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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 9 8 22
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +14
Permanent jobs citing Retail 50 34 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 20.49% 20.73% 6.283%
As % of the General category 49.02% 46.58% 23.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10 13 6
Average salary £33,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.66% +7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All of the General Category
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
102 73 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 41.80% 44.51% 26.70%
Number of salaries quoted 56 51 38
Average salary £36,750 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,300 £24,900
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £56,500 £46,200
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Retail
West Midlands

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

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

Solihull Retail Salary Histogram

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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.

1 110 (84.62%) Telecoms
1 110 (84.62%) Finance
1 110 (84.62%) Fujitsu
2 89 (68.46%) Oracle
3 84 (64.62%) Oracle EBS
4 81 (62.31%) Security Cleared
5 71 (54.62%) Time Management
5 71 (54.62%) Oracle EBS R12
6 64 (49.23%) Essbase
6 64 (49.23%) Hyperion
7 59 (45.38%) Oracle Financials
8 51 (39.23%) Business Intelligence
8 51 (39.23%) Hyperion Planning
9 48 (36.92%) Oracle 11g
10 47 (36.15%) Oracle BI EE
11 42 (32.31%) SQL
12 30 (23.08%) SC Cleared
13 19 (14.62%) Citrix
14 14 (10.77%) UNIX
15 13 (10.00%) Windows
15 13 (10.00%) PL/SQL
15 13 (10.00%) Oracle Discoverer
15 13 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
15 13 (10.00%) Shell Script
15 13 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
15 13 (10.00%) Oracle RMAN
15 13 (10.00%) Data Guard
16 12 (9.231%) Windows 7
16 12 (9.231%) SaaS
16 12 (9.231%) Oracle iRecruitment

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 8 (6.154%) XML
2 6 (4.615%) .NET
3 4 (3.077%) WinForms
4 2 (1.538%) EDI
5 1 (0.769%) Spring
Applications
1 5 (3.846%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 84 (64.62%) Oracle EBS
2 71 (54.62%) Oracle EBS R12
3 59 (45.38%) Oracle Financials
4 51 (39.23%) Hyperion Planning
5 12 (9.231%) Oracle iRecruitment
6 10 (7.692%) Oracle Payroll
7 5 (3.846%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.769%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (49.23%) Essbase
2 48 (36.92%) Oracle 11g
3 47 (36.15%) Oracle BI EE
4 13 (10.00%) Oracle Discoverer
4 13 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
5 8 (6.154%) SQL Server
5 8 (6.154%) TOAD
6 4 (3.077%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (3.077%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 8 (6.154%) MSI
2 5 (3.846%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (3.846%) Rational Robot
2 5 (3.846%) Rational Functional Tester
2 5 (3.846%) TestPartner
General
1 110 (84.62%) Telecoms
1 110 (84.62%) Finance
2 5 (3.846%) Manufacturing
3 1 (0.769%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 83 (63.85%) Consultant
2 71 (54.62%) Oracle Consultant
3 35 (26.92%) Business Intelligence Consultant
3 35 (26.92%) Oracle BI Consultant
4 16 (12.31%) Hyperion Consultant
5 13 (10.00%) DBA
5 13 (10.00%) Administrator
5 13 (10.00%) Oracle DBA
6 11 (8.462%) Architect
7 10 (7.692%) Analyst
8 8 (6.154%) Oracle Financials Consultant
8 8 (6.154%) Virtualisation Consultant
8 8 (6.154%) Technical Consultant
9 7 (5.385%) Lead Architect
9 7 (5.385%) Oracle HR Consultant
10 5 (3.846%) Tester
10 5 (3.846%) Software Tester
10 5 (3.846%) Payroll Consultant
10 5 (3.846%) Security Architect
10 5 (3.846%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.231%) SaaS
2 6 (4.615%) Computer Science
3 3 (2.308%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.538%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.769%) PMI
5 1 (0.769%) iPhone
5 1 (0.769%) CLARiiON
5 1 (0.769%) iPad
5 1 (0.769%) Symmetrix DMX
5 1 (0.769%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.77%) UNIX
2 13 (10.00%) Windows
3 12 (9.231%) Windows 7
4 8 (6.154%) Windows 8
5 4 (3.077%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (3.077%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.769%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (54.62%) Time Management
2 51 (39.23%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (9.231%) CRM
5 7 (5.385%) Service Delivery
6 5 (3.846%) ITIL
6 5 (3.846%) Software Testing
6 5 (3.846%) Test Automation
7 4 (3.077%) Operations Research
7 4 (3.077%) Service Management
8 3 (2.308%) PRINCE2
8 3 (2.308%) Business Analysis
8 3 (2.308%) Scrum
9 2 (1.538%) Test Strategy
9 2 (1.538%) Migration
9 2 (1.538%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (1.538%) Information Management
9 2 (1.538%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (1.538%) Data Migration
9 2 (1.538%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (32.31%) SQL
2 13 (10.00%) PL/SQL
2 13 (10.00%) Shell Script
3 6 (4.615%) VB.NET
4 4 (3.077%) C#
Qualifications
1 81 (62.31%) Security Cleared
2 30 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.385%) Degree
4 6 (4.615%) ISEB
5 5 (3.846%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.538%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.538%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.769%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.769%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.538%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (10.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 8 (6.154%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (3.077%) XenApp
4 1 (0.769%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 13 (10.00%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.769%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 110 (84.62%) Fujitsu
2 89 (68.46%) Oracle
3 64 (49.23%) Hyperion
4 19 (14.62%) Citrix
5 5 (3.846%) Compuware
6 4 (3.077%) AppSense
7 1 (0.769%) Cisco
7 1 (0.769%) EMC
7 1 (0.769%) NetApp
7 1 (0.769%) StorageTek
7 1 (0.769%) Symantec
7 1 (0.769%) Brocade
7 1 (0.769%) DevExpress
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