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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Retail' in IT jobs across the UK together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRetailing
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank4856
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching permanent IT job ads79426985
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.871 %3.121 %
As % of the category below7.480 %5.927 %
Salaries quoted64105642
Average minimum salary£44,496£44,399
Average salary£49,508£48,049
% change on same period last year+3.03 %
Average maximum salary£54,520£51,698
UK excluding London average salary£44,939£44,339
% change on same period last year+1.35 %
General UKGeneral
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads106173117847
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled51.75 %52.66 %
Salaries quoted8573191989
Average minimum salary£43,998£46,168
Average salary£48,336£50,509
% change on same period last year-4.30 %
Average maximum salary£52,674£54,849
UK excluding London average salary£40,683£41,991
% change on same period last year-3.11 %

Retail
Demand Trend

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

Retail Demand Trend

Retail
Salary Trend

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

Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Retail across the UK over the past 3 months.

Retail Salary Histogram

Retail
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+117626£48,901+2.55 %
2LondonUp+123286£55,848+5.76 %
3South EastUp+91549£43,541-8.76 %
4East of EnglandUp+11886£43,967-0.63 %
5North WestUp+13700£45,955+10.96 %
6HertfordshireUp+7623£46,235-0.11 %
7BerkshireUp+9499£44,860-3.80 %
7City of LondonUp+2499£57,991-3.68 %
8ManchesterUp+34489£48,249+19.25 %
9West MidlandsUp+44343£42,610+11.92 %
10YorkshireDown-32329£38,534+3.26 %
11SurreyUp+36267£48,753+9.92 %
12East MidlandsDown-16219£39,471+9.99 %
13South WestDown-3205£40,142+1.37 %
14BuckinghamshireUp+7200£37,136-25.58 %
15West YorkshireDown-38194£37,305-1.61 %
16HampshireDown-37193£35,397-22.93 %
17CambridgeshireUp+13157£40,205-5.90 %
18OxfordshireUp+47129£37,761-6.02 %
19BirminghamUp+32116£42,632+15.98 %
20CambridgeUp+30111£40,790-9.12 %
21LeedsDown-31104£34,819+0.79 %
22MiddlesexUp+299£46,144-12.65 %
23WatfordUp+3692£40,576-19.38 %
24ScotlandUp+1591£43,103+14.67 %
25WarwickshireUp+4488£46,973+26.10 %
26CheshireDown-2582£41,032-0.25 %
27ReadingUp+381£42,418-4.17 %
28UxbridgeUp+2271£48,565-7.05 %
29NorthamptonshireDown-569£42,867+10.79 %

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Retail also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Retail.

14734 (32.06 %)Finance
22441 (16.53 %)Banking
32224 (15.06 %).NET
42128 (14.41 %)SQL
52078 (14.07 %)SAP
61897 (12.85 %)Oracle
71814 (12.29 %)E-Commerce
81743 (11.80 %)SQL Server
91685 (11.41 %)Microsoft
101662 (11.26 %)Project Management
111472 (9.970 %)Java
121356 (9.184 %)Degree
131275 (8.635 %)Retail Banking
141212 (8.209 %)C#
151081 (7.321 %)Windows
161026 (6.949 %)Insurance
17994 (6.732 %)ASP.NET
18949 (6.427 %)XML
19946 (6.407 %)Business Intelligence
20940 (6.366 %)Marketing
21882 (5.974 %)J2EE
22869 (5.886 %)Telecoms
23832 (5.635 %)PRINCE2
24826 (5.594 %)Pensions
25783 (5.303 %)Unix
26771 (5.222 %)MS Excel
27764 (5.174 %)EPoS
28753 (5.100 %)UML
29750 (5.080 %)CRM
30718 (4.863 %)ERP

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Retail also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Retail. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
12224 (15.06 %).NET
2994 (6.732 %)ASP.NET
3949 (6.427 %)XML
4882 (5.974 %)J2EE
5703 (4.761 %)HTML
6592 (4.009 %)CSS
7579 (3.921 %)WebSphere
8334 (2.262 %)WebServices
9304 (2.059 %)AJAX
10276 (1.869 %)JSP
11275 (1.863 %)XHTML
12229 (1.551 %)ASP
13216 (1.463 %).NET Framework
14133 (0.901 %)Servlets
15111 (0.752 %)Middleware
16109 (0.738 %)EJB
17103 (0.698 %)Spring
1898 (0.664 %)Hibernate
1993 (0.630 %)XSLT
2091 (0.616 %)JSF
Application Platforms
1428 (2.899 %)SAS
2235 (1.592 %)BizTalk Server
3208 (1.409 %)SharePoint
4195 (1.321 %)MS Exchange
5166 (1.124 %)WebLogic
6155 (1.050 %)IIS
7142 (0.962 %)Apache
8138 (0.935 %)NetWeaver
9137 (0.928 %)WebSphere Application Server
10129 (0.874 %)JBoss
11127 (0.860 %)Tomcat
12105 (0.711 %)Exchange Server 2003
1397 (0.657 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1480 (0.542 %)CMS
1576 (0.515 %)WebSphere MQ
1657 (0.386 %)Exchange Server 2000
1744 (0.298 %)Commerce Server
1835 (0.237 %)CICS
1932 (0.217 %)Lotus Notes
2027 (0.183 %)ESB
Applications
1771 (5.222 %)MS Excel
2412 (2.790 %)MS Office
3338 (2.289 %)MS Visio
4219 (1.483 %)Photoshop
5162 (1.097 %)SPSS
6123 (0.833 %)MS Project
792 (0.623 %)Adobe Illustrator
860 (0.406 %)MS PowerPoint
934 (0.230 %)CA Clarity
1022 (0.149 %)Fireworks
1115 (0.102 %)3ds Max
128 (0.054 %)AutoCAD
134 (0.027 %)InfoPath
134 (0.027 %)QuarkXPress
143 (0.020 %)ArcView
152 (0.014 %)Adobe Director
152 (0.014 %)FreeHand
152 (0.014 %)PrintSoft PReS
161 (0.007 %)SmartSuite
161 (0.007 %)InDesign
Business Applications
1565 (3.827 %)SAP Oil and Gas
2338 (2.289 %)SAP Retail
3220 (1.490 %)SAP FI
4182 (1.233 %)SAP CO
5181 (1.226 %)SAP FI/CO
6169 (1.145 %)Navision
7168 (1.138 %)SAP SD
8109 (0.738 %)Oracle Financials
992 (0.623 %)SAP CRM
1085 (0.576 %)SAP HR
1182 (0.555 %)Oracle EBS
1281 (0.549 %)Dynamics CRM
1378 (0.528 %)Oracle Applications
1378 (0.528 %)SAP ERP
1472 (0.488 %)Axapta
1569 (0.467 %)SAP IS-U
1665 (0.440 %)Dynamics NAV
1762 (0.420 %)SAP MM
1762 (0.420 %)Dynamics AX
1858 (0.393 %)Retail-J
Communications & Networking
1629 (4.260 %)Internet
2260 (1.761 %)TCP/IP
3201 (1.361 %)SAN
4156 (1.057 %)LAN
5142 (0.962 %)WAN
6117 (0.792 %)WINS
7115 (0.779 %)DNS
8108 (0.731 %)Firewall
976 (0.515 %)Wireless
1074 (0.501 %)VPN
1172 (0.488 %)VoIP
1266 (0.447 %)Intranet
1360 (0.406 %)Network Security
1459 (0.400 %)HTTP
1553 (0.359 %)DHCP
1644 (0.298 %)ATM
1644 (0.298 %)Wi-Fi
1737 (0.251 %)Broadband
1834 (0.230 %)LDAP
1925 (0.169 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
11743 (11.80 %)SQL Server
2594 (4.023 %)Datawarehouse
3549 (3.718 %)SQL Server 2005
4400 (2.709 %)SQL Server 2000
5369 (2.499 %)BusinessObjects
6331 (2.242 %)DB2
7207 (1.402 %)ETL
8199 (1.348 %)SAP BW
9196 (1.327 %)RDBMS
10192 (1.300 %)MySQL
11166 (1.124 %)Oracle 10g
12124 (0.840 %)SQL Server 7
13119 (0.806 %)Oracle 9i
14114 (0.772 %)Data Mining
15100 (0.677 %)Oracle 8/8i
1699 (0.671 %)Oracle Reports
1796 (0.650 %)Crystal Reports
1888 (0.596 %)SAP BI
1986 (0.582 %)SQL Server Integration Services
2075 (0.508 %)DTS
Development Applications
1270 (1.829 %)Visual Studio
2202 (1.368 %)TestDirector
3143 (0.969 %)Flash
495 (0.643 %)Eclipse
582 (0.555 %)Oracle Forms
666 (0.447 %)LoadRunner
765 (0.440 %)QuickTest Pro
854 (0.366 %)Subversion
953 (0.359 %)JIRA
1048 (0.325 %)WinRunner
1145 (0.305 %)ProC
1236 (0.244 %)Dreamweaver
1328 (0.190 %)Rational Rose
1427 (0.183 %)JDeveloper
1526 (0.176 %)Ant
1621 (0.142 %)NUnit
1720 (0.135 %)JUnit
1815 (0.102 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1912 (0.081 %)MorphX
2011 (0.075 %)Selenium
General
14734 (32.06 %)Finance
22441 (16.53 %)Banking
31275 (8.635 %)Retail Banking
41026 (6.949 %)Insurance
5940 (6.366 %)Marketing
6869 (5.886 %)Telecoms
7826 (5.594 %)Pensions
8579 (3.921 %)Health
9566 (3.833 %)Manufacturing
10402 (2.723 %)Government
11338 (2.289 %)Investment Banking
12291 (1.971 %)Education
13198 (1.341 %)Billing
14180 (1.219 %)Back Office
15178 (1.206 %)Pharmaceutical
16166 (1.124 %)Financial Institution
17137 (0.928 %)Games
18124 (0.840 %)Construction
19104 (0.704 %)Corporate Banking
2098 (0.664 %)Automotive
Job Titles
13321 (22.49 %)Analyst
22553 (17.29 %)Consultant
32208 (14.95 %)Developer
41636 (11.08 %)Business Analyst
51557 (10.55 %)Project Manager
61053 (7.132 %)Architect
71018 (6.895 %)SAP Consultant
8616 (4.172 %).NET Developer
9422 (2.858 %)Senior Consultant
10398 (2.696 %)Programme Manager
11364 (2.465 %)C# Developer
12360 (2.438 %)Senior Analyst
13354 (2.398 %)Web Developer
14347 (2.350 %)Support Analyst
15341 (2.310 %)Programmer
16321 (2.174 %)Test Manager
17305 (2.066 %)Solutions Architect
18282 (1.910 %)Systems Analyst
19277 (1.876 %)Java Developer
20275 (1.863 %)Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1764 (5.174 %)EPoS
2191 (1.294 %)Mainframe
3174 (1.178 %)Computer Science
4164 (1.111 %)Asset Management
5140 (0.948 %)Credit Risk
6136 (0.921 %)W3C
7133 (0.901 %)AS400
8106 (0.718 %)Management Information System
9103 (0.698 %)PMI
1094 (0.637 %)EFT
1186 (0.582 %)Chip and PIN
1277 (0.522 %)Client/Server
1277 (0.522 %)N-Tier
1373 (0.494 %)Mathematics
1468 (0.461 %)Derivative
1468 (0.461 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1565 (0.440 %)EFTPOS
1662 (0.420 %)Fund Management
1758 (0.393 %)Statistics
1857 (0.386 %)Fixed Income
Operating Systems
11081 (7.321 %)Windows
2783 (5.303 %)Unix
3483 (3.271 %)Linux
4186 (1.260 %)AIX
5183 (1.239 %)Windows 2000
6130 (0.880 %)Windows XP
7123 (0.833 %)Solaris
8103 (0.698 %)Windows Server 2003
989 (0.603 %)Windows NT
1037 (0.251 %)HPUX
1126 (0.176 %)zOS
1216 (0.108 %)Mac OS X
1314 (0.095 %)Windows Mobile
1314 (0.095 %)MVS
1413 (0.088 %)VMS
1512 (0.081 %)Windows CE
167 (0.047 %)SUSE
175 (0.034 %)Debian
175 (0.034 %)Fedora
184 (0.027 %)OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
11814 (12.29 %)E-Commerce
21662 (11.26 %)Project Management
3946 (6.407 %)Business Intelligence
4832 (5.635 %)PRINCE2
5753 (5.100 %)UML
6750 (5.080 %)CRM
7718 (4.863 %)ERP
8691 (4.680 %)Business Analysis
9457 (3.095 %)OO
10415 (2.811 %)SOA
11379 (2.567 %)ITIL
12376 (2.547 %)Business Development
13350 (2.370 %)Change Management
14336 (2.276 %)Service Delivery
15318 (2.154 %)User Acceptance Testing
16314 (2.127 %)E-business
17308 (2.086 %)Logistics
18299 (2.025 %)Risk Management
19280 (1.896 %)Data Modelling
20275 (1.863 %)RUP
Programming Languages
12128 (14.41 %)SQL
21472 (9.970 %)Java
31212 (8.209 %)C#
4630 (4.267 %)JavaScript
5515 (3.488 %)VB.NET
6465 (3.149 %)VB
7392 (2.655 %)C
8343 (2.323 %)C++
9286 (1.937 %)PL/SQL
10207 (1.402 %)Transact-SQL
11168 (1.138 %)PHP
12160 (1.084 %)VB6
13132 (0.894 %)ABAP
14129 (0.874 %)VBA
15106 (0.718 %)Perl
16103 (0.698 %)VC++
1799 (0.671 %)COBOL
1888 (0.596 %)Shell Script
1970 (0.474 %)RPG
2069 (0.467 %)DHTML
Qualifications
11356 (9.184 %)Degree
2286 (1.937 %)PRINCE2 Certification
3274 (1.856 %)Microsoft Certification
4269 (1.822 %)ISEB
5135 (0.914 %)PMI Certification
6133 (0.901 %)MCSE
7119 (0.806 %)PMP
8118 (0.799 %)Cisco Certification
9100 (0.677 %)MCP
1080 (0.542 %)MCSD
1179 (0.535 %)MBA
1268 (0.461 %)CCNA
1365 (0.440 %)ITIL Certification
1452 (0.352 %)MCAD
1551 (0.345 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1648 (0.325 %)ACCA
1746 (0.312 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1844 (0.298 %)CISA
1943 (0.291 %)HND
2040 (0.271 %)CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1302 (2.045 %)QA
2195 (1.321 %)SLA
389 (0.603 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
484 (0.569 %)WAI
578 (0.528 %)Basel II
629 (0.196 %)WCAG
725 (0.169 %)BS7799
820 (0.135 %)ISO27001
917 (0.115 %)MiFID
1012 (0.081 %)COBIT
1012 (0.081 %)PCI DSS
1110 (0.068 %)ISO9000
126 (0.041 %)ISO9001
126 (0.041 %)PCI QSA
133 (0.020 %)IAS 39
141 (0.007 %)ISO17799
141 (0.007 %)GAAP
141 (0.007 %)ISO8583
System Software
1329 (2.228 %)Active Directory
233 (0.224 %)AquaLogic
329 (0.196 %)MSMQ
427 (0.183 %)ISA Server
525 (0.169 %)Oracle RAC
616 (0.108 %)Oracle RMAN
714 (0.095 %)Xen
812 (0.081 %)Backup Exec
910 (0.068 %)NetBackup
109 (0.061 %)Terminal Services
109 (0.061 %)Samba
116 (0.041 %)Terminal Server
116 (0.041 %)VMware Server
125 (0.034 %)VMware ESX
134 (0.027 %)MetaFrame
134 (0.027 %)Citrix Presentation Server
141 (0.007 %)RACF
141 (0.007 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
141 (0.007 %)Cronacle
Systems Management
123 (0.156 %)MOM
221 (0.142 %)Tivoli
316 (0.108 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
415 (0.102 %)Nagios
514 (0.095 %)OpenView
611 (0.075 %)CiscoWorks
710 (0.068 %)Legato
710 (0.068 %)Netcool
710 (0.068 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
710 (0.068 %)Netcool/Proviso
89 (0.061 %)Netcool/Webtop
98 (0.054 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
106 (0.041 %)AutoSys
106 (0.041 %)OVSD
106 (0.041 %)AllFusion Endevor
106 (0.041 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
115 (0.034 %)OMEGAMON
115 (0.034 %)Unicenter
124 (0.027 %)EMC NetWorker
133 (0.020 %)HP Data Protector
Vendors
12078 (14.07 %)SAP
21897 (12.85 %)Oracle
31685 (11.41 %)Microsoft
4390 (2.641 %)IBM
5369 (2.499 %)Business Objects
6233 (1.578 %)Cognos
7222 (1.504 %)Cisco
8173 (1.172 %)Citrix
9148 (1.002 %)Siebel
9148 (1.002 %)JDA
9148 (1.002 %)Retek
10135 (0.914 %)HP
11129 (0.874 %)VMware
12104 (0.704 %)MicroStrategy
13100 (0.677 %)JD Edwards
1499 (0.671 %)Informatica
1586 (0.582 %)Teradata
1684 (0.569 %)Adobe
1775 (0.508 %)Manugistics
1872 (0.488 %)PeopleSoft
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