Retail Contracts in Buckinghamshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 23 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 Buckinghamshire 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 21 15 8
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -7
Contract jobs citing Retail 54 84 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 6.658% 8.511% 11.04%
As % of the General category 24.43% 21.00% 22.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 32 60
Average daily rate £400 £350 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -15.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £216 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £473 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 1
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £8.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +150.00%
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
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 221 400 527
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 27.25% 40.53% 48.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 199 214
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 42
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.25 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +26.86%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Retail Hourly Rate Trend

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Milton Keynes -5 32 £338 +7.14%
Aylesbury - 7 £175 -
Retail
South East

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 35 (33.65%) Finance
2 27 (25.96%) Banking
3 24 (23.08%) E-Commerce
4 22 (21.15%) Retail Banking
5 15 (14.42%) SQL
6 13 (12.50%) Windows
6 13 (12.50%) WebSphere
7 12 (11.54%) Project Management
8 11 (10.58%) Microsoft
8 11 (10.58%) ITIL
8 11 (10.58%) J2EE
8 11 (10.58%) VMware
9 10 (9.615%) Business Analysis
9 10 (9.615%) MySQL
9 10 (9.615%) Java
9 10 (9.615%) Perl
9 10 (9.615%) QuickTest Pro
10 9 (8.654%) IBM
10 9 (8.654%) Oracle
10 9 (8.654%) SAP
10 9 (8.654%) VMware ESX
10 9 (8.654%) PowerShell
10 9 (8.654%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (7.692%) PRINCE2
12 7 (6.731%) XML
12 7 (6.731%) T-SQL
12 7 (6.731%) EPoS
12 7 (6.731%) Automation Testing
13 6 (5.769%) HP Quality Center
13 6 (5.769%) Technical Architecture

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 13 (12.50%) WebSphere
2 11 (10.58%) J2EE
3 7 (6.731%) XML
4 4 (3.846%) XSL
5 3 (2.885%) .NET
6 2 (1.923%) XSLT
7 1 (0.962%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.962%) Ajax
7 1 (0.962%) Web Services
7 1 (0.962%) HTML
7 1 (0.962%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.885%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (1.923%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (0.962%) CMS
3 1 (0.962%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.962%) CICS
3 1 (0.962%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.962%) Commerce Server
Business Applications
1 2 (1.923%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.962%) SiteCatalyst
2 1 (0.962%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.962%) Staffware
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.962%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.615%) MySQL
2 3 (2.885%) DB2
3 2 (1.923%) IBM InfoSphere
4 1 (0.962%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.962%) Essbase
4 1 (0.962%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.962%) OLTP
4 1 (0.962%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (9.615%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (2.885%) Ant
3 2 (1.923%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.962%) Rational Rose
General
1 35 (33.65%) Finance
2 27 (25.96%) Banking
3 22 (21.15%) Retail Banking
4 4 (3.846%) Back Office
5 3 (2.885%) Spanish Language
5 3 (2.885%) Automotive
6 2 (1.923%) Marketing
7 1 (0.962%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.962%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 30 (28.85%) Analyst
2 16 (15.38%) Architect
3 13 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 11 (10.58%) Business Analyst
5 10 (9.615%) Support Engineer
6 9 (8.654%) Test Analyst
7 7 (6.731%) Developer
7 7 (6.731%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (6.731%) WebSphere Architect
8 6 (5.769%) Designer
9 4 (3.846%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (2.885%) Banking Business Analyst
10 3 (2.885%) Change Analyst
10 3 (2.885%) Applications Support
10 3 (2.885%) Tester
11 2 (1.923%) 2nd Line Support
11 2 (1.923%) Applications Developer
11 2 (1.923%) Support Analyst
11 2 (1.923%) Business Systems Analyst
11 2 (1.923%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.731%) EPoS
2 2 (1.923%) Mainframe
2 2 (1.923%) PMI
2 2 (1.923%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.923%) Credit Risk
2 2 (1.923%) Statistics
3 1 (0.962%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.50%) Windows
2 4 (3.846%) Linux
2 4 (3.846%) UNIX
3 3 (2.885%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (2.885%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.962%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (23.08%) E-Commerce
2 12 (11.54%) Project Management
3 11 (10.58%) ITIL
4 10 (9.615%) Business Analysis
5 8 (7.692%) PRINCE2
6 7 (6.731%) Automation Testing
7 6 (5.769%) Technical Architecture
7 6 (5.769%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (5.769%) Service Management
7 6 (5.769%) GAP Analysis
8 5 (4.808%) Change Management
8 5 (4.808%) UML
9 4 (3.846%) Service Delivery
10 3 (2.885%) Waterfall
10 3 (2.885%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (2.885%) Performance Testing
10 3 (2.885%) CMMI
11 2 (1.923%) SOA
11 2 (1.923%) Asset Management
11 2 (1.923%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.42%) SQL
2 10 (9.615%) Java
2 10 (9.615%) Perl
3 9 (8.654%) PowerShell
4 7 (6.731%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.885%) COBOL
5 3 (2.885%) JCL
Qualifications
1 5 (4.808%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (1.923%) PMI Certification
2 2 (1.923%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (1.923%) MCP
3 1 (0.962%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.962%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (0.962%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (0.962%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.962%) ISEB
3 1 (0.962%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (0.962%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.808%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (1.923%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (8.654%) VMware ESX
1 9 (8.654%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.923%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.962%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.769%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.962%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (10.58%) Microsoft
1 11 (10.58%) VMware
2 9 (8.654%) IBM
2 9 (8.654%) Oracle
2 9 (8.654%) SAP
3 3 (2.885%) RedPrairie
3 3 (2.885%) JBoss
4 2 (1.923%) Sun
4 2 (1.923%) Compuware
4 2 (1.923%) Micro Focus
4 2 (1.923%) ATG
5 1 (0.962%) hybris
5 1 (0.962%) Retalix
5 1 (0.962%) HP
5 1 (0.962%) Intel
5 1 (0.962%) Adobe
5 1 (0.962%) Hyperion
5 1 (0.962%) Remedy
5 1 (0.962%) NetApp
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