The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 21 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 20 25 15
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -10
Permanent jobs citing Retail 55 57 95
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 8.333% 7.412% 11.88%
As % of the General category 24.89% 21.35% 34.05%
Number of salaries quoted 46 56 83
Average salary £40,000 £37,250 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.38% +0.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,750 £30,000 £30,268
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All of the General Category
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
221 267 279
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 33.48% 34.72% 34.88%
Number of salaries quoted 191 238 246
Average salary £40,500 £38,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.19% +4.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,400 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £52,500 £60,000
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 Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Retail across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Northampton -1 39 £45,000 +20.00%
Corby - 8 £40,000 -
Kettering - 1 £37,500 -
Retail
East Midlands

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 24 (25.00%) Project Management
2 23 (23.96%) C#
2 23 (23.96%) SQL Server
3 22 (22.92%) Microsoft
4 20 (20.83%) .NET
5 19 (19.79%) Finance
6 18 (18.75%) ASP.NET
7 17 (17.71%) Ajax
8 16 (16.67%) SAP
8 16 (16.67%) ISEB
9 15 (15.63%) Change Management
10 14 (14.58%) MS Excel
11 13 (13.54%) BPR
12 12 (12.50%) TDD
12 12 (12.50%) PRINCE2
12 12 (12.50%) OO
12 12 (12.50%) ERP
12 12 (12.50%) SQL
13 11 (11.46%) Service Delivery
13 11 (11.46%) MVC
13 11 (11.46%) Banking
13 11 (11.46%) Dynamics AX
13 11 (11.46%) Retail Banking
13 11 (11.46%) WCF
13 11 (11.46%) ASP.NET MVC
14 10 (10.42%) MonoRail
14 10 (10.42%) Castle Windsor
14 10 (10.42%) Rhino Mocks
14 10 (10.42%) Razor View Engine
14 10 (10.42%) Web Application Development

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 20 (20.83%) .NET
2 18 (18.75%) ASP.NET
3 17 (17.71%) Ajax
4 11 (11.46%) WCF
4 11 (11.46%) ASP.NET MVC
5 10 (10.42%) MonoRail
5 10 (10.42%) Castle Windsor
5 10 (10.42%) Razor View Engine
5 10 (10.42%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 10 (10.42%) NHibernate
6 6 (6.250%) ASP
6 6 (6.250%) LINQ
7 2 (2.083%) CSS
7 2 (2.083%) jQuery
8 1 (1.042%) WPF
8 1 (1.042%) Silverlight
8 1 (1.042%) HTML5
8 1 (1.042%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (1.042%) J2EE
8 1 (1.042%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.125%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 14 (14.58%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.125%) MS Office
3 2 (2.083%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.042%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (11.46%) Dynamics AX
2 7 (7.292%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (5.208%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.042%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (23.96%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.292%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.042%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 10 (10.42%) Rhino Mocks
1 10 (10.42%) Subversion
1 10 (10.42%) NUnit
2 8 (8.333%) Selenium
3 4 (4.167%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (4.167%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.042%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 19 (19.79%) Finance
2 11 (11.46%) Banking
2 11 (11.46%) Retail Banking
3 8 (8.333%) Manufacturing
4 6 (6.250%) Publishing
5 5 (5.208%) Marketing
6 2 (2.083%) Advertising
7 1 (1.042%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.042%) Automotive
7 1 (1.042%) Portuguese Language
7 1 (1.042%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 29 (30.21%) Analyst
2 19 (19.79%) Business Analyst
2 19 (19.79%) Developer
3 16 (16.67%) .NET Developer
4 14 (14.58%) Project Manager
5 13 (13.54%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (9.375%) Senior Business Analyst
7 8 (8.333%) Service Manager
7 8 (8.333%) Test Analyst
7 8 (8.333%) Agile Business Analyst
8 6 (6.250%) Senior .NET Developer
8 6 (6.250%) Senior Developer
9 5 (5.208%) Senior Manager
10 4 (4.167%) Problem Manager
10 4 (4.167%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (4.167%) Senior Test Analyst
10 4 (4.167%) Senior Project Manager
10 4 (4.167%) Test Leader
11 3 (3.125%) SAP Service Delivery Manager
11 3 (3.125%) Head of Infrastructure
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.250%) N-Tier
2 5 (5.208%) EPoS
3 2 (2.083%) E-Learning
3 2 (2.083%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.042%) RIA
4 1 (1.042%) FMCG
4 1 (1.042%) Social Media
4 1 (1.042%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.042%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.042%) PMI
4 1 (1.042%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.00%) Project Management
2 15 (15.63%) Change Management
3 13 (13.54%) BPR
4 12 (12.50%) TDD
4 12 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 12 (12.50%) OO
4 12 (12.50%) ERP
5 11 (11.46%) Service Delivery
5 11 (11.46%) MVC
6 10 (10.42%) Web Application Development
6 10 (10.42%) Agile Software Development
6 10 (10.42%) E-Commerce
7 9 (9.375%) Scrum
8 8 (8.333%) Programme Management
8 8 (8.333%) Business Analysis
8 8 (8.333%) ITIL
8 8 (8.333%) User Stories
8 8 (8.333%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (8.333%) Test Management
9 7 (7.292%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.96%) C#
2 12 (12.50%) SQL
3 8 (8.333%) JavaScript
4 7 (7.292%) C
5 6 (6.250%) C++
5 6 (6.250%) VBScript
5 6 (6.250%) VB
6 1 (1.042%) XAML
Qualifications
1 16 (16.67%) ISEB
2 10 (10.42%) MCTS
2 10 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (10.42%) MCP
2 10 (10.42%) MCAD
2 10 (10.42%) MCSD
3 8 (8.333%) Degree
4 7 (7.292%) CBAP
5 2 (2.083%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.083%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.042%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.042%) ISACA
6 1 (1.042%) PMP
6 1 (1.042%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.167%) QA
2 3 (3.125%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.125%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (4.167%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 22 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 16 (16.67%) SAP
3 3 (3.125%) Adobe
4 1 (1.042%) Twitter
4 1 (1.042%) Oracle
4 1 (1.042%) Cognos
4 1 (1.042%) Cognizant
4 1 (1.042%) Google
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Salary: Unspecified
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