Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Internet skills within the Bedford region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3531
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads64
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below12.24 %12.90 %
Salaries quoted64
Average minimum salary£32,833£18,000
Average salary£34,833£21,500
% change on same period last year+62.01 %
Average maximum salary£36,833£25,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,161£35,582
% change on same period last year+4.43 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads4931
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.014 %
Salaries quoted4227
Average minimum salary£29,554£22,564
Average salary£32,630£24,930
% change on same period last year+30.88 %
Average maximum salary£35,707£27,296
UK excluding London average salary£37,772£38,116
% change on same period last year-0.90 %
Internet BedfordshireInternet
Bedfordshire

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Internet across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedford Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Internet across the Bedford region.

Bedford Internet Salary Trend

Internet
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Internet across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Bedford Internet Salary Histogram

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Internet 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 Internet.

115 (78.95 %)Windows
115 (78.95 %)Microsoft
213 (68.42 %)SQL Server
312 (63.16 %)VMware
49 (47.37 %)Oracle
49 (47.37 %)UNIX
49 (47.37 %)MS Excel
57 (36.84 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (36.84 %)QA
66 (31.58 %)Windows 2000 Server
66 (31.58 %)Exchange Server 2003
66 (31.58 %)SharePoint
66 (31.58 %)MS Exchange
66 (31.58 %)IIS
66 (31.58 %)MS Office
75 (26.32 %)SSL
75 (26.32 %)Windows XP
75 (26.32 %)Active Directory
75 (26.32 %)SQL Server 2005
75 (26.32 %)Windows Vista
75 (26.32 %)SharePoint Server 2007
75 (26.32 %)VMware Infrastructure
84 (21.05 %)Exchange Server 2007
84 (21.05 %)Microsoft Certification
84 (21.05 %)ASP
84 (21.05 %)VBScript
84 (21.05 %)VB
84 (21.05 %)VBA
93 (15.79 %)MySQL
93 (15.79 %)Linux

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (21.05 %)ASP
22 (10.53 %)WebServices
31 (5.263 %)XHTML
31 (5.263 %)CSS
31 (5.263 %).NET
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (31.58 %)IIS
16 (31.58 %)SharePoint
16 (31.58 %)MS Exchange
16 (31.58 %)Exchange Server 2003
25 (26.32 %)SharePoint Server 2007
34 (21.05 %)Exchange Server 2007
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (47.37 %)MS Excel
26 (31.58 %)MS Office
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (26.32 %)SSL
22 (10.53 %)Firewall
31 (5.263 %)TCP/IP
31 (5.263 %)VPN
31 (5.263 %)DNS
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (68.42 %)SQL Server
25 (26.32 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (15.79 %)MySQL
42 (10.53 %)Oracle 9i
42 (10.53 %)Oracle 10g
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (10.53 %)Telecoms
21 (5.263 %)Manufacturing
21 (5.263 %)Publishing
21 (5.263 %)Pensions
21 (5.263 %)Back Office
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (42.11 %)Analyst
25 (26.32 %)Support Analyst
34 (21.05 %)Configuration Manager
34 (21.05 %)QA Manager
34 (21.05 %)Release Manager
34 (21.05 %)Technical Manager
43 (15.79 %)Infrastructure Manager
43 (15.79 %)Software Manager
52 (10.53 %)Senior DBA
52 (10.53 %)Integration Analyst
52 (10.53 %)IT Support Analyst
52 (10.53 %)Network Analyst
52 (10.53 %)2nd Line Support
52 (10.53 %)Administrator
52 (10.53 %)Systems Engineer
52 (10.53 %)DBA
61 (5.263 %)Server Support
61 (5.263 %)Systems Support
61 (5.263 %)Senior Systems Engineer
61 (5.263 %)Helpdesk Analyst
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.53 %)Clustering
21 (5.263 %)Management Information System
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (78.95 %)Windows
29 (47.37 %)UNIX
37 (36.84 %)Windows Server 2003
46 (31.58 %)Windows 2000 Server
55 (26.32 %)Windows Vista
55 (26.32 %)Windows XP
63 (15.79 %)Linux
72 (10.53 %)FreeBSD
72 (10.53 %)Solaris
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (5.263 %)Web Development
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (21.05 %)VBScript
14 (21.05 %)VB
14 (21.05 %)VBA
22 (10.53 %)Shell Script
22 (10.53 %)SQL
31 (5.263 %)C#
31 (5.263 %)JavaScript
31 (5.263 %)PHP
31 (5.263 %)PowerHouse
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (21.05 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (15.79 %)MCSE
32 (10.53 %)MCSA
41 (5.263 %)Degree
41 (5.263 %)MCP
Bedford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (36.84 %)QA
Bedford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (26.32 %)Active Directory
15 (26.32 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (10.53 %)Oracle RMAN
31 (5.263 %)VMware ESX
31 (5.263 %)Backup Exec
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (78.95 %)Microsoft
212 (63.16 %)VMware
39 (47.37 %)Oracle
42 (10.53 %)Sun
51 (5.263 %)Intel
51 (5.263 %)CheckPoint
51 (5.263 %)Symantec
51 (5.263 %)Cisco
51 (5.263 %)Altiris