The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 20 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 Yorkshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 16 6 7
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +1
Contract jobs citing Retail 150 289 189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 7.953% 12.58% 10.64%
As % of the General category 26.18% 32.33% 26.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 185 109
Average daily rate £365 £378 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.43% -5.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £275 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £506 £513 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £6.50 £14.00 £8.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.57% +75.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+18.42% +65.21%
All of the General Category
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
573 894 707
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 30.38% 38.90% 39.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 555 360
Average daily rate £350 £378 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% -2.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £265 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 22
Average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.57% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.19 £10.50 £10.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.10 £50.00 £30.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Retail
England

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
West Yorkshire -6 136 £365 -2.66%
South Yorkshire -7 5 £550 +29.41%
North Yorkshire -1 3 £388 +14.81%
Retail
England

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 116 (34.94%) Banking
2 109 (32.83%) Finance
3 86 (25.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 69 (20.78%) Retail Banking
5 61 (18.37%) Oracle
6 55 (16.57%) E-Commerce
7 53 (15.96%) Project Management
8 38 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
9 32 (9.639%) Data Warehouse
10 31 (9.337%) User Acceptance Testing
11 29 (8.735%) SQL
12 27 (8.133%) PRINCE2
13 24 (7.229%) UNIX
13 24 (7.229%) MS Excel
14 23 (6.928%) Oracle 8/8i
14 23 (6.928%) Oracle 11g
15 22 (6.627%) Linux
15 22 (6.627%) Data Modelling
15 22 (6.627%) Change Management
16 19 (5.723%) Content Management
16 19 (5.723%) SQL Server
16 19 (5.723%) Enterprise Architecture
17 18 (5.422%) WebSphere
17 18 (5.422%) Business Analysis
17 18 (5.422%) MS Project
17 18 (5.422%) ETL
17 18 (5.422%) Windows
17 18 (5.422%) Microsoft
18 17 (5.120%) SOA
18 17 (5.120%) SQL Server 2008

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 18 (5.422%) WebSphere
2 12 (3.614%) Middleware
3 8 (2.410%) .NET
4 6 (1.807%) J2EE
5 5 (1.506%) JMS
6 4 (1.205%) JDBC
6 4 (1.205%) HTML
7 3 (0.904%) XML
7 3 (0.904%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.602%) SOAP
8 2 (0.602%) Web Services
8 2 (0.602%) LAMP
8 2 (0.602%) Java EE
8 2 (0.602%) RESTful
8 2 (0.602%) REST
8 2 (0.602%) MDX
9 1 (0.301%) Zend Framework
9 1 (0.301%) jQuery
9 1 (0.301%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.301%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 11 (3.313%) SAS
2 9 (2.711%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (2.108%) FileNet
4 6 (1.807%) WebLogic
5 5 (1.506%) IIS
5 5 (1.506%) Oracle Service Bus
6 4 (1.205%) IBM HTTP Server
6 4 (1.205%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.205%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.904%) Commerce Server
7 3 (0.904%) AquaLogic
7 3 (0.904%) ESB
7 3 (0.904%) AquaLogic Service Bus
8 2 (0.602%) CICS
8 2 (0.602%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.602%) ActiveMQ
8 2 (0.602%) GlassFish
8 2 (0.602%) Magento
8 2 (0.602%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.301%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 24 (7.229%) MS Excel
2 18 (5.422%) MS Project
3 16 (4.819%) MS Office
4 11 (3.313%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (0.904%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.301%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.301%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (3.916%) Oracle Retail
2 7 (2.108%) FileNet Content Manager
3 2 (0.602%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.602%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (0.602%) SAP HR
3 2 (0.602%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.602%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.301%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.301%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.301%) Oracle ASCP
4 1 (0.301%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.301%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.301%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.410%) HTTP
2 4 (1.205%) Internet
2 4 (1.205%) FTP
3 3 (0.904%) ATM
4 2 (0.602%) SAN
5 1 (0.301%) Intranet
5 1 (0.301%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.301%) Broadband
5 1 (0.301%) LAN
5 1 (0.301%) SMS
5 1 (0.301%) WAN
5 1 (0.301%) Extranet
5 1 (0.301%) NFC
5 1 (0.301%) NAS
5 1 (0.301%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.639%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (6.928%) Oracle 8/8i
2 23 (6.928%) Oracle 11g
3 19 (5.723%) SQL Server
4 17 (5.120%) SQL Server 2008
5 16 (4.819%) Oracle 10g
6 13 (3.916%) Oracle 9i
7 11 (3.313%) Oracle BI EE
8 9 (2.711%) SQL Server 2005
9 6 (1.807%) Oracle OWB
9 6 (1.807%) DB2
10 5 (1.506%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.904%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.904%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.602%) SQL Server 2000
12 2 (0.602%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.602%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 1 (0.301%) Base SAS
13 1 (0.301%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.301%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.602%) Visual Studio
1 2 (0.602%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (0.602%) JDeveloper
2 1 (0.301%) WinRunner
2 1 (0.301%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (0.301%) Selenium
2 1 (0.301%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.301%) Ant
General
1 116 (34.94%) Banking
2 109 (32.83%) Finance
3 69 (20.78%) Retail Banking
4 15 (4.518%) Manufacturing
5 10 (3.012%) Telecoms
6 5 (1.506%) Legal
6 5 (1.506%) Front Office
6 5 (1.506%) Marketing
6 5 (1.506%) Games
7 3 (0.904%) Back Office
8 2 (0.602%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.602%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.301%) Billing
9 1 (0.301%) Law
9 1 (0.301%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 93 (28.01%) Analyst
2 54 (16.27%) Project Manager
3 51 (15.36%) Architect
4 48 (14.46%) Business Analyst
5 32 (9.639%) Solutions Architect
6 20 (6.024%) Test Analyst
7 13 (3.916%) Programme Manager
8 12 (3.614%) Test Manager
8 12 (3.614%) Developer
8 12 (3.614%) DBA
8 12 (3.614%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (3.012%) Administrator
10 9 (2.711%) Oracle DBA
11 7 (2.108%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.108%) Consultant
11 7 (2.108%) Test Leader
11 7 (2.108%) Content Manager
12 6 (1.807%) Operations Support Analyst
12 6 (1.807%) Technical Architect
12 6 (1.807%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.410%) Management Information System
2 6 (1.807%) Data Integration
3 5 (1.506%) Credit Risk
4 3 (0.904%) Copywriting
4 3 (0.904%) Computer Science
4 3 (0.904%) FMCG
4 3 (0.904%) EPoS
4 3 (0.904%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.602%) PMI
5 2 (0.602%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.301%) NHS
6 1 (0.301%) Clustering
6 1 (0.301%) E-Learning
6 1 (0.301%) Online Banking
6 1 (0.301%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.301%) DataPower
6 1 (0.301%) Open Source
6 1 (0.301%) Social Media
6 1 (0.301%) IaaS
6 1 (0.301%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.229%) UNIX
2 22 (6.627%) Linux
3 18 (5.422%) Windows
4 6 (1.807%) Solaris
5 5 (1.506%) HPUX
6 4 (1.205%) AIX
7 3 (0.904%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.602%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.301%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (25.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (16.57%) E-Commerce
3 53 (15.96%) Project Management
4 38 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
5 31 (9.337%) User Acceptance Testing
6 27 (8.133%) PRINCE2
7 22 (6.627%) Data Modelling
7 22 (6.627%) Change Management
8 19 (5.723%) Content Management
8 19 (5.723%) Enterprise Architecture
9 18 (5.422%) Business Analysis
9 18 (5.422%) ETL
10 17 (5.120%) SOA
11 16 (4.819%) Migration
12 13 (3.916%) UML
12 13 (3.916%) Software Testing
12 13 (3.916%) Use Case
13 11 (3.313%) ITIL
14 10 (3.012%) Test Scripting
14 10 (3.012%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (8.735%) SQL
2 12 (3.614%) Java
3 6 (1.807%) C#
3 6 (1.807%) Perl
3 6 (1.807%) PL/SQL
3 6 (1.807%) Bash shell
4 4 (1.205%) PHP
5 3 (0.904%) COBOL
5 3 (0.904%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.904%) VBA
5 3 (0.904%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.602%) C
7 1 (0.301%) VBScript
7 1 (0.301%) VB
7 1 (0.301%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.301%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.301%) JCL
Qualifications
1 14 (4.217%) ISEB
2 11 (3.313%) ISTQB
3 7 (2.108%) IBM Certification
4 6 (1.807%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (1.506%) Degree
5 5 (1.506%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.506%) APMP
6 4 (1.205%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.205%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.904%) PMP
8 1 (0.301%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.301%) ACCA
8 1 (0.301%) CIMA
8 1 (0.301%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (0.301%) MCTS
8 1 (0.301%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.012%) QA
2 5 (1.506%) SLA
3 3 (0.904%) FATCA
3 3 (0.904%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.602%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.301%) Basel II
System Software
1 10 (3.012%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (0.904%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.904%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.602%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.301%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.301%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (3.012%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.904%) Data Guard
2 3 (0.904%) Tivoli
3 2 (0.602%) OpenView
3 2 (0.602%) SCCM
3 2 (0.602%) CA Wily
4 1 (0.301%) MOM
Vendors
1 61 (18.37%) Oracle
2 18 (5.422%) Microsoft
3 16 (4.819%) IBM
4 15 (4.518%) Endeca
5 14 (4.217%) Informatica
6 9 (2.711%) HP
7 6 (1.807%) RedPrairie
8 5 (1.506%) SAP
9 4 (1.205%) TIBCO
9 4 (1.205%) Pega
10 3 (0.904%) VMware
10 3 (0.904%) Teradata
11 2 (0.602%) Manugistics
11 2 (0.602%) Sun
12 1 (0.301%) Cisco
12 1 (0.301%) PeopleSoft
12 1 (0.301%) Retek
12 1 (0.301%) Lotus
12 1 (0.301%) Omniture
12 1 (0.301%) Micro Focus
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