The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Knutsford 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 Knutsford 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 6 13 26
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +13
Contract jobs citing Retail 18 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 17.48% 6.944% 0.645%
As % of the General category 27.69% 9.434% 0.730%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 1
Average daily rate £375 £350 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -24.32%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
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
Knutsford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
65 53 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 63.11% 73.61% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 35 121
Average daily rate £370 £325 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84% +14.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £454 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Retail
Cheshire

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knutsford 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 Knutsford region.

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

Knutsford Retail Daily Rate Histogram

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford 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 25 (86.21%) Banking
2 22 (75.86%) Retail Banking
3 19 (65.52%) Finance
4 10 (34.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (31.03%) Migration
6 8 (27.59%) Mainframe
7 7 (24.14%) IBM
8 6 (20.69%) Java
8 6 (20.69%) Project Management
9 4 (13.79%) UNIX
9 4 (13.79%) CMS
9 4 (13.79%) Content Management
10 3 (10.34%) Workflow
10 3 (10.34%) Test Strategy
10 3 (10.34%) C
10 3 (10.34%) E-Commerce
10 3 (10.34%) Siebel
11 2 (6.897%) Middleware
11 2 (6.897%) Service Management
11 2 (6.897%) Citrix
11 2 (6.897%) HTML
11 2 (6.897%) Linux
11 2 (6.897%) .NET
11 2 (6.897%) DB2
11 2 (6.897%) SOAP
11 2 (6.897%) Replication
11 2 (6.897%) WebSphere
11 2 (6.897%) Business Analysis
11 2 (6.897%) Release Management
11 2 (6.897%) Capacity Planning

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford 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 2 (6.897%) Middleware
1 2 (6.897%) HTML
1 2 (6.897%) .NET
1 2 (6.897%) SOAP
1 2 (6.897%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (13.79%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) BASE24
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.897%) DB2
2 1 (3.448%) Data Warehouse
General
1 25 (86.21%) Banking
2 22 (75.86%) Retail Banking
3 19 (65.52%) Finance
4 1 (3.448%) Billing
4 1 (3.448%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Project Manager
2 4 (13.79%) Architect
2 4 (13.79%) Analyst
2 4 (13.79%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (13.79%) Designer
3 3 (10.34%) Service Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) Solutions Designer
4 2 (6.897%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Infrastructure Designer
5 1 (3.448%) Transition Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Technical Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Mainframe
2 2 (6.897%) Replication
3 1 (3.448%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) UNIX
2 2 (6.897%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (31.03%) Migration
3 6 (20.69%) Project Management
4 4 (13.79%) Content Management
5 3 (10.34%) Workflow
5 3 (10.34%) Test Strategy
5 3 (10.34%) E-Commerce
6 2 (6.897%) Service Management
6 2 (6.897%) Business Analysis
6 2 (6.897%) Release Management
6 2 (6.897%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (6.897%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.448%) ITIL V3
7 1 (3.448%) Change Control
7 1 (3.448%) Data Migration
7 1 (3.448%) Matrix Management
7 1 (3.448%) Document Management
7 1 (3.448%) ITIL
7 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.448%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) Java
2 3 (10.34%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (3.448%) PMP
1 1 (3.448%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) IBM
2 3 (10.34%) Siebel
3 2 (6.897%) Citrix
4 1 (3.448%) Informatica