Retail Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 East of England 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 15 18 12
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -6
Contract jobs citing Retail 177 209 232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 8.217% 7.092% 8.828%
As % of the General category 23.73% 19.46% 22.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 121 128
Average daily rate £425 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £273 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £462 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 6
Average hourly rate £15.00 £11.00 £11.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -6.38%
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
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 746 1074 1030
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 34.63% 36.44% 39.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 454 453
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £238 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 79 83
Average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +20.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £12.18 £11.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.20 £47.50 £37.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England 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
Hertfordshire +4 136 £435 +8.75%
Bedfordshire +4 22 £460 +31.42%
Essex +1 9 £425 -1.44%
Cambridgeshire +2 6 £313 -18.83%
Norfolk +4 3 £325 +12.06%
Suffolk +4 1 £300 -29.41%
Retail
England

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 109 (29.30%) E-Commerce
2 100 (26.88%) Finance
3 79 (21.24%) .NET
4 70 (18.82%) Project Management
4 70 (18.82%) Agile Software Development
5 55 (14.78%) C#
6 53 (14.25%) Windows
7 52 (13.98%) Java
7 52 (13.98%) Microsoft
8 45 (12.10%) OO
9 40 (10.75%) SQL
10 38 (10.22%) JavaScript
10 38 (10.22%) TDD
11 37 (9.946%) Scrum
12 36 (9.677%) J2EE
13 35 (9.409%) Waterfall
13 35 (9.409%) Marketing
14 33 (8.871%) Time Management
15 32 (8.602%) WebSphere
16 30 (8.065%) Oracle
16 30 (8.065%) Stakeholder Management
17 28 (7.527%) Games
17 28 (7.527%) SOA
17 28 (7.527%) IBM
18 26 (6.989%) HTML
19 25 (6.720%) Team Foundation Server
20 24 (6.452%) Telecoms
21 23 (6.183%) CSS
22 22 (5.914%) Continuous Improvement
23 21 (5.645%) Data Modelling

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 79 (21.24%) .NET
2 36 (9.677%) J2EE
3 32 (8.602%) WebSphere
4 26 (6.989%) HTML
5 23 (6.183%) CSS
6 19 (5.108%) XML
7 18 (4.839%) XHTML
8 17 (4.570%) Web Services
9 16 (4.301%) JSP
10 15 (4.032%) JSTL
11 13 (3.495%) ASP.NET
12 11 (2.957%) Ajax
13 10 (2.688%) XSLT
14 9 (2.419%) JSON
14 9 (2.419%) Semantic HTML
14 9 (2.419%) jQuery
15 7 (1.882%) Oracle Fusion
15 7 (1.882%) WCF
15 7 (1.882%) EJB
15 7 (1.882%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 9 (2.419%) BizTalk Server
1 9 (2.419%) MQSeries
2 7 (1.882%) IIS
3 6 (1.613%) WebSphere Application Server
3 6 (1.613%) CMS
4 5 (1.344%) ESB
5 4 (1.075%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.075%) Liferay
5 4 (1.075%) SAS
6 2 (0.538%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.269%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.269%) Kentico
7 1 (0.269%) Sitefinity
7 1 (0.269%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.269%) Joomla!
7 1 (0.269%) DotNetNuke
7 1 (0.269%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.269%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.269%) Magento
Applications
1 7 (1.882%) Photoshop
1 7 (1.882%) MS Project
1 7 (1.882%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.613%) MS Excel
3 5 (1.344%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (1.344%) MS Office
4 3 (0.806%) Fireworks
5 2 (0.538%) OmniGraffle
6 1 (0.269%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.269%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.613%) Tridion
2 5 (1.344%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.538%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.538%) Taleo
3 2 (0.538%) Hyperion Planning
3 2 (0.538%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.269%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 1 (0.269%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.269%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.269%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.269%) SAP MDM
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.108%) Internet
2 4 (1.075%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.075%) DNS
2 4 (1.075%) Nortel Meridian
3 3 (0.806%) Firewall
3 3 (0.806%) DHCP
4 2 (0.538%) NFC
4 2 (0.538%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (0.269%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.269%) HTTP
5 1 (0.269%) LAN
5 1 (0.269%) WAN
5 1 (0.269%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.032%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.419%) DB2
3 8 (2.151%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.882%) TOAD
4 7 (1.882%) Oracle 8/8i
4 7 (1.882%) RDBMS
4 7 (1.882%) Oracle 10g
4 7 (1.882%) Oracle 11g
5 5 (1.344%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (1.344%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.075%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (1.075%) MS Access
6 4 (1.075%) OLAP
7 3 (0.806%) DbVisualizer
7 3 (0.806%) Big Data
8 2 (0.538%) Oracle BI EE
8 2 (0.538%) OLTP
8 2 (0.538%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.538%) Essbase
8 2 (0.538%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (6.720%) Team Foundation Server
2 10 (2.688%) ERwin
3 8 (2.151%) Eclipse
3 8 (2.151%) Subversion
4 7 (1.882%) Talend Open Studio
4 7 (1.882%) JUnit
5 6 (1.613%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.613%) Ant
5 6 (1.613%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 6 (1.613%) Log4j
6 4 (1.075%) QuickTest Pro
7 3 (0.806%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.806%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.538%) Balsamiq Mockups
8 2 (0.538%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.538%) JIRA
8 2 (0.538%) Selenium
8 2 (0.538%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 2 (0.538%) WiX
8 2 (0.538%) MSBuild
General
1 100 (26.88%) Finance
2 35 (9.409%) Marketing
3 28 (7.527%) Games
4 24 (6.452%) Telecoms
5 12 (3.226%) Banking
6 10 (2.688%) Retail Banking
6 10 (2.688%) Manufacturing
6 10 (2.688%) Advertising
7 9 (2.419%) Legal
8 2 (0.538%) Front Office
8 2 (0.538%) Back Office
9 1 (0.269%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.269%) Publishing
9 1 (0.269%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 92 (24.73%) Developer
2 75 (20.16%) Analyst
3 67 (18.01%) Project Manager
4 56 (15.05%) Architect
5 54 (14.52%) Business Analyst
6 45 (12.10%) .NET Developer
7 38 (10.22%) C# Developer
7 38 (10.22%) C# .NET Developer
8 22 (5.914%) .NET Architect
9 21 (5.645%) C# Architect
10 17 (4.570%) E-Commerce Manager
10 17 (4.570%) E-Commerce Project Manager
11 16 (4.301%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.763%) ScrumMaster
13 13 (3.495%) Programme Manager
14 11 (2.957%) Marketing Manager
15 10 (2.688%) Data Architect
15 10 (2.688%) Java Developer
15 10 (2.688%) Agile .NET Developer
15 10 (2.688%) Agile C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (2.957%) EPoS
2 9 (2.419%) W3C
3 7 (1.882%) Mobile App
4 6 (1.613%) Web 2.0
5 5 (1.344%) FMCG
5 5 (1.344%) Chip and PIN
5 5 (1.344%) IVR
6 4 (1.075%) Computer Science
6 4 (1.075%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.806%) iPhone
7 3 (0.806%) EFTPOS
8 2 (0.538%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.538%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.538%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.538%) EMV
8 2 (0.538%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.538%) Clustering
8 2 (0.538%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.269%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.269%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 53 (14.25%) Windows
2 11 (2.957%) UNIX
3 9 (2.419%) Linux
4 8 (2.151%) Windows 7
5 6 (1.613%) HPUX
5 6 (1.613%) Solaris
6 4 (1.075%) Android
7 3 (0.806%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.806%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.806%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.538%) bada
8 2 (0.538%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.269%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (29.30%) E-Commerce
2 70 (18.82%) Project Management
2 70 (18.82%) Agile Software Development
3 45 (12.10%) OO
4 38 (10.22%) TDD
5 37 (9.946%) Scrum
6 35 (9.409%) Waterfall
7 33 (8.871%) Time Management
8 30 (8.065%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (7.527%) SOA
10 22 (5.914%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (5.645%) Data Modelling
12 19 (5.108%) BDD
13 17 (4.570%) PRINCE2
13 17 (4.570%) Business Analysis
14 15 (4.032%) User Stories
15 14 (3.763%) Continuous Integration
15 14 (3.763%) ITIL
15 14 (3.763%) ETL
16 13 (3.495%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (14.78%) C#
2 52 (13.98%) Java
3 40 (10.75%) SQL
4 38 (10.22%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.419%) Perl
5 9 (2.419%) XPath
6 7 (1.882%) PL/SQL
7 6 (1.613%) Bash shell
8 3 (0.806%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.806%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.538%) VBA
9 2 (0.538%) PHP
9 2 (0.538%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.538%) VB
10 1 (0.269%) ABAP
10 1 (0.269%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (3.763%) Degree
2 9 (2.419%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 6 (1.613%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.344%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 5 (1.344%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.344%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 5 (1.344%) ISEB
5 2 (0.538%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.538%) PMP
6 1 (0.269%) MCTS
6 1 (0.269%) MCITP
6 1 (0.269%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.151%) PCI DSS
2 7 (1.882%) QA
3 2 (0.538%) SLA
4 1 (0.269%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (2.151%) Active Directory
1 8 (2.151%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.344%) XenApp
2 5 (1.344%) VMware Server
3 4 (1.075%) XenDesktop
4 2 (0.538%) XenServer
4 2 (0.538%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.538%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.538%) Xen
Systems Management
1 8 (2.151%) Puppet
2 4 (1.075%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.538%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.065%) Oracle
3 28 (7.527%) IBM
4 9 (2.419%) Business Objects
5 8 (2.151%) ATG
5 8 (2.151%) VMware
6 7 (1.882%) webMethods
6 7 (1.882%) Cisco
6 7 (1.882%) Citrix
6 7 (1.882%) Talend
7 6 (1.613%) Elastic Path
7 6 (1.613%) Interwoven
7 6 (1.613%) HP
7 6 (1.613%) SAP
7 6 (1.613%) Teradata
7 6 (1.613%) Blue Martini
8 4 (1.075%) TIBCO
8 4 (1.075%) Ab Initio
8 4 (1.075%) Nortel
8 4 (1.075%) Hyperion
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