The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 19 June 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 North West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 24 35 40
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +5
Contract jobs citing Retail 158 144 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 6.619% 4.740% 3.341%
As % of the General category 17.23% 13.79% 7.984%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 88 55
Average daily rate £368 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.06% -10.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £443 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 9
Average hourly rate £9.25 £18.00 £10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.61% +71.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £18.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +56.52%
All of the General Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
917 1044 1265
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 38.42% 34.36% 41.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 593 715
Average daily rate £350 £360 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 36 53
Average hourly rate £17.50 £20.75 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.66% +36.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.20 £11.35 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.83 £31.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Retail
England

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester +4 71 £341 +4.90% 39
Cheshire +20 49 £399 +6.40% 20
Merseyside +7 11 £363 +11.53% 13
Lancashire +15 9 £388 +19.23% 5
Cumbria - - - - 1
Retail
England

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 104 (38.52%) Banking
2 78 (28.89%) Retail Banking
2 78 (28.89%) Finance
3 45 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 43 (15.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (13.33%) Project Management
6 35 (12.96%) SQL
7 31 (11.48%) .NET
8 28 (10.37%) Mainframe
9 27 (10.00%) IBM
10 25 (9.259%) C#
11 22 (8.148%) ASP.NET
11 22 (8.148%) Migration
11 22 (8.148%) WebSphere
12 21 (7.778%) Business Analysis
12 21 (7.778%) Java
12 21 (7.778%) ITIL
13 20 (7.407%) SQL Server
13 20 (7.407%) Microsoft
14 19 (7.037%) Middleware
15 18 (6.667%) Oracle
15 18 (6.667%) UNIX
15 18 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
16 17 (6.296%) Magento
17 16 (5.926%) Windows
18 15 (5.556%) MySQL
18 15 (5.556%) PHP
18 15 (5.556%) ETL
18 15 (5.556%) Change Management
19 14 (5.185%) HTML

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 31 (11.48%) .NET
2 22 (8.148%) ASP.NET
2 22 (8.148%) WebSphere
3 19 (7.037%) Middleware
4 14 (5.185%) HTML
5 10 (3.704%) SOAP
6 8 (2.963%) Web Services
6 8 (2.963%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 8 (2.963%) Ajax
6 8 (2.963%) .NET Framework
7 7 (2.593%) Zend Framework
7 7 (2.593%) jQuery
7 7 (2.593%) XML
8 6 (2.222%) CSS
8 6 (2.222%) RESTful
8 6 (2.222%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (2.222%) WCF
9 5 (1.852%) WebSphere MQ
9 5 (1.852%) XHTML
10 4 (1.481%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 17 (6.296%) Magento
2 13 (4.815%) CMS
3 8 (2.963%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.222%) SAS
5 5 (1.852%) WebSphere Application Server
6 4 (1.481%) CICS
7 3 (1.111%) WebLogic
7 3 (1.111%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.741%) MS Exchange
9 1 (0.370%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.370%) ESB
9 1 (0.370%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.370%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.370%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.370%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.370%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.370%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (0.370%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 8 (2.963%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.481%) MS Office
3 1 (0.370%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.370%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.370%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.370%) MS Project
3 1 (0.370%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.370%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 6 (2.222%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.481%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.111%) Tridion
4 2 (0.741%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.741%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.741%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.741%) CSG Singleview
4 2 (0.741%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.741%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.370%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.370%) Unica Affinium
5 1 (0.370%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.370%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.370%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.370%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.370%) SAP WM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.704%) Internet
1 10 (3.704%) Firewall
2 7 (2.593%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.481%) SNA
4 3 (1.111%) Network Security
4 3 (1.111%) X.509
4 3 (1.111%) LDAP
4 3 (1.111%) FTP
4 3 (1.111%) Kerberos
4 3 (1.111%) ADSL
4 3 (1.111%) SMS
4 3 (1.111%) SAN
5 2 (0.741%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.741%) VPN
6 1 (0.370%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.370%) Extranet
6 1 (0.370%) HTTP
6 1 (0.370%) SMTP
6 1 (0.370%) Broadband
6 1 (0.370%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.407%) SQL Server
2 18 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.556%) MySQL
4 12 (4.444%) SQL Server 2008
4 12 (4.444%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (3.333%) RDBMS
7 8 (2.963%) DB2
8 7 (2.593%) Oracle 11g
8 7 (2.593%) SQL Server 2005
8 7 (2.593%) Oracle 10g
9 4 (1.481%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.481%) SQL Server 2012
10 3 (1.111%) SQL Server 2000
11 2 (0.741%) OLTP
11 2 (0.741%) VLDB
11 2 (0.741%) DTS
11 2 (0.741%) IDMS
11 2 (0.741%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.370%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 11 (4.074%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (3.333%) Subversion
3 7 (2.593%) JIRA
4 5 (1.852%) Eclipse
4 5 (1.852%) JDeveloper
5 4 (1.481%) TestPartner
6 3 (1.111%) Log4j
6 3 (1.111%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.111%) Ant
6 3 (1.111%) JUnit
6 3 (1.111%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
7 2 (0.741%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.741%) Selenium
8 1 (0.370%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.370%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.370%) LoadRunner
General
1 104 (38.52%) Banking
2 78 (28.89%) Retail Banking
2 78 (28.89%) Finance
3 12 (4.444%) Marketing
4 11 (4.074%) Telecoms
5 10 (3.704%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.593%) Billing
7 3 (1.111%) Games
7 3 (1.111%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.741%) Back Office
8 2 (0.741%) Legal
8 2 (0.741%) German Language
9 1 (0.370%) Polish Language
9 1 (0.370%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.370%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.370%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.370%) Advertising
9 1 (0.370%) Front Office
9 1 (0.370%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 65 (24.07%) Developer
2 60 (22.22%) Analyst
3 55 (20.37%) Project Manager
4 39 (14.44%) Business Analyst
5 26 (9.630%) Architect
6 18 (6.667%) .NET Developer
7 11 (4.074%) VB.NET Developer
7 11 (4.074%) ASP.NET Developer
7 11 (4.074%) Solutions Architect
8 10 (3.704%) Consultant
8 10 (3.704%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
9 9 (3.333%) Implementation Manager
9 9 (3.333%) Technical Manager
9 9 (3.333%) 3rd Line Support
10 8 (2.963%) Senior Business Analyst
10 8 (2.963%) Programme Manager
10 8 (2.963%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (2.963%) Designer
11 7 (2.593%) PHP Developer
11 7 (2.593%) Functional Architect
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.37%) Mainframe
2 7 (2.593%) PKI
3 5 (1.852%) Online Banking
3 5 (1.852%) FMCG
4 4 (1.481%) Replication
4 4 (1.481%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.481%) IBM Mainframe
4 4 (1.481%) Mobile Banking
4 4 (1.481%) VSAM
4 4 (1.481%) Web 2.0
5 3 (1.111%) IPTV
5 3 (1.111%) Digital Media
5 3 (1.111%) Smartcard
5 3 (1.111%) EPoS
5 3 (1.111%) NHS
6 2 (0.741%) PMI
6 2 (0.741%) N-Tier
6 2 (0.741%) Data Integration
6 2 (0.741%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.370%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.667%) UNIX
2 16 (5.926%) Windows
3 7 (2.593%) HPUX
3 7 (2.593%) Solaris
3 7 (2.593%) Linux
4 6 (2.222%) AIX
5 5 (1.852%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (1.481%) Windows XP
6 4 (1.481%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.481%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (1.111%) Windows 2000
7 3 (1.111%) zOS
8 2 (0.741%) MVS
9 1 (0.370%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 43 (15.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (13.33%) Project Management
4 22 (8.148%) Migration
5 21 (7.778%) Business Analysis
5 21 (7.778%) ITIL
6 15 (5.556%) ETL
6 15 (5.556%) Change Management
7 13 (4.815%) PRINCE2
8 11 (4.074%) Agile Software Development
8 11 (4.074%) OO
9 10 (3.704%) Data Modelling
9 10 (3.704%) Logistics
10 9 (3.333%) Content Management
10 9 (3.333%) Data Migration
10 9 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (2.963%) CRM
11 8 (2.963%) Service Management
11 8 (2.963%) User Acceptance Testing
12 7 (2.593%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 35 (12.96%) SQL
2 25 (9.259%) C#
3 21 (7.778%) Java
4 15 (5.556%) PHP
5 11 (4.074%) PHP5
5 11 (4.074%) VB.NET
6 10 (3.704%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.593%) Perl
7 7 (2.593%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.852%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.481%) JCL
9 4 (1.481%) Bash shell
9 4 (1.481%) XPath
10 3 (1.111%) X++
10 3 (1.111%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.111%) C
11 2 (0.741%) REXX
11 2 (0.741%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.741%) VBScript
12 1 (0.370%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (2.593%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 6 (2.222%) Degree
3 4 (1.481%) ISEB
3 4 (1.481%) PMI Certification
4 3 (1.111%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.741%) PMP
5 2 (0.741%) CISSP
5 2 (0.741%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.370%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.370%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.370%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.370%) PgMP
6 1 (0.370%) CISA
6 1 (0.370%) CISM
6 1 (0.370%) MCDBA
6 1 (0.370%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.741%) SLA
2 1 (0.370%) COBIT
2 1 (0.370%) Solvency II
2 1 (0.370%) BS25999
2 1 (0.370%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.370%) COSO
2 1 (0.370%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (1.111%) Hyper-V
1 3 (1.111%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (1.111%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 3 (1.111%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (2.963%) Tivoli
2 7 (2.593%) WSUS
2 7 (2.593%) DameWare
3 3 (1.111%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (1.111%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 1 (0.370%) HP UCMDB
4 1 (0.370%) OpenView
Vendors
1 27 (10.00%) IBM
2 20 (7.407%) Microsoft
3 18 (6.667%) Oracle
4 10 (3.704%) SAP
5 8 (2.963%) Zend
6 6 (2.222%) Citrix
6 6 (2.222%) HP
7 5 (1.852%) CA
8 4 (1.481%) ATG
8 4 (1.481%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.481%) Blue Martini
9 3 (1.111%) Brocade
9 3 (1.111%) Elastic Path
9 3 (1.111%) VMware
9 3 (1.111%) Interwoven
9 3 (1.111%) Cisco
9 3 (1.111%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.741%) Sage
10 2 (0.741%) Lotus
10 2 (0.741%) Avaya
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Rate: £400 - £450 per day
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My online retailing client are currently expanding and are looking for a VB.NET/ASP.NET developer to join their development and support team on a contract basis...
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
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My online retailing client are currently expanding and are looking for a VB.NET/ASP.NET developer to join their development and support team on a contract basis.
Rate: £250 per day
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Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
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Rate: £400 - £500 per day
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Rate: £275 - £325 per day
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Rate: £300 - £340 per day
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