The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Statistics in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Statistics over the 3 months to 17 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Statistics
Rank 125 117 122
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +5
Permanent jobs citing Statistics 2 8 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.106% 0.404% 0.092%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.314% 1.039% 0.236%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 0
Average salary £32,500 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.52% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +23.07%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
636 770 847
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 33.79% 38.91% 38.84%
Number of salaries quoted 542 594 767
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Statistics
Cambridgeshire

Statistics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Statistics across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridge Statistics Jobs Demand Trend

Statistics
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Statistics Salary Trend

Statistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Statistics 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 Statistics.

1 16 (76.19%) Analytics
2 14 (66.67%) Signal Processing
3 10 (47.62%) Java
3 10 (47.62%) Degree
4 8 (38.10%) Mathematics
4 8 (38.10%) C#
4 8 (38.10%) C++
5 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 6 (28.57%) Predictive Modelling
6 6 (28.57%) Python
7 5 (23.81%) SQL
7 5 (23.81%) MATLAB
7 5 (23.81%) R
8 2 (9.524%) REST
8 2 (9.524%) Web Development
8 2 (9.524%) Psychology
8 2 (9.524%) Facebook
8 2 (9.524%) Twitter
8 2 (9.524%) QA
8 2 (9.524%) jQuery
8 2 (9.524%) Data Extraction
8 2 (9.524%) Android
8 2 (9.524%) OAuth
8 2 (9.524%) Mobile App
8 2 (9.524%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (9.524%) Blackberry
8 2 (9.524%) Finance
8 2 (9.524%) SMS
8 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse

Statistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Statistics 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 Statistics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (9.524%) SOAP
1 2 (9.524%) Web Services
1 2 (9.524%) XML
1 2 (9.524%) jQuery
1 2 (9.524%) OAuth
1 2 (9.524%) REST
2 1 (4.762%) Natural Language Processing
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (9.524%) Data Mining
2 1 (4.762%) MySQL
General
1 2 (9.524%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Developer
1 5 (23.81%) Data Scientist
2 2 (9.524%) Java Developer
3 1 (4.762%) SAS Programmer
3 1 (4.762%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (4.762%) Research Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Programmer
3 1 (4.762%) Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (4.762%) Service Manager
3 1 (4.762%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Mathematics
2 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (9.524%) Data Extraction
3 2 (9.524%) Psychology
3 2 (9.524%) Mobile App
3 2 (9.524%) Blackberry
4 1 (4.762%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (4.762%) Physics
4 1 (4.762%) Machine Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.524%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Analytics
2 14 (66.67%) Signal Processing
3 6 (28.57%) Predictive Modelling
4 2 (9.524%) Web Development
4 2 (9.524%) ITIL
4 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.762%) Service Management
5 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.762%) Data Management
5 1 (4.762%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) Clinical Data Management
5 1 (4.762%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) Java
2 8 (38.10%) C#
2 8 (38.10%) C++
3 6 (28.57%) Python
4 5 (23.81%) MATLAB
4 5 (23.81%) R
4 5 (23.81%) SQL
5 2 (9.524%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Degree
2 2 (9.524%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.762%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.524%) QA
2 1 (4.762%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (9.524%) Facebook
1 2 (9.524%) Twitter
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