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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail' in contract IT jobs within the St Albans region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetailing
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-8
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %10.00 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£388
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£407£393
% change on same period last year+3.76 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£19.35
% change on same period last year+42.43 %
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
St Albans
Matching contract IT job ads810
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted23
Average minimum daily rate£177£380
Average daily rate£238£394
% change on same period last year-39.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.85£27.05
% change on same period last year+2.97 %
Retail HertfordshireRetail
Hertfordshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Retail
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Retail across the St Albans region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

St Albans Retail Demand Trend

Retail
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Retail across the St Albans region.

St Albans Retail Daily Rate Trend

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Retail across the St Albans region.

St Albans Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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.

13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)VB
13 (100.00 %)VB.NET
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
13 (100.00 %)VB6
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (66.67 %)Degree
22 (66.67 %)Remedy
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (66.67 %)MCSD
22 (66.67 %)MS Excel
31 (33.33 %)Oracle

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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.

St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %).NET
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (66.67 %)MS Excel
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
22 (66.67 %)VB Developer
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)VB
13 (100.00 %)VB.NET
13 (100.00 %)VB6
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (66.67 %)Degree
12 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (66.67 %)MCSD
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft
22 (66.67 %)Remedy
31 (33.33 %)Oracle