Retail Contracts in Birmingham
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail 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 Birmingham 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
Retailing
Rank 21 18 18
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Contract jobs citing Retail 23 39 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 5.251% 6.362% 5.400%
As % of the General category 15.86% 19.50% 14.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 30 24
Average daily rate £354 £370 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.39% -12.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £248 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £450 £484
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £11.58
% change year-on-year
+18.42% +64.14%
All of the General Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 145 200 187
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 33.11% 32.63% 37.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 119 118
Average daily rate £351 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £238 £161
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 5 7 3
Average hourly rate £37.00 £18.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% +42.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Retail
West Midlands

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 13 (28.26%) SQL Server
2 12 (26.09%) E-Commerce
2 12 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (21.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (19.57%) Banking
4 9 (19.57%) Finance
5 8 (17.39%) Retail Banking
6 7 (15.22%) Oracle
7 6 (13.04%) Oracle 10g
7 6 (13.04%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (13.04%) J2EE
7 6 (13.04%) Business Objects
7 6 (13.04%) Java
7 6 (13.04%) Hibernate
7 6 (13.04%) BusinessObjects XI
7 6 (13.04%) Spring
8 5 (10.87%) SQL Server 2008
8 5 (10.87%) SQL
9 4 (8.696%) SAP
9 4 (8.696%) ISEB
9 4 (8.696%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (8.696%) SAP FI
9 4 (8.696%) Financial Institution
9 4 (8.696%) Cash Management
9 4 (8.696%) HP Quality Center
9 4 (8.696%) SQL Server 2012
9 4 (8.696%) SAP CO
9 4 (8.696%) ISTQB
10 3 (6.522%) SQL Server Integration Services

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 6 (13.04%) J2EE
1 6 (13.04%) Hibernate
1 6 (13.04%) Spring
2 3 (6.522%) MDX
3 1 (2.174%) WCF
3 1 (2.174%) Zend Framework
3 1 (2.174%) HTML5
3 1 (2.174%) iOS SDK
3 1 (2.174%) Ajax
3 1 (2.174%) SAP Smart Forms
3 1 (2.174%) EDI
3 1 (2.174%) HTML
3 1 (2.174%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.174%) Magento
Applications
1 2 (4.348%) PowerPivot
2 1 (2.174%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (8.696%) SAP FI
1 4 (8.696%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (8.696%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.174%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (28.26%) SQL Server
2 10 (21.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (13.04%) BusinessObjects XI
3 6 (13.04%) Oracle 10g
3 6 (13.04%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (10.87%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (8.696%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (6.522%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (6.522%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (6.522%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (4.348%) OLAP
8 1 (2.174%) DTS
8 1 (2.174%) RDBMS
8 1 (2.174%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.174%) Xcode
General
1 9 (19.57%) Finance
1 9 (19.57%) Banking
2 8 (17.39%) Retail Banking
3 4 (8.696%) Financial Institution
4 2 (4.348%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.174%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (2.174%) Back Office
5 1 (2.174%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (45.65%) Developer
2 17 (36.96%) Analyst
3 12 (26.09%) Business Analyst
4 8 (17.39%) Business Developer
5 6 (13.04%) Java Developer
5 6 (13.04%) J2EE Developer
5 6 (13.04%) Business Objects Developer
5 6 (13.04%) Analyst Developer
5 6 (13.04%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 6 (13.04%) Business Objects Analyst
6 4 (8.696%) SQL Server Developer
6 4 (8.696%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
6 4 (8.696%) SQL Developer
6 4 (8.696%) Test Analyst
7 3 (6.522%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 2 (4.348%) SAP FI Consultant
8 2 (4.348%) SAP CO Consultant
8 2 (4.348%) Project Manager
8 2 (4.348%) Consultant
8 2 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.522%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (4.348%) EPoS
2 2 (4.348%) FMCG
3 1 (2.174%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.174%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.348%) Windows
2 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (2.174%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.174%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) E-Commerce
1 12 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (8.696%) Cash Management
3 3 (6.522%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (6.522%) Business Analysis
3 3 (6.522%) Change Management
4 2 (4.348%) Migration
4 2 (4.348%) Resource Management
4 2 (4.348%) Software Deployment
5 1 (2.174%) Database Security
5 1 (2.174%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.174%) Test Scripting
5 1 (2.174%) SAP Security
5 1 (2.174%) Programme Management
5 1 (2.174%) Data Analysis
5 1 (2.174%) Test Strategy
5 1 (2.174%) B2B
5 1 (2.174%) Project Management
5 1 (2.174%) ERP
5 1 (2.174%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.04%) Java
2 5 (10.87%) SQL
3 3 (6.522%) T-SQL
4 2 (4.348%) ABAP
5 1 (2.174%) SAPscript
5 1 (2.174%) Objective-C
5 1 (2.174%) PHP
5 1 (2.174%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (8.696%) ISEB
1 4 (8.696%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.174%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.348%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (8.696%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Oracle
2 6 (13.04%) Business Objects
3 4 (8.696%) SAP
4 3 (6.522%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.522%) Hyperion
5 1 (2.174%) Zend
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