Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for GIS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Berkshire region.

 Geographic Information System (GIS)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank132161249
Rank change year-on-year
Up+29Up+88
Matching permanent IT job ads32524
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire0.811 %0.107 %0.204 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category3.005 %0.455 %0.901 %
Salaries quoted30510
Average salary£57,500£27,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+109.09 %-31.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£24,500£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£32,000£50,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£36,000£33,000
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %+9.090 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
106511002665
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire27.00 %23.53 %22.66 %
Salaries quoted9529032166
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£28,850
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£60,250£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
GIS South EastGIS
South East

GIS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing GIS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Berkshire GIS Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

Berkshire GIS Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GIS across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Berkshire GIS Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
NewburyUp+315£65,000+136.36 %
ReadingUp+226£40,000+14.28 %
GIS South EastGIS
South East

GIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing GIS 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 GIS.

112 (33.33 %)Finance
211 (30.56 %)Insurance
310 (27.78 %)Business Development
49 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
49 (25.00 %)Project Management
55 (13.89 %)SQL Server
55 (13.89 %)Web Services
55 (13.89 %)UML
55 (13.89 %)CMMI
55 (13.89 %)ESRI
64 (11.11 %)OO
73 (8.333 %)C++
73 (8.333 %).NET
73 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
73 (8.333 %)XML
73 (8.333 %)Linux
73 (8.333 %)OOD
73 (8.333 %)SOA
73 (8.333 %)CDMA
73 (8.333 %)UMTS
73 (8.333 %)3G
73 (8.333 %)ArcGIS
73 (8.333 %)Supplier Management
73 (8.333 %)AJAX
73 (8.333 %)Enterprise Architecture
73 (8.333 %)Requirements Analysis
73 (8.333 %)Use Case
82 (5.556 %)C#
82 (5.556 %)Java
82 (5.556 %)Oracle

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing GIS 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 GIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (13.89 %)Web Services
23 (8.333 %)XML
23 (8.333 %).NET
23 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
23 (8.333 %)AJAX
32 (5.556 %)WebSphere
32 (5.556 %)ArcObjects
32 (5.556 %)WinForms
32 (5.556 %)JDBC
32 (5.556 %)JSP
32 (5.556 %)Servlets
32 (5.556 %)SOAP
32 (5.556 %)Struts
41 (2.778 %)CSS
41 (2.778 %)XHTML
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (8.333 %)ArcGIS
22 (5.556 %)ArcSDE
22 (5.556 %)Oracle Application Server
22 (5.556 %)AquaLogic
22 (5.556 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (5.556 %)WebLogic
22 (5.556 %)Apache
22 (5.556 %)Tomcat
31 (2.778 %)SAS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (2.778 %)SPSS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (8.333 %)CDMA
13 (8.333 %)UMTS
13 (8.333 %)3G
22 (5.556 %)LDAP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (13.89 %)SQL Server
22 (5.556 %)RDBMS
22 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (5.556 %)Data Cleansing
22 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2008
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (5.556 %)Ant
12 (5.556 %)JUnit
12 (5.556 %)PVCS
12 (5.556 %)Eclipse
12 (5.556 %)RequisitePro
12 (5.556 %)CruiseControl
12 (5.556 %)Subversion
12 (5.556 %)Maven
12 (5.556 %)JIRA
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (33.33 %)Finance
211 (30.56 %)Insurance
32 (5.556 %)Government
32 (5.556 %)Retail
41 (2.778 %)Automotive
41 (2.778 %)Marketing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
112 (33.33 %)Project Manager
26 (16.67 %)Architect
26 (16.67 %)Solutions Architect
34 (11.11 %)Developer
34 (11.11 %)Consultant
43 (8.333 %)Technical Design Leader
43 (8.333 %)Technical Leader
43 (8.333 %)GIS Consultant
52 (5.556 %)C# Developer
52 (5.556 %)GIS Developer
52 (5.556 %)Test Manager
52 (5.556 %)Planning Manager
61 (2.778 %)Web Developer
61 (2.778 %).NET Developer
61 (2.778 %)Analyst
61 (2.778 %)Graduate
61 (2.778 %).NET Web Developer
61 (2.778 %)VB.NET Developer
61 (2.778 %)Technical Specialist
61 (2.778 %)Performance Manager
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (5.556 %)Thin Client
12 (5.556 %)Management Information System
12 (5.556 %)Fat Client
21 (2.778 %)Mathematics
21 (2.778 %)Computer Science
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (8.333 %)Linux
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (27.78 %)Business Development
29 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
29 (25.00 %)Project Management
35 (13.89 %)CMMI
35 (13.89 %)UML
44 (11.11 %)OO
53 (8.333 %)OOD
53 (8.333 %)SOA
53 (8.333 %)Use Case
53 (8.333 %)Supplier Management
53 (8.333 %)Enterprise Architecture
53 (8.333 %)Requirements Analysis
62 (5.556 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (5.556 %)Test Management
62 (5.556 %)Test Scripting
62 (5.556 %)Data Migration
62 (5.556 %)Software Architecture
62 (5.556 %)Business Intelligence
62 (5.556 %)CAD
62 (5.556 %)Service Delivery
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (8.333 %)C++
22 (5.556 %)Java
22 (5.556 %)C#
31 (2.778 %)PHP
31 (2.778 %)SQL
31 (2.778 %)VB
31 (2.778 %)VB.NET
31 (2.778 %)ActionScript
31 (2.778 %)VB6
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (5.556 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (13.89 %)ESRI
22 (5.556 %)Oracle
22 (5.556 %)Citrix