The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex 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 Middlesex 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 22 19 27
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +8
Contract jobs citing Retail 5 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 2.427% 3.859% 2.890%
As % of the General category 8.621% 13.95% 8.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
Average daily rate £350 £355 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.40% +8.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £339 £286
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £425 £370
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
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
58 86 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 28.16% 27.65% 35.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 41 67
Average daily rate £325 £389 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.39% -7.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £290 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 9
Average hourly rate £30.25 £32.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.92% +12.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.58 £22.12 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.25 £46.90 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Retail
South East

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) TDD
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 1 (16.67%) GLSL
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Media
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (16.67%) IPTV
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (16.67%) FMCG
3 1 (16.67%) Android
3 1 (16.67%) Qt
3 1 (16.67%) NHS
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 1 (16.67%) Qt
2 1 (16.67%) OpenGL
2 1 (16.67%) XSLT
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Project
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics AX
General
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Programme Planner
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Support Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) ERP Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Development Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C++ Developer
2 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Planner
2 1 (16.67%) Support Manager
2 1 (16.67%) C++ Software Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Digital Media
1 1 (16.67%) IPTV
1 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
1 1 (16.67%) FMCG
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
1 1 (16.67%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) TDD
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
3 1 (16.67%) CAD
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) GLSL
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
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