The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 22 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 Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 33 43 67
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +24
Permanent jobs citing Retail 25 15 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 4.771% 2.935% 1.286%
As % of the General category 16.03% 8.876% 4.265%
Number of salaries quoted 20 13 7
Average salary £57,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.29% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £87,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All of the General Category
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
156 169 211
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 29.77% 33.07% 30.14%
Number of salaries quoted 108 127 160
Average salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.04% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Retail
South East

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Retail across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Middlesex Retail Salary Histogram

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 15 (38.46%) E-Commerce
2 9 (23.08%) MS Project
2 9 (23.08%) MS Office
3 7 (17.95%) WebSphere
4 4 (10.26%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (10.26%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 4 (10.26%) DataPower
4 4 (10.26%) High Availability
4 4 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (10.26%) Information Security
4 4 (10.26%) Network Design
4 4 (10.26%) IBM
4 4 (10.26%) WebSphere MQ
4 4 (10.26%) Service Delivery
4 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (10.26%) ITIL
4 4 (10.26%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (7.692%) hybris
5 3 (7.692%) Web Services
5 3 (7.692%) Java
5 3 (7.692%) SQL
5 3 (7.692%) VB
5 3 (7.692%) PRINCE2
5 3 (7.692%) ATG
5 3 (7.692%) Project Management
5 3 (7.692%) Content Management
5 3 (7.692%) SaaS
5 3 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (7.692%) PCI DSS
6 2 (5.128%) Release Management

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 7 (17.95%) WebSphere
2 3 (7.692%) Web Services
3 2 (5.128%) .NET
3 2 (5.128%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.26%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 4 (10.26%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (2.564%) IIS
2 1 (2.564%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (2.564%) Commerce Server
Applications
1 9 (23.08%) MS Project
1 9 (23.08%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.564%) SAP HR
1 1 (2.564%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.128%) WAN
2 1 (2.564%) LAN
2 1 (2.564%) Wireless
2 1 (2.564%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.564%) MPLS
2 1 (2.564%) Firewall
2 1 (2.564%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.564%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.564%) MSBuild
1 1 (2.564%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (5.128%) Games
2 1 (2.564%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.564%) Finance
2 1 (2.564%) Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 10 (25.64%) IT Project Manager
3 7 (17.95%) Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Integration Architect
5 3 (7.692%) Developer
6 2 (5.128%) E-Commerce Specialist
6 2 (5.128%) Senior Architect
6 2 (5.128%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (5.128%) Security Specialist
6 2 (5.128%) Operations Manager
6 2 (5.128%) SQL Developer
6 2 (5.128%) Network Manager
6 2 (5.128%) VB Developer
6 2 (5.128%) VB6 Developer
6 2 (5.128%) Compliance Manager
6 2 (5.128%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.564%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.564%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.564%) Systems Support
7 1 (2.564%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) DataPower
2 3 (7.692%) SaaS
3 1 (2.564%) PMI
3 1 (2.564%) EPoS
3 1 (2.564%) EMV
3 1 (2.564%) EFT
3 1 (2.564%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.128%) UNIX
1 2 (5.128%) Windows
2 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (2.564%) AIX
2 1 (2.564%) Windows XP
2 1 (2.564%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) E-Commerce
2 4 (10.26%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (10.26%) High Availability
2 4 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (10.26%) Information Security
2 4 (10.26%) Network Design
2 4 (10.26%) Service Delivery
2 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (10.26%) ITIL
2 4 (10.26%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (7.692%) PRINCE2
3 3 (7.692%) Project Management
3 3 (7.692%) Content Management
4 2 (5.128%) Release Management
4 2 (5.128%) SIEM
4 2 (5.128%) Service Management
4 2 (5.128%) Change Management
4 2 (5.128%) ITSM
5 1 (2.564%) PRINCE
5 1 (2.564%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.692%) Java
1 3 (7.692%) SQL
1 3 (7.692%) VB
2 2 (5.128%) VB6
2 2 (5.128%) C#
3 1 (2.564%) C
3 1 (2.564%) Perl
3 1 (2.564%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.564%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (5.128%) CEH
1 2 (5.128%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.564%) MCP
2 1 (2.564%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (2.564%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (2.564%) PMP
2 1 (2.564%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.564%) MCSE
2 1 (2.564%) MCSA
2 1 (2.564%) CCIE
2 1 (2.564%) ISEB
2 1 (2.564%) CISSP
2 1 (2.564%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.564%) MCDST
2 1 (2.564%) Degree
2 1 (2.564%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (7.692%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.564%) ISO 8583
2 1 (2.564%) SLA
2 1 (2.564%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.564%) VMware ESX
1 1 (2.564%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 1 (2.564%) WebInspect
1 1 (2.564%) Nessus
1 1 (2.564%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) IBM
2 3 (7.692%) hybris
2 3 (7.692%) ATG
3 2 (5.128%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.564%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (2.564%) SAP
4 1 (2.564%) Oracle
4 1 (2.564%) VMware
4 1 (2.564%) HP
4 1 (2.564%) Wincor Nixdorf
4 1 (2.564%) Qualys
4 1 (2.564%) VeriFone