The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 27 21 24
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +3
Contract jobs citing Retail 5 11 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.916% 4.120% 4.514%
As % of the General category 9.615% 16.18% 16.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 11
Average daily rate £550 £425 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.41% +21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £330 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £590 £525 £800
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
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
52 68 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 19.92% 25.47% 27.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 37 55
Average daily rate £350 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £200 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £26.00 £22.86 £11.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.73% +103.20%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Retail
Yorkshire

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Sheffield +2 3 £550 +37.50%
Doncaster - 1 - -
Rotherham - 1 £450 -
Retail
Yorkshire

Retail
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Advertising
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Magento
2 1 (16.67%) 4G
2 1 (16.67%) PHP
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) MCSE
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (16.67%) Broadband
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Magento
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) 4G
1 1 (16.67%) Broadband
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Advertising
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) PHP Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
1 1 (16.67%) Environment Manager
1 1 (16.67%) PHP Web Developer
1 1 (16.67%) PHP Programmer
1 1 (16.67%) Web Programmer
1 1 (16.67%) Information Security Specialist
1 1 (16.67%) Information Specialist
1 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Web Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Programmer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (16.67%) Information Security
1 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
1 1 (16.67%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) MCSE
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
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