The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 40 23 30
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +7
Permanent jobs citing Retail 54 98 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 5.109% 7.313% 6.744%
As % of the General category 9.441% 15.68% 12.11%
Number of salaries quoted 34 74 79
Average salary £48,750 £52,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,250 £37,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,050 £75,000 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All of the General Category
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
572 625 859
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 54.12% 46.64% 55.71%
Number of salaries quoted 289 417 616
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Retail
Scotland

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh Retail Salary Histogram

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 82 (80.39%) Finance
2 52 (50.98%) Banking
3 39 (38.24%) Retail Banking
4 24 (23.53%) Project Management
4 24 (23.53%) Microsoft
5 19 (18.63%) SQL
5 19 (18.63%) MS Excel
6 18 (17.65%) SAS
6 18 (17.65%) Telecoms
7 15 (14.71%) Agile Software Development
8 14 (13.73%) Credit Risk
9 13 (12.75%) SQL Server
10 12 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (10.78%) C#
11 11 (10.78%) Scrum
12 10 (9.804%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (9.804%) Service Management
12 10 (9.804%) .NET
13 9 (8.824%) Linux
13 9 (8.824%) UNIX
14 8 (7.843%) Windows
14 8 (7.843%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (7.843%) Performance Management
14 8 (7.843%) Business Analysis
14 8 (7.843%) Degree
15 7 (6.863%) QA
15 7 (6.863%) JavaScript
15 7 (6.863%) HTML
15 7 (6.863%) Mainframe
16 6 (5.882%) VMware

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 10 (9.804%) .NET
2 7 (6.863%) HTML
3 6 (5.882%) CSS
4 5 (4.902%) Middleware
5 2 (1.961%) XML
6 1 (0.980%) J2EE
6 1 (0.980%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.980%) Spring
6 1 (0.980%) Spring MVC
6 1 (0.980%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 18 (17.65%) SAS
2 5 (4.902%) CMS
3 1 (0.980%) Gentran
3 1 (0.980%) IIS
3 1 (0.980%) Apache
3 1 (0.980%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (18.63%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.941%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.961%) MS Project
3 2 (1.961%) MS Office
4 1 (0.980%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.980%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.941%) Network Security
1 3 (2.941%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.980%) Wireless Security
2 1 (0.980%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.980%) VPN
2 1 (0.980%) DNS
2 1 (0.980%) SAN
2 1 (0.980%) Internet
2 1 (0.980%) Firewall
2 1 (0.980%) Wireless
2 1 (0.980%) IPsec
2 1 (0.980%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.75%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.843%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.922%) MS Access
4 2 (1.961%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (0.980%) Eclipse
1 1 (0.980%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (0.980%) LoadRunner
1 1 (0.980%) Subversion
1 1 (0.980%) Maven
1 1 (0.980%) JIRA
1 1 (0.980%) Selenium
1 1 (0.980%) Jenkins
General
1 82 (80.39%) Finance
2 52 (50.98%) Banking
3 39 (38.24%) Retail Banking
4 18 (17.65%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.902%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.961%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.961%) Marketing
6 2 (1.961%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.980%) Automotive
7 1 (0.980%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 28 (27.45%) Analyst
2 13 (12.75%) Architect
3 10 (9.804%) Project Manager
3 10 (9.804%) Business Analyst
4 9 (8.824%) Consultant
4 9 (8.824%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (7.843%) Development Manager
5 8 (7.843%) Development Team Manager
6 6 (5.882%) Senior Manager
6 6 (5.882%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (4.902%) Senior Project Manager
7 5 (4.902%) Risk Manager
8 4 (3.922%) Financial Analyst
8 4 (3.922%) Designer
8 4 (3.922%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (3.922%) Solutions Designer
8 4 (3.922%) Data Analyst
8 4 (3.922%) Junior
8 4 (3.922%) Technical Architect
9 3 (2.941%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.73%) Credit Risk
2 7 (6.863%) Mainframe
3 5 (4.902%) Statistics
4 4 (3.922%) Mathematics
5 3 (2.941%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.961%) CLARiiON
6 2 (1.961%) EPoS
6 2 (1.961%) FMCG
7 1 (0.980%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.980%) PMI
7 1 (0.980%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.824%) UNIX
1 9 (8.824%) Linux
2 8 (7.843%) Windows
3 2 (1.961%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.980%) AIX
4 1 (0.980%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (23.53%) Project Management
2 15 (14.71%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (10.78%) Scrum
5 10 (9.804%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (9.804%) Service Management
6 8 (7.843%) Business Analysis
6 8 (7.843%) Performance Management
7 6 (5.882%) Change Control
7 6 (5.882%) TDD
8 5 (4.902%) Content Management
8 5 (4.902%) Migration
8 5 (4.902%) Data Modelling
8 5 (4.902%) PRINCE2
8 5 (4.902%) UML
9 4 (3.922%) ITIL
9 4 (3.922%) Supplier Management
9 4 (3.922%) Project Planning
9 4 (3.922%) Technical Architecture
9 4 (3.922%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 19 (18.63%) SQL
2 11 (10.78%) C#
3 7 (6.863%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.902%) Perl
5 3 (2.941%) VBScript
5 3 (2.941%) VB
6 2 (1.961%) VBA
6 2 (1.961%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.961%) C++
6 2 (1.961%) Delphi
7 1 (0.980%) Java
7 1 (0.980%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (7.843%) Degree
2 6 (5.882%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.902%) ISEB
4 4 (3.922%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.961%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.961%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.980%) CISA
6 1 (0.980%) QiCA
6 1 (0.980%) CCSA
6 1 (0.980%) JNCIA
6 1 (0.980%) CISSP
6 1 (0.980%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.980%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.980%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.980%) Sun Certification
6 1 (0.980%) PMP
6 1 (0.980%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.863%) QA
2 3 (2.941%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.980%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.922%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.961%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.980%) vSphere
4 1 (0.980%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.980%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.980%) Xen
Systems Management
1 5 (4.902%) SCOM
2 3 (2.941%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (2.941%) Tivoli
2 3 (2.941%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (2.941%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.882%) HP
2 6 (5.882%) VMware
2 6 (5.882%) Fujitsu
3 4 (3.922%) Oracle
4 3 (2.941%) Business Objects
5 2 (1.961%) Cisco
5 2 (1.961%) EMC
5 2 (1.961%) Citrix
5 2 (1.961%) Symantec
5 2 (1.961%) NetApp
6 1 (0.980%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.980%) Blue Coat
6 1 (0.980%) Brocade
6 1 (0.980%) F5
6 1 (0.980%) Juniper
6 1 (0.980%) IBM
6 1 (0.980%) JBoss
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