The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 17 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 20 28 52
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +24
Permanent jobs citing Retail 144 87 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 8.592% 5.988% 3.158%
As % of the General category 20.37% 16.38% 10.37%
Number of salaries quoted 110 64 34
Average salary £57,500 £52,500 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.52% +39.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £28,250 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £65,000 £68,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All of the General Category
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
707 531 405
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 42.18% 36.55% 30.45%
Number of salaries quoted 538 459 336
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Retail
West Midlands

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Retail Jobs Demand Trend

Retail
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Retail across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham Retail Salary Histogram

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 115 (53.49%) Finance
2 105 (48.84%) SAP
3 90 (41.86%) Manufacturing
4 87 (40.47%) Publishing
5 58 (26.98%) SQL
6 48 (22.33%) ABAP
6 48 (22.33%) Business Intelligence
7 38 (17.67%) CRM
8 36 (16.74%) SAP SD
8 36 (16.74%) SAP BW
9 34 (15.81%) .NET
10 33 (15.35%) SAP MM
11 32 (14.88%) SAP BI
12 31 (14.42%) SQL Server
13 30 (13.95%) Project Management
13 30 (13.95%) SAP BPC
14 29 (13.49%) Business Objects
15 28 (13.02%) SAP FI
15 28 (13.02%) SAP CO
15 28 (13.02%) SAP FI/CO
16 27 (12.56%) SAP CRM
17 26 (12.09%) E-Commerce
18 25 (11.63%) Logistics
19 22 (10.23%) General Ledger
19 22 (10.23%) Windows
19 22 (10.23%) BusinessObjects
20 21 (9.767%) ACCA
20 21 (9.767%) Stakeholder Management
20 21 (9.767%) CIMA
21 19 (8.837%) SAP Retail

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Development
1 34 (15.81%) .NET
2 16 (7.442%) ASP.NET
3 14 (6.512%) CSS
4 12 (5.581%) HTML
5 11 (5.116%) EDI
6 7 (3.256%) Web Dynpro
6 7 (3.256%) SAP ALE
6 7 (3.256%) MDX
6 7 (3.256%) WCF
7 6 (2.791%) SAP Smart Forms
7 6 (2.791%) BAPI
8 4 (1.860%) Middleware
8 4 (1.860%) XML
8 4 (1.860%) ASP.NET MVC
8 4 (1.860%) HTML5
9 3 (1.395%) Silverlight
9 3 (1.395%) jQuery
9 3 (1.395%) WebSphere
9 3 (1.395%) SAP Basis
9 3 (1.395%) OLE DB
Application Platforms
1 6 (2.791%) MS Exchange
2 3 (1.395%) NetWeaver
3 2 (0.930%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.930%) SAS
3 2 (0.930%) Drupal
3 2 (0.930%) Windows Azure
4 1 (0.465%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (0.465%) Commerce Server
4 1 (0.465%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.465%) IIS
4 1 (0.465%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (0.465%) Apache
4 1 (0.465%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (5.116%) MS Excel
2 7 (3.256%) PowerPivot
3 1 (0.465%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 36 (16.74%) SAP SD
2 33 (15.35%) SAP MM
3 30 (13.95%) SAP BPC
4 28 (13.02%) SAP FI/CO
4 28 (13.02%) SAP CO
4 28 (13.02%) SAP FI
5 27 (12.56%) SAP CRM
6 19 (8.837%) SAP Retail
7 18 (8.372%) SAP WM
7 18 (8.372%) SAP LE
8 16 (7.442%) SAP HR
9 15 (6.977%) SAP SRM
10 13 (6.047%) SAP FSCM
11 9 (4.186%) Oracle Financials
11 9 (4.186%) SAP APO
11 9 (4.186%) SAP PP
11 9 (4.186%) SAP QM
12 8 (3.721%) SAP FI-CA
12 8 (3.721%) SAP FI-GL
12 8 (3.721%) SAP FI-AA
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.326%) SAN
2 3 (1.395%) WAN
3 2 (0.930%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.930%) LAN
3 2 (0.930%) SSL
3 2 (0.930%) Firewall
4 1 (0.465%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.465%) MPLS
4 1 (0.465%) VPN
4 1 (0.465%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (16.74%) SAP BW
2 32 (14.88%) SAP BI
3 31 (14.42%) SQL Server
4 22 (10.23%) BusinessObjects
5 17 (7.907%) SAP HANA
6 16 (7.442%) SQL Server 2008
7 14 (6.512%) Xcelsius
7 14 (6.512%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 13 (6.047%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (6.047%) SQL Server 2012
9 12 (5.581%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (5.581%) Oracle Reports
10 8 (3.721%) Oracle Discoverer
11 7 (3.256%) ROLAP
11 7 (3.256%) MOLAP
11 7 (3.256%) HOLAP
11 7 (3.256%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (1.860%) Oracle 8/8i
13 3 (1.395%) SQL Server 2005
14 2 (0.930%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (3.721%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.395%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (0.930%) LSMW
4 1 (0.465%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.465%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.465%) Hudson
4 1 (0.465%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.465%) JBuilder
4 1 (0.465%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.465%) JDeveloper
4 1 (0.465%) ProC
General
1 115 (53.49%) Finance
2 90 (41.86%) Manufacturing
3 87 (40.47%) Publishing
4 22 (10.23%) General Ledger
5 11 (5.116%) Billing
6 10 (4.651%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.256%) Back Office
7 7 (3.256%) Banking
8 5 (2.326%) Marketing
9 3 (1.395%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.930%) Games
10 2 (0.930%) French Language
10 2 (0.930%) Local Government
10 2 (0.930%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.465%) German Language
11 1 (0.465%) Law
11 1 (0.465%) Legal
Job Titles
1 67 (31.16%) Consultant
2 64 (29.77%) SAP Consultant
3 40 (18.60%) Developer
4 31 (14.42%) Analyst
5 18 (8.372%) Architect
6 16 (7.442%) ABAP Developer
6 16 (7.442%) SAP Developer
7 13 (6.047%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 13 (6.047%) Project Manager
8 11 (5.116%) Business Analyst
9 10 (4.651%) SAP SD Consultant
9 10 (4.651%) Functional Analyst
9 10 (4.651%) Oracle Analyst
10 9 (4.186%) SAP PP Consultant
11 8 (3.721%) SAP BW Consultant
11 8 (3.721%) C# Developer
11 8 (3.721%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.721%) SAP Manager
11 8 (3.721%) SAP BPC Consultant
12 7 (3.256%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.977%) EPoS
2 4 (1.860%) Computer Science
2 4 (1.860%) Mobile App
3 2 (0.930%) AS400
3 2 (0.930%) Credit Risk
3 2 (0.930%) iSeries
3 2 (0.930%) Client/Server
3 2 (0.930%) Firmware
4 1 (0.465%) Blackberry
4 1 (0.465%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.465%) PMI
4 1 (0.465%) Life Science
4 1 (0.465%) IaaS
4 1 (0.465%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.23%) Windows
2 8 (3.721%) UNIX
3 7 (3.256%) Windows XP
3 7 (3.256%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (3.256%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (3.256%) Windows 7
4 6 (2.791%) Linux
5 5 (2.326%) HPUX
5 5 (2.326%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.930%) Windows Mobile
6 2 (0.930%) Android
6 2 (0.930%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (22.33%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (17.67%) CRM
3 30 (13.95%) Project Management
4 26 (12.09%) E-Commerce
5 25 (11.63%) Logistics
6 21 (9.767%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (6.512%) Supply Chain Management
8 13 (6.047%) ETL
9 12 (5.581%) Programme Management
10 10 (4.651%) Data Modelling
10 10 (4.651%) Service Delivery
10 10 (4.651%) Performance Management
11 9 (4.186%) Migration
12 8 (3.721%) Validation
12 8 (3.721%) Risk Management
12 8 (3.721%) PRINCE2
13 6 (2.791%) OO
13 6 (2.791%) Workflow
13 6 (2.791%) Capacity Planning
13 6 (2.791%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 58 (26.98%) SQL
2 48 (22.33%) ABAP
3 18 (8.372%) C#
4 16 (7.442%) T-SQL
5 13 (6.047%) JavaScript
6 11 (5.116%) Java
7 9 (4.186%) VB.NET
8 6 (2.791%) SAPscript
8 6 (2.791%) VB6
8 6 (2.791%) VB
9 3 (1.395%) C++
10 2 (0.930%) Perl
10 2 (0.930%) PHP
10 2 (0.930%) VBA
11 1 (0.465%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.465%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (9.767%) ACCA
1 21 (9.767%) CIMA
2 15 (6.977%) Degree
3 6 (2.791%) PMP
3 6 (2.791%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.930%) ISTQB
4 2 (0.930%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.465%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.581%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (2.326%) QA
3 1 (0.465%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (4.651%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.465%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 105 (48.84%) SAP
2 29 (13.49%) Business Objects
3 16 (7.442%) Microsoft
3 16 (7.442%) Oracle
4 9 (4.186%) IBM
5 8 (3.721%) Citrix
6 5 (2.326%) hybris
6 5 (2.326%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.326%) HP
7 4 (1.860%) RedPrairie
8 3 (1.395%) ATG
8 3 (1.395%) JBoss
9 2 (0.930%) JDA
9 2 (0.930%) Demandware
10 1 (0.465%) Lotus
10 1 (0.465%) Syclo
10 1 (0.465%) VMware
10 1 (0.465%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.465%) Cognos
10 1 (0.465%) Sybase
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You must have come from an Agile/eCommerce background and have good .Net 3.5. Net 4, ASP.Net, C#, HTML, CSS, Javascript and JQuery. Any Retail experience...
Logic Engagements Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
My client, a leading Retail and e-Commerce business are seeking an experience Online Trading professional to lead and drive the online multi-channel team globally... This is...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £500 - 650 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Highly skilled C# ASP.Net Solutions Architect with strong Agile, C#, ASP.Net experience are required by Kyna Associates for an outstanding e-Commerce, online retail client, based...
Kyna Associates
Salary: £45000 - 60000 Per Annum Excellent Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The Role Based from home the overall objective of the role is to work throughout the UK with a variety of retailers delivering the required EPOS product training...
GK Recruitment
Salary: From £28,000 to £31,500 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
strategy iOS android) Apple started it but you can help enable the true mobile revolution..... Mobile platforms are at the forefront of the business change today, retail/ eCommerce...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £75,000 to £85,000 per annum + excellent bonus + package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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Randstad Technologies
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + Market leading package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Locations: Birmingham, UK Type: Permanent As a SAP Data Archival / ILM - you will have/will be/will possess the following: 1. 5-8 yrs of experience in SAP...
Avance Consulting
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
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JAM
Salary: £25000 - £45000.00 per annum + Car, Fuel Expenses, Smartphone, Laptop
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Logistics Transportation Planning Senior Consultants... *Must have experience in the deployment of SAP Transportation Management solution into other sectors. *Must have knowledge of other SAP Supply Chain Management (...
Consulting Point
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Car+Benefits+Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013