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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail' in contract IT jobs within the Lancashire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetailing
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3941
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.592 %3.371 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£290
Average daily rate-£308
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£410£390
% change on same period last year+5.07 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£18.00
Average hourly rate-£18.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.87£20.31
% change on same period last year+32.28 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads169178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.238 %0.180 %
Daily rates quoted3749
Average minimum daily rate£346£333
Average daily rate£365£345
% change on same period last year+5.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted7637
Average minimum hourly rate£27.23£20.92
Average hourly rate£27.91£23.24
% change on same period last year+20.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.58£25.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.78
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
Retail North WestRetail
North West

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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Retail Daily Rate Trend

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

16 (54.55 %)SQL Server
25 (45.45 %).NET
34 (36.36 %)SQL
34 (36.36 %)E-Commerce
43 (27.27 %)C#
43 (27.27 %)JavaScript
43 (27.27 %)ASP.NET
43 (27.27 %)AJAX
52 (18.18 %)Datawarehouse
52 (18.18 %)Management Information System
52 (18.18 %)VB6
52 (18.18 %)CSS
52 (18.18 %)WebServices
52 (18.18 %)XML
52 (18.18 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (18.18 %)C
52 (18.18 %)Java
52 (18.18 %)VB
52 (18.18 %)VB.NET
52 (18.18 %)Oracle
52 (18.18 %)ERP
52 (18.18 %)TOAD
52 (18.18 %)Navision
61 (9.091 %)CICS
61 (9.091 %)AutoSys
61 (9.091 %)JCL
61 (9.091 %)BS7799
61 (9.091 %)Mainframe
61 (9.091 %)Microsoft
61 (9.091 %)CISSP

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (45.45 %).NET
23 (27.27 %)ASP.NET
23 (27.27 %)AJAX
32 (18.18 %)CSS
32 (18.18 %)WebServices
32 (18.18 %)XML
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (9.091 %)IIS
11 (9.091 %)Apache
11 (9.091 %)CICS
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (18.18 %)Navision
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (54.55 %)SQL Server
22 (18.18 %)Datawarehouse
22 (18.18 %)TOAD
31 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (9.091 %)QlikView
31 (9.091 %)DB2
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (18.18 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (54.55 %)Developer
23 (27.27 %)Analyst
23 (27.27 %)Consultant
23 (27.27 %).NET Developer
23 (27.27 %)ASP.NET Developer
32 (18.18 %)Navision Developer
32 (18.18 %)Analyst Programmer
32 (18.18 %)Programmer
32 (18.18 %)Navision Consultant
32 (18.18 %)VB Analyst Programmer
32 (18.18 %)VB6 Analyst Programmer
41 (9.091 %)Senior VB6 Analyst Programmer
41 (9.091 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (9.091 %)Senior VB Analyst Programmer
41 (9.091 %)Senior Programmer
41 (9.091 %)Security Consultant
41 (9.091 %)Administrator
41 (9.091 %)Senior Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Systems Administrator
41 (9.091 %)SQL Server Developer
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (18.18 %)Management Information System
21 (9.091 %)Mainframe
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (36.36 %)E-Commerce
22 (18.18 %)ERP
31 (9.091 %)Change Management
31 (9.091 %)Data Security
31 (9.091 %)Information Security
31 (9.091 %)Logistics
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (36.36 %)SQL
23 (27.27 %)C#
23 (27.27 %)JavaScript
32 (18.18 %)VB6
32 (18.18 %)C
32 (18.18 %)Java
32 (18.18 %)VB
32 (18.18 %)VB.NET
41 (9.091 %)JCL
41 (9.091 %)DHTML
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (9.091 %)CISSP
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (9.091 %)BS7799
11 (9.091 %)ISO27001
11 (9.091 %)PCI DSS
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (9.091 %)AutoSys
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (18.18 %)Oracle
21 (9.091 %)Microsoft