Retail Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 46 47 37
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -10
Contract jobs citing Retail 282 335 455
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 3.609% 3.298% 4.354%
As % of the General category 10.26% 8.862% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 164 221
Average daily rate £400 £400 £400
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £277 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 6 16
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £11.65
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +71.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £14.20 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £35.00 £20.00
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 2749 3780 3913
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 35.18% 37.21% 37.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1243 1649 1712
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 197 243
Average hourly rate £20.75 £27.50 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.54% +1.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £43.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Retail
England

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Retail Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East 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
Berkshire +12 103 £400 -
Hampshire +16 79 £425 -
Buckinghamshire -1 53 £400 +14.28%
Surrey +6 16 £425 -5.55%
Middlesex -2 5 £350 -1.40%
Home Counties +4 3 - -
East Sussex +1 3 £475 +22.42%
Oxfordshire +3 2 £460 +162.85%
West Sussex 0 2 - -
Kent -3 2 - -
Retail
England

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 132 (22.11%) E-Commerce
2 126 (21.11%) Finance
3 99 (16.58%) Project Management
4 93 (15.58%) SQL
4 93 (15.58%) Oracle
5 74 (12.40%) Windows
6 68 (11.39%) PRINCE2
7 67 (11.22%) Banking
8 65 (10.89%) Java
9 57 (9.548%) Microsoft
10 54 (9.045%) Stakeholder Management
11 46 (7.705%) J2EE
11 46 (7.705%) ITIL
12 45 (7.538%) Retail Banking
13 43 (7.203%) WebSphere
14 42 (7.035%) Oracle Retail
15 41 (6.868%) Migration
16 39 (6.533%) Active Directory
16 39 (6.533%) Change Management
16 39 (6.533%) Telecoms
17 38 (6.365%) XML
18 37 (6.198%) SAP
18 37 (6.198%) VMware
18 37 (6.198%) Business Analysis
19 35 (5.863%) SQL Server
20 32 (5.360%) HTML
21 29 (4.858%) .NET
21 29 (4.858%) UML
21 29 (4.858%) Agile Software Development
22 28 (4.690%) CSS

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 46 (7.705%) J2EE
2 43 (7.203%) WebSphere
3 38 (6.365%) XML
4 32 (5.360%) HTML
5 29 (4.858%) .NET
6 28 (4.690%) CSS
7 24 (4.020%) Ajax
8 22 (3.685%) JSP
9 19 (3.183%) EJB
9 19 (3.183%) JMS
10 17 (2.848%) JSTL
11 11 (1.843%) ASP.NET
12 9 (1.508%) WCF
12 9 (1.508%) jQuery
13 8 (1.340%) ASP.NET MVC
13 8 (1.340%) Spring
13 8 (1.340%) Web Services
14 6 (1.005%) Middleware
14 6 (1.005%) ASP.NET MVC 4
15 5 (0.838%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 18 (3.015%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.010%) MS Exchange
3 10 (1.675%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (1.508%) CMS
4 9 (1.508%) SharePoint 2010
5 8 (1.340%) SAS
6 6 (1.005%) WebSphere Application Server
6 6 (1.005%) Tomcat
6 6 (1.005%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.838%) SAP EP
7 5 (0.838%) Apache
8 4 (0.670%) IIS
8 4 (0.670%) ESB
8 4 (0.670%) IBM HTTP Server
9 3 (0.503%) FileNet
9 3 (0.503%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.335%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.335%) Commerce Server
10 2 (0.335%) WebSphere MQ
10 2 (0.335%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 27 (4.523%) MS Office
2 21 (3.518%) MS Excel
3 14 (2.345%) MS Visio
4 13 (2.178%) MS Project
5 5 (0.838%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.838%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.335%) Fireworks
6 2 (0.335%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.335%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.335%) InDesign
6 2 (0.335%) Revit
6 2 (0.335%) Google Apps
7 1 (0.168%) Office 365
7 1 (0.168%) Open Workbench
7 1 (0.168%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 42 (7.035%) Oracle Retail
2 7 (1.173%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.838%) BASE24
4 4 (0.670%) Oracle SCM
4 4 (0.670%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.503%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.503%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.503%) SiteCatalyst
6 2 (0.335%) SAP MDM
6 2 (0.335%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.335%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.335%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.335%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.335%) Siebel Analytics
7 1 (0.168%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.168%) Apache OFBiz
7 1 (0.168%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.168%) Taleo
7 1 (0.168%) assyst
7 1 (0.168%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.843%) LAN
1 11 (1.843%) Internet
2 9 (1.508%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.173%) WAN
4 6 (1.005%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.838%) HTTP
6 4 (0.670%) VoIP
6 4 (0.670%) Wireless
6 4 (0.670%) SAN
7 3 (0.503%) CTI
7 3 (0.503%) Broadband
8 2 (0.335%) DHCP
8 2 (0.335%) ATM
8 2 (0.335%) DNS
8 2 (0.335%) SSL
9 1 (0.168%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.168%) Firewall
9 1 (0.168%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (5.863%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.685%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (3.015%) SQL Server 2005
4 14 (2.345%) MySQL
4 14 (2.345%) Oracle 8/8i
4 14 (2.345%) Oracle 11g
5 13 (2.178%) DB2
6 11 (1.843%) MS Access
6 11 (1.843%) Oracle BI EE
7 10 (1.675%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (1.005%) Base SAS
9 5 (0.838%) Oracle Discoverer
10 4 (0.670%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.503%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.503%) IDOL
12 2 (0.335%) Big Data
12 2 (0.335%) IBM InfoSphere
12 2 (0.335%) Oracle 10g
12 2 (0.335%) SAP BI
12 2 (0.335%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (3.350%) JUnit
2 10 (1.675%) QuickTest Pro
3 8 (1.340%) Ant
4 7 (1.173%) Subversion
4 7 (1.173%) Oracle APEX
4 7 (1.173%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.670%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.335%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.335%) JIRA
7 1 (0.168%) Maven
7 1 (0.168%) Selenium
7 1 (0.168%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.168%) RequisitePro
7 1 (0.168%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.168%) Rational Rose
7 1 (0.168%) Eclipse
General
1 126 (21.11%) Finance
2 67 (11.22%) Banking
3 45 (7.538%) Retail Banking
4 39 (6.533%) Telecoms
5 21 (3.518%) Marketing
6 10 (1.675%) Manufacturing
6 10 (1.675%) Back Office
7 6 (1.005%) Automotive
8 4 (0.670%) Korean Language
9 3 (0.503%) Spanish Language
9 3 (0.503%) Law
9 3 (0.503%) Electronics
10 2 (0.335%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.335%) Italian Language
10 2 (0.335%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.168%) Billing
11 1 (0.168%) Publishing
11 1 (0.168%) Games
11 1 (0.168%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.168%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 127 (21.27%) Analyst
2 117 (19.60%) Project Manager
3 79 (13.23%) Business Analyst
4 70 (11.73%) Developer
5 66 (11.06%) Consultant
6 36 (6.030%) Architect
7 34 (5.695%) Oracle Consultant
8 19 (3.183%) Administrator
9 15 (2.513%) Support Engineer
9 15 (2.513%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (2.513%) Data Analyst
9 15 (2.513%) Systems Developer
10 12 (2.010%) IT Project Manager
10 12 (2.010%) Systems Administrator
10 12 (2.010%) WebSphere Developer
11 11 (1.843%) Test Analyst
12 10 (1.675%) Test Manager
12 10 (1.675%) Tester
12 10 (1.675%) Applications Support
12 10 (1.675%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.685%) EPoS
2 10 (1.675%) Digital Media
3 9 (1.508%) FMCG
4 6 (1.005%) Blackberry
4 6 (1.005%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.005%) Clustering
5 5 (0.838%) EFT
5 5 (0.838%) EFTPOS
5 5 (0.838%) NHS
5 5 (0.838%) Smartcard
5 5 (0.838%) Mobile App
6 4 (0.670%) SaaS
7 3 (0.503%) iPhone
7 3 (0.503%) EMV
8 2 (0.335%) PMI
8 2 (0.335%) IPTV
8 2 (0.335%) DTV
8 2 (0.335%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.335%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.335%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 74 (12.40%) Windows
2 27 (4.523%) Windows Server 2008
3 25 (4.188%) Windows Server 2003
4 24 (4.020%) UNIX
5 15 (2.513%) Windows 7
6 11 (1.843%) Windows XP
7 10 (1.675%) Linux
8 3 (0.503%) Android
9 2 (0.335%) Solaris
9 2 (0.335%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.168%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.168%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (22.11%) E-Commerce
2 99 (16.58%) Project Management
3 68 (11.39%) PRINCE2
4 54 (9.045%) Stakeholder Management
5 46 (7.705%) ITIL
6 41 (6.868%) Migration
7 39 (6.533%) Change Management
8 37 (6.198%) Business Analysis
9 29 (4.858%) Agile Software Development
9 29 (4.858%) UML
10 26 (4.355%) Asset Management
11 21 (3.518%) Analytics
12 20 (3.350%) Data Migration
13 19 (3.183%) RAD
13 19 (3.183%) ETL
13 19 (3.183%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (2.848%) CRM
14 17 (2.848%) PRINCE
14 17 (2.848%) Use Case
14 17 (2.848%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 93 (15.58%) SQL
2 65 (10.89%) Java
3 28 (4.690%) PowerShell
4 24 (4.020%) JavaScript
5 20 (3.350%) PL/SQL
6 16 (2.680%) C#
7 11 (1.843%) Perl
8 10 (1.675%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.005%) VB
9 6 (1.005%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.670%) COBOL
10 4 (0.670%) JCL
11 2 (0.335%) VBA
12 1 (0.168%) NATURAL
12 1 (0.168%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.168%) C
12 1 (0.168%) C++
12 1 (0.168%) PHP
12 1 (0.168%) VB6
12 1 (0.168%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 24 (4.020%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 14 (2.345%) Degree
3 9 (1.508%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 8 (1.340%) ISEB
5 7 (1.173%) ISTQB
5 7 (1.173%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.503%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.503%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.335%) MCP
7 2 (0.335%) PMP
7 2 (0.335%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.168%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.168%) SCJP
8 1 (0.168%) Avaya Certification
8 1 (0.168%) HNC
8 1 (0.168%) MCDBA
8 1 (0.168%) RHCE
8 1 (0.168%) Sun Certification
8 1 (0.168%) OCP
8 1 (0.168%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.188%) QA
2 9 (1.508%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (0.838%) ISO 8583
3 5 (0.838%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.335%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.335%) SLA
5 1 (0.168%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.168%) FATCA
System Software
1 39 (6.533%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.183%) VMware ESXi
3 15 (2.513%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.675%) VMware ESX
5 7 (1.173%) vSphere
6 4 (0.670%) ISA Server
7 2 (0.335%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.168%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.168%) XenApp
8 1 (0.168%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.168%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 16 (2.680%) SCCM
2 13 (2.178%) SCOM
2 13 (2.178%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (0.670%) HP SIM
4 3 (0.503%) Foglight
4 3 (0.503%) Ganglia
5 1 (0.168%) MOM
5 1 (0.168%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.168%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.168%) Puppet
5 1 (0.168%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 93 (15.58%) Oracle
2 57 (9.548%) Microsoft
3 37 (6.198%) SAP
3 37 (6.198%) VMware
4 27 (4.523%) IBM
4 27 (4.523%) ATG
5 13 (2.178%) HP
6 12 (2.010%) Citrix
7 11 (1.843%) RedPrairie
8 9 (1.508%) hybris
8 9 (1.508%) Adobe
9 8 (1.340%) Siebel
10 7 (1.173%) Informatica
11 6 (1.005%) Clearswift
11 6 (1.005%) JBoss
12 5 (0.838%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.838%) Wincor Nixdorf
12 5 (0.838%) VeriFone
13 4 (0.670%) Remedy
13 4 (0.670%) Avaya
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