The first table below looks at the demand for Mercurial skills 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 Mercurial 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 Development Applications category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mercurial
Rank 274 316 319
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +3
Permanent jobs citing Mercurial 46 12 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.397% 0.092% 0.051%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.805% 0.875% 0.485%
Number of salaries quoted 44 12 7
Average salary £61,250 £46,250 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.43% -7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,000 £39,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £96,000 £95,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £47,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-17.89% +35.71%
All Development Applications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
1640 1372 1649
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 14.14% 10.50% 10.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1405 1291 1522
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £35,450 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Mercurial
London

Mercurial
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Mercurial Jobs Demand Trend

Mercurial
Salary Trend

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

City of London Mercurial Salary Trend

Mercurial
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mercurial across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Mercurial Salary Histogram

Mercurial
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Mercurial 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 Mercurial.

1 75 (87.21%) Subversion
1 75 (87.21%) Git (software)
2 56 (65.12%) Java
3 51 (59.30%) OO
4 48 (55.81%) MVC
5 46 (53.49%) OOP
6 44 (51.16%) JUnit
7 43 (50.00%) Scrum
7 43 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
8 41 (47.67%) Maven
9 40 (46.51%) XML
9 40 (46.51%) Android
10 39 (45.35%) Multithreading
10 39 (45.35%) REST
10 39 (45.35%) Ant
11 38 (44.19%) Mobile App
12 37 (43.02%) XHTML
13 36 (41.86%) JSON
14 35 (40.70%) Google
15 34 (39.53%) WML
15 34 (39.53%) SQLite
15 34 (39.53%) NFC
15 34 (39.53%) Java Card
15 34 (39.53%) Google Maps API
16 28 (32.56%) Python
17 26 (30.23%) Apple iOS
18 23 (26.74%) Data Modelling
18 23 (26.74%) Objective-C
19 18 (20.93%) C++
19 18 (20.93%) Continuous Integration

Mercurial
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Mercurial 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 Mercurial. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (46.51%) XML
2 39 (45.35%) REST
3 37 (43.02%) XHTML
4 36 (41.86%) JSON
5 34 (39.53%) WML
5 34 (39.53%) Google Maps API
6 15 (17.44%) XMPP
7 14 (16.28%) HTML
8 13 (15.12%) RESTful
8 13 (15.12%) Web Services
9 11 (12.79%) Django
9 11 (12.79%) Java ME
10 10 (11.63%) CSS
10 10 (11.63%) Cocoa
11 8 (9.302%) Twisted
12 5 (5.814%) iOS SDK
13 3 (3.488%) OAuth
13 3 (3.488%) HTML5
13 3 (3.488%) FreeSWITCH
13 3 (3.488%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.140%) Apache
2 6 (6.977%) Tomcat
3 4 (4.651%) nginx
4 3 (3.488%) Facebook Platform
4 3 (3.488%) Gunicorn
4 3 (3.488%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (1.163%) Drupal
5 1 (1.163%) WordPress
5 1 (1.163%) Apache Solr
5 1 (1.163%) Confluence
5 1 (1.163%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.163%) IIS
5 1 (1.163%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (39.53%) NFC
2 17 (19.77%) VoIP
3 15 (17.44%) RTP
4 5 (5.814%) DNS
4 5 (5.814%) SMTP
4 5 (5.814%) LDAP
5 3 (3.488%) Asterisk PBX
5 3 (3.488%) SMS
6 2 (2.326%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.326%) GSM
7 1 (1.163%) OpenVPN
7 1 (1.163%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (39.53%) SQLite
2 11 (12.79%) NoSQL
3 7 (8.140%) MySQL
4 3 (3.488%) Redis
4 3 (3.488%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.163%) Big Data
5 1 (1.163%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.163%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.163%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.163%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 75 (87.21%) Subversion
1 75 (87.21%) Git (software)
2 44 (51.16%) JUnit
3 41 (47.67%) Maven
4 39 (45.35%) Ant
5 16 (18.60%) Hudson
6 13 (15.12%) Jenkins
7 12 (13.95%) Eclipse
8 8 (9.302%) Gerrit
9 3 (3.488%) TeamCity
9 3 (3.488%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (3.488%) CruiseControl
10 2 (2.326%) JIRA
10 2 (2.326%) Xcode
10 2 (2.326%) MSBuild
11 1 (1.163%) Bazaar
11 1 (1.163%) Capistrano
11 1 (1.163%) ClearCase
11 1 (1.163%) ClearQuest
General
1 5 (5.814%) Finance
2 4 (4.651%) Banking
3 3 (3.488%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.326%) Games
Job Titles
1 64 (74.42%) Developer
2 24 (27.91%) Android Developer
3 19 (22.09%) Senior Developer
4 14 (16.28%) iOS Developer
5 9 (10.47%) Python Developer
6 5 (5.814%) Linux Administrator
7 4 (4.651%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (4.651%) Systems Developer
7 4 (4.651%) PHP Developer
7 4 (4.651%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 3 (3.488%) Django Developer
8 3 (3.488%) Network Engineer
8 3 (3.488%) VoIP Engineer
8 3 (3.488%) Blackberry Developer
9 2 (2.326%) Senior PHP Developer
9 2 (2.326%) Programmer
9 2 (2.326%) Configuration Engineer
10 1 (1.163%) Front-End Developer
10 1 (1.163%) Development Engineer
10 1 (1.163%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 38 (44.19%) Mobile App
2 34 (39.53%) Java Card
3 17 (19.77%) Blackberry
4 15 (17.44%) Computer Science
5 14 (16.28%) iPhone
6 11 (12.79%) iPad
6 11 (12.79%) Cryptography
7 9 (10.47%) Open Source
8 6 (6.977%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (3.488%) Mobile Banking
9 3 (3.488%) Client/Server
10 2 (2.326%) Mobile Games
11 1 (1.163%) Data Integration
11 1 (1.163%) EMV
11 1 (1.163%) Social Network
11 1 (1.163%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 40 (46.51%) Android
2 26 (30.23%) Apple iOS
3 15 (17.44%) Windows
4 12 (13.95%) Linux
5 10 (11.63%) Windows Phone
6 7 (8.140%) Mac OS X
7 3 (3.488%) Ubuntu
8 2 (2.326%) Windows Mobile
8 2 (2.326%) Windows Phone 8
9 1 (1.163%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (59.30%) OO
2 48 (55.81%) MVC
3 46 (53.49%) OOP
4 43 (50.00%) Scrum
4 43 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
5 39 (45.35%) Multithreading
6 23 (26.74%) Data Modelling
7 18 (20.93%) Continuous Integration
8 12 (13.95%) TDD
8 12 (13.95%) Unit Testing
9 10 (11.63%) OOD
10 9 (10.47%) Data Management
11 7 (8.140%) UML
12 5 (5.814%) Web Development
13 4 (4.651%) Configuration Management
14 3 (3.488%) E-Commerce
15 2 (2.326%) BDD
15 2 (2.326%) MVVM
15 2 (2.326%) Waterfall
15 2 (2.326%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 56 (65.12%) Java
2 28 (32.56%) Python
3 23 (26.74%) Objective-C
4 18 (20.93%) C++
5 15 (17.44%) C
5 15 (17.44%) JavaScript
6 12 (13.95%) PHP
7 11 (12.79%) SQL
8 8 (9.302%) Shell Script
9 7 (8.140%) Bash shell
9 7 (8.140%) Perl
10 5 (5.814%) Korn
11 4 (4.651%) C#
12 3 (3.488%) Ruby
13 2 (2.326%) XAML
13 2 (2.326%) ActionScript
14 1 (1.163%) Groovy
14 1 (1.163%) VBScript
14 1 (1.163%) VB
14 1 (1.163%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (17.44%) Degree
2 5 (5.814%) SC Cleared
2 5 (5.814%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.814%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.326%) QA
3 1 (1.163%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 1 (1.163%) ISO/IEC 7816
System Software
1 6 (6.977%) NFS
1 6 (6.977%) VirtualBox
2 5 (5.814%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.488%) Kamailio
3 3 (3.488%) OpenSIPS
4 1 (1.163%) Postfix
4 1 (1.163%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 5 (5.814%) Puppet
Vendors
1 35 (40.70%) Google
2 16 (18.60%) Apple
3 5 (5.814%) VMware
4 4 (4.651%) Facebook
5 3 (3.488%) AccuRev
5 3 (3.488%) Perforce
6 1 (1.163%) Twitter
6 1 (1.163%) Oracle
6 1 (1.163%) Sybase
6 1 (1.163%) JBoss
6 1 (1.163%) Red Hat
City of London
Python Developer - Python, Django, Twisted, svn / git / mercurialMy client who are a leading innovator in the VoIP field are looking for an experienced Python / Django Developer who has...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + package
Posted: 6 May 2013
City, London
Highly Desirable Experience of other mobile platforms - JME, Blackberry, iPhone and Windows Mobile/Phone JSON data model Experience with Google MAP API Hands on experience with Ant Working...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
You will be in charge of maintaining and developing new features for the iPhone and iPad applications.This will include the full application life cycle from designing, implementing,...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus, benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
iOS Platform Head: Objective C, iOS SDK, multithreads, enterprise apps, mobile, MVC, OOP, Agile... GIT / SVN / Mercurial / CVS... JME, Blackberry, Android & Windows... Hudson / Jenkins... *Knowledge of Symmetric & Asymmetric...
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £70000 - £90000 per annum + pension, bonus, healthcare
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Experience in developing multi threaded iOS apps... *Strong MVC/Object Oriented programming skills (Encapsulation, Polymorphism, Inheritance, etc). *Experience in XML and JSON based application development... *Experience of other...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £75000 - £85000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
iOS, Objective-C, RESTFUL, XML, JSON, Web Service API, HTTP, Apps, Tablets, iPhone, iPad, App Store, Agile, TDD, JUnit, Bash, Ruby, Python, Git, Mercurial, iOS iPad iPhone Mobile...
Aston Carter
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + benefits, bonus, perks
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Qualifications & Experience: Essential: -2+ years experience developing in C++, specifically using Qt/QML... -Experience working with revision control systems (SVN/GIT/Mercurial) -Solid grasp of Object Orientated design. -...
Truphone
Salary: From £45,000 to £70,000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013