The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 24 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 Brighton 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 26 29 21
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -8
Contract jobs citing Retail 2 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 1.351% 2.344% 1.460%
As % of the General category 4.167% 11.76% 3.636%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
Average daily rate £475 £385 £143
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.37% +170.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £321 £137
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £410 £149
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 £20.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +73.91%
All of the General Category
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
48 51 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 32.43% 19.92% 40.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 33 41
Average daily rate £400 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £302 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £442
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £23.00 £30.00 £11.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.33% +167.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Retail
East Sussex

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton Retail Daily Rate Trend

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Brighton Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 3 (100.00%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Middleware
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Italian Language
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Information Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Process Architecture

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Information Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Process Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Brighton, South East
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a leading retail bank for SQL Server Data warehouse developer to join a growing bank wide Treasury team as a SQL Server...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus, Benefits, Pension
Posted: 22 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Skill summary: * SQL Server 2005/ 2008 development experience using T-SQL... Sectors include Retail, FMCG, Consulting, Digital Media, iPTV, DotCom, Telecoms, Banking and Finance, Marketing, Public Sector & NHS.
People Source Consulting
Rate: £350 - £420 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Brighton, South East
This SQL Server Data warehouse developer would be responsible for the physical design of the data warehouse, the development of the existing data mart with a particular focus...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £45000 - £58000 per annum + Bonus, Beneifts, Pension, Car Allowance
Posted: 22 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
A strong knowledge of SQL Server Datawarehouse principles is also required, as well experience of testing Business Intelligence processes, including SSIS , SSAS and SSRS... * Strong SQL Server skills...
People Source Consulting
Rate: £300 - £370 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013