The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Taunton 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 11 18 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing Retail 7 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 10.94% 3.333% -
As % of the General category 38.89% 22.22% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
Average daily rate £325 £441 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.26% -
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 £18.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +56.52%
All of the General Category
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
18 9 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 28.13% 15.00% 29.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 6
Average daily rate £325 £415 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.59% +18.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £349 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £386 £453 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Retail
Somerset

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton 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 Taunton region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 6 (54.55%) C#
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
1 6 (54.55%) .NET
1 6 (54.55%) ASP.NET
2 5 (45.45%) MVC
2 5 (45.45%) CSS
2 5 (45.45%) Web Services
2 5 (45.45%) HTML
2 5 (45.45%) Java
2 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
2 5 (45.45%) ASP
2 5 (45.45%) TDD
3 4 (36.36%) Spring
3 4 (36.36%) Spring MVC
3 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
4 3 (27.27%) JUnit
5 2 (18.18%) UML
5 2 (18.18%) J2EE
5 2 (18.18%) VB
5 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 2 (18.18%) Change Control
5 2 (18.18%) Product Management
5 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (18.18%) Web Development
5 2 (18.18%) Scrum
6 1 (9.091%) Zachman Framework

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 6 (54.55%) .NET
1 6 (54.55%) ASP.NET
2 5 (45.45%) CSS
2 5 (45.45%) Web Services
2 5 (45.45%) HTML
2 5 (45.45%) ASP
3 4 (36.36%) Spring
3 4 (36.36%) Spring MVC
4 2 (18.18%) J2EE
5 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (9.091%) WCF
5 1 (9.091%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JUnit
2 1 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Java Developer
2 4 (36.36%) .NET Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Classic ASP Developer
3 2 (18.18%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (18.18%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (18.18%) C# Developer
3 2 (18.18%) ASP Developer
3 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Web Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) EPoS
1 1 (9.091%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Solaris
1 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) MVC
1 5 (45.45%) TDD
2 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (18.18%) UML
3 2 (18.18%) Change Management
3 2 (18.18%) Change Control
3 2 (18.18%) Product Management
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Web Development
3 2 (18.18%) Scrum
4 1 (9.091%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (9.091%) TOGAF
4 1 (9.091%) Resource Management
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (9.091%) MODAF
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Time Management
4 1 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (9.091%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C#
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) Java
2 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
1 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) BC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.091%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Sun
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle