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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 24 20 16
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Retail 68 77 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 9.913% 11.03% 9.416%
As % of the General category 25.95% 35.16% 25.38%
Number of salaries quoted 61 67 44
Average salary £41,000 £35,865 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.31% -4.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All of the General Category
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
262 219 197
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 38.19% 31.38% 37.10%
Number of salaries quoted 232 181 166
Average salary £40,000 £33,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.21% -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £21,100
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Retail
East Midlands

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

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

Leicestershire Retail Salary Histogram

Retail
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicester +5 59 £40,800 +13.54%
Loughborough -13 1 £40,000 +61.61%
Retail
East Midlands

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 95 (51.35%) .NET
2 94 (50.81%) C#
3 76 (41.08%) SQL
4 71 (38.38%) Project Management
5 68 (36.76%) SQL Server
6 63 (34.05%) E-Commerce
7 59 (31.89%) Microsoft
8 46 (24.86%) MS Excel
9 42 (22.70%) ASP.NET
10 37 (20.00%) EPoS
11 36 (19.46%) MVC
12 35 (18.92%) HTML5
13 31 (16.76%) OWASP
14 30 (16.22%) XML
15 29 (15.68%) Web Accessibility
15 29 (15.68%) jQuery
15 29 (15.68%) ASP.NET MVC
15 29 (15.68%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (14.59%) Visual Studio
17 26 (14.05%) Java
17 26 (14.05%) UML
17 26 (14.05%) Back Office
17 26 (14.05%) Scrum
17 26 (14.05%) Ajax
17 26 (14.05%) Marketing
18 25 (13.51%) Internet
19 24 (12.97%) NUnit
20 23 (12.43%) Extreme Programming
20 23 (12.43%) CSS
20 23 (12.43%) ASP.NET MVC 3

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 95 (51.35%) .NET
2 42 (22.70%) ASP.NET
3 35 (18.92%) HTML5
4 30 (16.22%) XML
5 29 (15.68%) jQuery
5 29 (15.68%) ASP.NET MVC
6 26 (14.05%) Ajax
7 23 (12.43%) CSS
7 23 (12.43%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 22 (11.89%) XSLT
9 21 (11.35%) XHTML
9 21 (11.35%) CSS3
10 19 (10.27%) ASP
11 18 (9.730%) RESTful
12 13 (7.027%) WPF
13 8 (4.324%) Web Services
14 5 (2.703%) .NET Framework
15 4 (2.162%) HTML
16 2 (1.081%) Silverlight
16 2 (1.081%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 9 (4.865%) MS Exchange
2 4 (2.162%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.162%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (1.622%) IIS
4 2 (1.081%) Commerce Server
4 2 (1.081%) Commerce Server 2007
5 1 (0.541%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 46 (24.86%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.162%) MS Office
3 2 (1.081%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.081%) Retail-J
1 2 (1.081%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.541%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.541%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.541%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.541%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 25 (13.51%) Internet
2 20 (10.81%) LAN
2 20 (10.81%) WAN
3 9 (4.865%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.784%) Cisco IOS
4 7 (3.784%) VoIP
5 6 (3.243%) DHCP
6 5 (2.703%) SAN
7 2 (1.081%) NetScaler
7 2 (1.081%) DNS
7 2 (1.081%) Firewall
7 2 (1.081%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (36.76%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.730%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (7.027%) SQL Server 2008
4 12 (6.486%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (2.703%) DTS
Development Applications
1 27 (14.59%) Visual Studio
2 24 (12.97%) NUnit
3 2 (1.081%) WebDriver
3 2 (1.081%) Selenium
3 2 (1.081%) JIRA
4 1 (0.541%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (0.541%) MSTest
General
1 26 (14.05%) Back Office
1 26 (14.05%) Marketing
2 18 (9.730%) Finance
3 7 (3.784%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.081%) Billing
Job Titles
1 58 (31.35%) Developer
2 50 (27.03%) Project Manager
3 42 (22.70%) Analyst
4 33 (17.84%) Senior Developer
5 32 (17.30%) .NET Developer
6 19 (10.27%) Technical Project Manager
6 19 (10.27%) Senior .NET Developer
6 19 (10.27%) Technical Manager
7 18 (9.730%) ASP.NET Developer
7 18 (9.730%) C# Developer
7 18 (9.730%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 18 (9.730%) C# .NET Developer
8 17 (9.189%) Junior
8 17 (9.189%) Graduate
9 16 (8.649%) Business Analyst
10 15 (8.108%) Support Analyst
11 14 (7.568%) Applications Support
12 12 (6.486%) Web Developer
13 11 (5.946%) C# Web Developer
13 11 (5.946%) .NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (20.00%) EPoS
2 10 (5.405%) Computer Science
3 9 (4.865%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.162%) FMCG
4 4 (2.162%) Data Conversion
5 3 (1.622%) Clustering
6 2 (1.081%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.081%) N-Tier
6 2 (1.081%) Firmware
7 1 (0.541%) Life Science
7 1 (0.541%) EFT
7 1 (0.541%) SaaS
7 1 (0.541%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.541%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.189%) Windows
2 10 (5.405%) Windows Server 2008
2 10 (5.405%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (2.162%) Windows XP
4 2 (1.081%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.081%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (38.38%) Project Management
2 63 (34.05%) E-Commerce
3 36 (19.46%) MVC
4 31 (16.76%) OWASP
5 29 (15.68%) Web Accessibility
5 29 (15.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (14.05%) UML
6 26 (14.05%) Scrum
7 23 (12.43%) Extreme Programming
8 20 (10.81%) ERP
9 13 (7.027%) OO
10 12 (6.486%) Supplier Management
11 8 (4.324%) Service Delivery
11 8 (4.324%) Data Analysis
12 7 (3.784%) Test Scripting
12 7 (3.784%) Time Management
12 7 (3.784%) Requirements Analysis
12 7 (3.784%) Security Management
12 7 (3.784%) ITIL
12 7 (3.784%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 94 (50.81%) C#
2 76 (41.08%) SQL
3 26 (14.05%) Java
4 22 (11.89%) VB
5 15 (8.108%) VB6
5 15 (8.108%) C++
6 11 (5.946%) C
6 11 (5.946%) VBScript
7 5 (2.703%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.162%) PHP
8 4 (2.162%) VB.NET
8 4 (2.162%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.541%) Progress 4GL
9 1 (0.541%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 16 (8.649%) Degree
2 7 (3.784%) CCNP
2 7 (3.784%) CCNA
2 7 (3.784%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (2.162%) MCP
3 4 (2.162%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.081%) MCSE
4 2 (1.081%) MCSA
4 2 (1.081%) MCPD
4 2 (1.081%) MCITP
4 2 (1.081%) MCTS
4 2 (1.081%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.541%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.541%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.541%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.541%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.405%) SLA
2 4 (2.162%) QA
3 2 (1.081%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (5.405%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.703%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.162%) vSphere
4 1 (0.541%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 7 (3.784%) CiscoWorks
2 3 (1.622%) SCOM
3 2 (1.081%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (1.081%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (31.89%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.486%) SAP
3 9 (4.865%) VMware
4 7 (3.784%) SolarWinds
4 7 (3.784%) Cisco
5 5 (2.703%) Sophos
6 4 (2.162%) Citrix
6 4 (2.162%) HP
7 2 (1.081%) Dell
7 2 (1.081%) NetApp
7 2 (1.081%) Symantec
7 2 (1.081%) Remedy
7 2 (1.081%) McAfee
7 2 (1.081%) Altiris
8 1 (0.541%) IBM
8 1 (0.541%) Progress
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