The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Stevenage region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 23 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 Stevenage 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Retail 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage - - -
As % of the General category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Stevenage
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
21 13 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 60.00% 21.31% 16.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £263 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 9
Average hourly rate £40.50 £41.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.81% +17.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Retail
Hertfordshire

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Retail Daily Rate Trend

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Retalix
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) Software Distribution
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) VBScript
3 1 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) MCTS
3 1 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VBScript
1 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCTS
1 1 (33.33%) MCITP
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Retalix
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft