The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 24 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 Nottingham 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 24 16 14
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -2
Contract jobs citing Retail 12 16 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 4.196% 7.175% 6.383%
As % of the General category 15.58% 32.65% 31.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 10
Average daily rate £406 £386 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.17% +10.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £297 £306
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £600 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
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
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
77 49 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 26.92% 21.97% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 21 18
Average daily rate £400 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £675 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 1
Average hourly rate £27.50 £14.00 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+96.42% +21.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Retail
Nottinghamshire

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 5 (17.86%) E-Commerce
1 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2
2 4 (14.29%) SAP
2 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 4 (14.29%) French Language
3 3 (10.71%) PCI DSS
3 3 (10.71%) Business Analysis
3 3 (10.71%) Use Case
3 3 (10.71%) E-Learning
3 3 (10.71%) Validation
3 3 (10.71%) Automotive
3 3 (10.71%) Process Management
3 3 (10.71%) SAP BW
3 3 (10.71%) C#
3 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.71%) SQL
3 3 (10.71%) .NET
3 3 (10.71%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (10.71%) ETL
3 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (7.143%) Windows
4 2 (7.143%) ASP.NET
4 2 (7.143%) CSS
4 2 (7.143%) HTML
4 2 (7.143%) Java
4 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
4 2 (7.143%) OLAP
4 2 (7.143%) Crystal Reports

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 3 (10.71%) .NET
2 2 (7.143%) ASP.NET
2 2 (7.143%) CSS
2 2 (7.143%) HTML
2 2 (7.143%) SAP XI
2 2 (7.143%) Ajax
2 2 (7.143%) jQuery
2 2 (7.143%) WCF
3 1 (3.571%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (3.571%) HTML5
3 1 (3.571%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (3.571%) CSS3
3 1 (3.571%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 1 (3.571%) Managed Extensibility Framework
3 1 (3.571%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (3.571%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.571%) WPF
3 1 (3.571%) LINQ
3 1 (3.571%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.571%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.143%) IIS
2 1 (3.571%) Magento
2 1 (3.571%) DotNetNuke
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) SAP Retail
2 1 (3.571%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.571%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.571%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) VoIP
1 1 (3.571%) SNMP
1 1 (3.571%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SAP BW
1 3 (10.71%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.143%) OLAP
2 2 (7.143%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (7.143%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (7.143%) SAP BI
2 2 (7.143%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 2 (7.143%) SAP HANA
2 2 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (7.143%) Xcelsius
3 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.571%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.571%) JUnit
General
1 4 (14.29%) Finance
1 4 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 4 (14.29%) French Language
2 3 (10.71%) Automotive
3 1 (3.571%) Games
3 1 (3.571%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 6 (21.43%) Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Developer
4 3 (10.71%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 2 (7.143%) SAP Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Designer
6 1 (3.571%) WebSphere Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) SAP Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) PHP Web Developer
6 1 (3.571%) PHP Programmer
6 1 (3.571%) Web Programmer
6 1 (3.571%) DotNetNuke Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Payroll Manager
6 1 (3.571%) SAP Retail Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) SAP Test Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (3.571%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) E-Learning
2 1 (3.571%) SaaS
2 1 (3.571%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.571%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.143%) Windows
2 1 (3.571%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.571%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.571%) Android
2 1 (3.571%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.86%) E-Commerce
1 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2
2 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 3 (10.71%) Business Analysis
3 3 (10.71%) Use Case
3 3 (10.71%) Validation
3 3 (10.71%) Process Management
3 3 (10.71%) ETL
3 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (7.143%) Workflow
4 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (7.143%) Test Strategy
5 1 (3.571%) MVVM
5 1 (3.571%) Multithreading
5 1 (3.571%) Supplier Management
5 1 (3.571%) Resource Management
5 1 (3.571%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Test Management
5 1 (3.571%) Test Scripting
5 1 (3.571%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) C#
1 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
1 3 (10.71%) SQL
2 2 (7.143%) Java
3 1 (3.571%) PHP
3 1 (3.571%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.571%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (3.571%) PMP
1 1 (3.571%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) SAP
2 2 (7.143%) Business Objects
3 1 (3.571%) Northgate
3 1 (3.571%) Sage
3 1 (3.571%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (3.571%) Oracle
3 1 (3.571%) IBM
3 1 (3.571%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.571%) Adobe
3 1 (3.571%) HP