The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 16 16 19
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Contract jobs citing Retail 94 98 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 7.270% 7.270% 6.460%
As % of the General category 21.32% 19.72% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 59 59
Average daily rate £425 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £297 £308
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -50.00%
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
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
441 497 608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 34.11% 36.87% 40.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 308 341
Average daily rate £425 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £518
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 29
Average hourly rate £26.25 £20.00 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.25% -18.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.90 £9.50 £14.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £35.50 £114.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Retail
England

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Leicestershire +4 36 £425 +21.42% 9
Northamptonshire +2 24 £458 +4.57% 14
Nottinghamshire +4 20 £375 -11.76% 8
Lincolnshire - 1 £250 -
Derbyshire - 1 - - 2
Rutland - - - -
Retail
England

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 71 (36.41%) E-Commerce
2 39 (20.00%) Finance
3 37 (18.97%) Banking
4 35 (17.95%) Java
4 35 (17.95%) Retail Banking
5 33 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (16.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 30 (15.38%) ITIL
6 30 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
7 25 (12.82%) SAP
7 25 (12.82%) ITIL Certification
8 24 (12.31%) Project Management
9 23 (11.79%) PRINCE2
10 22 (11.28%) Change Management
11 21 (10.77%) TDD
11 21 (10.77%) WebSphere
12 17 (8.718%) Business Analysis
12 17 (8.718%) Scrum
13 15 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
14 14 (7.179%) Business Transformation
15 13 (6.667%) Credit Risk
16 12 (6.154%) Kanban
16 12 (6.154%) BDD
17 11 (5.641%) hybris
17 11 (5.641%) HP Quality Center
17 11 (5.641%) Unit Testing
17 11 (5.641%) Requirements Analysis
17 11 (5.641%) Extreme Programming
17 11 (5.641%) VisionPLUS
17 11 (5.641%) Migration

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 21 (10.77%) WebSphere
2 11 (5.641%) .NET
3 6 (3.077%) jQuery
4 5 (2.564%) J2EE
4 5 (2.564%) CSS
4 5 (2.564%) HTML
5 4 (2.051%) SAP XI
6 3 (1.538%) Spring
6 3 (1.538%) Middleware
6 3 (1.538%) Ajax
6 3 (1.538%) Web Services
6 3 (1.538%) XML
6 3 (1.538%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.026%) ASP
7 2 (1.026%) Struts
7 2 (1.026%) WCF
7 2 (1.026%) HTML5
7 2 (1.026%) LINQ
8 1 (0.513%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (0.513%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.538%) IIS
2 2 (1.026%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.513%) SAS
3 1 (0.513%) Papyrus
3 1 (0.513%) DotNetNuke
3 1 (0.513%) Drupal
3 1 (0.513%) Magento
3 1 (0.513%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.513%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 8 (4.103%) MS Excel
2 7 (3.590%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.538%) MS Project
4 1 (0.513%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 11 (5.641%) VisionPLUS
2 6 (3.077%) SAP Retail
3 3 (1.538%) SAP ECC
4 2 (1.026%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (1.026%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.026%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.513%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.513%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.513%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.513%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.513%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.641%) ATM
2 1 (0.513%) VoIP
2 1 (0.513%) HTTP
2 1 (0.513%) SNMP
2 1 (0.513%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.513%) Internet
2 1 (0.513%) Firewall
2 1 (0.513%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.641%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.615%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (3.590%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (3.077%) SAP BW
5 3 (1.538%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.026%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (1.026%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (1.026%) SAP BI
6 2 (1.026%) OLAP
6 2 (1.026%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.026%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.026%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.026%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 2 (1.026%) Xcelsius
6 2 (1.026%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.513%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (0.513%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.564%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (2.564%) Selenium
2 4 (2.051%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.538%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.538%) WebDriver
3 3 (1.538%) ProC
4 2 (1.026%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.513%) JUnit
5 1 (0.513%) TestPartner
5 1 (0.513%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 39 (20.00%) Finance
2 37 (18.97%) Banking
3 35 (17.95%) Retail Banking
4 5 (2.564%) Marketing
5 4 (2.051%) French Language
5 4 (2.051%) Manufacturing
5 4 (2.051%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (1.538%) Automotive
6 3 (1.538%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.513%) Legal
7 1 (0.513%) Back Office
7 1 (0.513%) Games
7 1 (0.513%) Billing
Job Titles
1 41 (21.03%) Project Manager
2 36 (18.46%) Analyst
3 35 (17.95%) Developer
4 28 (14.36%) E-Commerce Manager
5 26 (13.33%) Service Manager
6 16 (8.205%) Business Analyst
7 14 (7.179%) Java Developer
8 11 (5.641%) Test Analyst
9 10 (5.128%) Architect
10 8 (4.103%) Senior Manager
10 8 (4.103%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (4.103%) Head of IT
11 7 (3.590%) WebSphere Developer
11 7 (3.590%) Tester
11 7 (3.590%) Programme Manager
12 6 (3.077%) Services Delivery Manager
12 6 (3.077%) Senior Project Manager
12 6 (3.077%) SAP Test Analyst
12 6 (3.077%) SAP Analyst
13 4 (2.051%) Agile Tester
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.667%) Credit Risk
2 3 (1.538%) EPoS
2 3 (1.538%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.026%) Client/Server
3 2 (1.026%) AS400
3 2 (1.026%) E-Learning
4 1 (0.513%) Graphic Design
4 1 (0.513%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.513%) iPhone
4 1 (0.513%) SaaS
4 1 (0.513%) iPad
4 1 (0.513%) Digital Media
4 1 (0.513%) W3C
4 1 (0.513%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.615%) UNIX
2 5 (2.564%) Windows
3 3 (1.538%) AIX
3 3 (1.538%) Linux
4 2 (1.026%) Android
4 2 (1.026%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.513%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.513%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (36.41%) E-Commerce
2 33 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 33 (16.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 30 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
3 30 (15.38%) ITIL
4 24 (12.31%) Project Management
5 23 (11.79%) PRINCE2
6 22 (11.28%) Change Management
7 21 (10.77%) TDD
8 17 (8.718%) Scrum
8 17 (8.718%) Business Analysis
9 15 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
10 14 (7.179%) Business Transformation
11 12 (6.154%) BDD
11 12 (6.154%) Kanban
12 11 (5.641%) Unit Testing
12 11 (5.641%) Requirements Analysis
12 11 (5.641%) Extreme Programming
12 11 (5.641%) Migration
13 10 (5.128%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.95%) Java
2 11 (5.641%) C#
3 10 (5.128%) SQL
4 8 (4.103%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.051%) PL/SQL
5 4 (2.051%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.026%) RPG
6 2 (1.026%) C
6 2 (1.026%) ABAP
6 2 (1.026%) C++
7 1 (0.513%) PHP
7 1 (0.513%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.513%) VBScript
7 1 (0.513%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (12.82%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (3.077%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (1.538%) ISEB
4 2 (1.026%) Degree
5 1 (0.513%) PMP
5 1 (0.513%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.513%) ACCA
5 1 (0.513%) CIMA
5 1 (0.513%) MBA
5 1 (0.513%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.077%) QA
2 2 (1.026%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.026%) SLA
Systems Management
1 11 (5.641%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.026%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 25 (12.82%) SAP
2 11 (5.641%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.641%) hybris
3 6 (3.077%) HP
4 5 (2.564%) Oracle
5 3 (1.538%) Retek
6 2 (1.026%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.026%) Sage
6 2 (1.026%) Northgate
6 2 (1.026%) BMC
6 2 (1.026%) Business Objects
6 2 (1.026%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (1.026%) IBM
7 1 (0.513%) Citrix
7 1 (0.513%) Adobe
7 1 (0.513%) RedPrairie
Leicestershire, East Midlands
My client based in Leicestershire is seeking a number of contract Java developers with Hybris experience to work on a large E-commerce project... -Java. -Previous experience working...
Real Staffing
Rate: £250 - £400 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
Leicestershire
A successful brand within the retail industry would like to add a talented Java Developer with WebSphere Commerce experience to their agile development team... You will have strong...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £400 - £540 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leicestershire, Midlands, East Midlands
A retail/sales focused Business Process Analyst with rounded commercial experience and a sales process background is required for a global business with a significant multi-channel offering-...
GSA Techsource
Rate: circa GBP350 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
SQL Data Warehouse Developer. East Midlands Day Rate: £350 -£400 per day Duration: 3 months + A SQL Data Warehouse Developer with strong T-SQL / SSIS skills in needed...
Venturi
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Northamptonshire
VisionPlus / FirstVision, TRIAD OR Debt Manager experience essential, Retail Banking, credit bureau, credit reference agency or building society experience; bank cards, credit cards. Business change, implementations, change management,...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £495 - £575 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Northamptonshire
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Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Northamptonshire
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Northamptonshire
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Rate: £310 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Rate: £460 - £515 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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