Hiring demand for E-Commerce Professionals in the Retail Sector

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Much of the demand is concentrated in metropolitan areas like Seattle, Chicago, and New York. With the highest volumes of job ads occurring in these cities, they are among some of the areas that will experience more difficulties when recruiting talent. There are limited talent pools of e-commerce professionals with experience in the retail industry. Employers and recruiters should consider hiring e-commerce skilled candidates with experience in other industries to open their candidate pools.

Heat Map of Hiring Demand for E-Commerce Professionals

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Here are some of the job titles that we see commonly requiring e-commerce experience or knowledge in the retail industry:

• Web Developer
• Ecommerce Business Analyst
• Web Designer
• Ecommerce Manager
• Software Engineer
• Ecommerce Marketing Manager
• Project Manager
• Director Ecommerce
• Senior Software Engineer
• Java Developer

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Hiring Demand for E-Commerce Skills – 4 Year Hiring Trend

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E-commerce skills are most commonly required in technical, marketing, and analyst occupations. This makes sense since IT professionals are needed to build and implement e-commerce platforms, marketers are responsible for directing web traffic, and analysts are often hired to help consult a company through the process. Some of the most commonly advertised job titles requiring an e-commerce background are:

• Java Developer
• Web Developer
• Project Manager
• Business Analyst
• Software Engineer
• .NET Developer
• Web Designer
• Marketing Director

Below are the 10 most commonly required skills in e-commerce jobs. Considering that many of the e-commerce related jobs are technical in nature, it's not surprising that many of the below skills are computer and programming related.

1. Customer relationship management (CRM)
2. System Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
3. Management consulting
4. Application management
5. Oracle E-Business Suite
6. Project management
7. Adobe LifeCycle ES
8. Microsoft PowerPoint
9. Oracle Java
10. Business development

With increasing demand for these skills and a relatively limited supply of potential qualified candidates, our Hiring Scale™ confirms that Recruiters will find these jobs difficult to fill. Across the United States, Recruiters spend an average of 6 weeks advertising jobs and sourcing candidates for these positions. In comparison, Boulder, CO and Albany, NY are currently experiencing some of the most challenging overall recruiting conditions. Competition among employers to attract talent  has increased, yet the number of professionals entering the workforce with the desired skills hasn't grown at the same rate. In Boulder and Albany, the average posting period is 8 weeks, meaning it is likely to take 2 weeks longer to fill e-commerce positions than the US average.

Heat Map of Hiring Scales for E-Commerce Skills

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The below heat map of Hiring Scales depicts the best and worst places to recruit this talent. Some of the best places to source this talent, shown in green above, are Charleston (WV), Scranton (PA), and De Moines (IA).

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First of all, demand has been strong in 2011, reaching a 4-year high in May with more than 9,500 jobs posted online. Since then however, demand has declined slowly. In October, Recruiters placed about 6,000 new job listings that included e-commerce skills, up 26% year-over-year. There were about 1,300 employers that included e-commerce specifications in their job ads during October. (In comparison, there were about 1,100 employers advertising for these skills in October 2010.) Some companies that placed the most ads with e-commerce specifications included Deloitte, AT&T, IBM, Amazon, Macy's, Microsoft, and Staples.

Hiring Demand for E-Commerce Skills – 4 Years

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It isn't surprising that many of the jobs being posted are for various tech and developer positions. In fact, 56% of the jobs during October were for tech positions – with Web Developers, Computer Systems Analysts, and Software Engineers (applications) at the top. Other commonly advertised jobs were for Marketers, Management Analysts, Market Research Analysts, Accountants, Graphics Designers, and Customer Service Representatives. Even some job ads for Recruiters included requirements for past experience with sourcing for e-commerce skills.

Recruiting conditions in different locations will vary, since hiring demand and talent supply changes from city to city. For example, the highest growth in demand was seen in Pittsburgh, Houston, Charlotte, and Cleveland – all of which experienced triple digit year-over-year growth in ad volume. Of these cities with high growth, our Hiring Scale™ shows that Recruiters in Pittsburgh are likely to see the most difficult recruiting conditions. The talent pool in this area consists of about 18 potential candidates in the workforce for every job advertised, which is lower than the national average of 24 candidates. Recruiters in Pittsburgh also keep job ads online longer, with an average posting period of 44 days.

Hiring Scale for Candidates with E-Commerce Skills

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