial Institution
4 4 (44.44%) ISEB
4 4 (44.44%) ISTQB
4 4 (44.44%) Cash Management
4 4 (44.44%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (22.22%) Change Management
6 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
7 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
7 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
7 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
7 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction
7 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
7 1 (11.11%) MS Office
7 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (11.11%) Project Management
7 1 (11.11%) Back Office
7 1 (11.11%) Migration
7 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
7 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
General
1 9 (100.00%) Banking
1 9 (100.00%) Retail
2 7 (77.78%) Finance
3 5 (55.56%) Financial Institution
4 1 (11.11%) Back Office
4 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Test Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Cash Management
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
4 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) ISEB
1 4 (44.44%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) HP Quality Center
West Midlands
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