The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 17 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 Luton 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 16 10 9
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -1
Contract jobs citing Retail 1 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 1.333% 5.970% 5.455%
As % of the General category 3.571% 13.79% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £338 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +27.35%
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 £19.00 £11.58
% change year-on-year
+18.42% +64.14%
All of the General Category
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
28 29 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 37.33% 43.28% 30.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 9
Average daily rate £343 £381 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.16% -10.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £231 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £444 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £28.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Retail
Bedfordshire

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 (85.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (71.43%) E-Commerce
3 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
3 3 (42.86%) Project Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Taleo
4 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) MS Project
4 2 (28.57%) SAP
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle
5 1 (14.29%) ERP
5 1 (14.29%) Hyperion
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) Back Office
5 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 1 (14.29%) Revenue Management
5 1 (14.29%) SaaS
5 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 1 (14.29%) Essbase
5 1 (14.29%) Matrix Management
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle BI EE

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Taleo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Essbase
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Back Office
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Project Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Business Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (71.43%) E-Commerce
3 3 (42.86%) Project Planning
3 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Matrix Management
5 1 (14.29%) Revenue Management
5 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 1 (14.29%) ERP
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Hyperion
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle