The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 17 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 Dorset 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 24 24 19
Rank change year-on-year
0 -5
Contract jobs citing Retail 8 9 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 4.082% 3.422% 6.601%
As % of the General category 9.877% 6.040% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 5
Average daily rate £95 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-72.85% -6.66%
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 £11.58
% change year-on-year
+18.42% +64.14%
All of the General Category
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
81 149 191
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 41.33% 56.65% 63.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 106 118
Average daily rate £371 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.20% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £280 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £685 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
Average hourly rate £20.51 £25.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.96% +28.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.32 £23.20 £11.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.70 £27.85 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Retail
South West

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 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
Weymouth - 6 - -
Poole -3 2 £95 -69.35%
Retail
South West

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 19 (76.00%) Test Scripting
2 18 (72.00%) Time Management
3 13 (52.00%) SQL
3 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
3 13 (52.00%) Degree
3 13 (52.00%) Software Testing
4 11 (44.00%) Oracle
4 11 (44.00%) EPoS
5 10 (40.00%) Finance
6 9 (36.00%) ITIL
6 9 (36.00%) E-Commerce
6 9 (36.00%) Incident Management
7 8 (32.00%) Mobile Commerce
7 8 (32.00%) ATG
8 7 (28.00%) JMeter
8 7 (28.00%) ISEB
8 7 (28.00%) Lawson
8 7 (28.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 7 (28.00%) Kronos
8 7 (28.00%) JIRA
8 7 (28.00%) Fiserv
9 6 (24.00%) Analytics
9 6 (24.00%) Web Services
10 5 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (16.00%) ISTQB
12 3 (12.00%) Banking
12 3 (12.00%) Project Management
13 2 (8.000%) VBScript
13 2 (8.000%) FTP

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 6 (24.00%) Web Services
Business Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) FTP
2 1 (4.000%) Internet
Development Applications
1 7 (28.00%) JMeter
1 7 (28.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (12.00%) Banking
3 2 (8.000%) Retail Banking
3 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.000%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Analyst
2 9 (36.00%) Applications Support
3 6 (24.00%) Support Analyst
3 6 (24.00%) Help Desk Analyst
4 5 (20.00%) Test Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) Test Leader
6 3 (12.00%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Systems Support
7 2 (8.000%) Tester
7 2 (8.000%) EPoS Engineer
7 2 (8.000%) Hardware Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) Banking Business Analyst
8 1 (4.000%) Systems Development Manager
8 1 (4.000%) Systems Manager
8 1 (4.000%) Development Manager
8 1 (4.000%) Project Manager
8 1 (4.000%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (44.00%) EPoS
2 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.000%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (4.000%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Test Scripting
2 18 (72.00%) Time Management
3 13 (52.00%) Software Testing
4 9 (36.00%) Incident Management
4 9 (36.00%) E-Commerce
4 9 (36.00%) ITIL
5 8 (32.00%) Mobile Commerce
6 6 (24.00%) Analytics
7 5 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (12.00%) Project Management
9 2 (8.000%) Change Management
9 2 (8.000%) PRINCE2
9 2 (8.000%) Test Automation
10 1 (4.000%) Process Architecture
10 1 (4.000%) Capacity Planning
10 1 (4.000%) Waterfall
10 1 (4.000%) Investment Management
10 1 (4.000%) Programme Management
10 1 (4.000%) Logistics
10 1 (4.000%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (52.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.000%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) Degree
2 7 (28.00%) ISEB
3 4 (16.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) SLA
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (44.00%) Oracle
3 8 (32.00%) ATG
4 7 (28.00%) Kronos
4 7 (28.00%) Fiserv
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