Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

LinkRetailing
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank517054
Rank change year-on-year
Up+19Down-16
Matching permanent IT job ads308124796863
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK3.681 %2.883 %3.404 %
As % of the General category7.156 %5.909 %6.718 %
Salaries quoted253519555713
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,300£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£75,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£45,000£42,500
% change year-on-year
-+5.880 %
IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
4305441952102156
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK51.44 %48.79 %50.67 %
Salaries quoted350433410782604
Average salary£48,000£43,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.34 %-3.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-

Retail
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Retail within 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 citing Retail within the UK.

Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Retail over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 within the UK.

Retail Salary Histogram

Retail
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+172906£45,000-
LondonUp+91239£50,000-
South EastUp+25516£47,500+5.55 %
City of LondonUp+36331£47,500-9.52 %
East of EnglandUp+2315£45,000-5.26 %
North WestUp+16255£35,000-28.20 %
HertfordshireUp+7250£45,000-21.73 %
East MidlandsUp+42204£41,000+5.80 %
BerkshireUp+55160£47,500+5.55 %
West MidlandsUp+54159£37,500-
ManchesterUp+5130£35,000-36.36 %
YorkshireDown-11104£37,000-1.33 %
South WestUp+1291£37,500+4.16 %
West YorkshireDown-982£42,500+8.97 %
HampshireUp+2778£43,750+2.94 %
NottinghamshireUp+3177£52,000+34.19 %
SurreyUp+1471£47,500+18.75 %
BuckinghamshireDown-969£42,500-5.55 %
CheshireUp+4365£35,000-30.00 %
NottinghamUp+3062£51,000+40.68 %
WatfordUp+2560£42,500-19.04 %
ScotlandUp+3053£37,500-16.66 %
BirminghamUp+3344£49,000+28.94 %
NorthamptonshireUp+2344£40,000-11.11 %
LeicestershireUp+2343£35,000-
Home CountiesUp+142£52,500-4.54 %
LeedsUp+1238£47,500+11.76 %
KentUp+1238£35,000+55.55 %
CoventryUp+2037£28,000-34.88 %
Milton KeynesDown-1535£32,500-27.77 %

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11819 (29.63 %)Finance
21230 (20.03 %)E-Commerce
31039 (16.92 %)Banking
4937 (15.26 %).NET
5903 (14.71 %)SQL
6823 (13.40 %)SQL Server
7748 (12.18 %)Project Management
8663 (10.80 %)Degree
9659 (10.73 %)Retail Banking
10628 (10.23 %)SAP
11611 (9.951 %)C#
12546 (8.893 %)Microsoft
13537 (8.746 %)Oracle
14525 (8.550 %)Java
15505 (8.225 %)Marketing
16455 (7.410 %)XML
17439 (7.150 %)ASP.NET
18413 (6.726 %)HTML
19405 (6.596 %)Insurance
20386 (6.287 %)PRINCE2
21378 (6.156 %)JavaScript
22372 (6.059 %)Business Intelligence
23369 (6.010 %)CSS
24337 (5.489 %)CRM
25323 (5.261 %)Business Analysis
26315 (5.130 %)Windows
27301 (4.902 %)EPoS
28286 (4.658 %)Telecoms
29281 (4.577 %)Pensions
30270 (4.397 %)OO

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1937 (15.26 %).NET
2455 (7.410 %)XML
3439 (7.150 %)ASP.NET
4413 (6.726 %)HTML
5369 (6.010 %)CSS
6234 (3.811 %)Web Services
7230 (3.746 %)J2EE
8223 (3.632 %)AJAX
9131 (2.134 %)WebSphere
10123 (2.003 %)XHTML
11116 (1.889 %).NET Framework
12106 (1.726 %)Spring
1392 (1.498 %)Flash
1488 (1.433 %)jQuery
1574 (1.205 %)ASP
1668 (1.107 %)WCF
1760 (0.977 %)EDI
1760 (0.977 %)MVC
1859 (0.961 %)JSP
1958 (0.945 %)XSLT
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1234 (3.811 %)SAS
296 (1.564 %)SharePoint
384 (1.368 %)CMS
465 (1.059 %)WebLogic
561 (0.993 %)Apache
643 (0.700 %)IIS
738 (0.619 %)WebSphere Application Server
836 (0.586 %)WebLogic Portal
934 (0.554 %)NetWeaver
1028 (0.456 %)GlassFish
1127 (0.440 %)ESB
1226 (0.423 %)Tomcat
1323 (0.375 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1422 (0.358 %)MS Exchange
1520 (0.326 %)Commerce Server
1618 (0.293 %)MQSeries
1717 (0.277 %)BizTalk Server
1816 (0.261 %)Magento
1915 (0.244 %)AquaLogic
2014 (0.228 %)ColdFusion
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1263 (4.283 %)MS Excel
2160 (2.606 %)MS Visio
3107 (1.743 %)MS Office
493 (1.515 %)Photoshop
554 (0.879 %)MS Project
645 (0.733 %)Adobe Illustrator
744 (0.717 %)SPSS
843 (0.700 %)MS PowerPoint
926 (0.423 %)Spreadsheet
1025 (0.407 %)Fireworks
1111 (0.179 %)CA Clarity
1210 (0.163 %)MATLAB
138 (0.130 %)AutoCAD
144 (0.065 %)Acrobat
153 (0.049 %)FrameMaker
162 (0.033 %)InDesign
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1214 (3.485 %)SAP Retail
254 (0.879 %)SAP SD
340 (0.651 %)SAP MM
434 (0.554 %)SAP CO
533 (0.537 %)Dynamics AX
533 (0.537 %)SAP FI
533 (0.537 %)SAP FI/CO
631 (0.505 %)Dynamics NAV
729 (0.472 %)SAP CRM
828 (0.456 %)Navision
927 (0.440 %)SAP MDM
1025 (0.407 %)Oracle 11i
1025 (0.407 %)WebTrends
1124 (0.391 %)Axapta
1222 (0.358 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1321 (0.342 %)Dynamics CRM
1419 (0.309 %)SAP SCM
1419 (0.309 %)Google Analytics
1419 (0.309 %)Oracle Applications
1518 (0.293 %)SAP R/3
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1253 (4.121 %)Internet
264 (1.042 %)Intranet
354 (0.879 %)Firewall
444 (0.717 %)WAN
540 (0.651 %)TCP/IP
638 (0.619 %)ATM
734 (0.554 %)LAN
830 (0.489 %)DNS
929 (0.472 %)HTTP
1025 (0.407 %)RFID
1123 (0.375 %)SAN
1123 (0.375 %)Wireless
1218 (0.293 %)OSPF
1316 (0.261 %)BGP
1316 (0.261 %)VPN
1415 (0.244 %)VoIP
1514 (0.228 %)IP Telephony
1613 (0.212 %)Network Security
1712 (0.195 %)FTP
1712 (0.195 %)SSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1823 (13.40 %)SQL Server
2219 (3.567 %)SQL Server 2005
3211 (3.436 %)Datawarehouse
4179 (2.915 %)BusinessObjects
5141 (2.296 %)MySQL
6117 (1.906 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7113 (1.840 %)SQL Server 2008
888 (1.433 %)ETL
980 (1.303 %)SQL Server 2000
1077 (1.254 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1170 (1.140 %)RDBMS
1268 (1.107 %)DB2
1364 (1.042 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1460 (0.977 %)SAP BW
1557 (0.928 %)Oracle 10g
1654 (0.879 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1748 (0.782 %)Oracle Reports
1845 (0.733 %)Data Mining
1935 (0.570 %)Crystal Reports
2029 (0.472 %)BusinessObjects XI
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
168 (1.107 %)Visual Studio
266 (1.075 %)Dreamweaver
361 (0.993 %)Subversion
446 (0.749 %)TestDirector
538 (0.619 %)Selenium
635 (0.570 %)FitNesse
727 (0.440 %)Ant
727 (0.440 %)JUnit
727 (0.440 %)NUnit
825 (0.407 %)Team Foundation Server
917 (0.277 %)QuickTest Pro
1014 (0.228 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1113 (0.212 %)Eclipse
1113 (0.212 %)Synon
1211 (0.179 %)Cactus
1211 (0.179 %)Maven
1310 (0.163 %)ERwin
1310 (0.163 %)JDeveloper
148 (0.130 %)Oracle Forms
148 (0.130 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11819 (29.63 %)Finance
21039 (16.92 %)Banking
3659 (10.73 %)Retail Banking
4505 (8.225 %)Marketing
5405 (6.596 %)Insurance
6286 (4.658 %)Telecoms
7281 (4.577 %)Pensions
8223 (3.632 %)Health
9191 (3.111 %)Manufacturing
10141 (2.296 %)Investment Banking
11113 (1.840 %)Government
12112 (1.824 %)Pharmaceutical
13110 (1.792 %)Back Office
14103 (1.678 %)Games
1594 (1.531 %)Education
1665 (1.059 %)Automotive
1752 (0.847 %)Advertising
1843 (0.700 %)Publishing
1843 (0.700 %)Electronics
1942 (0.684 %)Front Office
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11346 (21.92 %)Analyst
21071 (17.44 %)Developer
3639 (10.41 %)Business Analyst
4636 (10.36 %)Consultant
5577 (9.397 %)Project Manager
6478 (7.785 %)Architect
7259 (4.218 %).NET Developer
8211 (3.436 %)Senior Manager
9193 (3.143 %)Programme Manager
10187 (3.046 %)SAP Consultant
11183 (2.980 %)Senior Developer
12173 (2.818 %)Web Developer
13168 (2.736 %)Test Manager
14159 (2.590 %)Senior Analyst
15139 (2.264 %)Development Manager
16134 (2.182 %)C# Developer
17133 (2.166 %)Business Manager
18124 (2.020 %)Systems Analyst
19122 (1.987 %)Programmer
19122 (1.987 %)Support Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1301 (4.902 %)EPoS
2197 (3.208 %)FMCG
3164 (2.671 %)Computer Science
4158 (2.573 %)Credit Risk
5133 (2.166 %)Mathematics
678 (1.270 %)EFT
763 (1.026 %)Statistics
862 (1.010 %)Mainframe
956 (0.912 %)PMI
1055 (0.896 %)Management Information System
1153 (0.863 %)N-Tier
1252 (0.847 %)W3C
1348 (0.782 %)Physics
1446 (0.749 %)French Language
1544 (0.717 %)Open Source
1642 (0.684 %)Derivative
1733 (0.537 %)Equities
1830 (0.489 %)Fixed Income
1927 (0.440 %)SaaS
1927 (0.440 %)iPhone
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1315 (5.130 %)Windows
2242 (3.941 %)UNIX
3190 (3.094 %)Linux
459 (0.961 %)Windows Server 2003
558 (0.945 %)Windows XP
643 (0.700 %)Red Hat Linux
643 (0.700 %)AIX
730 (0.489 %)Windows 2000
824 (0.391 %)Windows Server 2008
922 (0.358 %)Solaris
1017 (0.277 %)zOS
1115 (0.244 %)Windows Vista
1214 (0.228 %)Ubuntu
1313 (0.212 %)Windows NT
1412 (0.195 %)Mac OS X
1510 (0.163 %)Windows 2000 Server
169 (0.147 %)Windows 7
175 (0.081 %)Windows Mobile
184 (0.065 %)CentOS
184 (0.065 %)Android
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11230 (20.03 %)E-Commerce
2748 (12.18 %)Project Management
3386 (6.287 %)PRINCE2
4372 (6.059 %)Business Intelligence
5337 (5.489 %)CRM
6323 (5.261 %)Business Analysis
7270 (4.397 %)OO
8258 (4.202 %)Stakeholder Management
9219 (3.567 %)ERP
10203 (3.306 %)SOA
11201 (3.274 %)Agile Software Development
12198 (3.225 %)Logistics
13193 (3.143 %)UML
14174 (2.834 %)Scrum
15172 (2.801 %)ITIL
16161 (2.622 %)Business Development
17154 (2.508 %)SEO
18138 (2.248 %)Web Development
19134 (2.182 %)Data Modelling
20130 (2.117 %)Change Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1903 (14.71 %)SQL
2611 (9.951 %)C#
3525 (8.550 %)Java
4378 (6.156 %)JavaScript
5219 (3.567 %)C
6213 (3.469 %)VB.NET
7161 (2.622 %)PHP
8158 (2.573 %)T-SQL
9154 (2.508 %)VB
10135 (2.199 %)C++
1186 (1.401 %)PL/SQL
1271 (1.156 %)VBA
1369 (1.124 %)Perl
1467 (1.091 %)VB6
1537 (0.603 %)ActionScript
1635 (0.570 %)COBOL
1731 (0.505 %)JCL
1827 (0.440 %)VBScript
1926 (0.423 %)Shell Script
1926 (0.423 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1663 (10.80 %)Degree
2128 (2.085 %)ISEB
382 (1.336 %)PMI Certification
477 (1.254 %)Microsoft Certification
568 (1.107 %)MBA
648 (0.782 %)PMP
743 (0.700 %)PRINCE2 Certification
839 (0.635 %)MCP
926 (0.423 %)MCSE
926 (0.423 %)MCSD
1025 (0.407 %)MCTS
1025 (0.407 %)PhD
1025 (0.407 %)CISSP
1124 (0.391 %)Cisco Certification
1223 (0.375 %)MCAD
1321 (0.342 %)ITIL Certification
1418 (0.293 %)ACCA
1515 (0.244 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1614 (0.228 %)CIMA
1614 (0.228 %)CISA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1120 (1.954 %)QA
264 (1.042 %)PCI DSS
356 (0.912 %)SLA
455 (0.896 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
532 (0.521 %)Basel II
612 (0.195 %)ISO27001
75 (0.081 %)HIPAA
84 (0.065 %)GAAP
92 (0.033 %)IAS 39
92 (0.033 %)21 CFR Part 11
101 (0.016 %)WCAG
101 (0.016 %)ISO8583
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
167 (1.091 %)Active Directory
224 (0.391 %)Oracle RAC
323 (0.375 %)VMware Infrastructure
414 (0.228 %)Citrix Presentation Server
56 (0.098 %)ISA Server
65 (0.081 %)Xen
65 (0.081 %)VMware ESX
65 (0.081 %)Samba
74 (0.065 %)Oracle RMAN
74 (0.065 %)Terminal Server
83 (0.049 %)XenServer
91 (0.016 %)Hyper-V
91 (0.016 %)Kerio MailServer
91 (0.016 %)VMware Server
91 (0.016 %)MSMQ
91 (0.016 %)MetaFrame
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
117 (0.277 %)HP Quality Center
211 (0.179 %)SCCM
310 (0.163 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
49 (0.147 %)CONTROL-M
49 (0.147 %)Tivoli
57 (0.114 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
66 (0.098 %)Nagios
75 (0.081 %)Netcool
84 (0.065 %)MSI
84 (0.065 %)Zenoss
84 (0.065 %)Data Guard
93 (0.049 %)EMC NetWorker
102 (0.033 %)OpenView
111 (0.016 %)WSUS
111 (0.016 %)Netcool/Webtop
111 (0.016 %)SCOM
111 (0.016 %)MOM
111 (0.016 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
111 (0.016 %)MIMEsweeper
111 (0.016 %)Backup Exec
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1628 (10.23 %)SAP
2546 (8.893 %)Microsoft
3537 (8.746 %)Oracle
4179 (2.915 %)Business Objects
5127 (2.068 %)IBM
687 (1.417 %)ATG
764 (1.042 %)Cognos
863 (1.026 %)Informatica
962 (1.010 %)JBoss
1060 (0.977 %)Cisco
1150 (0.814 %)Siebel
1245 (0.733 %)Google
1343 (0.700 %)VMware
1442 (0.684 %)Red Hat
1540 (0.651 %)Adobe
1635 (0.570 %)Teradata
1729 (0.472 %)HP
1824 (0.391 %)Accenture
1923 (0.375 %)Citrix
1923 (0.375 %)Apple