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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail' in IT jobs within the Bedford region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetailing
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank50-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.549 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£75,000-
Average salary£75,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£75,000-
UK excluding London average salary£47,756£44,444
% change on same period last year+7.45 %
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads182107
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.105 %0.046 %
Salaries quoted17090
Average minimum salary£31,330£35,803
Average salary£34,466£37,496
% change on same period last year-8.08 %
Average maximum salary£37,602£39,190
UK excluding London average salary£41,278£41,791
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Retail BedfordshireRetail
Bedfordshire

Retail
Demand Trend

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

Bedford Retail Demand Trend

Retail
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Retail across the Bedford region.

Bedford Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Retail.

13 (42.86 %)Insurance
13 (42.86 %)Pensions
22 (28.57 %)SQL Server
22 (28.57 %)Microsoft
22 (28.57 %)EPoS
31 (14.29 %)Middleware
31 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
31 (14.29 %)EMC
31 (14.29 %)SAN
31 (14.29 %)SAP
31 (14.29 %)Windows
31 (14.29 %)Linux
31 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
31 (14.29 %)IBM
31 (14.29 %)SQL
31 (14.29 %)VB.NET
31 (14.29 %).NET
31 (14.29 %)Oracle
31 (14.29 %)Content Management
31 (14.29 %)Information Management
31 (14.29 %)Automated Testing
31 (14.29 %)VMware
31 (14.29 %)QA
31 (14.29 %)FMCG
31 (14.29 %)Technical Architecture
31 (14.29 %)SAP Retail

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Retail. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %).NET
11 (14.29 %)Middleware
Bedford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (14.29 %)SAP Retail
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)SAN
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)SQL Server
21 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (42.86 %)Insurance
13 (42.86 %)Pensions
21 (14.29 %)FMCG
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Systems Manager
13 (42.86 %)Software Manager
22 (28.57 %)Hardware Engineer
22 (28.57 %)Field Service Engineer
22 (28.57 %)Field Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Test Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Architect
31 (14.29 %)Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Test Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Technical Architect
31 (14.29 %)Enterprise Architect
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (28.57 %)EPoS
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Windows
11 (14.29 %)Linux
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
11 (14.29 %)Content Management
11 (14.29 %)Information Management
11 (14.29 %)Automated Testing
11 (14.29 %)Technical Architecture
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)SQL
11 (14.29 %)VB.NET
Bedford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (14.29 %)QA
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)Microsoft
21 (14.29 %)EMC
21 (14.29 %)VMware
21 (14.29 %)Oracle
21 (14.29 %)SAP
21 (14.29 %)IBM