The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail 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 Berkshire 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
Retailing
Rank 36 51 50
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -1
Contract jobs citing Retail 109 96 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 4.444% 2.993% 2.973%
As % of the General category 10.46% 5.955% 7.487%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 34 28
Average daily rate £400 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £258 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £489 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 4
Average hourly rate £27.50 £14.40 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+90.97% -28.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.80 £14.40 £11.03
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £14.40 £76.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +73.91%
All of the General Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1042 1612 1162
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 42.48% 50.25% 39.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 462 390
Average daily rate £365 £340 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.35% +3.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £454 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 28 37
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £10.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £50.00 £40.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Retail
South East

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Retail Jobs Demand Trend

Retail
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Retail across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Retail Daily Rate Trend

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire Retail Daily Rate Histogram

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Retail across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire Retail Hourly Rate Histogram

Retail
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Berkshire 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
Reading +35 32 £413 +20.43%
Bracknell -1 22 £425 +15.64%
Slough -10 6 £450 +12.50%
Newbury +1 3 £428 -
Maidenhead -3 3 £700 -
Wokingham - 1 £425 -
Retail
South East

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Retail 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.

1 55 (25.11%) SQL
2 52 (23.74%) Oracle
3 50 (22.83%) Windows
4 47 (21.46%) E-Commerce
5 41 (18.72%) Oracle Retail
6 36 (16.44%) Project Management
7 34 (15.53%) Active Directory
8 33 (15.07%) Microsoft
9 28 (12.79%) PRINCE2
9 28 (12.79%) J2EE
9 28 (12.79%) XML
10 27 (12.33%) HTML
10 27 (12.33%) VMware
11 26 (11.87%) Java
11 26 (11.87%) CSS
12 23 (10.50%) JavaScript
12 23 (10.50%) SQL Server
12 23 (10.50%) Windows Server 2008
13 22 (10.05%) Windows Server 2003
14 21 (9.589%) JSP
14 21 (9.589%) MS Office
14 21 (9.589%) Ajax
15 20 (9.132%) Finance
15 20 (9.132%) WebSphere
16 19 (8.676%) PowerShell
16 19 (8.676%) UNIX
17 18 (8.219%) JMS
17 18 (8.219%) JUnit
18 17 (7.763%) EJB
18 17 (7.763%) JSTL

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Retail 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 28 (12.79%) J2EE
1 28 (12.79%) XML
2 27 (12.33%) HTML
3 26 (11.87%) CSS
4 21 (9.589%) JSP
4 21 (9.589%) Ajax
5 20 (9.132%) WebSphere
6 18 (8.219%) JMS
7 17 (7.763%) EJB
7 17 (7.763%) JSTL
8 15 (6.849%) .NET
9 8 (3.653%) jQuery
9 8 (3.653%) ASP.NET
10 7 (3.196%) WCF
11 6 (2.740%) ASP.NET MVC
11 6 (2.740%) Web Services
12 4 (1.826%) HTML5
12 4 (1.826%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 3 (1.370%) Hibernate
13 3 (1.370%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 16 (7.306%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.566%) Exchange Server 2007
2 10 (4.566%) MS Exchange
3 9 (4.110%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (2.740%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (2.283%) Apache
5 5 (2.283%) Tomcat
5 5 (2.283%) SAS
5 5 (2.283%) CMS
6 4 (1.826%) ESB
6 4 (1.826%) IBM HTTP Server
6 4 (1.826%) IIS
7 3 (1.370%) FileNet
8 2 (0.913%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.913%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.913%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.457%) WebSphere MQ
9 1 (0.457%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.457%) Commerce Server
9 1 (0.457%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 21 (9.589%) MS Office
2 13 (5.936%) MS Visio
3 9 (4.110%) MS Project
4 6 (2.740%) MS Excel
5 5 (2.283%) Photoshop
5 5 (2.283%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.913%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.913%) InDesign
7 1 (0.457%) Fireworks
7 1 (0.457%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 41 (18.72%) Oracle Retail
2 6 (2.740%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.826%) Oracle SCM
4 3 (1.370%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.913%) SiteCatalyst
5 2 (0.913%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.457%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.457%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.457%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.457%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.110%) LAN
2 7 (3.196%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.740%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (2.283%) WAN
5 4 (1.826%) SAN
5 4 (1.826%) HTTP
5 4 (1.826%) Internet
6 3 (1.370%) CTI
6 3 (1.370%) VoIP
6 3 (1.370%) Broadband
6 3 (1.370%) Wireless
7 2 (0.913%) SSL
8 1 (0.457%) DHCP
8 1 (0.457%) DNS
8 1 (0.457%) LDAP
8 1 (0.457%) Firewall
8 1 (0.457%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.50%) SQL Server
2 16 (7.306%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (6.393%) SQL Server 2005
4 12 (5.479%) DB2
5 7 (3.196%) Oracle 8/8i
6 5 (2.283%) Oracle Discoverer
6 5 (2.283%) Base SAS
7 3 (1.370%) Oracle 10g
7 3 (1.370%) IDOL
7 3 (1.370%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.457%) TOAD
8 1 (0.457%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 18 (8.219%) JUnit
2 5 (2.283%) Subversion
3 1 (0.457%) Ant
General
1 20 (9.132%) Finance
2 14 (6.393%) Banking
2 14 (6.393%) Telecoms
3 13 (5.936%) Marketing
4 6 (2.740%) Back Office
5 4 (1.826%) Retail Banking
6 3 (1.370%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.370%) Automotive
7 2 (0.913%) Electronics
8 1 (0.457%) Legal
8 1 (0.457%) Games
8 1 (0.457%) Front Office
8 1 (0.457%) Billing
8 1 (0.457%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (20.55%) Developer
2 37 (16.89%) Project Manager
3 34 (15.53%) Consultant
4 25 (11.42%) Analyst
4 25 (11.42%) Oracle Consultant
5 20 (9.132%) Business Analyst
6 15 (6.849%) Systems Developer
7 12 (5.479%) Administrator
7 12 (5.479%) WebSphere Developer
8 10 (4.566%) Systems Administrator
9 7 (3.196%) Architect
9 7 (3.196%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (3.196%) Technical Leader
9 7 (3.196%) Senior Systems Administrator
10 6 (2.740%) Systems Engineer
11 5 (2.283%) Tester
11 5 (2.283%) Programme Manager
11 5 (2.283%) Systems Analyst
11 5 (2.283%) SAS Developer
11 5 (2.283%) E-Commerce Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.740%) Clustering
2 4 (1.826%) FMCG
3 3 (1.370%) EPoS
3 3 (1.370%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.370%) Mobile App
4 2 (0.913%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.457%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.457%) Derivative
5 1 (0.457%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.457%) Open Source
5 1 (0.457%) iPhone
5 1 (0.457%) CMDB
5 1 (0.457%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 50 (22.83%) Windows
2 23 (10.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (10.05%) Windows Server 2003
4 19 (8.676%) UNIX
5 14 (6.393%) Windows 7
6 7 (3.196%) Windows XP
7 3 (1.370%) Linux
8 1 (0.457%) Solaris
8 1 (0.457%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.457%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (21.46%) E-Commerce
2 36 (16.44%) Project Management
3 28 (12.79%) PRINCE2
4 14 (6.393%) ITIL
5 11 (5.023%) UML
6 10 (4.566%) CRM
6 10 (4.566%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (4.110%) Workflow
7 9 (4.110%) ETL
7 9 (4.110%) RAD
7 9 (4.110%) Software Testing
8 7 (3.196%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (3.196%) Web Development
9 6 (2.740%) MVC
9 6 (2.740%) Migration
10 5 (2.283%) Business Analysis
11 4 (1.826%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (1.826%) Test Scripting
11 4 (1.826%) Performance Testing
11 4 (1.826%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 55 (25.11%) SQL
2 26 (11.87%) Java
3 23 (10.50%) JavaScript
4 19 (8.676%) PowerShell
5 12 (5.479%) PL/SQL
6 6 (2.740%) C#
7 5 (2.283%) VB
8 3 (1.370%) JCL
8 3 (1.370%) COBOL
9 2 (0.913%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.457%) Perl
10 1 (0.457%) PHP
10 1 (0.457%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 7 (3.196%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (1.826%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 4 (1.826%) Degree
2 4 (1.826%) ISEB
3 2 (0.913%) HNC
4 1 (0.457%) OCP
4 1 (0.457%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.457%) Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.566%) QA
2 4 (1.826%) PCI DSS
2 4 (1.826%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.457%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (15.53%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.849%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.566%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (3.196%) vSphere
5 4 (1.826%) ISA Server
6 2 (0.913%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.457%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.457%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.457%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (7.306%) SCCM
2 11 (5.023%) SCOM
3 4 (1.826%) HP SIM
4 3 (1.370%) Foglight
4 3 (1.370%) Ganglia
5 1 (0.457%) MOM
5 1 (0.457%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.457%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 52 (23.74%) Oracle
2 33 (15.07%) Microsoft
3 27 (12.33%) VMware
4 16 (7.306%) IBM
5 9 (4.110%) Citrix
6 8 (3.653%) Adobe
6 8 (3.653%) HP
7 6 (2.740%) Clearswift
8 4 (1.826%) Siebel
8 4 (1.826%) SAP
9 3 (1.370%) Avaya
9 3 (1.370%) ReadSoft
9 3 (1.370%) Verint
10 2 (0.913%) RedPrairie
10 2 (0.913%) JBoss
10 2 (0.913%) Cisco
10 2 (0.913%) Salesforce.com
11 1 (0.457%) Remedy
11 1 (0.457%) Websense
11 1 (0.457%) Dell
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