The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Mercator products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mercator 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 Vendors for the East of England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mercator
Rank 249 270 260
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -10
Permanent jobs citing Mercator 20 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.242% 0.023% 0.011%
As % of the Vendors category 0.503% 0.050% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 20 2 0
Average salary £55,000 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+69.23% -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+69.23% -18.75%
All Vendors
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3978 3963 4012
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 48.11% 45.57% 42.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3409 3310 3313
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Mercator
England

Mercator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Mercator Salary Trend

Mercator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mercator across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England Mercator Salary Histogram

Mercator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mercator within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bedfordshire - 18 £55,000 -
Norfolk - 2 £32,500 -
Mercator
England

Mercator
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 15 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 15 (71.43%) Citrix
1 15 (71.43%) VMware
1 15 (71.43%) VMware Server
1 15 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
1 15 (71.43%) XenApp
1 15 (71.43%) XenDesktop
2 13 (61.90%) Cisco
3 3 (14.29%) CISA
3 3 (14.29%) CISSP
3 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 17799
3 3 (14.29%) TOGAF
4 2 (9.524%) HTML5
4 2 (9.524%) CSS3
4 2 (9.524%) Drupal
4 2 (9.524%) JavaScript
4 2 (9.524%) PHP
4 2 (9.524%) CSS
5 1 (4.762%) XML
5 1 (4.762%) XSLT
5 1 (4.762%) XQuery
5 1 (4.762%) XPath

Mercator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 2 (9.524%) CSS
1 2 (9.524%) HTML5
1 2 (9.524%) CSS3
2 1 (4.762%) XML
2 1 (4.762%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) Drupal
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Consultant
2 8 (38.10%) Technical Consultant
3 3 (14.29%) Security Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Architect
4 2 (9.524%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (9.524%) Front-End Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Design Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) XML Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (14.29%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) JavaScript
1 2 (9.524%) PHP
2 1 (4.762%) XQuery
2 1 (4.762%) XPath
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) CISSP
1 3 (14.29%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 15 (71.43%) VMware Server
1 15 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
1 15 (71.43%) XenApp
1 15 (71.43%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 15 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 15 (71.43%) Citrix
1 15 (71.43%) VMware
2 13 (61.90%) Cisco