The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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 8 10 29
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +19
Contract jobs citing Retail 29 16 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 13.68% 7.407% 1.304%
As % of the General category 49.15% 29.09% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 11 3
Average daily rate £438 £350 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £300 £377
10% offered a daily rate of more than £638 £550 £457
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
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
59 55 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 27.83% 25.46% 24.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 30 22
Average daily rate £425 £330 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.78% -15.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £205 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £475 £545
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 7
Average hourly rate £20.00 £27.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% +71.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.71 £9.20 £14.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £38.00 £24.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Retail
East Midlands

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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
Leicester -5 8 £438 -20.45%
Retail
East Midlands

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 20 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 17 (42.50%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (37.50%) Java
4 13 (32.50%) TDD
5 11 (27.50%) Scrum
6 10 (25.00%) Project Management
7 9 (22.50%) Kanban
7 9 (22.50%) BDD
8 8 (20.00%) WebSphere
8 8 (20.00%) Extreme Programming
9 7 (17.50%) C#
9 7 (17.50%) .NET
9 7 (17.50%) SQL Server
10 6 (15.00%) MS Excel
10 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
10 6 (15.00%) SQL Server 2005
10 6 (15.00%) SQL Server 2008
11 5 (12.50%) Pair Programming
12 4 (10.00%) Banking
12 4 (10.00%) Migration
12 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (10.00%) ITIL
12 4 (10.00%) UNIX
12 4 (10.00%) Unit Testing
12 4 (10.00%) Retail Banking
12 4 (10.00%) hybris
13 3 (7.500%) Selenium
13 3 (7.500%) SQL
13 3 (7.500%) Service Management
14 2 (5.000%) QuickTest Pro

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 8 (20.00%) WebSphere
2 7 (17.50%) .NET
3 2 (5.000%) SAP XI
3 2 (5.000%) Spring
3 2 (5.000%) J2EE
3 2 (5.000%) HTML
3 2 (5.000%) CSS
3 2 (5.000%) XML
3 2 (5.000%) jQuery
4 1 (2.500%) Velocity
4 1 (2.500%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.500%) Magento
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Oracle Retail
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.50%) SQL Server
2 6 (15.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (15.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (5.000%) SAP BW
4 1 (2.500%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (2.500%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.500%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (7.500%) Selenium
2 2 (5.000%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (5.000%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.500%) WebDriver
3 1 (2.500%) ProC
3 1 (2.500%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (10.00%) Banking
1 4 (10.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (2.500%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (32.50%) Project Manager
1 13 (32.50%) Developer
2 4 (10.00%) Java Developer
2 4 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
2 4 (10.00%) Technical Manager
3 3 (7.500%) WebSphere Developer
3 3 (7.500%) Analyst
3 3 (7.500%) Test Analyst
4 2 (5.000%) Tester
4 2 (5.000%) Programmer
4 2 (5.000%) Lead Developer
4 2 (5.000%) Project Support Officer
4 2 (5.000%) Service Manager
4 2 (5.000%) Project Officer
4 2 (5.000%) SAP Test Analyst
4 2 (5.000%) SAP Analyst
4 2 (5.000%) Agile Tester
4 2 (5.000%) User Experience Developer
5 1 (2.500%) UI Developer
5 1 (2.500%) UI Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.000%) AS400
1 2 (5.000%) EPoS
2 1 (2.500%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) UNIX
2 1 (2.500%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.500%) Windows
2 1 (2.500%) AIX
2 1 (2.500%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 17 (42.50%) Agile Software Development
3 13 (32.50%) TDD
4 11 (27.50%) Scrum
5 10 (25.00%) Project Management
6 9 (22.50%) Kanban
6 9 (22.50%) BDD
7 8 (20.00%) Extreme Programming
8 5 (12.50%) Pair Programming
9 4 (10.00%) Migration
9 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (10.00%) ITIL
9 4 (10.00%) Unit Testing
10 3 (7.500%) Service Management
11 2 (5.000%) Change Management
11 2 (5.000%) Software Engineering
11 2 (5.000%) OO
11 2 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (5.000%) PRINCE
11 2 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (37.50%) Java
2 7 (17.50%) C#
3 3 (7.500%) SQL
4 2 (5.000%) RPG
4 2 (5.000%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.500%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.500%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.500%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.000%) SLA
1 2 (5.000%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.500%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) hybris
3 2 (5.000%) SAP
4 1 (2.500%) BMC
4 1 (2.500%) Oracle
4 1 (2.500%) Retek
4 1 (2.500%) Red Hat
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