The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 18 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 Docklands, London 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 23 29 59
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +30
Contract jobs citing Retail 8 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 4.571% 1.058% 1.546%
As % of the General category 5.882% 1.613% 1.805%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
Average daily rate £475 £575 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.39% -
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 £19.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+18.42% +65.21%
All of the General Category
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
136 124 554
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 77.71% 65.61% 85.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 92 240
Average daily rate £475 £525 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.52% -4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £387 £411
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
Average hourly rate £45.00 £36.75 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.44% +16.66%
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 Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 8 (47.06%) SQL
2 7 (41.18%) Oracle
2 7 (41.18%) Change Management
2 7 (41.18%) Banking
2 7 (41.18%) Retail Banking
3 6 (35.29%) Java
3 6 (35.29%) Windows
3 6 (35.29%) Project Management
4 5 (29.41%) Cognos
5 4 (23.53%) IBM
5 4 (23.53%) Web Services
5 4 (23.53%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (17.65%) Scrum
6 3 (17.65%) SAP XI
6 3 (17.65%) TDD
6 3 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (17.65%) Project Planning
6 3 (17.65%) Perl
6 3 (17.65%) Linux
6 3 (17.65%) OO
6 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
6 3 (17.65%) Business Objects
6 3 (17.65%) WebLogic
6 3 (17.65%) IIS
6 3 (17.65%) MS Office
6 3 (17.65%) SAP
6 3 (17.65%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (17.65%) C#
6 3 (17.65%) UNIX

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 4 (23.53%) Web Services
2 3 (17.65%) SAP XI
3 1 (5.882%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) WebLogic
1 3 (17.65%) IIS
1 3 (17.65%) Apache
1 3 (17.65%) Tomcat
2 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.882%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) 3G
1 2 (11.76%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
1 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (17.65%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (17.65%) BusinessObjects XI
2 2 (11.76%) ReportNet
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (5.882%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 7 (41.18%) Banking
1 7 (41.18%) Retail Banking
2 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 1 (5.882%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Developer
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Project Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Java Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Business Objects Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Report Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Business Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Junior
4 1 (5.882%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Graduate
4 1 (5.882%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Report Writer
4 1 (5.882%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Agile Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
1 2 (11.76%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.882%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Linux
2 3 (17.65%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Change Management
2 6 (35.29%) Project Management
3 4 (23.53%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) OO
4 3 (17.65%) CRM
4 3 (17.65%) Scrum
4 3 (17.65%) TDD
4 3 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Project Planning
5 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
5 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (11.76%) B2B
5 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
6 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.882%) B2C
6 1 (5.882%) ETL
6 1 (5.882%) Quality Management
6 1 (5.882%) Requirements Management
6 1 (5.882%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) SQL
2 6 (35.29%) Java
3 3 (17.65%) Perl
3 3 (17.65%) Bash shell
3 3 (17.65%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Oracle
2 5 (29.41%) Cognos
3 4 (23.53%) IBM
4 3 (17.65%) Business Objects
4 3 (17.65%) SAP