Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail' in contract IT jobs within the Stevenage 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetailing
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank128
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads310
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.011 %
As % of the category below8.108 %18.18 %
Daily rates quoted29
Average minimum daily rate£300£332
Average daily rate£320£366
% change on same period last year-12.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£401
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£385
% change on same period last year+0.64 %
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£20.01£18.98
% change on same period last year+5.43 %
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Stevenage
Matching contract IT job ads3755
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.059 %
Daily rates quoted315
Average minimum daily rate£216£315
Average daily rate£230£356
% change on same period last year-35.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£244£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£375
% change on same period last year+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted2731
Average minimum hourly rate£28.57£31.40
Average hourly rate£30.33£32.46
% change on same period last year-6.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.09£33.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.36£26.71
% change on same period last year+2.45 %
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 Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Retail Daily Rate Trend

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail across the Stevenage region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Stevenage Retail Daily Rate Histogram

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stevenage Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

11 (25.00 %).NET
11 (25.00 %)WebServices
11 (25.00 %)ISEB
11 (25.00 %)Citrix
11 (25.00 %)TestDirector
11 (25.00 %)LoadRunner
11 (25.00 %)EPoS
11 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
11 (25.00 %)Document Management
11 (25.00 %)Xen
11 (25.00 %)Retalix

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %).NET
11 (25.00 %)WebServices
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)TestDirector
11 (25.00 %)LoadRunner
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (25.00 %)Architect
11 (25.00 %)Tester
11 (25.00 %)Analyst
11 (25.00 %)Test Analyst
11 (25.00 %)Consultant
11 (25.00 %)Technical Consultant
11 (25.00 %)Performance Tester
11 (25.00 %)Citrix Consultant
11 (25.00 %)Web Architect
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)EPoS
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
11 (25.00 %)Document Management
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)ISEB
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Xen
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Citrix
11 (25.00 %)Retalix