The first table below looks at the demand for GIS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rank 102 125 92
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -33
Permanent jobs citing GIS 22 2 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.182% 0.100% 1.629%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.583% 0.338% 7.495%
Number of salaries quoted 22 2 34
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -21.68%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £38,500 £49,550
UK excluding London average salary £35,250 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-11.87% +6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
614 591 467
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 32.99% 29.52% 21.74%
Number of salaries quoted 575 542 424
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £35,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% +10.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
GIS
Cambridgeshire

GIS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GIS across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Cambridge GIS Jobs Demand Trend

GIS
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge GIS Salary Trend

GIS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GIS across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridge GIS Salary Histogram

GIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 20 (71.43%) Degree
2 15 (53.57%) Oracle
2 15 (53.57%) Telecoms
3 13 (46.43%) Magik
3 13 (46.43%) Smallworld
4 12 (42.86%) SQL
5 11 (39.29%) UNIX
5 11 (39.29%) Windows
5 11 (39.29%) Computer Science
6 9 (32.14%) Java
7 7 (25.00%) .NET
7 7 (25.00%) SQL Server
8 6 (21.43%) LAN
8 6 (21.43%) WAN
8 6 (21.43%) Electronics
8 6 (21.43%) WebSphere
8 6 (21.43%) JSF
9 5 (17.86%) Six Sigma
9 5 (17.86%) OOP
9 5 (17.86%) OO
10 4 (14.29%) Data Analysis
11 3 (10.71%) GPRS
11 3 (10.71%) HNC
11 3 (10.71%) HND
11 3 (10.71%) MS Office
12 2 (7.143%) Project Management
12 2 (7.143%) System Testing
12 2 (7.143%) Business Analysis
12 2 (7.143%) Statistical Analysis
13 1 (3.571%) Remote Sensing

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Application Development
1 7 (25.00%) .NET
2 6 (21.43%) WebSphere
2 6 (21.43%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 13 (46.43%) Smallworld
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) MS Office
2 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) LAN
1 6 (21.43%) WAN
2 3 (10.71%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (53.57%) Telecoms
2 6 (21.43%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Consultant
2 9 (32.14%) Analyst
3 8 (28.57%) Technical Consultant
4 6 (21.43%) Support Consultant
5 4 (14.29%) Database Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) GIS Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) GIS Data Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Configuration Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Data Analyst
7 2 (7.143%) Help Desk Analyst
7 2 (7.143%) GIS Officer
8 1 (3.571%) Junior Java Software Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) C# Software Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Java Software Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Technical Support Consultant
8 1 (3.571%) Junior Software Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Junior
8 1 (3.571%) Software Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Technical Support
8 1 (3.571%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 11 (39.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.571%) Remote Sensing
Operating Systems
1 11 (39.29%) UNIX
1 11 (39.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.86%) Six Sigma
1 5 (17.86%) OOP
1 5 (17.86%) OO
2 4 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 2 (7.143%) Project Management
3 2 (7.143%) System Testing
3 2 (7.143%) Business Analysis
3 2 (7.143%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (46.43%) Magik
2 12 (42.86%) SQL
3 9 (32.14%) Java
4 1 (3.571%) C#
4 1 (3.571%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (71.43%) Degree
2 3 (10.71%) HNC
2 3 (10.71%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) Oracle