The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT jobs advertised for the Hertford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 23 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 Hertford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 4 9 8
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Permanent jobs citing Retail 34 12 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 41.46% 33.33% 4.545%
As % of the General category 89.47% 80.00% 9.091%
Number of salaries quoted 34 12 1
Average salary £50,000 £24,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+106.18% -30.71%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All of the General Category
Hertford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
38 15 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 46.34% 41.67% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 37 15 11
Average salary £50,000 £25,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+100.00% -50.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £22,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £80,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Retail
Hertfordshire

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertford 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 Hertford region.

Hertford Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Retail across the Hertford region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hertford Retail Salary Histogram

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 35 (97.22%) Java
2 25 (69.44%) SQL
3 24 (66.67%) Web Services
4 23 (63.89%) JDBC
4 23 (63.89%) JSP
5 21 (58.33%) JavaScript
5 21 (58.33%) Oracle
5 21 (58.33%) SQL Server
6 20 (55.56%) Servlets
6 20 (55.56%) XML
6 20 (55.56%) XSLT
6 20 (55.56%) Spring
6 20 (55.56%) MySQL
7 18 (50.00%) Hibernate
7 18 (50.00%) Ant
7 18 (50.00%) Maven
7 18 (50.00%) Multithreading
7 18 (50.00%) Subversion
8 14 (38.89%) WebSphere
8 14 (38.89%) Web Development
8 14 (38.89%) WebLogic
8 14 (38.89%) Struts
8 14 (38.89%) J2EE
8 14 (38.89%) JBoss
8 14 (38.89%) Tomcat
8 14 (38.89%) XML Schema
9 13 (36.11%) Android
9 13 (36.11%) Apple iOS
10 12 (33.33%) Web Application Development
10 12 (33.33%) Mobile App

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 24 (66.67%) Web Services
2 23 (63.89%) JDBC
2 23 (63.89%) JSP
3 20 (55.56%) Servlets
3 20 (55.56%) XML
3 20 (55.56%) XSLT
3 20 (55.56%) Spring
4 18 (50.00%) Hibernate
5 14 (38.89%) WebSphere
5 14 (38.89%) Struts
5 14 (38.89%) J2EE
5 14 (38.89%) XML Schema
6 12 (33.33%) JiBX
6 12 (33.33%) Castor
6 12 (33.33%) XMLBeans
6 12 (33.33%) JAXB
7 3 (8.333%) JSF
8 2 (5.556%) Swing
9 1 (2.778%) HTML5
9 1 (2.778%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 14 (38.89%) WebLogic
1 14 (38.89%) Tomcat
2 12 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.778%) SAP Retail
1 1 (2.778%) SAP MM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 20 (55.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (50.00%) Ant
1 18 (50.00%) Maven
1 18 (50.00%) Subversion
2 12 (33.33%) Eclipse
General
1 2 (5.556%) Banking
1 2 (5.556%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (63.89%) Developer
1 23 (63.89%) Java Developer
2 20 (55.56%) Senior Java Developer
2 20 (55.56%) Senior Developer
3 4 (11.11%) Junior
4 3 (8.333%) Junior Java Developer
4 3 (8.333%) Junior Developer
4 3 (8.333%) Tester
5 2 (5.556%) Test Engineer
5 2 (5.556%) J2EE Developer
5 2 (5.556%) Senior J2EE Developer
5 2 (5.556%) Senior Tester
5 2 (5.556%) Software Tester
5 2 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (5.556%) Analyst
5 2 (5.556%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 2 (5.556%) Senior Software Tester
6 1 (2.778%) Designer
6 1 (2.778%) EPoS Test Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Junior Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 3 (8.333%) EPoS
3 2 (5.556%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.778%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 13 (36.11%) Android
1 13 (36.11%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.778%) Windows
2 1 (2.778%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 14 (38.89%) Web Development
3 12 (33.33%) Web Application Development
3 12 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
3 12 (33.33%) CRM
3 12 (33.33%) ERP
3 12 (33.33%) SOA
3 12 (33.33%) Workflow
4 7 (19.44%) Software Testing
5 3 (8.333%) MVC
5 3 (8.333%) Project Management
6 2 (5.556%) Unit Testing
6 2 (5.556%) Test Scripting
7 1 (2.778%) Manual Testing
7 1 (2.778%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 35 (97.22%) Java
2 25 (69.44%) SQL
3 21 (58.33%) JavaScript
4 7 (19.44%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Degree
2 2 (5.556%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 21 (58.33%) Oracle
2 14 (38.89%) JBoss
3 1 (2.778%) SAP
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