The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail Banking over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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.

Retail Banking
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank487367392
Rank change year-on-year
Down-120Up+25
Matching permanent IT job ads445690427
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.369 %0.563 %0.447 %
As % of the General category0.820 %1.163 %0.917 %
Number of salaries quoted367545333
Average salary£60,000£52,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28 %+5.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,000£35,000£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£80,000£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£55,000£45,000£46,000
% change year-on-year
+22.22 %-2.17 %
IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
542715931346540
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK45.01 %48.37 %48.74 %
Number of salaries quoted456244848337646
Average salary£50,000£52,500£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£85,000£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£41,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.65 %+2.50 %

Retail Banking
Demand Trend

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

Retail Banking Demand Trend

Retail Banking
Salary Trend

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

Retail Banking Salary Trend

Retail Banking
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Retail Banking over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Retail Banking Salary Histogram

Retail Banking
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail Banking within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-114385£60,000+9.09 %
LondonDown-77287£65,000+8.33 %
City of LondonDown-1583£60,000-14.28 %
South EastDown-4833£50,000-4.76 %
ScotlandDown-5227£50,000+11.11 %
EdinburghDown-1823£50,000+11.11 %
SurreyDown-3117£55,000+10.00 %
YorkshireDown-516£55,000-15.38 %
North WestDown-4316£50,000-16.66 %
West YorkshireDown-212£55,000-15.38 %
ManchesterDown-911£53,750-6.52 %
HertfordshireUp+1310£45,000+20.00 %
East of EnglandDown-1610£45,000+28.57 %
East MidlandsDown-3510£48,750+35.41 %
BuckinghamshireUp+69£35,000-44.00 %
Milton KeynesUp+118£35,000-44.00 %
Kingston Upon ThamesDown-88£65,000+40.54 %
West MidlandsDown-108£46,250-
NorthamptonshireDown-278£47,250+27.70 %
NorthamptonDown-47£52,500+45.83 %
BirminghamDown-56£56,250-
LeedsDown-116£55,000-
HalifaxNew entry-6£29,500-
Docklands, LondonUp+315£75,000+36.36 %
Potters BarUp+324£45,000-
South YorkshireDown-54£45,000-
ReadingDown-94£31,500-53.67 %
BerkshireDown-254£31,500-42.72 %
SheffieldDown-23£45,000-
South WestDown-183£67,500+50.00 %

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Retail Banking.

11012 (100.00 %)Banking
11012 (100.00 %)Retail
2657 (64.92 %)Finance
3169 (16.70 %)Business Analysis
4122 (12.06 %)Investment Banking
5121 (11.96 %)Stakeholder Management
5121 (11.96 %).NET
6120 (11.86 %)User Acceptance Testing
7117 (11.56 %)SQL
8113 (11.17 %)Java
9108 (10.67 %)Change Management
1094 (9.289 %)Project Management
1189 (8.794 %)Oracle
1283 (8.202 %)UML
1283 (8.202 %)Scrum
1283 (8.202 %)Wealth Management
1382 (8.103 %)Waterfall
1475 (7.411 %)Cash Management
1573 (7.213 %)Degree
1672 (7.115 %)Wholesale Banking
1766 (6.522 %)Microsoft
1863 (6.225 %)ISEB
1863 (6.225 %)PRINCE2
1962 (6.126 %)Private Banking
2061 (6.028 %)SAP
2160 (5.929 %)ERP
2160 (5.929 %)SOA
2160 (5.929 %)Asset Management
2258 (5.731 %)Business Intelligence
2258 (5.731 %)Credit Risk

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Retail Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1121 (11.96 %).NET
231 (3.063 %)J2EE
327 (2.668 %)Middleware
423 (2.273 %)ASP.NET
519 (1.877 %)XML
613 (1.285 %)Web Services
613 (1.285 %)WCF
613 (1.285 %)ASP.NET MVC
712 (1.186 %)NHibernate
86 (0.593 %)OAuth
95 (0.494 %)WebSphere
104 (0.395 %).NET Framework
104 (0.395 %)JMS
104 (0.395 %)SOAP
113 (0.296 %)HTML
113 (0.296 %)Gherkin
113 (0.296 %)JSON
122 (0.198 %)soapUI
122 (0.198 %)REST
122 (0.198 %)XSD
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
128 (2.767 %)SAS
24 (0.395 %)Apache
24 (0.395 %)Tomcat
33 (0.296 %)WebLogic
33 (0.296 %)IIS
33 (0.296 %)Oracle Application Server
42 (0.198 %)ESB
42 (0.198 %)BizTalk Server
42 (0.198 %)SharePoint
51 (0.099 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (0.099 %)WebSphere Application Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
150 (4.941 %)MS Excel
244 (4.348 %)MS Visio
324 (2.372 %)MS Office
46 (0.593 %)MS Project
54 (0.395 %)SPSS
63 (0.296 %)Mingle
71 (0.099 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
132 (3.162 %)SAP FI
132 (3.162 %)SAP FI/CO
132 (3.162 %)SAP CO
230 (2.964 %)Temenos T24
318 (1.779 %)Summit
416 (1.581 %)Finacle
515 (1.482 %)Oracle Retail
515 (1.482 %)SAP Retail
614 (1.383 %)VisionPLUS
614 (1.383 %)FLEXCUBE
77 (0.692 %)Temenos Globus
77 (0.692 %)Bankmaster
84 (0.395 %)Oracle 11i
84 (0.395 %)Loan IQ
92 (0.198 %)Dynamics CRM
101 (0.099 %)Kondor+
101 (0.099 %)SAP BPC
101 (0.099 %)LatentZero
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
137 (3.656 %)Internet
215 (1.482 %)LAN
314 (1.383 %)WAN
314 (1.383 %)SSL
49 (0.889 %)VPN
58 (0.791 %)VoIP
67 (0.692 %)Network Security
76 (0.593 %)Cisco ASA
76 (0.593 %)Intranet
76 (0.593 %)WLAN
76 (0.593 %)ATM
85 (0.494 %)Firewall
94 (0.395 %)SAN
102 (0.198 %)MPLS
102 (0.198 %)PBX
102 (0.198 %)FTP
102 (0.198 %)HTTP
102 (0.198 %)Cisco IOS
102 (0.198 %)Cisco PIX
111 (0.099 %)SMS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
155 (5.435 %)SQL Server
237 (3.656 %)ETL
332 (3.162 %)SQL Server 2005
426 (2.569 %)Data Warehouse
520 (1.976 %)Oracle Reports
619 (1.877 %)SQL Server 2008
712 (1.186 %)SQL Server 2000
810 (0.988 %)SQL Server Integration Services
99 (0.889 %)Oracle 10g
106 (0.593 %)DataStage
106 (0.593 %)Oracle 11g
106 (0.593 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
115 (0.494 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
115 (0.494 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
115 (0.494 %)Oracle 9i
123 (0.296 %)OLAP
123 (0.296 %)Crystal Reports
123 (0.296 %)Informix
123 (0.296 %)PowerCenter
123 (0.296 %)Data Mining
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
122 (2.174 %)WatiN
221 (2.075 %)Selenium
312 (1.186 %)NUnit
312 (1.186 %)CruiseControl
312 (1.186 %)Oracle Forms
312 (1.186 %)MSBuild
411 (1.087 %)QuickTest Pro
510 (0.988 %)JIRA
66 (0.593 %)TestDirector
73 (0.296 %)LoadRunner
73 (0.296 %)PowerBuilder
73 (0.296 %)Cucumber
73 (0.296 %)FitNesse
73 (0.296 %)SpecFlow
82 (0.198 %)TestComplete
82 (0.198 %)Visual Studio
91 (0.099 %)ClearCase
91 (0.099 %)Eclipse
91 (0.099 %)ERwin
91 (0.099 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11012 (100.00 %)Banking
11012 (100.00 %)Retail
2657 (64.92 %)Finance
3122 (12.06 %)Investment Banking
472 (7.115 %)Wholesale Banking
562 (6.126 %)Private Banking
655 (5.435 %)Telecoms
726 (2.569 %)Marketing
821 (2.075 %)Law
821 (2.075 %)Corporate Banking
915 (1.482 %)Financial Institution
915 (1.482 %)Back Office
1013 (1.285 %)Pharmaceutical
1112 (1.186 %)Manufacturing
1112 (1.186 %)Billing
1211 (1.087 %)Legal
137 (0.692 %)Front Office
145 (0.494 %)Advertising
145 (0.494 %)General Ledger
154 (0.395 %)French Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1343 (33.89 %)Analyst
2269 (26.58 %)Business Analyst
3157 (15.51 %)Architect
4116 (11.46 %)Project Manager
4116 (11.46 %)Consultant
592 (9.091 %)Senior Analyst
677 (7.609 %)Senior Business Analyst
759 (5.830 %)Senior Manager
853 (5.237 %)Developer
952 (5.138 %)Banking Business Analyst
1051 (5.040 %)Solutions Architect
1146 (4.545 %)Test Manager
1244 (4.348 %)Test Analyst
1343 (4.249 %)Senior Consultant
1437 (3.656 %)Payments Business Analyst
1536 (3.557 %)Financial Business Analyst
1634 (3.360 %)SAP Consultant
1634 (3.360 %)Senior SAP Consultant
1634 (3.360 %)Lead Business Analyst
1729 (2.866 %)SAP Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
158 (5.731 %)Credit Risk
239 (3.854 %)SWIFT
329 (2.866 %)Cloud Computing
423 (2.273 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
521 (2.075 %)Mainframe
620 (1.976 %)EMV
620 (1.976 %)Open Source
717 (1.680 %)Smartphone
816 (1.581 %)iPhone
816 (1.581 %)Online Banking
915 (1.482 %)Smartcard
1014 (1.383 %)Blackberry
1113 (1.285 %)Hedge funds
1113 (1.285 %)Kindle
1212 (1.186 %)PMI
1212 (1.186 %)Mathematics
139 (0.889 %)Fixed Income
139 (0.889 %)Management Information System
148 (0.791 %)Reference Data
157 (0.692 %)Clustering
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
138 (3.755 %)Windows
225 (2.470 %)UNIX
324 (2.372 %)Android
418 (1.779 %)Linux
511 (1.087 %)Apple iOS
68 (0.791 %)Windows Phone 7
77 (0.692 %)Solaris
84 (0.395 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
92 (0.198 %)AIX
92 (0.198 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.099 %)Windows XP
101 (0.099 %)Windows Mobile
101 (0.099 %)Windows 7
101 (0.099 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1169 (16.70 %)Business Analysis
2121 (11.96 %)Stakeholder Management
3120 (11.86 %)User Acceptance Testing
4108 (10.67 %)Change Management
594 (9.289 %)Project Management
683 (8.202 %)UML
683 (8.202 %)Scrum
683 (8.202 %)Wealth Management
782 (8.103 %)Waterfall
875 (7.411 %)Cash Management
963 (6.225 %)PRINCE2
1060 (5.929 %)ERP
1060 (5.929 %)SOA
1060 (5.929 %)Asset Management
1158 (5.731 %)Business Intelligence
1158 (5.731 %)Use Case
1254 (5.336 %)E-Commerce
1352 (5.138 %)Enterprise Architecture
1352 (5.138 %)Investment Management
1449 (4.842 %)ITIL
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1117 (11.56 %)SQL
2113 (11.17 %)Java
351 (5.040 %)C#
445 (4.447 %)C++
520 (1.976 %)T-SQL
617 (1.680 %)RPG
715 (1.482 %)Perl
812 (1.186 %)COBOL
910 (0.988 %)Shell Script
109 (0.889 %)VB
109 (0.889 %)PL/SQL
109 (0.889 %)C
118 (0.791 %)Python
127 (0.692 %)PowerHouse
136 (0.593 %)PowerShell
136 (0.593 %)Bash shell
145 (0.494 %)VBA
154 (0.395 %)JCL
154 (0.395 %)VBScript
163 (0.296 %)Progress 4GL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
173 (7.213 %)Degree
263 (6.225 %)ISEB
327 (2.668 %)PRINCE2 Certification
425 (2.470 %)MBA
519 (1.877 %)CBAP
617 (1.680 %)PMI Certification
711 (1.087 %)ISEB Practitioner
88 (0.791 %)ITIL Certification
97 (0.692 %)PMP
97 (0.692 %)Cisco Certification
106 (0.593 %)CISA
106 (0.593 %)CISSP
106 (0.593 %)CCNA
106 (0.593 %)ISTQB
114 (0.395 %)CCVP
114 (0.395 %)MCSE
114 (0.395 %)ACCA
114 (0.395 %)Microsoft Certification
123 (0.296 %)SSCP
123 (0.296 %)CEH
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
155 (5.435 %)QA
226 (2.569 %)Basel III
325 (2.470 %)ISO 9001
420 (1.976 %)Solvency II
513 (1.285 %)FATCA
513 (1.285 %)Basel II
612 (1.186 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
711 (1.087 %)SLA
86 (0.593 %)Data Quality
95 (0.494 %)COBIT
102 (0.198 %)MiFID
102 (0.198 %)GAAP
102 (0.198 %)COSO
111 (0.099 %)ISO/IEC 27001
111 (0.099 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (0.791 %)VMware Infrastructure
26 (0.593 %)NFS
35 (0.494 %)VMware ESX
42 (0.198 %)ISA Server
42 (0.198 %)Active Directory
42 (0.198 %)Veritas Volume Manager
51 (0.099 %)Terminal Services
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
135 (3.458 %)HP Quality Center
26 (0.593 %)SolarWinds Orion
26 (0.593 %)Cisco UCCX
33 (0.296 %)MOM
42 (0.198 %)Splunk
51 (0.099 %)EMC NetWorker
51 (0.099 %)Legato
51 (0.099 %)Tivoli
51 (0.099 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
189 (8.794 %)Oracle
266 (6.522 %)Microsoft
361 (6.028 %)SAP
431 (3.063 %)Temenos
527 (2.668 %)HP
624 (2.372 %)Misys
723 (2.273 %)Fiserv
818 (1.779 %)IBM
915 (1.482 %)Informatica
915 (1.482 %)VMware
1014 (1.383 %)Bloomberg
1113 (1.285 %)OpenLink
1113 (1.285 %)eSpeed
1113 (1.285 %)Tradeweb
1113 (1.285 %)MarketAxess
1113 (1.285 %)Murex
1113 (1.285 %)Calypso
1211 (1.087 %)Teradata
1310 (0.988 %)Ab Initio
1310 (0.988 %)Tieto