The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Liverpool 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 Liverpool 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 15 22 14
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -8
Contract jobs citing Retail 8 9 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 5.263% 4.918% 5.732%
As % of the General category 29.63% 15.79% 18.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 6
Average daily rate £300 £300 £234
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +28.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £260 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £342 £340 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £18.00 -
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
Liverpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
27 57 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 17.76% 31.15% 31.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 30 27
Average daily rate £314 £290 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.27% -17.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £165 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £350 £738
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 6
Average hourly rate £11.50 £22.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.72% +100.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Retail
Merseyside

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Retail Daily Rate Trend

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Liverpool Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 5 (38.46%) PHP
1 5 (38.46%) MySQL
1 5 (38.46%) RDBMS
1 5 (38.46%) E-Commerce
1 5 (38.46%) Zend
1 5 (38.46%) Zend Framework
1 5 (38.46%) PHP5
1 5 (38.46%) Magento
2 4 (30.77%) Logistics
3 3 (23.08%) B2C
4 2 (15.38%) Change Management
4 2 (15.38%) Oracle
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
5 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.692%) Windows
5 1 (7.692%) Linux
5 1 (7.692%) DTS
5 1 (7.692%) ETL
5 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (7.692%) NetApp
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (7.692%) Middleware
5 1 (7.692%) Billing
5 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.692%) Migration
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (7.692%) Performance Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Test Scripting
5 1 (7.692%) Oracle Fusion

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 (38.46%) Zend Framework
2 1 (7.692%) Middleware
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) Magento
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) MySQL
1 5 (38.46%) RDBMS
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) DTS
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 1 (7.692%) Billing
1 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Lead Developer
2 5 (38.46%) PHP Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Lead PHP Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Technical Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Technical Leader
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (15.38%) Coordinator
4 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Developer
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Oracle Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Insight Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) E-Commerce
2 4 (30.77%) Logistics
3 3 (23.08%) B2C
4 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.692%) ETL
5 1 (7.692%) Migration
5 1 (7.692%) Performance Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) PHP
1 5 (38.46%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Zend
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 1 (7.692%) NetApp