The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Mercator products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mercator over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the City of London region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Mercator Software, Inc.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mercator
Rank - - 328
Permanent jobs citing Mercator 0 0 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London - - 0.051%
As % of the Vendors category - - 0.116%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 6
Average salary - - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+31.42% +16.66%
All Vendors
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
5479 6115 6871
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 45.63% 46.43% 43.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4679 5589 6189
Average salary £53,000 £55,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.63% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,650
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Mercator
London

Mercator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Mercator across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

City of London Mercator Jobs Demand Trend

Mercator
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Mercator across the City of London region.

City of London Mercator Salary Trend

Mercator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Mercator 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 Mercator.

1 8 (72.73%) C#
1 8 (72.73%) .NET
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
1 8 (72.73%) IBM
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
1 8 (72.73%) WebSphere MQ
1 8 (72.73%) Middleware
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 8 (72.73%) WebSphere
1 8 (72.73%) .NET Framework
1 8 (72.73%) User Acceptance Testing
1 8 (72.73%) Banking
2 7 (63.64%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (63.64%) WCF
2 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) Oracle 8/8i
2 7 (63.64%) Oracle
2 7 (63.64%) Java
3 5 (45.45%) MS Excel
4 4 (36.36%) Unit Testing
4 4 (36.36%) System Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) SWIFT
5 3 (27.27%) T-Plan
5 3 (27.27%) SAP GTS
5 3 (27.27%) APACS
5 3 (27.27%) Temenos T24
5 3 (27.27%) SAP

Mercator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Mercator 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 Mercator. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (72.73%) .NET
1 8 (72.73%) WebSphere MQ
1 8 (72.73%) Middleware
1 8 (72.73%) WebSphere
1 8 (72.73%) .NET Framework
2 7 (63.64%) WCF
Applications
1 5 (45.45%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) SAP GTS
1 3 (27.27%) Temenos T24
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (63.64%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (63.64%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 8 (72.73%) Banking
2 7 (63.64%) Finance
3 1 (9.091%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Developer
1 8 (72.73%) Middleware Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Test Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Junior Tester
3 1 (9.091%) Tester
3 1 (9.091%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) SWIFT
1 3 (27.27%) APACS
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Unit Testing
2 4 (36.36%) System Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Time Management
5 1 (9.091%) Test Management
5 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) C#
2 7 (63.64%) Java
3 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) IBM
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 7 (63.64%) Oracle
3 3 (27.27%) T-Plan
3 3 (27.27%) SAP
3 3 (27.27%) OpenLink