The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf 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 22 39 51
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +12
Contract jobs citing Retail 30 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 7.463% 2.813% 1.400%
As % of the General category 9.375% 4.527% 1.639%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 9 7
Average daily rate £550 £450 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.22% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £350 £466
10% offered a daily rate of more than £588 £580 £600
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
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
320 243 427
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 79.60% 62.15% 85.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 153 339
Average daily rate £550 £550 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £375 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £695 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +133.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Retail
London

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Canary Wharf Retail Daily Rate Histogram

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 28 (58.33%) Finance
2 25 (52.08%) Banking
3 19 (39.58%) Project Management
4 17 (35.42%) Investment Banking
5 16 (33.33%) Workflow
5 16 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
6 15 (31.25%) Retail Banking
7 11 (22.92%) Wealth Management
7 11 (22.92%) E-Commerce
8 9 (18.75%) SQL
8 9 (18.75%) Internet
9 8 (16.67%) Pega
10 7 (14.58%) MS Excel
11 6 (12.50%) UML
11 6 (12.50%) RUP
11 6 (12.50%) SharePoint
11 6 (12.50%) Mobile Banking
12 5 (10.42%) Project Planning
12 5 (10.42%) B2C
12 5 (10.42%) MS Office
12 5 (10.42%) Change Management
13 4 (8.333%) Risk Management
13 4 (8.333%) Data Modelling
13 4 (8.333%) B2B
13 4 (8.333%) Mobile App
14 3 (6.250%) Degree
14 3 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
14 3 (6.250%) Private Banking
14 3 (6.250%) SAP
14 3 (6.250%) Telecoms

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 (2.083%) HTML5
1 1 (2.083%) Ajax
1 1 (2.083%) HTML
1 1 (2.083%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 6 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.167%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.083%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.083%) Apache
3 1 (2.083%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.083%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (14.58%) MS Excel
2 5 (10.42%) MS Office
3 3 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.167%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.75%) Internet
2 1 (2.083%) 4G
2 1 (2.083%) 3G
2 1 (2.083%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.083%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (2.083%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (2.083%) ReportNet
1 1 (2.083%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (4.167%) JIRA
General
1 28 (58.33%) Finance
2 25 (52.08%) Banking
3 17 (35.42%) Investment Banking
4 16 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
5 15 (31.25%) Retail Banking
6 3 (6.250%) Private Banking
6 3 (6.250%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.167%) Front Office
8 1 (2.083%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 28 (58.33%) Analyst
2 20 (41.67%) Business Analyst
3 11 (22.92%) Project Manager
4 5 (10.42%) Junior
4 5 (10.42%) Junior Project Manager
5 3 (6.250%) Project Analyst
6 2 (4.167%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (4.167%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (4.167%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.167%) Data Architect
6 2 (4.167%) Coordinator
6 2 (4.167%) Architect
6 2 (4.167%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (4.167%) Agile Project Manager
6 2 (4.167%) Senior Data Architect
6 2 (4.167%) Senior Architect
6 2 (4.167%) Junior Analyst
6 2 (4.167%) Lead Architect
6 2 (4.167%) Lead Data Architect
7 1 (2.083%) Senior Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Mobile Banking
2 4 (8.333%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.167%) Reference Data
3 2 (4.167%) Data Integration
4 1 (2.083%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.083%) Economics
4 1 (2.083%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.083%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Project Management
2 16 (33.33%) Workflow
3 11 (22.92%) Wealth Management
3 11 (22.92%) E-Commerce
4 6 (12.50%) UML
4 6 (12.50%) RUP
5 5 (10.42%) Project Planning
5 5 (10.42%) B2C
5 5 (10.42%) Change Management
6 4 (8.333%) Risk Management
6 4 (8.333%) Data Modelling
6 4 (8.333%) B2B
7 3 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (6.250%) Information Security
7 3 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (4.167%) Data Analysis
8 2 (4.167%) Asset Management
8 2 (4.167%) TOGAF
8 2 (4.167%) CRM
8 2 (4.167%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.75%) SQL
2 1 (2.083%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (6.250%) Degree
2 1 (2.083%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.167%) QA
1 2 (4.167%) COBIT
2 1 (2.083%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.083%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) Pega
2 3 (6.250%) SAP
3 1 (2.083%) Cognos
3 1 (2.083%) Oracle
3 1 (2.083%) Business Objects