Retail Contracts in Lancashire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 21 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 Lancashire 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 22 38 -
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -
Contract jobs citing Retail 10 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 4.950% 1.171% -
As % of the General category 20.00% 5.208% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £369 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.46% -
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
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 50 96 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 24.75% 22.48% 26.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 45 20
Average daily rate £315 £370 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.86% +12.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £263 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £491 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 8
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -46.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.02 £14.00 £22.56
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £21.50 £39.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Retail
North West

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Skelmersdale - 4 £388 -
Blackburn - 2 - -
Chorley - 1 £350 -
Retail
North West

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 6 (26.09%) Business Analysis
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Banking
2 5 (21.74%) C#
2 5 (21.74%) .NET
3 4 (17.39%) HTML
3 4 (17.39%) CSS
3 4 (17.39%) UNIX
3 4 (17.39%) ETL
3 4 (17.39%) Middleware
3 4 (17.39%) Mainframe
3 4 (17.39%) Firewall
3 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
3 4 (17.39%) WebSphere
3 4 (17.39%) Marketing
3 4 (17.39%) WCF
3 4 (17.39%) jQuery
3 4 (17.39%) Umbraco
4 3 (13.04%) FMCG
4 3 (13.04%) PKI
4 3 (13.04%) Retail Banking
4 3 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
4 3 (13.04%) XML
4 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
4 3 (13.04%) ASP.NET
5 2 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
5 2 (8.696%) CRM
5 2 (8.696%) NHS

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 5 (21.74%) .NET
2 4 (17.39%) HTML
2 4 (17.39%) CSS
2 4 (17.39%) Middleware
2 4 (17.39%) WebSphere
2 4 (17.39%) WCF
2 4 (17.39%) jQuery
3 3 (13.04%) XML
3 3 (13.04%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.348%) soapUI
4 1 (4.348%) WinForms
4 1 (4.348%) XHTML
4 1 (4.348%) SOAP
4 1 (4.348%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) Umbraco
2 1 (4.348%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.348%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (4.348%) WebDriver
1 1 (4.348%) Selenium
1 1 (4.348%) Eclipse
General
1 5 (21.74%) Finance
1 5 (21.74%) Banking
2 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
2 4 (17.39%) Marketing
3 3 (13.04%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Analyst
2 8 (34.78%) Business Analyst
3 6 (26.09%) Developer
4 5 (21.74%) Architect
5 4 (17.39%) Web Developer
5 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (13.04%) Senior Developer
6 3 (13.04%) Senior Web Developer
7 1 (4.348%) NHS Project Manager
7 1 (4.348%) Designer
7 1 (4.348%) Automation Tester
7 1 (4.348%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (4.348%) Business Change Consultant
7 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Designer
7 1 (4.348%) Supply Chain Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) CAD Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Solutions Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) Telecoms Business Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) Design Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Mainframe
2 3 (13.04%) FMCG
2 3 (13.04%) PKI
3 2 (8.696%) NHS
3 2 (8.696%) IPTV
3 2 (8.696%) Digital Media
4 1 (4.348%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Business Analysis
2 4 (17.39%) ETL
3 2 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (8.696%) CRM
3 2 (8.696%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (8.696%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (4.348%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (4.348%) Test Automation
4 1 (4.348%) Software Architecture
4 1 (4.348%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (4.348%) Web Development
4 1 (4.348%) Scrum
4 1 (4.348%) Workflow
4 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (4.348%) Content Management
4 1 (4.348%) CAD
4 1 (4.348%) Project Management
4 1 (4.348%) B2C
4 1 (4.348%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) C#
2 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.348%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.348%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) ISTQB
1 1 (4.348%) ISEB
Vendors
1 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.348%) SolidWorks
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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