The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retail Banking
Rank 82 35 40
Rank change year-on-year
-47 +5
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 31 97 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.643% 4.216% 3.183%
As % of the General category 5.354% 10.96% 8.178%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 88 35
Average daily rate £335 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.84% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £265 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £513 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
-0.65% -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
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
579 885 697
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 30.68% 38.46% 38.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 542 357
Average daily rate £350 £380 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £265 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 22
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +6.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.43 £10.50 £10.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.40 £50.00 £28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Retail Banking Daily Rate Trend

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail Banking across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Yorkshire Retail Banking Daily Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
West Yorkshire -36 31 £335 -11.60%
Retail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 67 (100.00%) Banking
1 67 (100.00%) Retail
2 42 (62.69%) Finance
3 38 (56.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (34.33%) Project Management
5 17 (25.37%) User Acceptance Testing
6 10 (14.93%) ISEB
6 10 (14.93%) ISTQB
7 9 (13.43%) Software Testing
7 9 (13.43%) MS Project
8 8 (11.94%) Migration
8 8 (11.94%) Test Scripting
9 7 (10.45%) HP Quality Center
10 6 (8.955%) Use Case
10 6 (8.955%) Change Management
10 6 (8.955%) UML
10 6 (8.955%) MS Excel
10 6 (8.955%) SAS
11 5 (7.463%) Front Office
11 5 (7.463%) Business Transformation
11 5 (7.463%) MS PowerPoint
11 5 (7.463%) Data Management
12 4 (5.970%) Business Analysis
12 4 (5.970%) APMP
12 4 (5.970%) Waterfall
12 4 (5.970%) Risk Management
12 4 (5.970%) Microsoft
12 4 (5.970%) Data Modelling
12 4 (5.970%) RAD
12 4 (5.970%) PRINCE2

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (1.493%) Web Services
1 1 (1.493%) Oracle ADF
1 1 (1.493%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 6 (8.955%) SAS
2 1 (1.493%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.493%) GlassFish
Applications
1 9 (13.43%) MS Project
2 6 (8.955%) MS Excel
3 5 (7.463%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (5.970%) MS Office
5 1 (1.493%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.493%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (1.493%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.493%) ATM
1 1 (1.493%) Intranet
1 1 (1.493%) Internet
1 1 (1.493%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.493%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (1.493%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.493%) DB2
1 1 (1.493%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.493%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (1.493%) Oracle Forms
General
1 67 (100.00%) Banking
1 67 (100.00%) Retail
2 42 (62.69%) Finance
3 5 (7.463%) Front Office
4 1 (1.493%) Law
4 1 (1.493%) Back Office
4 1 (1.493%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (49.25%) Analyst
2 16 (23.88%) Business Analyst
3 11 (16.42%) Project Manager
3 11 (16.42%) Test Analyst
4 9 (13.43%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (8.955%) Test Leader
6 5 (7.463%) Banking Business Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Test Manager
7 3 (4.478%) Developer
7 3 (4.478%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) UML Business Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) PMO Manager
7 3 (4.478%) Data Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Senior Test Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Senior Data Analyst
8 2 (2.985%) Data Manager
8 2 (2.985%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (2.985%) Implementation Manager
8 2 (2.985%) Project Implementation Manager
8 2 (2.985%) SAS Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.478%) Credit Risk
2 1 (1.493%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.493%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.493%) DataPower
2 1 (1.493%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.478%) UNIX
2 1 (1.493%) Windows
2 1 (1.493%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (56.72%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (34.33%) Project Management
3 17 (25.37%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (13.43%) Software Testing
5 8 (11.94%) Migration
5 8 (11.94%) Test Scripting
6 6 (8.955%) Use Case
6 6 (8.955%) Change Management
6 6 (8.955%) UML
7 5 (7.463%) Business Transformation
7 5 (7.463%) Data Management
8 4 (5.970%) Business Analysis
8 4 (5.970%) Waterfall
8 4 (5.970%) Risk Management
8 4 (5.970%) Data Modelling
8 4 (5.970%) RAD
8 4 (5.970%) PRINCE2
9 2 (2.985%) Data Analysis
9 2 (2.985%) Resource Management
9 2 (2.985%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.970%) SQL
2 2 (2.985%) VBA
3 1 (1.493%) COBOL
3 1 (1.493%) Java
3 1 (1.493%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (14.93%) ISEB
1 10 (14.93%) ISTQB
2 4 (5.970%) APMP
3 1 (1.493%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.478%) FATCA
Systems Management
1 7 (10.45%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (2.985%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 4 (5.970%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.985%) Teradata
3 1 (1.493%) TIBCO
3 1 (1.493%) Micro Focus
3 1 (1.493%) Sun
3 1 (1.493%) IBM
3 1 (1.493%) Oracle
3 1 (1.493%) SAP
3 1 (1.493%) Pega