The first table below looks at the demand for E-Commerce skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited E-Commerce 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South Wales 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
Electronic Commerce (eCommerce)
Rank 31 40 38
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -2
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 10 3 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 3.049% 0.743% 2.163%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.405% 1.111% 3.529%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 3
Average daily rate £396 £328 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.91% -27.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £318 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £338 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £17.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+114.28% -50.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
227 270 255
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 69.21% 66.83% 61.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 149 132
Average daily rate £375 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 14
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.83 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.87% -60.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
E-Commerce
Wales

E-Commerce
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing E-Commerce across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South Wales E-Commerce Jobs Demand Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing E-Commerce across the South Wales region.

South Wales E-Commerce Daily Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-Commerce across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South Wales E-Commerce Daily Rate Histogram

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing E-Commerce across the South Wales region.

South Wales E-Commerce Hourly Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Commerce within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
Newport - 8 £388 -
Cardiff +4 1 £435 +32.82%
E-Commerce
Wales

E-Commerce
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce.

1 5 (41.67%) Change Management
1 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) SAP
3 3 (25.00%) Web Services
3 3 (25.00%) Retail
3 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Retail Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Cordys
4 2 (16.67%) ESB
4 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Scrum
4 2 (16.67%) MQSeries
4 2 (16.67%) EDI
4 2 (16.67%) EAI
4 2 (16.67%) SOA
4 2 (16.67%) i2
4 2 (16.67%) JDA
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Mainframe
5 1 (8.333%) BPR
5 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
5 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
5 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (8.333%) C
5 1 (8.333%) SQL
5 1 (8.333%) .NET
5 1 (8.333%) SQL Server

E-Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (25.00%) Web Services
2 2 (16.67%) EDI
3 1 (8.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) ESB
1 2 (16.67%) MQSeries
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Dynamics NAV
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Selenium
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Retail
3 2 (16.67%) Retail Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (8.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Designer
4 2 (16.67%) SOA Designer
4 2 (16.67%) Test Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Tester
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) QA Tester
5 1 (8.333%) Financial Business Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) IT Director
5 1 (8.333%) Agile Test Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Financial Services Business Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (16.67%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Change Management
1 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Scrum
3 2 (16.67%) EAI
3 2 (16.67%) SOA
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (8.333%) BPR
4 1 (8.333%) Validation
4 1 (8.333%) Migration
4 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (8.333%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) C
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) Cordys
2 2 (16.67%) i2
2 2 (16.67%) JDA
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft