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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 29 27 27
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Permanent jobs citing Retail 6 6 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 3.390% 4.255% 5.729%
As % of the General category 5.607% 8.571% 8.661%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 8
Average salary £34,500 £40,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.75% +37.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,100 £40,000 £28,200
10% offered a salary of more than £34,900 £41,000 £59,750
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All of the General Category
St Albans
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
107 70 127
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 60.45% 49.65% 66.15%
Number of salaries quoted 51 53 36
Average salary £45,000 £40,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,300 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,500 £72,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Retail
Hertfordshire

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans 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 11 (84.62%) Project Management
2 8 (61.54%) E-Commerce
3 7 (53.85%) PRINCE2
4 4 (30.77%) B2B
4 4 (30.77%) PMI
4 4 (30.77%) PMI Certification
4 4 (30.77%) Internet
4 4 (30.77%) .NET
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (30.77%) Supplier Management
4 4 (30.77%) Matrix Management
4 4 (30.77%) FMCG
5 3 (23.08%) SaaS
5 3 (23.08%) French Language
6 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
6 2 (15.38%) MS Access
6 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
6 2 (15.38%) VBA
6 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
7 1 (7.692%) SQL

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans 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 4 (30.77%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) MS Access
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (23.08%) French Language
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Project Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Implementation Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Junior
4 2 (15.38%) Coordinator
4 2 (15.38%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (15.38%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Junior Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Implementation Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Junior Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Implementation Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Junior Implementation Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) PMI
1 4 (30.77%) FMCG
2 3 (23.08%) SaaS
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Project Management
2 8 (61.54%) E-Commerce
3 7 (53.85%) PRINCE2
4 4 (30.77%) B2B
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (30.77%) Supplier Management
4 4 (30.77%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) VBA
2 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) PMI Certification
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Verticality
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