Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail' in contract IT jobs within the Leicester 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetailing
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank135
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.028 %
As % of the category below16.67 %38.81 %
Daily rates quoted314
Average minimum daily rate£245£425
Average daily rate£253£464
% change on same period last year-45.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£262£504
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£387
% change on same period last year-0.54 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£10.00
Average hourly rate£40.00£10.00
% change on same period last year+300.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.64£19.09
% change on same period last year+2.92 %
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Leicester
Matching contract IT job ads3667
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.073 %
Daily rates quoted1423
Average minimum daily rate£279£413
Average daily rate£286£452
% change on same period last year-36.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£293£491
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£378
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Hourly rates quoted27
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£19.12
Average hourly rate£30.00£21.73
% change on same period last year+38.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£24.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.32£26.63
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Retail LeicestershireRetail
Leicestershire

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester 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 Leicester region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

13 (30.00 %)EPoS
13 (30.00 %)Retail Banking
13 (30.00 %)Banking
22 (20.00 %)Finance
22 (20.00 %)Firewall
22 (20.00 %)CheckPoint
22 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (20.00 %)BMC PATROL
22 (20.00 %)ARCserve
22 (20.00 %)Windows
22 (20.00 %)BMC
22 (20.00 %)Lotus
22 (20.00 %)Symantec
22 (20.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
22 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
22 (20.00 %)Lotus Domino
22 (20.00 %)ATM
22 (20.00 %)LAN
22 (20.00 %)WAN
22 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (20.00 %)DNS
22 (20.00 %)Active Directory
31 (10.00 %)HP
31 (10.00 %)Compaq
31 (10.00 %)Dell
31 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (10.00 %)A+ Certification
31 (10.00 %)IBM
31 (10.00 %)Microsoft
31 (10.00 %)SSADM

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (10.00 %).NET
11 (10.00 %)J2EE
11 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (10.00 %)WCF
11 (10.00 %)LINQ
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
12 (20.00 %)Lotus Domino
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)CA Clarity
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)ATM
12 (20.00 %)LAN
12 (20.00 %)WAN
12 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (20.00 %)DNS
12 (20.00 %)Firewall
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)ClearCase
11 (10.00 %)ClearQuest
11 (10.00 %)NUnit
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Banking
13 (30.00 %)Retail Banking
22 (20.00 %)Finance
31 (10.00 %)Publishing
31 (10.00 %)Back Office
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (50.00 %)Analyst
22 (20.00 %)Field Service Engineer
22 (20.00 %)Developer
22 (20.00 %)Field Engineer
22 (20.00 %)Senior Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Java Developer
31 (10.00 %)C# Developer
31 (10.00 %)J2EE Developer
31 (10.00 %)C# Web Developer
31 (10.00 %)Banking Business Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
31 (10.00 %)Process Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Test Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Web Developer
31 (10.00 %)Project Manager
31 (10.00 %)Business Analyst
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (30.00 %)EPoS
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (20.00 %)Windows
12 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)UML
11 (10.00 %)SSADM
11 (10.00 %)DSDM
11 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (10.00 %)BPR
11 (10.00 %)Project Management
11 (10.00 %)Change Management
11 (10.00 %)GAP Analysis
11 (10.00 %)Migration
11 (10.00 %)TDD
11 (10.00 %)Business Analysis
11 (10.00 %)Requirements Analysis
11 (10.00 %)Matrix Management
11 (10.00 %)Use Case
11 (10.00 %)Test Scripting
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (10.00 %)C#
11 (10.00 %)Java
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (10.00 %)A+ Certification
11 (10.00 %)DCSE
11 (10.00 %)HP APS
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (20.00 %)BMC PATROL
12 (20.00 %)ARCserve
12 (20.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)BMC
12 (20.00 %)Lotus
12 (20.00 %)CheckPoint
12 (20.00 %)Symantec
21 (10.00 %)IBM
21 (10.00 %)Microsoft
21 (10.00 %)HP
21 (10.00 %)Compaq
21 (10.00 %)Dell