The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull 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 Solihull 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 - 14 10
Contract jobs citing Retail 0 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull - 3.797% 5.634%
As % of the General category - 6.977% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
19 43 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 32.76% 54.43% 42.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
Average daily rate £400 £303 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.23% -30.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £206 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £425 £568
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £26.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +55.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Retail
West Midlands

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) LLU
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) LLU
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP