The first table below looks at the demand for GIS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 23 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rank 120 148 112
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -36
Permanent jobs citing GIS 26 3 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.019% 0.104% 1.379%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.171% 0.369% 5.615%
Number of salaries quoted 26 3 40
Average salary £36,250 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.37% -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £28,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,250 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-11.87% +6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
820 814 748
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 32.13% 28.21% 24.56%
Number of salaries quoted 773 753 657
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
GIS
East of England

GIS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire GIS Salary Trend

GIS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GIS across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire GIS Salary Histogram

GIS
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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +25 19 £35,000 +7.69%
GIS
East of England

GIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 23 (63.89%) Degree
2 21 (58.33%) Oracle
3 18 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 16 (44.44%) Magik
4 16 (44.44%) Smallworld
5 15 (41.67%) SQL
6 14 (38.89%) UNIX
6 14 (38.89%) Windows
7 13 (36.11%) Computer Science
8 12 (33.33%) Java
9 8 (22.22%) .NET
10 7 (19.44%) SQL Server
10 7 (19.44%) OOP
10 7 (19.44%) OO
10 7 (19.44%) Six Sigma
10 7 (19.44%) WebSphere
10 7 (19.44%) JSF
11 6 (16.67%) Electronics
11 6 (16.67%) LAN
11 6 (16.67%) WAN
12 4 (11.11%) Data Analysis
13 3 (8.333%) GPRS
13 3 (8.333%) Project Management
13 3 (8.333%) HNC
13 3 (8.333%) HND
13 3 (8.333%) SLA
13 3 (8.333%) MS Office
14 2 (5.556%) Python
14 2 (5.556%) System Testing
14 2 (5.556%) Business Analysis

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 8 (22.22%) .NET
2 7 (19.44%) WebSphere
2 7 (19.44%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 16 (44.44%) Smallworld
2 1 (2.778%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 3 (8.333%) MS Office
2 1 (2.778%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.778%) SAP MM
1 1 (2.778%) SAP WM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) LAN
1 6 (16.67%) WAN
2 3 (8.333%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (19.44%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (16.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 20 (55.56%) Consultant
2 11 (30.56%) Technical Consultant
3 9 (25.00%) Support Consultant
3 9 (25.00%) Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Database Analyst
5 3 (8.333%) GIS Analyst
5 3 (8.333%) GIS Data Analyst
5 3 (8.333%) Data Analyst
5 3 (8.333%) Configuration Engineer
6 2 (5.556%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (5.556%) GIS Officer
6 2 (5.556%) GIS Consultant
7 1 (2.778%) Junior Java Software Engineer
7 1 (2.778%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 1 (2.778%) SAP Consultant
7 1 (2.778%) C# Software Engineer
7 1 (2.778%) Java Software Engineer
7 1 (2.778%) SAP WM Consultant
7 1 (2.778%) Technical Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (36.11%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.778%) Remote Sensing
Operating Systems
1 14 (38.89%) UNIX
1 14 (38.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (19.44%) OOP
1 7 (19.44%) OO
1 7 (19.44%) Six Sigma
2 4 (11.11%) Data Analysis
3 3 (8.333%) Project Management
4 2 (5.556%) System Testing
4 2 (5.556%) Business Analysis
4 2 (5.556%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (2.778%) Unit Testing
5 1 (2.778%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.778%) Logistics
5 1 (2.778%) Software Engineering
5 1 (2.778%) Change Management
5 1 (2.778%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (44.44%) Magik
2 15 (41.67%) SQL
3 12 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (5.556%) Python
5 1 (2.778%) C#
Qualifications
1 23 (63.89%) Degree
2 3 (8.333%) HNC
2 3 (8.333%) HND
3 1 (2.778%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.778%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.333%) SLA
Vendors
1 21 (58.33%) Oracle
2 1 (2.778%) ESRI
2 1 (2.778%) SAP