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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 40 48 42
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Retail 29 17 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 4.858% 2.941% 3.357%
As % of the General category 21.97% 10.97% 12.18%
Number of salaries quoted 26 14 11
Average salary £36,000 £66,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-45.66% +76.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £40,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All of the General Category
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
132 155 156
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 22.11% 26.82% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 116 137 127
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £63,000 £62,500
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 Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Cannock - 5 £40,000 -
Stoke-on-Trent +5 2 £80,000 +23.07%
Stafford +4 2 £26,500 -
Retail
West Midlands

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 22 (34.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (29.69%) PRINCE2
2 19 (29.69%) E-Commerce
3 18 (28.13%) Finance
4 15 (23.44%) QA
5 14 (21.88%) CSS
5 14 (21.88%) HTML
5 14 (21.88%) SQL
6 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
6 12 (18.75%) JavaScript
6 12 (18.75%) MS Visio
6 12 (18.75%) jQuery
7 11 (17.19%) .NET
7 11 (17.19%) ASP.NET
7 11 (17.19%) ERP
8 10 (15.63%) MS Project
8 10 (15.63%) MS Office
9 9 (14.06%) MS Excel
9 9 (14.06%) Windows
9 9 (14.06%) Project Management
9 9 (14.06%) Marketing
10 8 (12.50%) Project Planning
10 8 (12.50%) NHibernate
10 8 (12.50%) Ajax
10 8 (12.50%) C#
10 8 (12.50%) Windows Azure
10 8 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
10 8 (12.50%) Waterfall
10 8 (12.50%) Ninject
10 8 (12.50%) REST

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 14 (21.88%) CSS
1 14 (21.88%) HTML
2 12 (18.75%) jQuery
3 11 (17.19%) .NET
3 11 (17.19%) ASP.NET
4 8 (12.50%) NHibernate
4 8 (12.50%) Ajax
4 8 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
4 8 (12.50%) Ninject
4 8 (12.50%) REST
4 8 (12.50%) Razor View Engine
4 8 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 4 (6.250%) XHTML
5 4 (6.250%) CSS3
5 4 (6.250%) HTML5
6 2 (3.125%) ASP
6 2 (3.125%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 8 (12.50%) Windows Azure
2 5 (7.813%) CMS
3 4 (6.250%) Joomla!
3 4 (6.250%) WordPress
4 3 (4.688%) SharePoint
5 2 (3.125%) Magento
Applications
1 12 (18.75%) MS Visio
2 10 (15.63%) MS Project
2 10 (15.63%) MS Office
3 9 (14.06%) MS Excel
4 6 (9.375%) Photoshop
5 2 (3.125%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (3.125%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 1 (1.563%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (1.563%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.125%) LAN
1 2 (3.125%) PBX
1 2 (3.125%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (4.688%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (4.688%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.688%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.125%) MySQL
3 2 (3.125%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (6.250%) Dreamweaver
General
1 18 (28.13%) Finance
2 9 (14.06%) Marketing
3 3 (4.688%) Back Office
3 3 (4.688%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.125%) Banking
5 1 (1.563%) Advertising
5 1 (1.563%) Games
Job Titles
1 15 (23.44%) Analyst
2 13 (20.31%) Business Analyst
3 11 (17.19%) Developer
4 10 (15.63%) Programme Manager
4 10 (15.63%) Project Manager
5 8 (12.50%) .NET Developer
5 8 (12.50%) ASP.NET Developer
6 6 (9.375%) Web Designer
6 6 (9.375%) Designer
7 5 (7.813%) Web Developer
7 5 (7.813%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 5 (7.813%) Business Manager
7 5 (7.813%) .NET Web Developer
8 4 (6.250%) Business Project Manager
9 3 (4.688%) Development Analyst
9 3 (4.688%) Business Development Analyst
9 3 (4.688%) Test Leader
9 3 (4.688%) Junior
9 3 (4.688%) Business Change Analyst
9 3 (4.688%) Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.250%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.125%) AS400
2 2 (3.125%) Mainframe
2 2 (3.125%) iSeries
3 1 (1.563%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.06%) Windows
2 2 (3.125%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (29.69%) PRINCE2
2 19 (29.69%) E-Commerce
3 11 (17.19%) ERP
4 9 (14.06%) Project Management
5 8 (12.50%) Project Planning
5 8 (12.50%) Waterfall
6 7 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (10.94%) Programme Management
7 6 (9.375%) Supplier Management
7 6 (9.375%) Online Marketing
8 5 (7.813%) Domain-Driven Design
8 5 (7.813%) Test Scripting
8 5 (7.813%) ITIL
8 5 (7.813%) CRM
8 5 (7.813%) BPR
8 5 (7.813%) Change Management
8 5 (7.813%) TDD
8 5 (7.813%) Web Design
8 5 (7.813%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 14 (21.88%) SQL
2 12 (18.75%) JavaScript
3 8 (12.50%) C#
4 6 (9.375%) VBA
5 5 (7.813%) T-SQL
6 2 (3.125%) PHP
7 1 (1.563%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (6.250%) ISEB
2 3 (4.688%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 3 (4.688%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.125%) Degree
3 2 (3.125%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.563%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.563%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (23.44%) QA
2 2 (3.125%) SLA
2 2 (3.125%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (6.250%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.813%) hybris
3 3 (4.688%) Oracle
4 2 (3.125%) VMware
4 2 (3.125%) Google
4 2 (3.125%) Business Objects
4 2 (3.125%) Cisco
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