The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 29 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing Retail 1 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 0.667% 2.024% -
As % of the General category 4.167% 7.576% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £300 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
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
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
24 66 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 16.00% 26.72% 27.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 32 24
Average daily rate £430 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £275 £164
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
Average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +59.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Retail
East of England

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 23 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
Ipswich +4 1 £300 -33.33%
Retail
East of England

Retail
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce.com
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Services Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce.com