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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 9 February 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
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank388537487
Rank change year-on-year
Up+149Down-50
Matching permanent IT job ads298204564
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.378 %0.202 %0.279 %
As % of the General category0.744 %0.411 %0.554 %
Salaries quoted242134430
Average salary£55,000£50,000£60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-16.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£38,000£28,500£39,900
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£100,000£75,625£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£46,500£55,000
% change year-on-year
+7.520 %-15.45 %
IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
4007249639101790
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK50.89 %49.11 %50.37 %
Salaries quoted326614129381674
Average salary£47,500£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,500£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.660 %-

Retail Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 9 February 2010 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 9 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+139271£55,000+10.00 %
LondonUp+72182£55,000-12.35 %
City of LondonUp+2954£63,750+21.42 %
East MidlandsUp+3936£52,000+9.47 %
NorthamptonshireUp+2923£55,000+22.22 %
NorthamptonUp+2822£55,000+22.22 %
North WestUp+5518£60,000+50.00 %
CroydonNew entry-13£50,000-
ScotlandUp+1912£52,500-30.00 %
South EastUp+3411£38,000-5.00 %
South WestUp+3610£50,000-
CheshireUp+1710£57,500+15.00 %
YorkshireUp+1510£100,000+60.00 %
WiltshireUp+1010£50,000-
West YorkshireUp+249£100,000+60.00 %
HalifaxUp+168£100,000+185.71 %
CardiffNew entry-8£42,500-
South WalesNew entry-8£42,500-
WalesNew entry-8£42,500-
EdinburghUp+87£52,500-12.50 %
HampshireNew entry-7£38,000-
KnutsfordNew entry-7£57,500-
DerbyUp+176--
DerbyshireUp+156--
SwindonUp+106£50,000-
ManchesterUp+295£75,000+150.00 %
East of EnglandUp+352£57,500+130.00 %
BerkshireUp+182--
HertfordshireUp+172£57,500+130.00 %
North EastUp+142£55,000-45.00 %

Retail Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

1617 (100.00 %)Banking
1617 (100.00 %)Retail
2398 (64.51 %)Finance
3140 (22.69 %)Insurance
4124 (20.10 %)Degree
594 (15.24 %)Credit Risk
675 (12.16 %)SAS
773 (11.83 %)Project Management
872 (11.67 %)Investment Banking
968 (11.02 %)Stakeholder Management
1063 (10.21 %)Java
1154 (8.752 %)Telecoms
1253 (8.590 %)SQL
1349 (7.942 %)Risk Management
1349 (7.942 %)Validation
1447 (7.618 %)Service Delivery
1543 (6.969 %)Software Testing
1642 (6.807 %)XML
1642 (6.807 %)Data Modelling
1741 (6.645 %)Oracle
1840 (6.483 %)MBA
1840 (6.483 %)Agile Software Development
1939 (6.321 %)Scrum
1939 (6.321 %)Datawarehouse
2037 (5.997 %)TDD
2037 (5.997 %)Ant
2037 (5.997 %)JUnit
2037 (5.997 %)Spring
2037 (5.997 %)Selenium
2037 (5.997 %)FitNesse

Retail Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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
142 (6.807 %)XML
237 (5.997 %)Spring
334 (5.511 %).NET
413 (2.107 %)Middleware
413 (2.107 %)WebSphere
510 (1.621 %)Web Services
510 (1.621 %)J2EE
66 (0.972 %)ASP.NET
72 (0.324 %)HTML
81 (0.162 %)Flash
81 (0.162 %)CSS
81 (0.162 %)SOAP
81 (0.162 %)DOM
81 (0.162 %)XSL
81 (0.162 %)WinForms
81 (0.162 %)WPF
81 (0.162 %)Silverlight
81 (0.162 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
175 (12.16 %)SAS
218 (2.917 %)MQSeries
39 (1.459 %)SharePoint
42 (0.324 %)TPMS
42 (0.324 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (0.162 %)BizTalk Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
129 (4.700 %)MS Visio
215 (2.431 %)MS PowerPoint
311 (1.783 %)MS Excel
45 (0.810 %)MATLAB
54 (0.648 %)Spreadsheet
54 (0.648 %)MS Project
63 (0.486 %)SPSS
72 (0.324 %)MS Office
81 (0.162 %)Photoshop
81 (0.162 %)Fireworks
81 (0.162 %)Adobe Illustrator
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (1.459 %)Oracle Applications
27 (1.135 %)Summit
27 (1.135 %)Front Arena
27 (1.135 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
32 (0.324 %)FLEXCUBE
32 (0.324 %)Temenos T24
41 (0.162 %)assyst
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
120 (3.241 %)Internet
25 (0.810 %)Intranet
33 (0.486 %)ATM
42 (0.324 %)VoIP
51 (0.162 %)Broadband
51 (0.162 %)SAN
51 (0.162 %)Extranet
51 (0.162 %)NFC
51 (0.162 %)NAS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
139 (6.321 %)Datawarehouse
212 (1.945 %)Data Mining
310 (1.621 %)BusinessObjects
48 (1.297 %)SQL Server Integration Services
48 (1.297 %)Oracle 8/8i
48 (1.297 %)SQL Server
57 (1.135 %)MySQL
57 (1.135 %)BusinessObjects XI
57 (1.135 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
57 (1.135 %)Xcelsius
66 (0.972 %)Base SAS
74 (0.648 %)ETL
83 (0.486 %)DB2
83 (0.486 %)SQL Server 2005
92 (0.324 %)Oracle OLAP
92 (0.324 %)Reference Data
92 (0.324 %)OLAP
101 (0.162 %)DTS
101 (0.162 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
101 (0.162 %)DB2 UDB
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
137 (5.997 %)Ant
137 (5.997 %)JUnit
137 (5.997 %)Selenium
137 (5.997 %)FitNesse
215 (2.431 %)TestDirector
36 (0.972 %)QuickTest Pro
45 (0.810 %)WinRunner
53 (0.486 %)Visual Studio
62 (0.324 %)Synon
71 (0.162 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1617 (100.00 %)Banking
1617 (100.00 %)Retail
2398 (64.51 %)Finance
3140 (22.69 %)Insurance
472 (11.67 %)Investment Banking
554 (8.752 %)Telecoms
625 (4.052 %)Pensions
723 (3.728 %)Health
815 (2.431 %)Back Office
914 (2.269 %)Legal
1010 (1.621 %)Education
119 (1.459 %)Aerospace
119 (1.459 %)Publishing
119 (1.459 %)Auditing
128 (1.297 %)Marketing
137 (1.135 %)Interactive Media
143 (0.486 %)Front Office
143 (0.486 %)Government
152 (0.324 %)Wholesale Banking
152 (0.324 %)International Banking
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1139 (22.53 %)Analyst
280 (12.97 %)Consultant
352 (8.428 %)Developer
440 (6.483 %)Project Manager
538 (6.159 %)Business Analyst
538 (6.159 %)Senior Manager
637 (5.997 %)Senior Analyst
637 (5.997 %)Java Developer
735 (5.673 %)Architect
829 (4.700 %)Programme Manager
921 (3.404 %)Team Leader
1019 (3.079 %)Test Manager
1019 (3.079 %)Strategy Analyst
1117 (2.755 %)Data Analyst
1215 (2.431 %)Senior Consultant
1215 (2.431 %)Test Leader
1313 (2.107 %)Solutions Architect
1313 (2.107 %)Business Consultant
1313 (2.107 %)Banking Business Analyst
1412 (1.945 %)Strategy Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
194 (15.24 %)Credit Risk
237 (5.997 %)Multithreading
322 (3.566 %)Statistics
421 (3.404 %)Mathematics
511 (1.783 %)EPoS
511 (1.783 %)Economics
68 (1.297 %)Derivative
77 (1.135 %)Fixed Income
86 (0.972 %)EMV
86 (0.972 %)Chip and PIN
86 (0.972 %)EFT
95 (0.810 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
95 (0.810 %)Equities
104 (0.648 %)Market Risk
104 (0.648 %)Blackberry
104 (0.648 %)Client/Server
113 (0.486 %)Mainframe
122 (0.324 %)FMCG
122 (0.324 %)Social Network
122 (0.324 %)PMI
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
110 (1.621 %)Windows
25 (0.810 %)UNIX
31 (0.162 %)Windows XP
31 (0.162 %)Linux
31 (0.162 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
173 (11.83 %)Project Management
268 (11.02 %)Stakeholder Management
349 (7.942 %)Risk Management
349 (7.942 %)Validation
447 (7.618 %)Service Delivery
543 (6.969 %)Software Testing
642 (6.807 %)Data Modelling
740 (6.483 %)Agile Software Development
839 (6.321 %)Scrum
937 (5.997 %)TDD
1034 (5.511 %)Data Analysis
1131 (5.024 %)Change Management
1228 (4.538 %)Programme Management
1327 (4.376 %)Wealth Management
1425 (4.052 %)E-Commerce
1520 (3.241 %)Business Intelligence
1619 (3.079 %)Six Sigma
1619 (3.079 %)Asset Management
1619 (3.079 %)Service Management
1717 (2.755 %)ITIL
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
163 (10.21 %)Java
253 (8.590 %)SQL
310 (1.621 %)C#
49 (1.459 %)C
58 (1.297 %)PL/SQL
65 (0.810 %)VB.NET
65 (0.810 %)VBA
74 (0.648 %)SAS Macro
83 (0.486 %)VB
83 (0.486 %)VB6
92 (0.324 %)C++
101 (0.162 %)JavaScript
101 (0.162 %)T-SQL
101 (0.162 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1124 (20.10 %)Degree
240 (6.483 %)MBA
316 (2.593 %)Postgraduate
316 (2.593 %)ISEB
48 (1.297 %)PhD
54 (0.648 %)CIMA
54 (0.648 %)ACCA
54 (0.648 %)Microsoft Certification
63 (0.486 %)MCSE
63 (0.486 %)CISSP
63 (0.486 %)PMI Certification
72 (0.324 %)MCP
81 (0.162 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.162 %)PMP
81 (0.162 %)ISEB Practitioner
81 (0.162 %)CFA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (2.431 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
214 (2.269 %)Basel II
38 (1.297 %)QA
41 (0.162 %)SLA
41 (0.162 %)GAAP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.162 %)Active Directory
11 (0.162 %)NetBackup
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (0.810 %)HP Quality Center
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
141 (6.645 %)Oracle
211 (1.783 %)Microsoft
310 (1.621 %)Temenos
310 (1.621 %)Business Objects
49 (1.459 %)HP
49 (1.459 %)Informatica
57 (1.135 %)OpenLink
57 (1.135 %)EMC
57 (1.135 %)Murex
57 (1.135 %)Calypso
57 (1.135 %)Fidessa
57 (1.135 %)GL TRADE
57 (1.135 %)Pega
57 (1.135 %)Wall Street Systems
66 (0.972 %)SAP
73 (0.486 %)IBM
73 (0.486 %)Remedy
82 (0.324 %)Mantas
82 (0.324 %)Teradata
82 (0.324 %)JD Edwards