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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail' in contract IT jobs within the M4 Corridor 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetailing
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1017
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads1712
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.012 %
As % of the category below16.67 %9.160 %
Daily rates quoted87
Average minimum daily rate£442£414
Average daily rate£455£486
% change on same period last year-6.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£469£557
UK excluding London average daily rate£408£397
% change on same period last year+2.83 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.76£20.37
% change on same period last year+41.22 %
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
M4 Corridor
Matching contract IT job ads102131
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.138 %0.129 %
Daily rates quoted3443
Average minimum daily rate£428£424
Average daily rate£455£465
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£482£506
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£50.00
Average hourly rate-£53.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£57.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.14£27.27
% change on same period last year+3.16 %
Retail South EastRetail
South East

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 M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

M4 Corridor Retail Daily Rate Histogram

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

110 (45.45 %)Banking
110 (45.45 %)Retail Banking
27 (31.82 %)SAP
27 (31.82 %)Finance
35 (22.73 %)Data Analysis
35 (22.73 %)Business Analysis
44 (18.18 %)SAP APO
44 (18.18 %)Cognos
44 (18.18 %)Logistics
44 (18.18 %)FMCG
53 (13.64 %)QA
53 (13.64 %)Project Management
62 (9.091 %)Matrix Management
62 (9.091 %)Insurance
62 (9.091 %)SAP Retail
62 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
62 (9.091 %)SAP R/3
62 (9.091 %)SAP MM
62 (9.091 %)SAP Certification
71 (4.545 %)ITIL Certification
71 (4.545 %)ITIL
71 (4.545 %)Six Sigma
71 (4.545 %)UNIX
71 (4.545 %)Windows
71 (4.545 %)Oracle 9i
71 (4.545 %)MS Excel
71 (4.545 %)MS Access
71 (4.545 %)Windows NT
71 (4.545 %)C
71 (4.545 %)PL/SQL

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (4.545 %)WAP
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.545 %)MS Office
11 (4.545 %)MS Excel
11 (4.545 %)MS Visio
11 (4.545 %)CA Clarity
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (18.18 %)SAP APO
22 (9.091 %)SAP R/3
22 (9.091 %)SAP MM
22 (9.091 %)SAP Retail
31 (4.545 %)Retail-J
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.545 %)GPRS
11 (4.545 %)GSM
11 (4.545 %)SMTP
11 (4.545 %)FTP
11 (4.545 %)HTTP
11 (4.545 %)TCP/IP
11 (4.545 %)DNS
11 (4.545 %)SSL
11 (4.545 %)Firewall
11 (4.545 %)Intrusion Detection
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.545 %)Oracle 9i
11 (4.545 %)MS Access
11 (4.545 %)TOAD
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (45.45 %)Banking
110 (45.45 %)Retail Banking
27 (31.82 %)Finance
34 (18.18 %)FMCG
42 (9.091 %)Insurance
51 (4.545 %)Billing
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (50.00 %)Analyst
29 (40.91 %)Business Analyst
35 (22.73 %)Consultant
44 (18.18 %)Coordinator
44 (18.18 %)Project Manager
44 (18.18 %)Senior Business Analyst
44 (18.18 %)Senior Analyst
44 (18.18 %)Project Coordinator
44 (18.18 %)SAP Business Analyst
44 (18.18 %)Senior SAP Business Analyst
44 (18.18 %)Senior Project Coordinator
44 (18.18 %)SAP Analyst
52 (9.091 %)Banking Business Analyst
52 (9.091 %)SAP Consultant
52 (9.091 %)Process Analyst
61 (4.545 %)SAP MM Consultant
61 (4.545 %)Business Consultant
61 (4.545 %)SAP Retail Consultant
61 (4.545 %)Programme Manager
61 (4.545 %)Business Process Analyst
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.545 %)PKI
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (4.545 %)UNIX
11 (4.545 %)Windows
11 (4.545 %)Windows NT
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (22.73 %)Data Analysis
15 (22.73 %)Business Analysis
24 (18.18 %)Logistics
33 (13.64 %)Project Management
42 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
42 (9.091 %)Matrix Management
51 (4.545 %)ITIL
51 (4.545 %)Requirements Analysis
51 (4.545 %)Six Sigma
51 (4.545 %)Risk Management
51 (4.545 %)Scrum
51 (4.545 %)Agile Software Development
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (4.545 %)C
11 (4.545 %)PL/SQL
11 (4.545 %)SQL
11 (4.545 %)VBA
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (9.091 %)SAP Certification
21 (4.545 %)ITIL Certification
21 (4.545 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (4.545 %)CISSP
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (13.64 %)QA
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (31.82 %)SAP
24 (18.18 %)Cognos
31 (4.545 %)Microsoft
31 (4.545 %)Oracle