The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 47 50 41
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -9
Contract jobs citing Retail 2 8 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.463% 1.250% 2.477%
As % of the General category 1.639% 5.031% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 11
Average daily rate £460 £175 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+162.85% -53.33%
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 £19.00 £11.58
% change year-on-year
+18.42% +64.14%
All of the General Category
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
122 159 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 28.24% 24.84% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 80 52
Average daily rate £350 £438 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +31.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £300 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £534 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 25 4
Average hourly rate £24.50 £23.75 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.15% -5.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Retail
South East

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Oxford +4 2 £460 +162.85%
Retail
South East

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 11 (84.62%) Project Management
2 10 (76.92%) Migration
2 10 (76.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (69.23%) Banking
3 9 (69.23%) Business Transformation
3 9 (69.23%) Finance
3 9 (69.23%) PRINCE2
3 9 (69.23%) Change Management
3 9 (69.23%) Retail Banking
3 9 (69.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 9 (69.23%) PRINCE
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
5 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
5 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
5 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
5 1 (7.692%) Data Mining
5 1 (7.692%) Progress
5 1 (7.692%) C#
5 1 (7.692%) .NET
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
5 1 (7.692%) MS Project
5 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
5 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
5 1 (7.692%) HP
5 1 (7.692%) Dell
5 1 (7.692%) Remedy
5 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
5 1 (7.692%) Web Development
5 1 (7.692%) JIRA

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 1 (7.692%) .NET
1 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.692%) Office 365
2 1 (7.692%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) JIRA
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
1 9 (69.23%) Banking
1 9 (69.23%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Project Manager
2 1 (7.692%) Desktop Support
2 1 (7.692%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (7.692%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) Technical Manager
2 1 (7.692%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (7.692%) Agile Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
1 1 (7.692%) iPhone
1 1 (7.692%) SaaS
1 1 (7.692%) Social Media
1 1 (7.692%) iPad
1 1 (7.692%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Project Management
2 10 (76.92%) Migration
2 10 (76.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (69.23%) Change Management
3 9 (69.23%) PRINCE2
3 9 (69.23%) Business Transformation
3 9 (69.23%) PRINCE
4 1 (7.692%) Analytics
4 1 (7.692%) User Stories
4 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.692%) E-business
4 1 (7.692%) Web Development
4 1 (7.692%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) HP
2 1 (7.692%) Dell
2 1 (7.692%) Remedy
2 1 (7.692%) Google
2 1 (7.692%) Progress
Oxfordshire
My client, a leading Retail Sector IT Systems Consultancy with a record of consistent growth, has an enviable client list comprising many of the UK’s major retailers...
PMC retail
Rate: From £500 to £600 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013