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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail' in contract IT jobs within the Glasgow region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetailing
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4759
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.009 %
As % of the category below4.314 %2.296 %
Daily rates quoted61
Average minimum daily rate£225£400
Average daily rate£230£400
% change on same period last year-42.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£236£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£409£395
% change on same period last year+3.54 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£6.62-
Average hourly rate£6.62-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£6.62-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.04£19.27
% change on same period last year+45.56 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads255392
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.340 %0.391 %
Daily rates quoted84134
Average minimum daily rate£306£320
Average daily rate£326£341
% change on same period last year-4.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted1715
Average minimum hourly rate£17.70£28.38
Average hourly rate£19.19£28.84
% change on same period last year-33.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.67£29.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£27.25
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Retail ScotlandRetail
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Retail
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Retail across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Glasgow Retail Demand Trend

Retail
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Retail Daily Rate Trend

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Glasgow Retail Daily Rate Histogram

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

113 (65.00 %)Banking
113 (65.00 %)Retail Banking
27 (35.00 %)TestDirector
35 (25.00 %)MS Visio
35 (25.00 %)ISEB
35 (25.00 %)Java
35 (25.00 %)SQL
35 (25.00 %)Oracle
35 (25.00 %)WebSphere
44 (20.00 %)Finance
44 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
53 (15.00 %)LoadRunner
53 (15.00 %)OO
53 (15.00 %)J2EE
53 (15.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
62 (10.00 %)Derivative
62 (10.00 %)Test Scripting
62 (10.00 %)Reference Data
62 (10.00 %)Business Analysis
62 (10.00 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (10.00 %)WinRunner
62 (10.00 %)Risk Management
62 (10.00 %)Equities
62 (10.00 %)MS Office
62 (10.00 %)QuickTest Pro
62 (10.00 %)Data Modelling
62 (10.00 %)Microsoft
71 (5.000 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (5.000 %)Primavera
71 (5.000 %)Mainframe

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (25.00 %)WebSphere
23 (15.00 %)J2EE
31 (5.000 %)WebServices
31 (5.000 %)Hibernate
31 (5.000 %)Spring
31 (5.000 %).NET Framework
31 (5.000 %).NET
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.000 %)SharePoint
11 (5.000 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (25.00 %)MS Visio
22 (10.00 %)MS PowerPoint
22 (10.00 %)MS Office
31 (5.000 %)MS Excel
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (10.00 %)Reference Data
21 (5.000 %)SQL Server
21 (5.000 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (35.00 %)TestDirector
23 (15.00 %)LoadRunner
32 (10.00 %)WinRunner
32 (10.00 %)QuickTest Pro
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (65.00 %)Banking
113 (65.00 %)Retail Banking
24 (20.00 %)Finance
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (35.00 %)Analyst
25 (25.00 %)Architect
34 (20.00 %)Test Analyst
34 (20.00 %)Applications Architect
43 (15.00 %)Enterprise Architect
43 (15.00 %)Business Analyst
52 (10.00 %)Senior Test Engineer
52 (10.00 %)Performance Engineer
52 (10.00 %)Senior Analyst
52 (10.00 %)Test Engineer
52 (10.00 %)Senior Test Analyst
61 (5.000 %)Performance Tester
61 (5.000 %)Release Manager
61 (5.000 %)Tester
61 (5.000 %)Developer
61 (5.000 %)Project Manager
61 (5.000 %)Solutions Architect
61 (5.000 %)Solutions Designer
61 (5.000 %)Project Leader
61 (5.000 %)Graduate
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.00 %)Equities
12 (10.00 %)Derivative
21 (5.000 %)Mainframe
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.000 %)Windows
11 (5.000 %)Solaris
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
23 (15.00 %)OO
23 (15.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
32 (10.00 %)Test Scripting
32 (10.00 %)Business Analysis
32 (10.00 %)Data Modelling
32 (10.00 %)Risk Management
41 (5.000 %)Stakeholder Management
41 (5.000 %)ERP
41 (5.000 %)ITIL
41 (5.000 %)PRINCE2
41 (5.000 %)Performance Testing
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (25.00 %)Java
15 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (5.000 %)C#
21 (5.000 %)PL/SQL
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (25.00 %)ISEB
21 (5.000 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (25.00 %)Oracle
22 (10.00 %)Microsoft
31 (5.000 %)Primavera