The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 34 50 34
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -16
Contract jobs citing Retail 79 50 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 5.084% 3.106% 4.627%
As % of the General category 16.46% 9.560% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 33 33
Average daily rate £425 £425 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +17.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £289 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £520 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 8
Average hourly rate £12.50 - £11.58
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 - £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 - £12.90
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
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
480 523 629
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 30.89% 32.48% 34.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 271 293
Average daily rate £390 £388 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.64% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £524 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 56 85
Average hourly rate £22.50 £31.25 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% -8.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.35 £10.08 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Retail
South East

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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
Southampton +7 33 £475 +11.76%
Eastleigh +7 7 £388 -1.89%
Portsmouth - 4 £425 -
Fareham +2 2 - -
Basingstoke -12 2 £490 +3.15%
Andover 0 1 - -
Havant - 1 - -
Winchester - 1 - -
Retail
South East

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 40 (24.69%) E-Commerce
2 34 (20.99%) Finance
3 29 (17.90%) Project Management
4 28 (17.28%) Oracle
5 23 (14.20%) ATG
6 22 (13.58%) Agile Software Development
7 19 (11.73%) Migration
8 18 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (11.11%) Change Management
8 18 (11.11%) Java
8 18 (11.11%) Data Migration
9 16 (9.877%) Analytics
10 15 (9.259%) Business Analysis
10 15 (9.259%) Requirements Management
11 14 (8.642%) SAP
12 13 (8.025%) ITIL
12 13 (8.025%) Scrum
12 13 (8.025%) QA
13 12 (7.407%) Oracle 11g
13 12 (7.407%) Asset Management
13 12 (7.407%) SQL
14 11 (6.790%) PRINCE2
14 11 (6.790%) Validation
15 10 (6.173%) Oracle Reports
15 10 (6.173%) MS Access
15 10 (6.173%) Data Cleansing
15 10 (6.173%) Data Validation
15 10 (6.173%) Oracle BI EE
16 9 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
16 9 (5.556%) Use Case

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 6 (3.704%) .NET
2 3 (1.852%) WinForms
2 3 (1.852%) HTML
2 3 (1.852%) J2EE
2 3 (1.852%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.235%) Spring
3 2 (1.235%) WCF
3 2 (1.235%) CSS
4 1 (0.617%) XML
4 1 (0.617%) jQuery
4 1 (0.617%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.617%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (4.321%) MS Office
1 7 (4.321%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.235%) MS Project
2 2 (1.235%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.469%) SAP MM
2 2 (1.235%) SAP Retail
2 2 (1.235%) Siebel Analytics
3 1 (0.617%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.617%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.617%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.617%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.617%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.469%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.407%) Oracle 11g
2 10 (6.173%) Oracle Reports
2 10 (6.173%) MS Access
2 10 (6.173%) Oracle BI EE
3 6 (3.704%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.086%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (2.469%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (1.852%) MySQL
6 3 (1.852%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (0.617%) SAP BI
7 1 (0.617%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.617%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.617%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (4.321%) Oracle Forms
1 7 (4.321%) Oracle APEX
2 3 (1.852%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.617%) JIRA
3 1 (0.617%) Subversion
General
1 34 (20.99%) Finance
2 8 (4.938%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.086%) Manufacturing
3 5 (3.086%) Marketing
4 3 (1.852%) Retail Banking
4 3 (1.852%) Banking
5 1 (0.617%) Law
5 1 (0.617%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 45 (27.78%) Analyst
2 35 (21.60%) Business Analyst
3 34 (20.99%) Project Manager
4 18 (11.11%) Consultant
5 12 (7.407%) Developer
6 9 (5.556%) Agile Business Analyst
7 8 (4.938%) Data Analyst
8 6 (3.704%) Architect
8 6 (3.704%) IT Project Manager
8 6 (3.704%) Oracle Consultant
8 6 (3.704%) Functional Consultant
9 5 (3.086%) SAP Consultant
9 5 (3.086%) Development Manager
9 5 (3.086%) Administrator
9 5 (3.086%) Test Manager
9 5 (3.086%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 4 (2.469%) C# .NET Developer
10 4 (2.469%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (2.469%) Data Migration Analyst
10 4 (2.469%) Siebel Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.086%) EPoS
2 4 (2.469%) Digital Media
3 3 (1.852%) NHS
4 2 (1.235%) FMCG
5 1 (0.617%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.617%) DTV
5 1 (0.617%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.469%) Windows
2 3 (1.852%) Linux
3 2 (1.235%) Windows XP
4 1 (0.617%) AIX
4 1 (0.617%) Solaris
4 1 (0.617%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.617%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.617%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (24.69%) E-Commerce
2 29 (17.90%) Project Management
3 22 (13.58%) Agile Software Development
4 19 (11.73%) Migration
5 18 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (11.11%) Change Management
5 18 (11.11%) Data Migration
6 16 (9.877%) Analytics
7 15 (9.259%) Business Analysis
7 15 (9.259%) Requirements Management
8 13 (8.025%) ITIL
8 13 (8.025%) Scrum
9 12 (7.407%) Asset Management
10 11 (6.790%) PRINCE2
10 11 (6.790%) Validation
11 10 (6.173%) Data Cleansing
11 10 (6.173%) Data Validation
12 9 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
12 9 (5.556%) Use Case
12 9 (5.556%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.11%) Java
2 12 (7.407%) SQL
3 8 (4.938%) PL/SQL
4 6 (3.704%) C#
5 3 (1.852%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.617%) C
6 1 (0.617%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (3.704%) ISTQB
2 4 (2.469%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (1.235%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.617%) PMP
4 1 (0.617%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.617%) ISEB
4 1 (0.617%) Degree
4 1 (0.617%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.025%) QA
2 1 (0.617%) FATCA
Systems Management
1 6 (3.704%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.617%) SCOM
Vendors
1 28 (17.28%) Oracle
2 23 (14.20%) ATG
3 14 (8.642%) SAP
4 6 (3.704%) hybris
4 6 (3.704%) Informatica
5 5 (3.086%) RedPrairie
6 4 (2.469%) Siebel
6 4 (2.469%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.852%) Microsoft
7 3 (1.852%) HP
8 2 (1.235%) CA
9 1 (0.617%) Remedy
9 1 (0.617%) webMethods
9 1 (0.617%) IBM
9 1 (0.617%) Software AG
9 1 (0.617%) Citrix
9 1 (0.617%) Endeca
9 1 (0.617%) Venda
9 1 (0.617%) Demandware
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