The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cardiff 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 22 15 25
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +10
Contract jobs citing Retail 9 19 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 4.327% 9.268% 3.376%
As % of the General category 10.59% 16.67% 6.299%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 2
Average daily rate £388 £380 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.97% +6.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £327 £300 £352
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £505 £364
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £14.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £18.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +56.52%
All of the General Category
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
85 114 127
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 40.87% 55.61% 53.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 88 89
Average daily rate £375 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £232 £289 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £14.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Retail
South Wales

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 21 (87.50%) Banking
2 20 (83.33%) Retail Banking
3 15 (62.50%) Finance
4 11 (45.83%) Migration
5 9 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (25.00%) Business Analysis
7 5 (20.83%) Project Management
7 5 (20.83%) ISEB
7 5 (20.83%) MS Project
8 4 (16.67%) MS Office
8 4 (16.67%) SAS
8 4 (16.67%) Mainframe
8 4 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
9 3 (12.50%) Incident Management
9 3 (12.50%) Test Scripting
9 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (12.50%) Automated Testing
9 3 (12.50%) Internet
9 3 (12.50%) Change Management
9 3 (12.50%) ISEB Practitioner
10 2 (8.333%) Data Analysis
10 2 (8.333%) MS Visio
10 2 (8.333%) SQL
10 2 (8.333%) VB
10 2 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (8.333%) Change Control
10 2 (8.333%) Credit Risk
10 2 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (8.333%) Data Migration
10 2 (8.333%) Data Mapping

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) MS Project
2 4 (16.67%) MS Office
2 4 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (8.333%) MS Visio
4 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
General
1 21 (87.50%) Banking
2 20 (83.33%) Retail Banking
3 15 (62.50%) Finance
4 1 (4.167%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Data Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Test Leader
5 1 (4.167%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Marketing Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Test Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Mainframe
2 2 (8.333%) Credit Risk
3 1 (4.167%) Statistics
3 1 (4.167%) Mathematics
3 1 (4.167%) Physics
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Migration
2 9 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 5 (20.83%) Project Management
5 3 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 3 (12.50%) Test Scripting
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (12.50%) Automated Testing
5 3 (12.50%) Change Management
6 2 (8.333%) Data Analysis
6 2 (8.333%) Change Control
6 2 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (8.333%) Data Migration
6 2 (8.333%) Data Mapping
6 2 (8.333%) Product Management
7 1 (4.167%) Requirements Engineering
7 1 (4.167%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (4.167%) E-Commerce
7 1 (4.167%) PRINCE2
7 1 (4.167%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) SQL
1 2 (8.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) ISEB
2 3 (12.50%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (4.167%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (4.167%) Microsoft
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