The first table below looks at the demand for Retail-J skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail-J over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Business Applications category for the 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MICROS Retail-J
Rank - 569 559
Contract jobs citing Retail-J 0 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England - 0.002% 0.009%
As % of the Business Applications category - 0.021% 0.103%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £14.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £14.00 -
All Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3527 4657 4860
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.355% 8.584% 8.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 1881 2390 2519
Average daily rate £450 £450 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £293 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £433 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.73% +2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 56 88
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £21.48
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +62.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.20 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.50 £40.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Retail-J
UK

Retail-J
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Retail-J Jobs Demand Trend

Retail-J
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Retail-J Daily Rate Trend

Retail-J
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Retail-J Hourly Rate Trend

Retail-J
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Retail-J 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-J.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) Retail

Retail-J
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Retail-J 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-J. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java