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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail' in contract IT jobs within the Reading region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetailing
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5663
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads185
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.005 %
As % of the category below4.100 %1.174 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£350£300
Average daily rate£369£300
% change on same period last year+22.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£402£379
% change on same period last year+6.32 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.11£21.42
% change on same period last year+21.88 %
General ReadingGeneral
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads439426
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.579 %0.452 %
Daily rates quoted157116
Average minimum daily rate£318£379
Average daily rate£339£399
% change on same period last year-15.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£372
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted1730
Average minimum hourly rate£25.35£32.24
Average hourly rate£27.05£33.88
% change on same period last year-20.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.75£35.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.47£27.20
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Retail BerkshireRetail
Berkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Retail
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Retail across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Reading Retail Demand Trend

Retail
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Retail across the Reading region.

Reading Retail Daily Rate Trend

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail across the Reading region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Reading Retail Daily Rate Histogram

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Retail across the Reading region.

Reading Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

19 (32.14 %)Microsoft
19 (32.14 %)Banking
19 (32.14 %)Retail Banking
26 (21.43 %)Finance
26 (21.43 %)Java
26 (21.43 %)MS Excel
26 (21.43 %)E-Commerce
35 (17.86 %)Business Analysis
35 (17.86 %)Manual Testing
35 (17.86 %)J2EE
35 (17.86 %)Windows
44 (14.29 %)MSI
44 (14.29 %)Construction
44 (14.29 %)Electric
44 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
44 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (14.29 %)Test Scripting
44 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
53 (10.71 %)Integration Testing
53 (10.71 %)MCTS
53 (10.71 %)MCSE
53 (10.71 %)XML
53 (10.71 %)Kerridge
62 (7.143 %)XHTML
62 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (7.143 %)Internet
62 (7.143 %)Government
62 (7.143 %)Firewall
62 (7.143 %)HTML
62 (7.143 %)ASP.NET

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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
15 (17.86 %)J2EE
23 (10.71 %)XML
32 (7.143 %)XHTML
32 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
32 (7.143 %)CSS
32 (7.143 %)WebServices
32 (7.143 %)HTML
32 (7.143 %).NET
41 (3.571 %)AJAX
41 (3.571 %)WebSphere
41 (3.571 %).NET Framework
Application Platforms
12 (7.143 %)MS Exchange
21 (3.571 %)Commerce Server
21 (3.571 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (3.571 %)Commerce Server 2007
21 (3.571 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (3.571 %)Office Communications Server
21 (3.571 %)SharePoint
Applications
16 (21.43 %)MS Excel
21 (3.571 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (3.571 %)Photoshop
21 (3.571 %)MS Project
Business Applications
11 (3.571 %)Singl.eView
Communications & Networking
12 (7.143 %)ATM
12 (7.143 %)Internet
12 (7.143 %)Firewall
21 (3.571 %)BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (3.571 %)SQL Server
11 (3.571 %)OLAP
11 (3.571 %)MS Access
11 (3.571 %)SQL Server 7
11 (3.571 %)GIS
11 (3.571 %)SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
14 (14.29 %)MSI
22 (7.143 %)TestDirector
22 (7.143 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (3.571 %)Flash
General
19 (32.14 %)Banking
19 (32.14 %)Retail Banking
26 (21.43 %)Finance
34 (14.29 %)Construction
34 (14.29 %)Electric
34 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
42 (7.143 %)Investment Banking
42 (7.143 %)Insurance
42 (7.143 %)Government
51 (3.571 %)Billing
51 (3.571 %)Front Office
51 (3.571 %)Telecoms
51 (3.571 %)Pensions
51 (3.571 %)Marketing
Job Titles
19 (32.14 %)Analyst
27 (25.00 %)Developer
36 (21.43 %)Java Developer
45 (17.86 %)Senior Developer
45 (17.86 %)J2EE Developer
45 (17.86 %)Test Analyst
45 (17.86 %)Senior Java Developer
45 (17.86 %)Java/J2EE Developer
54 (14.29 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
54 (14.29 %)Senior J2EE Developer
54 (14.29 %)Tester
63 (10.71 %)Business Analyst
63 (10.71 %)Consultant
72 (7.143 %)Microsoft Consultant
81 (3.571 %)Photoshop Designer
81 (3.571 %)Systems Test Analyst
81 (3.571 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
81 (3.571 %)Web Tester
81 (3.571 %)IT Consultant
81 (3.571 %)Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
12 (7.143 %)EFT
Operating Systems
15 (17.86 %)Windows
22 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (3.571 %)Unix
31 (3.571 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
16 (21.43 %)E-Commerce
25 (17.86 %)Business Analysis
25 (17.86 %)Manual Testing
34 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
34 (14.29 %)Test Scripting
43 (10.71 %)Integration Testing
52 (7.143 %)Security Cleared
52 (7.143 %)Automated Testing
61 (3.571 %)CRM
61 (3.571 %)Direct Marketing
61 (3.571 %)ERP
61 (3.571 %)Business Intelligence
61 (3.571 %)Migration
61 (3.571 %)Data Analysis
Programming Languages
16 (21.43 %)Java
22 (7.143 %)JavaScript
22 (7.143 %)SQL
22 (7.143 %)VBA
22 (7.143 %)XPath
31 (3.571 %)C#
Qualifications
14 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (10.71 %)MCTS
23 (10.71 %)MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.571 %)SLA
11 (3.571 %)QA
System Software
11 (3.571 %)Active Directory
Vendors
19 (32.14 %)Microsoft
23 (10.71 %)Kerridge
31 (3.571 %)VMware
31 (3.571 %)Sun
31 (3.571 %)Intec
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