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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Scotland region.

 Retailing
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank478692
Rank change year-on-year
Up+39Up+6
Matching permanent IT job ads603091
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland3.222 %1.460 %1.710 %
As % of the General category7.389 %4.161 %4.136 %
Salaries quoted421174
Average salary£37,500£45,000£40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66 %+11.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£17,000£25,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£135,000£74,250
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£45,000£42,500
% change year-on-year
-+5.880 %
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
8127212200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland43.61 %35.09 %41.33 %
Salaries quoted4665281478
Average salary£40,000£39,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.560 %+11.42 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
Retail UKRetail
UK

Retail
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Retail across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Scotland Retail Demand Trend

Retail
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Retail across the Scotland region.

Scotland Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Retail across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghUp+732£40,000-33.33 %
GlasgowNew entry-10£35,000-
AyrshireNew entry-8--
RenfrewshireNew entry-2£45,000-
Scottish BordersNew entry-2£13,500-
West LothianUp+211--
South LanarkshireNew entry-1--
Retail UKRetail
UK

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

133 (32.35 %)Banking
230 (29.41 %)Finance
328 (27.45 %)Retail Banking
413 (12.75 %)Apple
413 (12.75 %)Credit Risk
512 (11.76 %)Project Management
611 (10.78 %)SAS
611 (10.78 %)E-Commerce
710 (9.804 %)HTML
710 (9.804 %)CSS
89 (8.824 %)Mac OS X
98 (7.843 %)SQL
98 (7.843 %)Stakeholder Management
107 (6.863 %)JavaScript
107 (6.863 %)PHP
107 (6.863 %)MySQL
107 (6.863 %)OOP
107 (6.863 %)OO
107 (6.863 %)Music
116 (5.882 %)ACMT
116 (5.882 %)Windows
116 (5.882 %)Private Banking
125 (4.902 %)Business Analysis
125 (4.902 %)Service Delivery
125 (4.902 %)Mainframe
125 (4.902 %)PRINCE2
125 (4.902 %)Risk Analysis
134 (3.922 %)jQuery
134 (3.922 %)UNIX
134 (3.922 %)Adobe

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (9.804 %)HTML
110 (9.804 %)CSS
24 (3.922 %)AJAX
24 (3.922 %)jQuery
33 (2.941 %)DHTML
33 (2.941 %).NET
33 (2.941 %)ASP
42 (1.961 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.980 %)J2EE
Scotland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (10.78 %)SAS
Scotland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (2.941 %)MS Visio
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (3.922 %)Internet
22 (1.961 %)LAN
22 (1.961 %)WAN
22 (1.961 %)HTTP
22 (1.961 %)TCP/IP
22 (1.961 %)SSL
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (6.863 %)MySQL
22 (1.961 %)Oracle 8/8i
22 (1.961 %)Datawarehouse
31 (0.980 %)Oracle 9i
31 (0.980 %)SQL Server
Scotland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.980 %)Subversion
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
133 (32.35 %)Banking
230 (29.41 %)Finance
328 (27.45 %)Retail Banking
47 (6.863 %)Music
56 (5.882 %)Private Banking
64 (3.922 %)Insurance
73 (2.941 %)Marketing
82 (1.961 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.980 %)Telecoms
91 (0.980 %)Pensions
91 (0.980 %)Electric
91 (0.980 %)Health
91 (0.980 %)Legal
91 (0.980 %)Wholesale Banking
Scotland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
124 (23.53 %)Analyst
215 (14.71 %)Project Manager
313 (12.75 %)Mac Engineer
411 (10.78 %)Business Analyst
58 (7.843 %)Junior
66 (5.882 %)Systems Analyst
66 (5.882 %)Credit Analyst
66 (5.882 %)Risk Manager
66 (5.882 %)Credit Risk Analyst
66 (5.882 %)Risk Analyst
75 (4.902 %)PHP Programmer
75 (4.902 %)Programmer
84 (3.922 %)Developer
84 (3.922 %)Business Systems Analyst
84 (3.922 %)Programme Manager
84 (3.922 %)Analyst Programmer
93 (2.941 %)Senior Manager
93 (2.941 %)Consultant
93 (2.941 %)Programme Director
102 (1.961 %)UNIX Support Engineer
Scotland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (12.75 %)Credit Risk
25 (4.902 %)Mainframe
33 (2.941 %)Statistics
33 (2.941 %)Mathematics
42 (1.961 %)EPoS
42 (1.961 %)FMCG
51 (0.980 %)IBM Mainframe
51 (0.980 %)Equities
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (8.824 %)Mac OS X
26 (5.882 %)Windows
34 (3.922 %)UNIX
42 (1.961 %)Windows Vista
42 (1.961 %)Red Hat Linux
42 (1.961 %)Linux
42 (1.961 %)Windows 2000
42 (1.961 %)Windows XP
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (11.76 %)Project Management
211 (10.78 %)E-Commerce
38 (7.843 %)Stakeholder Management
47 (6.863 %)OOP
47 (6.863 %)OO
55 (4.902 %)PRINCE2
55 (4.902 %)Service Delivery
55 (4.902 %)Business Analysis
55 (4.902 %)Risk Analysis
63 (2.941 %)Investment Management
63 (2.941 %)Workflow
63 (2.941 %)Web Development
63 (2.941 %)ITIL
72 (1.961 %)Risk Management
72 (1.961 %)ERP
72 (1.961 %)UML
72 (1.961 %)CRM
72 (1.961 %)Business Intelligence
72 (1.961 %)Incident Management
72 (1.961 %)Systems Analysis
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18 (7.843 %)SQL
27 (6.863 %)JavaScript
27 (6.863 %)PHP
32 (1.961 %)C
41 (0.980 %)Java
41 (0.980 %)VB.NET
Scotland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (5.882 %)ACMT
23 (2.941 %)PhD
32 (1.961 %)ISEB
41 (0.980 %)Degree
Scotland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.980 %)QA
Scotland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (12.75 %)Apple
24 (3.922 %)Adobe
33 (2.941 %)Oracle
42 (1.961 %)SAP
42 (1.961 %)Red Hat
42 (1.961 %)Casewise
42 (1.961 %)Microsoft
51 (0.980 %)IBM