The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 23 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 Norfolk 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 28 28 23
Rank change year-on-year
0 -5
Contract jobs citing Retail 3 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 1.685% 1.515% 4.869%
As % of the General category 7.143% 5.797% 11.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
Average daily rate £325 £290 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% -27.50%
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
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
42 69 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 23.60% 26.14% 42.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 25
Average daily rate £320 £363 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.72% -4.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £286 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £437 £457 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £17.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Retail
East of England

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
1 2 (66.67%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) jQuery
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Web Developer
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Developer
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Web Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft