Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail' in contract IT jobs within the Cheshire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetailing
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4344
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads1314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.015 %
As % of the category below3.621 %4.035 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£254£340
Average daily rate£254£358
% change on same period last year-29.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£254£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£387
% change on same period last year-0.54 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00£15.00
Average hourly rate£12.00£15.00
% change on same period last year-20.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.64£19.09
% change on same period last year+2.92 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads359347
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.583 %0.379 %
Daily rates quoted11177
Average minimum daily rate£305£348
Average daily rate£315£363
% change on same period last year-12.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£378
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Hourly rates quoted2735
Average minimum hourly rate£23.50£23.96
Average hourly rate£24.96£25.04
% change on same period last year-0.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.43£26.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.32£26.63
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Retail North WestRetail
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Retail
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Retail across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Cheshire Retail Demand Trend

Retail
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Retail across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Retail Daily Rate Trend

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ChesterNew entry-6£254-
Retail North WestRetail
North West

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

123 (63.89 %)Banking
217 (47.22 %)Retail Banking
310 (27.78 %)Finance
48 (22.22 %)UNIX
54 (11.11 %)Project Management
54 (11.11 %)Mainframe
54 (11.11 %)Oracle
54 (11.11 %)SQL Server
54 (11.11 %)E-Commerce
63 (8.333 %)C#
63 (8.333 %)Windows
63 (8.333 %)IBM
63 (8.333 %)HP
63 (8.333 %)ISEB
63 (8.333 %)Tivoli
63 (8.333 %)Tivoli Monitoring
63 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
63 (8.333 %)Time Management
72 (5.556 %)Base SAS
72 (5.556 %)User Acceptance Testing
72 (5.556 %)WebSphere
72 (5.556 %)Shell Script
72 (5.556 %)Middleware
72 (5.556 %)OpenView
72 (5.556 %)Stakeholder Management
72 (5.556 %)Firewall
72 (5.556 %)HTML
72 (5.556 %)Java
72 (5.556 %)Perl
72 (5.556 %)MS Visio

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (5.556 %)HTML
12 (5.556 %).NET
12 (5.556 %)ASP.NET
12 (5.556 %)Struts
12 (5.556 %)Middleware
12 (5.556 %)WebSphere
21 (2.778 %)WBIMB
21 (2.778 %)JSP
21 (2.778 %)J2EE
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (5.556 %)SAS
21 (2.778 %)Gentran
21 (2.778 %)IIS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (5.556 %)MS Office
12 (5.556 %)MS Visio
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (5.556 %)Firewall
21 (2.778 %)DNS
21 (2.778 %)SSL
21 (2.778 %)Internet
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (11.11 %)SQL Server
23 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (5.556 %)Base SAS
41 (2.778 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (2.778 %)Crystal Reports
41 (2.778 %)Datawarehouse
41 (2.778 %)Data Mining
41 (2.778 %)ETL
41 (2.778 %)RDBMS
41 (2.778 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (2.778 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.778 %)Dreamweaver
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (63.89 %)Banking
217 (47.22 %)Retail Banking
310 (27.78 %)Finance
41 (2.778 %)Government
41 (2.778 %)Legal
41 (2.778 %)Online Banking
41 (2.778 %)Marketing
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (13.89 %)Analyst
23 (8.333 %)Project Manager
23 (8.333 %)Developer
32 (5.556 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
32 (5.556 %)Junior
32 (5.556 %).NET Developer
32 (5.556 %)C# Developer
32 (5.556 %)Web Developer
32 (5.556 %).NET Web Developer
32 (5.556 %)C# Web Developer
32 (5.556 %)ASP.NET Developer
32 (5.556 %)Junior Project Manager
41 (2.778 %)Technical Specialist
41 (2.778 %)SQL DBA
41 (2.778 %)SAS Programmer
41 (2.778 %)Infrastructure Specialist
41 (2.778 %)E-Commerce Project Manager
41 (2.778 %)SAS Analyst
41 (2.778 %)Infrastructure Designer
41 (2.778 %)Banking Business Analyst
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (11.11 %)Mainframe
21 (2.778 %)Tandem
21 (2.778 %)Spanish Language
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (22.22 %)UNIX
23 (8.333 %)Windows
31 (2.778 %)AIX
31 (2.778 %)HPUX
31 (2.778 %)Linux
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (11.11 %)E-Commerce
14 (11.11 %)Project Management
23 (8.333 %)Time Management
32 (5.556 %)User Acceptance Testing
32 (5.556 %)Stakeholder Management
32 (5.556 %)B2B
41 (2.778 %)B2C
41 (2.778 %)PRINCE2
41 (2.778 %)UML
41 (2.778 %)OO
41 (2.778 %)Incident Management
41 (2.778 %)Internet Marketing
41 (2.778 %)Risk Management
41 (2.778 %)Workflow
41 (2.778 %)Test Scripting
41 (2.778 %)Security Cleared
41 (2.778 %)V-Model
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (8.333 %)C#
22 (5.556 %)Java
22 (5.556 %)Perl
22 (5.556 %)Shell Script
31 (2.778 %)SQL
31 (2.778 %)Transact-SQL
31 (2.778 %)VB.NET
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (8.333 %)ISEB
21 (2.778 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (8.333 %)Tivoli
13 (8.333 %)Tivoli Monitoring
22 (5.556 %)OpenView
31 (2.778 %)ServiceCenter
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (11.11 %)Oracle
23 (8.333 %)IBM
23 (8.333 %)HP
31 (2.778 %)Citrix
31 (2.778 %)Ab Initio