The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail 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 terms in our General category for the Essex 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
Retailing
Rank 38 41 47
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +6
Contract jobs citing Retail 9 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.179% 1.453% 1.013%
As % of the General category 6.618% 4.317% 2.410%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 3
Average daily rate £425 £431 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.44% +7.81%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £7.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +73.91%
All of the General Category
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
136 139 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 32.93% 33.66% 42.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 63 60
Average daily rate £388 £396 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.14% +28.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £171 £204
10% offered a daily rate of more than £533 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 15 26
Average hourly rate £30.00 £17.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+76.47% -24.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £17.00 £8.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.80 £30.00 £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Retail
East of England

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Colchester - 3 £425 -
Retail
East of England

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) E-Commerce
3 7 (36.84%) Use Case
3 7 (36.84%) User Stories
4 4 (21.05%) Banking
4 4 (21.05%) Retail Banking
5 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
5 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
5 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
6 2 (10.53%) OLAP
6 2 (10.53%) SQL
6 2 (10.53%) T-SQL
6 2 (10.53%) Sage
6 2 (10.53%) ETL
6 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (10.53%) Marketing
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (10.53%) Sage 200
7 1 (5.263%) System Testing
7 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (5.263%) Project Planning
7 1 (5.263%) CMS
7 1 (5.263%) Quality Management
7 1 (5.263%) Change Management
7 1 (5.263%) Project Management
7 1 (5.263%) MS Access
7 1 (5.263%) C#

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 1 (5.263%) .NET
1 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Sage 200
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.53%) OLAP
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (5.263%) MS Access
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Banking
2 4 (21.05%) Retail Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Analyst
2 9 (47.37%) Business Analyst
3 7 (36.84%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
5 2 (10.53%) SQL Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (5.263%) UAT Test Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Marketing Manager
6 1 (5.263%) UAT Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Change Manager
6 1 (5.263%) .NET Developer
6 1 (5.263%) C# Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Test Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Systems Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) E-Commerce
2 7 (36.84%) Use Case
2 7 (36.84%) User Stories
3 2 (10.53%) ETL
3 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.263%) System Testing
4 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Project Planning
4 1 (5.263%) Quality Management
4 1 (5.263%) Change Management
4 1 (5.263%) Project Management
4 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
1 2 (10.53%) T-SQL
2 1 (5.263%) C#
2 1 (5.263%) PHP
2 1 (5.263%) VBA
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Sage