The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail 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 Retail over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 24 12 41
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +29
Contract jobs citing Retail 13 36 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 4.140% 9.068% 1.754%
As % of the General category 10.74% 18.09% 4.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 35 0
Average daily rate £410 £396 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.53% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £14.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+18.42% +65.21%
All of the General Category
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
121 199 168
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 38.54% 50.13% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 139 109
Average daily rate £390 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.63% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £280 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.00 £10.28
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% +55.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Retail
Wales

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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
Cardiff -12 7 £435 +13.72%
Newport 0 6 £403 -6.00%
Retail
Wales

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 28 (84.85%) Banking
2 27 (81.82%) Retail Banking
3 20 (60.61%) Finance
4 13 (39.39%) Migration
4 13 (39.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (21.21%) Project Management
6 6 (18.18%) Mainframe
6 6 (18.18%) Business Analysis
6 6 (18.18%) Change Management
7 4 (12.12%) MS Project
7 4 (12.12%) MS PowerPoint
7 4 (12.12%) Change Control
8 3 (9.091%) WebSphere
8 3 (9.091%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (9.091%) Incident Management
8 3 (9.091%) Data Analysis
8 3 (9.091%) MS Office
8 3 (9.091%) .NET
8 3 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (9.091%) E-Commerce
8 3 (9.091%) SAS
8 3 (9.091%) ISEB
9 2 (6.061%) Internet
9 2 (6.061%) MS Visio
9 2 (6.061%) SQL
9 2 (6.061%) VB
9 2 (6.061%) Automated Testing
9 2 (6.061%) Requirements Analysis
9 2 (6.061%) Release Management
9 2 (6.061%) User Acceptance Testing

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 3 (9.091%) .NET
1 3 (9.091%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.091%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) MS Project
1 4 (12.12%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (9.091%) MS Office
3 2 (6.061%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.030%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.061%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
General
1 28 (84.85%) Banking
2 27 (81.82%) Retail Banking
3 20 (60.61%) Finance
4 1 (3.030%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.030%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (42.42%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Project Manager
3 5 (15.15%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.091%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (9.091%) Environment Analyst
4 3 (9.091%) Test Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Test Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Senior Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Implementation Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Banking Business Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) Defect Manager
6 1 (3.030%) EPoS Developer
6 1 (3.030%) Developer
6 1 (3.030%) Data Migration Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) Marketing Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) Business Continuity Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.030%) Statistics
2 1 (3.030%) Mathematics
2 1 (3.030%) Physics
2 1 (3.030%) Credit Risk
2 1 (3.030%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Migration
1 13 (39.39%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (21.21%) Project Management
3 6 (18.18%) Change Management
3 6 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 4 (12.12%) Change Control
5 3 (9.091%) Incident Management
5 3 (9.091%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (9.091%) Data Analysis
5 3 (9.091%) E-Commerce
6 2 (6.061%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (6.061%) Release Management
6 2 (6.061%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (6.061%) Test Scripting
6 2 (6.061%) Data Migration
6 2 (6.061%) Data Mapping
6 2 (6.061%) Product Management
6 2 (6.061%) Automated Testing
7 1 (3.030%) ITSM
7 1 (3.030%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.061%) SQL
1 2 (6.061%) VB
2 1 (3.030%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (9.091%) ISEB
2 1 (3.030%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (3.030%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (3.030%) Business Objects
1 1 (3.030%) SAP
1 1 (3.030%) Cognos
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