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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail' in contract IT jobs within the Thames Valley region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetailing
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3448
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads718
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.019 %
As % of the category below4.242 %5.980 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£301
Average daily rate-£301
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£301
UK excluding London average daily rate£402£379
% change on same period last year+6.32 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£8.00
Average hourly rate-£9.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.11£21.42
% change on same period last year+21.88 %
General Thames ValleyGeneral
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads165301
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.218 %0.319 %
Daily rates quoted2646
Average minimum daily rate£320£368
Average daily rate£341£379
% change on same period last year-10.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£391
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£372
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted1514
Average minimum hourly rate£27.53£33.24
Average hourly rate£30.97£34.06
% change on same period last year-9.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.41£34.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.47£27.20
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Retail South EastRetail
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Retail
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Retail across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Thames Valley Retail Demand Trend

Retail
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Retail across the Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Retail Daily Rate Trend

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Retail across the Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

15 (33.33 %)SAP
24 (26.67 %)Billing
33 (20.00 %)Telecoms
42 (13.33 %)CRM
42 (13.33 %)Project Management
42 (13.33 %)ERP
42 (13.33 %)EPoS
42 (13.33 %)Banking
42 (13.33 %)SAP CRM
42 (13.33 %)SAP Retail
42 (13.33 %)Retail Banking
51 (6.667 %)FMCG
51 (6.667 %)Hibernate
51 (6.667 %)SAP XI
51 (6.667 %)Teradata
51 (6.667 %)Spring
51 (6.667 %)SAP BW
51 (6.667 %)SAP SD
51 (6.667 %)SAP R/3
51 (6.667 %)Six Sigma
51 (6.667 %)ATM
51 (6.667 %)SAP Certification
51 (6.667 %)PMP
51 (6.667 %)PMI Certification
51 (6.667 %)Retek
51 (6.667 %)Struts
51 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
51 (6.667 %)Windows
51 (6.667 %)Java
51 (6.667 %)SQL

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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
11 (6.667 %)J2EE
11 (6.667 %)Struts
11 (6.667 %)Hibernate
11 (6.667 %)SAP XI
11 (6.667 %)Spring
Business Applications
12 (13.33 %)SAP CRM
12 (13.33 %)SAP Retail
21 (6.667 %)SAP SD
21 (6.667 %)SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (6.667 %)SAP BW
General
14 (26.67 %)Billing
23 (20.00 %)Telecoms
32 (13.33 %)Retail Banking
32 (13.33 %)Banking
41 (6.667 %)FMCG
41 (6.667 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
15 (33.33 %)Analyst
15 (33.33 %)Business Analyst
22 (13.33 %)Developer
22 (13.33 %)Project Manager
22 (13.33 %)Consultant
22 (13.33 %)SAP Consultant
31 (6.667 %)CRM Project Manager
31 (6.667 %)CRM Consultant
31 (6.667 %)SAP Manager
31 (6.667 %)Java/J2EE Developer
31 (6.667 %)Deployment Project Manager
31 (6.667 %)CRM Manager
31 (6.667 %)SAP IS-U Consultant
31 (6.667 %)SAP ISU Consultant
31 (6.667 %)Account Manager
31 (6.667 %)Business Process Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Systems Support
31 (6.667 %)Support Specialist
31 (6.667 %)Process Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Service Manager
Miscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)EPoS
21 (6.667 %)AS400
Operating Systems
11 (6.667 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
12 (13.33 %)CRM
12 (13.33 %)ERP
12 (13.33 %)Project Management
21 (6.667 %)Change Management
21 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
21 (6.667 %)Six Sigma
21 (6.667 %)E-Commerce
Programming Languages
11 (6.667 %)Java
11 (6.667 %)SQL
11 (6.667 %)ABAP
Qualifications
11 (6.667 %)SAP Certification
11 (6.667 %)PMP
11 (6.667 %)PMI Certification
Vendors
15 (33.33 %)SAP
21 (6.667 %)Retek
21 (6.667 %)Teradata
21 (6.667 %)Oracle
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