West Midlands Retail Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail' in contract IT jobs within the West Midlands region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Retailing
Location Amersham Andover Ascot Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Cheshire Chester City of London Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Dartford Docklands, London Dorset Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Huddersfield Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Preston Pudsey Reading Reigate Rickmansworth Rochdale Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Stevenage Stockport Street Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Ware Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weymouth Wiltshire Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	85	30
Rank change on same period last year	-55
Matching contract IT job ads	37	127
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.049 %	0.129 %
As % of the category below	3.053 %	10.69 %
Daily rates quoted	12	50
Average minimum daily rate	£270	£386
Average daily rate	£301	£410
% change on same period last year	-26.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£332	£435
UK excluding London average daily rate	£412	£382
% change on same period last year	+7.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	£16.67
Average hourly rate	£37.50	£17.17
% change on same period last year	+118.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£17.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.57	£19.04
% change on same period last year	+44.85 %
General West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1212	1188
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.613 %	1.204 %
Daily rates quoted	324	290
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£336
Average daily rate	£359	£359
% change on same period last year	+0.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£382	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	83	90
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.01	£22.32
Average hourly rate	£27.00	£24.00
% change on same period last year	+12.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.98	£25.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.83	£27.05
% change on same period last year	-0.80 %
Retail England

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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Retail
Daily Rate Trend

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

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Retail
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Retail across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Retail
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Birmingham	-14	18	£300	-21.09 %
Coventry	-17	5	£300	-37.93 %
Warwickshire	-	3	£288	-
Worcestershire	+2	3	£283	-
Herefordshire	+4	2	£425	-
Shropshire	-8	2	-	-

Retail England

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 22 (22.68 %) Banking 2 20 (20.62 %) Finance 3 19 (19.59 %) SQL 4 15 (15.46 %) SQL Server 5 14 (14.43 %) SQL Server 2005 6 13 (13.40 %) ASP 7 12 (12.37 %) HTML 7 12 (12.37 %) JavaScript 7 12 (12.37 %) Internet 7 12 (12.37 %) Business Analysis 8 11 (11.34 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 11 (11.34 %) XML 9 10 (10.31 %) Project Management 10 9 (9.278 %) E-Commerce 10 9 (9.278 %) Microsoft

10 9 (9.278 %) C# 10 9 (9.278 %) .NET 10 9 (9.278 %) Retail Banking 11 8 (8.247 %) ASP.NET 11 8 (8.247 %) SAP 11 8 (8.247 %) SQL Server 7 11 8 (8.247 %) SQL Server 2000 12 7 (7.216 %) CSS 12 7 (7.216 %) Oracle 12 7 (7.216 %) MS Excel 13 6 (6.186 %) ISEB 13 6 (6.186 %) Photoshop 14 5 (5.155 %) UNIX 14 5 (5.155 %) Transact-SQL 14 5 (5.155 %) VB

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 13 (13.40 %) ASP 2 12 (12.37 %) HTML 3 11 (11.34 %) XML 4 9 (9.278 %) .NET 5 8 (8.247 %) ASP.NET 6 7 (7.216 %) CSS 7 3 (3.093 %) WebSphere 8 2 (2.062 %) .NET Framework 8 2 (2.062 %) MDX 8 2 (2.062 %) JSP 8 2 (2.062 %) EJB 8 2 (2.062 %) J2EE 9 1 (1.031 %) Servlets 9 1 (1.031 %) JDBC 9 1 (1.031 %) Swing 9 1 (1.031 %) XHTML 9 1 (1.031 %) SAP XI 9 1 (1.031 %) SAP BSP 9 1 (1.031 %) AJAX 9 1 (1.031 %) Ruby on Rails	Application Platforms 1 2 (2.062 %) SharePoint 1 2 (2.062 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 1 (1.031 %) Apache 2 1 (1.031 %) SAS 2 1 (1.031 %) CMS
Applications 1 7 (7.216 %) MS Excel 2 6 (6.186 %) Photoshop 3 5 (5.155 %) 3ds Max 4 3 (3.093 %) CA Clarity 5 2 (2.062 %) Spreadsheet 5 2 (2.062 %) MS Office 6 1 (1.031 %) MS Project 6 1 (1.031 %) ImageReady 6 1 (1.031 %) Fireworks	Business Applications 1 4 (4.124 %) SAP SD 2 2 (2.062 %) SAP FI 2 2 (2.062 %) SAP FI/CO 2 2 (2.062 %) SAP CO 3 1 (1.031 %) SAP Retail 3 1 (1.031 %) SAP PS
Communications & Networking 1 12 (12.37 %) Internet 2 5 (5.155 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (15.46 %) SQL Server 2 14 (14.43 %) SQL Server 2005 3 8 (8.247 %) SQL Server 7 3 8 (8.247 %) SQL Server 2000 4 5 (5.155 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 3 (3.093 %) Oracle Reports 5 3 (3.093 %) DTS 5 3 (3.093 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 5 3 (3.093 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 6 1 (1.031 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 1 (1.031 %) BODI 6 1 (1.031 %) SAS Enterprise Guide 6 1 (1.031 %) ETL 6 1 (1.031 %) BusinessObjects 6 1 (1.031 %) ReportNet 6 1 (1.031 %) Datawarehouse
Development Applications 1 5 (5.155 %) Flash 1 5 (5.155 %) ClearCase 1 5 (5.155 %) ClearQuest 2 3 (3.093 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 22 (22.68 %) Banking 2 20 (20.62 %) Finance 3 9 (9.278 %) Retail Banking 4 5 (5.155 %) Back Office 5 4 (4.124 %) International Banking 6 3 (3.093 %) General Ledger 7 2 (2.062 %) Marketing 7 2 (2.062 %) Telecoms 7 2 (2.062 %) Billing 7 2 (2.062 %) Automotive 7 2 (2.062 %) Government 8 1 (1.031 %) Health 8 1 (1.031 %) Manufacturing 8 1 (1.031 %) Pharmaceutical 8 1 (1.031 %) Corporate Banking
Job Titles 1 27 (27.84 %) Analyst 2 21 (21.65 %) Developer 3 18 (18.56 %) Business Analyst 4 11 (11.34 %) Consultant 5 10 (10.31 %) Project Manager 6 8 (8.247 %) Test Analyst 7 7 (7.216 %) .NET Developer 8 6 (6.186 %) SAP Consultant 9 5 (5.155 %) PHP Developer 10 4 (4.124 %) SAP Retail Consultant 10 4 (4.124 %) SAP IS-Retail Consultant 10 4 (4.124 %) C# Developer 10 4 (4.124 %) SAP SD Consultant 10 4 (4.124 %) Java Developer 11 3 (3.093 %) Applications Support 11 3 (3.093 %) ASP.NET Developer 11 3 (3.093 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 11 3 (3.093 %) UNIX Support 11 3 (3.093 %) SQL Developer 11 3 (3.093 %) SQL Server Developer	Miscellaneous 1 4 (4.124 %) EPoS 2 3 (3.093 %) AS400 3 2 (2.062 %) Equities 4 1 (1.031 %) Tandem 4 1 (1.031 %) PDA 4 1 (1.031 %) Computer Science 4 1 (1.031 %) Chip and PIN 4 1 (1.031 %) W3C
Operating Systems 1 5 (5.155 %) UNIX 2 1 (1.031 %) Windows 2 1 (1.031 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (12.37 %) Business Analysis 2 11 (11.34 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 10 (10.31 %) Project Management 4 9 (9.278 %) E-Commerce 5 5 (5.155 %) CRM 5 5 (5.155 %) Change Management 5 5 (5.155 %) Test Scripting 6 4 (4.124 %) Integration Testing 6 4 (4.124 %) System Testing 6 4 (4.124 %) BPR 6 4 (4.124 %) Stakeholder Management 7 3 (3.093 %) Risk Management 7 3 (3.093 %) Document Management 7 3 (3.093 %) Logistics 7 3 (3.093 %) Supply Chain Management 7 3 (3.093 %) Incident Management 7 3 (3.093 %) Business Intelligence 7 3 (3.093 %) PRINCE2 7 3 (3.093 %) RDF 8 2 (2.062 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 19 (19.59 %) SQL 2 12 (12.37 %) JavaScript 3 9 (9.278 %) C# 4 5 (5.155 %) Java 4 5 (5.155 %) PHP 4 5 (5.155 %) PL/SQL 4 5 (5.155 %) Transact-SQL 4 5 (5.155 %) VB 4 5 (5.155 %) Shell Script 5 2 (2.062 %) ABAP 5 2 (2.062 %) RPG 6 1 (1.031 %) C 6 1 (1.031 %) C++ 6 1 (1.031 %) Ruby	Qualifications 1 6 (6.186 %) ISEB 2 2 (2.062 %) Degree 3 1 (1.031 %) Citrix Certification 3 1 (1.031 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (1.031 %) RHCE 3 1 (1.031 %) PMP 3 1 (1.031 %) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.031 %) Basel II	System Software 1 1 (1.031 %) VMware ESX 1 1 (1.031 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 3 (3.093 %) Unicenter	Vendors 1 9 (9.278 %) Microsoft 2 8 (8.247 %) SAP 3 7 (7.216 %) Oracle 4 5 (5.155 %) Retek 5 4 (4.124 %) Cognos 5 4 (4.124 %) Teradata 6 3 (3.093 %) CA 7 1 (1.031 %) Google 7 1 (1.031 %) IBM 7 1 (1.031 %) Business Objects 7 1 (1.031 %) Red Hat 7 1 (1.031 %) VMware 7 1 (1.031 %) Adobe