The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 24 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 Surrey 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 65 67 37
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -30
Contract jobs citing Retail 15 28 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 1.301% 1.738% 3.865%
As % of the General category 3.268% 5.714% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 44
Average daily rate £425 £425 £401
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +5.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £325 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £461 £588 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 £24.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% -
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
459 490 693
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 39.81% 30.42% 37.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 293 357
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 38 26
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £14.40 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.86 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Retail
South East

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 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
Woking +6 2 - -
Guildford -10 1 - -
Redhill - 1 £351 -
Whyteleafe - 1 - -
Retail
South East

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 11 (28.21%) Finance
2 7 (17.95%) Project Management
2 7 (17.95%) PRINCE2
2 7 (17.95%) E-Commerce
2 7 (17.95%) Asset Management
3 6 (15.38%) Business Analysis
3 6 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 6 (15.38%) SAP
3 6 (15.38%) Java
4 5 (12.82%) ERP
4 5 (12.82%) E-Procurement
4 5 (12.82%) SAP EP
4 5 (12.82%) SAP ALE
4 5 (12.82%) Degree
5 4 (10.26%) WebSphere
5 4 (10.26%) Korean Language
5 4 (10.26%) Logistics
5 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (10.26%) Portfolio Management
6 3 (7.692%) ITIL
6 3 (7.692%) ISEB
6 3 (7.692%) SQL
6 3 (7.692%) Windows
6 3 (7.692%) Workflow
6 3 (7.692%) Programme Management
6 3 (7.692%) Systems Analysis
6 3 (7.692%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 3 (7.692%) Resource Management
6 3 (7.692%) Test Scripting

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 Development
1 5 (12.82%) SAP ALE
2 4 (10.26%) WebSphere
3 2 (5.128%) .NET
4 1 (2.564%) Middleware
4 1 (2.564%) J2EE
4 1 (2.564%) ASP
4 1 (2.564%) EJB
4 1 (2.564%) Web Services
4 1 (2.564%) XML
4 1 (2.564%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.82%) SAP EP
2 2 (5.128%) CMS
3 1 (2.564%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (2.564%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (2.564%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.564%) MS Exchange
3 1 (2.564%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (2.564%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 2 (5.128%) MS Project
1 2 (5.128%) MS Office
1 2 (5.128%) Google Apps
2 1 (2.564%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.564%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.128%) LAN
1 2 (5.128%) WAN
2 1 (2.564%) HTTP
2 1 (2.564%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.564%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (2.564%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.564%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 1 (2.564%) RequisitePro
1 1 (2.564%) ClearCase
1 1 (2.564%) Ant
General
1 11 (28.21%) Finance
2 6 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 4 (10.26%) Korean Language
4 2 (5.128%) Retail Banking
4 2 (5.128%) Banking
4 2 (5.128%) Law
5 1 (2.564%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.564%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.564%) Publishing
5 1 (2.564%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 14 (35.90%) Analyst
2 10 (25.64%) Business Analyst
3 7 (17.95%) Project Manager
4 5 (12.82%) Consultant
4 5 (12.82%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (7.692%) Junior SAP Consultant
5 3 (7.692%) Junior
5 3 (7.692%) Junior Consultant
5 3 (7.692%) SAP EP Consultant
6 2 (5.128%) Financial Services Business Analyst
6 2 (5.128%) Banking Business Analyst
6 2 (5.128%) Enterprise Consultant
6 2 (5.128%) Financial Business Analyst
6 2 (5.128%) SAP Portals Consultant
6 2 (5.128%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (5.128%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (5.128%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.128%) Field Engineer
6 2 (5.128%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.128%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.564%) Mobile App
1 1 (2.564%) SaaS
1 1 (2.564%) iPhone
1 1 (2.564%) Blackberry
1 1 (2.564%) Client/Server
1 1 (2.564%) E-Learning
1 1 (2.564%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.692%) Windows
2 1 (2.564%) Android
2 1 (2.564%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.95%) Project Management
1 7 (17.95%) PRINCE2
1 7 (17.95%) E-Commerce
1 7 (17.95%) Asset Management
2 6 (15.38%) Business Analysis
3 5 (12.82%) ERP
3 5 (12.82%) E-Procurement
4 4 (10.26%) Logistics
4 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (10.26%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (7.692%) ITIL
5 3 (7.692%) Workflow
5 3 (7.692%) Programme Management
5 3 (7.692%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (7.692%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 3 (7.692%) Resource Management
5 3 (7.692%) Test Scripting
5 3 (7.692%) Investment Management
6 2 (5.128%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.38%) Java
2 3 (7.692%) SQL
3 1 (2.564%) NATURAL
3 1 (2.564%) VB
3 1 (2.564%) VB.NET
3 1 (2.564%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.564%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Degree
2 3 (7.692%) ISEB
3 2 (5.128%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (2.564%) Sun Certification
4 1 (2.564%) SCJP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.564%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 2 (5.128%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.564%) XenApp
2 1 (2.564%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.564%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) SAP
2 2 (5.128%) Oracle
2 2 (5.128%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.564%) Sun
3 1 (2.564%) IBM
3 1 (2.564%) Citrix
3 1 (2.564%) Siemens
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Posted: 24 May 2013