The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 24 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 60 82 59
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -23
Permanent jobs citing Retail 204 157 206
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 3.889% 2.836% 3.414%
As % of the General category 9.942% 7.242% 9.011%
Number of salaries quoted 169 132 187
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,400 £25,250 £26,200
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £67,250 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All of the General Category
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2052 2168 2286
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 39.12% 39.17% 37.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1686 1748 1866
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Retail
England

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Retail across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Wiltshire +47 64 £39,000 -25.71%
Dorset +7 39 £46,250 +15.62%
Somerset -4 37 £32,500 -22.61%
Bristol -10 31 £37,500 -8.53%
Devon -1 9 £19,750 -28.18%
Gloucestershire -4 8 £39,750 -26.04%
Retail
England

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 155 (40.47%) Finance
2 121 (31.59%) SQL
3 85 (22.19%) Degree
4 73 (19.06%) E-Commerce
5 72 (18.80%) .NET
6 59 (15.40%) Mathematics
7 58 (15.14%) Java
8 56 (14.62%) SQL Server
8 56 (14.62%) SAS
9 54 (14.10%) C#
9 54 (14.10%) HTML
9 54 (14.10%) Marketing
10 53 (13.84%) Microsoft
11 51 (13.32%) Oracle
12 49 (12.79%) CSS
12 49 (12.79%) Windows
13 47 (12.27%) SPSS
14 46 (12.01%) Web Services
15 44 (11.49%) XML
15 44 (11.49%) TDD
16 43 (11.23%) Credit Risk
16 43 (11.23%) Project Management
16 43 (11.23%) Scrum
17 41 (10.70%) Statistics
18 39 (10.18%) UNIX
19 38 (9.922%) Data Analysis
20 36 (9.399%) Econometrics
21 35 (9.138%) UML
21 35 (9.138%) ASP.NET
22 34 (8.877%) JavaScript

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 72 (18.80%) .NET
2 54 (14.10%) HTML
3 49 (12.79%) CSS
4 46 (12.01%) Web Services
5 44 (11.49%) XML
6 35 (9.138%) ASP.NET
7 25 (6.527%) J2EE
8 22 (5.744%) XHTML
9 18 (4.700%) WebSphere
9 18 (4.700%) ASP.NET MVC
10 17 (4.439%) WCF
10 17 (4.439%) WPF
10 17 (4.439%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 16 (4.178%) JDBC
12 15 (3.916%) SOAP
13 14 (3.655%) jQuery
14 12 (3.133%) LAMP
14 12 (3.133%) Ajax
15 11 (2.872%) Java EE
15 11 (2.872%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 56 (14.62%) SAS
2 20 (5.222%) Apache
3 16 (4.178%) WebSphere Application Server
4 12 (3.133%) IIS
5 11 (2.872%) MS Exchange
6 10 (2.611%) Tomcat
7 9 (2.350%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (2.089%) IBM HTTP Server
8 8 (2.089%) MQSeries
9 6 (1.567%) CMS
9 6 (1.567%) SharePoint
9 6 (1.567%) Exchange Server 2007
10 5 (1.305%) SharePoint Server
10 5 (1.305%) Exchange Server 2000
11 4 (1.044%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.783%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.522%) Exchange Server 2010
14 1 (0.261%) Shopify
14 1 (0.261%) SharePoint 2010
14 1 (0.261%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 47 (12.27%) SPSS
2 23 (6.005%) MS Excel
3 20 (5.222%) MS Office
4 7 (1.828%) MS Project
5 4 (1.044%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.783%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (0.261%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.611%) Oracle Retail
2 4 (1.044%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.783%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.783%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.261%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.261%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.261%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.261%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.261%) Lawson
4 1 (0.261%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.439%) HTTP
2 15 (3.916%) Internet
3 13 (3.394%) FTP
4 12 (3.133%) SAN
5 11 (2.872%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.611%) DNS
7 9 (2.350%) SMTP
7 9 (2.350%) BGP
8 7 (1.828%) Firewall
8 7 (1.828%) Extranet
9 5 (1.305%) DHCP
10 4 (1.044%) VoIP
10 4 (1.044%) WAN
11 3 (0.783%) VPN
12 2 (0.522%) MPLS
13 1 (0.261%) iSCSI
13 1 (0.261%) NAS
13 1 (0.261%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.62%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.744%) MySQL
3 19 (4.961%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (4.439%) DB2
5 16 (4.178%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 15 (3.916%) SQL Server 2008
7 13 (3.394%) SQL Server 2005
8 12 (3.133%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 12 (3.133%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 7 (1.828%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.783%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 3 (0.783%) MS Access
11 2 (0.522%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.522%) TOAD
11 2 (0.522%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.522%) Base SAS
11 2 (0.522%) BusinessObjects XI
11 2 (0.522%) Data Mart
12 1 (0.261%) Hazelcast
12 1 (0.261%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (3.916%) Subversion
2 13 (3.394%) JUnit
3 12 (3.133%) NUnit
4 11 (2.872%) JIRA
5 10 (2.611%) Eclipse
6 9 (2.350%) JMeter
7 8 (2.089%) Rational Application Developer
7 8 (2.089%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
7 8 (2.089%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.828%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (1.567%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 6 (1.567%) Rhino Mocks
10 5 (1.305%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
10 5 (1.305%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.783%) QuickTest Pro
12 2 (0.522%) TestDirector
12 2 (0.522%) Metasploit
12 2 (0.522%) Talend Open Studio
13 1 (0.261%) Jenkins
13 1 (0.261%) MSBuild
General
1 155 (40.47%) Finance
2 54 (14.10%) Marketing
3 30 (7.833%) Banking
4 25 (6.527%) Telecoms
5 17 (4.439%) Games
6 14 (3.655%) Automotive
7 11 (2.872%) Retail Banking
8 10 (2.611%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.611%) Advertising
9 9 (2.350%) Legal
10 8 (2.089%) Back Office
11 7 (1.828%) Front Office
11 7 (1.828%) Law
11 7 (1.828%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.522%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.522%) French Language
13 1 (0.261%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 143 (37.34%) Analyst
2 110 (28.72%) Developer
3 39 (10.18%) .NET Developer
4 35 (9.138%) Software Developer
5 30 (7.833%) Business Analyst
6 25 (6.527%) Architect
7 24 (6.266%) Senior Analyst
7 24 (6.266%) Java Developer
8 23 (6.005%) Support Analyst
9 22 (5.744%) Risk Analyst
10 21 (5.483%) Solutions Analyst
10 21 (5.483%) Credit Risk Analyst
11 19 (4.961%) Project Manager
12 17 (4.439%) Risk Manager
13 14 (3.655%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.655%) Agile .NET Developer
13 14 (3.655%) Java Software Developer
13 14 (3.655%) .NET Software Developer
14 11 (2.872%) Consultant
14 11 (2.872%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 59 (15.40%) Mathematics
2 43 (11.23%) Credit Risk
3 41 (10.70%) Statistics
4 19 (4.961%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.133%) Tandem
6 8 (2.089%) FMCG
7 6 (1.567%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.567%) Computer Science
8 5 (1.305%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.305%) Social Media
9 4 (1.044%) Semantic Web
10 3 (0.783%) Digital Media
10 3 (0.783%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.783%) Economics
10 3 (0.783%) SaaS
10 3 (0.783%) EPoS
11 2 (0.522%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.522%) iPad
11 2 (0.522%) Open Source
11 2 (0.522%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 49 (12.79%) Windows
2 39 (10.18%) UNIX
3 31 (8.094%) Linux
4 12 (3.133%) AIX
5 8 (2.089%) Solaris
6 7 (1.828%) Android
6 7 (1.828%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.828%) Windows 7
6 7 (1.828%) Windows XP
7 6 (1.567%) HPUX
8 5 (1.305%) Windows Mobile
8 5 (1.305%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (1.305%) Windows CE
9 4 (1.044%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.783%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.522%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.261%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.261%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (19.06%) E-Commerce
2 44 (11.49%) TDD
3 43 (11.23%) Project Management
3 43 (11.23%) Scrum
4 38 (9.922%) Data Analysis
5 36 (9.399%) Econometrics
6 35 (9.138%) UML
7 33 (8.616%) Business Analysis
8 31 (8.094%) ITIL
8 31 (8.094%) MVC
9 28 (7.311%) OO
10 24 (6.266%) SOA
11 22 (5.744%) Analytics
12 21 (5.483%) Test Scripting
13 20 (5.222%) Change Management
13 20 (5.222%) Product Management
14 19 (4.961%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (4.700%) Agile Software Development
15 18 (4.700%) Time Management
16 17 (4.439%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 121 (31.59%) SQL
2 58 (15.14%) Java
3 54 (14.10%) C#
4 34 (8.877%) JavaScript
5 22 (5.744%) Perl
6 21 (5.483%) PHP
7 18 (4.700%) Bash shell
8 17 (4.439%) C
9 6 (1.567%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.305%) VB
10 5 (1.305%) VBA
10 5 (1.305%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.044%) C++
11 4 (1.044%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.783%) Ruby
12 3 (0.783%) VBScript
12 3 (0.783%) Python
13 2 (0.522%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.522%) PHP5
14 1 (0.261%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (22.19%) Degree
2 22 (5.744%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (4.700%) ISEB
4 17 (4.439%) MCTS
4 17 (4.439%) MCP
4 17 (4.439%) MCAD
4 17 (4.439%) MCSD
5 14 (3.655%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (2.089%) Sun Certification
6 8 (2.089%) SC Cleared
6 8 (2.089%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.305%) MCITP
7 5 (1.305%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (1.305%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (1.305%) MCSE
7 5 (1.305%) CCA
7 5 (1.305%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.044%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.522%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.522%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.872%) SLA
2 10 (2.611%) QA
3 2 (0.522%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.522%) COBIT
System Software
1 13 (3.394%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.611%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.567%) vSphere
4 5 (1.305%) XenApp
5 4 (1.044%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 4 (1.044%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 4 (1.044%) Xen
6 2 (0.522%) Gluster
6 2 (0.522%) Nmap
6 2 (0.522%) UAG
7 1 (0.261%) SpamAssassin
Systems Management
1 9 (2.350%) Tivoli
2 8 (2.089%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 8 (2.089%) SCCM
3 5 (1.305%) SCOM
3 5 (1.305%) HP Quality Center
4 4 (1.044%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (0.522%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (0.522%) Nessus
5 2 (0.522%) Puppet
Vendors
1 53 (13.84%) Microsoft
2 51 (13.32%) Oracle
3 25 (6.527%) IBM
4 20 (5.222%) VMware
5 14 (3.655%) Cisco
6 13 (3.394%) HP
6 13 (3.394%) ATG
7 10 (2.611%) Citrix
8 9 (2.350%) Veritas
9 8 (2.089%) Sun
9 8 (2.089%) SAP
10 7 (1.828%) Business Objects
11 6 (1.567%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.305%) Fredhopper
12 5 (1.305%) Zend
12 5 (1.305%) Syncsort
12 5 (1.305%) Adobe
12 5 (1.305%) McAfee
13 4 (1.044%) Salesforce.com
13 4 (1.044%) Intel
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