The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 22 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 Swindon 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 8 13 20
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +7
Contract jobs citing Retail 40 30 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 13.70% 8.219% 5.380%
As % of the General category 24.69% 16.57% 9.239%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 30 16
Average daily rate £358 £355 £364
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.70% -2.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £320 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £519 £471 £458
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
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
162 181 184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 55.48% 49.59% 58.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 153 109
Average daily rate £410 £384 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.84% -9.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £301 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £512 £525 £504
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 14
Average hourly rate £13.50 £32.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-58.46% +12.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £32.50 £11.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.80 £32.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Retail
Wiltshire

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 71 (93.42%) Finance
2 68 (89.47%) Banking
3 63 (82.89%) Retail Banking
4 42 (55.26%) Microsoft
5 39 (51.32%) Change Management
6 33 (43.42%) MS Project
7 22 (28.95%) Change Control
8 17 (22.37%) PRINCE2
9 14 (18.42%) HP
9 14 (18.42%) ISEB
9 14 (18.42%) User Acceptance Testing
9 14 (18.42%) HP Quality Center
10 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (13.16%) Business Transformation
11 8 (10.53%) Marketing
12 6 (7.895%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (7.895%) PRINCE
13 5 (6.579%) SQL Server
13 5 (6.579%) Project Planning
14 4 (5.263%) Web Analytics
14 4 (5.263%) Information Management
14 4 (5.263%) Performance Testing
14 4 (5.263%) Programme Management
14 4 (5.263%) WinRunner
14 4 (5.263%) LoadRunner
14 4 (5.263%) BPR
14 4 (5.263%) Analytics
15 3 (3.947%) Internet
15 3 (3.947%) .NET
15 3 (3.947%) SAS

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 3 (3.947%) .NET
1 3 (3.947%) ASP.NET
1 3 (3.947%) CSS
1 3 (3.947%) Web Services
1 3 (3.947%) XML
1 3 (3.947%) XSLT
1 3 (3.947%) HTML
1 3 (3.947%) jQuery
1 3 (3.947%) WCF
1 3 (3.947%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 3 (3.947%) JSON
1 3 (3.947%) Ajax
1 3 (3.947%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.632%) Silverlight
3 1 (1.316%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.947%) SAS
Applications
1 33 (43.42%) MS Project
2 1 (1.316%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.316%) PeopleSoft Financials
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.947%) Internet
2 1 (1.316%) Intranet
2 1 (1.316%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.579%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.316%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.316%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.263%) WinRunner
1 4 (5.263%) LoadRunner
2 3 (3.947%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.316%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (93.42%) Finance
2 68 (89.47%) Banking
3 63 (82.89%) Retail Banking
4 8 (10.53%) Marketing
5 2 (2.632%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 40 (52.63%) Analyst
2 25 (32.89%) PMO Analyst
3 23 (30.26%) Programme Office Analyst
3 23 (30.26%) Programme Analyst
4 10 (13.16%) UAT Test Analyst
4 10 (13.16%) UAT Analyst
4 10 (13.16%) Test Analyst
4 10 (13.16%) Tester
5 9 (11.84%) Project Manager
5 9 (11.84%) UAT Tester
6 6 (7.895%) Junior
6 6 (7.895%) Architect
7 5 (6.579%) Project Planner
7 5 (6.579%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (5.263%) Junior Analyst
8 4 (5.263%) Lead Architect
8 4 (5.263%) Test Manager
8 4 (5.263%) Developer
8 4 (5.263%) Senior Programme Office Analyst
8 4 (5.263%) Senior Programme Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.947%) Mainframe
2 2 (2.632%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.316%) Online Banking
3 1 (1.316%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.316%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (51.32%) Change Management
2 22 (28.95%) Change Control
3 17 (22.37%) PRINCE2
4 14 (18.42%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (13.16%) Business Transformation
6 6 (7.895%) PRINCE
7 5 (6.579%) Project Planning
8 4 (5.263%) Web Analytics
8 4 (5.263%) Information Management
8 4 (5.263%) Performance Testing
8 4 (5.263%) Programme Management
8 4 (5.263%) BPR
8 4 (5.263%) Analytics
9 3 (3.947%) Scrum
9 3 (3.947%) Unit Testing
9 3 (3.947%) Product Marketing
9 3 (3.947%) Content Management
9 3 (3.947%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (3.947%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.947%) C#
1 3 (3.947%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.632%) SQL
3 1 (1.316%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 14 (18.42%) ISEB
2 6 (7.895%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (2.632%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.632%) Basel II
1 2 (2.632%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.316%) Basel III
Systems Management
1 14 (18.42%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 42 (55.26%) Microsoft
2 14 (18.42%) HP
3 1 (1.316%) Niku
3 1 (1.316%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (1.316%) SAP
3 1 (1.316%) ICL
Swindon, Wiltshire
Key skills required are project governance, programme governance, project communication, liaising with senior managers, maintaining plans in Microsoft Project, maintaining & monitoring RAID Logs - Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies.....
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Rate: £300 - £335 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013