Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Benchmarking over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBenchmarking
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank675664
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching permanent IT job ads171311
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.110 %0.139 %
As % of the category below0.198 %0.268 %
Salaries quoted146254
Average minimum salary£45,835£52,550
Average salary£52,260£57,072
% change on same period last year-8.43 %
Average maximum salary£58,685£61,593
UK excluding London average salary£44,679£52,217
% change on same period last year-14.43 %
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching permanent IT job ads86240115986
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled55.64 %51.92 %
Salaries quoted7268193573
Average minimum salary£42,883£43,891
Average salary£46,902£47,964
% change on same period last year-2.21 %
Average maximum salary£50,922£52,037
UK excluding London average salary£43,011£44,526
% change on same period last year-3.40 %
Benchmarking UKBenchmarking
UK

Benchmarking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Benchmarking across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Benchmarking Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Benchmarking across the England region.

England Benchmarking Salary Trend

Benchmarking
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Benchmarking across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England Benchmarking Salary Histogram

Benchmarking
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-2679£62,866+4.33 %
South EastUp+6833£58,585+2.23 %
South WestUp+3819£30,278-68.12 %
East of EnglandUp+3816£37,400+4.61 %
West MidlandsUp+269£67,833+37.34 %
North WestUp+227£51,714+17.81 %
East MidlandsUp+76£30,250-24.37 %
YorkshireUp+335£27,800-38.22 %
Benchmarking UKBenchmarking
UK

Benchmarking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking.

1114 (35.51 %)Finance
254 (16.82 %)Linux
346 (14.33 %)Oracle
346 (14.33 %)Banking
434 (10.59 %)Marketing
533 (10.28 %)SQL
632 (9.969 %)Degree
729 (9.034 %)UNIX
828 (8.723 %)Risk Management
926 (8.100 %)C
1022 (6.854 %)Java
1119 (5.919 %)PL/SQL
1119 (5.919 %)J2EE
1119 (5.919 %)Business Intelligence
1218 (5.607 %)WebLogic
1218 (5.607 %)Government
1218 (5.607 %)WebSphere
1317 (5.296 %)Windows
1317 (5.296 %)Datawarehouse
1317 (5.296 %)Project Management
1317 (5.296 %)Middleware
1416 (4.984 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
1416 (4.984 %)Microsoft
1416 (4.984 %)Telecoms
1416 (4.984 %)Front Office
1416 (4.984 %)Data Analysis
1515 (4.673 %)RDBMS
1515 (4.673 %)Misys
1515 (4.673 %)Firmware
1614 (4.361 %)Oracle 10g

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (5.919 %)J2EE
218 (5.607 %)WebSphere
317 (5.296 %)Middleware
413 (4.050 %)XML
58 (2.492 %)WebServices
67 (2.181 %)HTML
74 (1.246 %)CSS
74 (1.246 %)Struts
74 (1.246 %)Swing
74 (1.246 %)Hibernate
83 (0.935 %)Spring
83 (0.935 %)XSLT
83 (0.935 %).NET
83 (0.935 %)SOAP
83 (0.935 %)EJB
83 (0.935 %).NET Framework
83 (0.935 %)JMS
92 (0.623 %)Java RMI
92 (0.623 %)CORBA
92 (0.623 %)J2SE
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (5.607 %)WebLogic
27 (2.181 %)JBoss
27 (2.181 %)WebSphere Application Server
34 (1.246 %)CMS
34 (1.246 %)Lotus Domino
34 (1.246 %)MS Exchange
34 (1.246 %)SAS
43 (0.935 %)Apache
43 (0.935 %)Tomcat
43 (0.935 %)Tuxedo
52 (0.623 %)WebSphere MQ
52 (0.623 %)IIS
52 (0.623 %)Oracle Application Server
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (3.115 %)Spreadsheet
28 (2.492 %)MS Excel
37 (2.181 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (0.935 %)MS Visio
43 (0.935 %)SPSS
52 (0.623 %)MS Office
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (2.181 %)SAP HR
25 (1.558 %)Google Analytics
34 (1.246 %)WebTrends
42 (0.623 %)Compiere
51 (0.312 %)Summit
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (3.427 %)Internet
28 (2.492 %)SAN
36 (1.869 %)TCP/IP
45 (1.558 %)GSM
54 (1.246 %)DNS
63 (0.935 %)GPRS
63 (0.935 %)UMTS
63 (0.935 %)HTTP
72 (0.623 %)LDAP
72 (0.623 %)SS7
81 (0.312 %)LAN
81 (0.312 %)Kerberos
81 (0.312 %)PPP
81 (0.312 %)WAN
81 (0.312 %)DHCP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (5.296 %)Datawarehouse
215 (4.673 %)RDBMS
314 (4.361 %)Oracle 10g
413 (4.050 %)MySQL
511 (3.427 %)Oracle 9i
69 (2.804 %)Oracle 8/8i
69 (2.804 %)Sybase ASE
78 (2.492 %)Reference Data
78 (2.492 %)SQL Server
86 (1.869 %)MS Access
95 (1.558 %)Oracle Reports
95 (1.558 %)DB2
95 (1.558 %)Oracle Discoverer
103 (0.935 %)BusinessObjects
103 (0.935 %)GIS
112 (0.623 %)Crystal Reports
121 (0.312 %)Cognos Impromptu
121 (0.312 %)Data Mart
121 (0.312 %)Data Mining
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (1.558 %)Oracle Forms
22 (0.623 %)QADirector
31 (0.312 %)ClearCase
31 (0.312 %)ERwin
31 (0.312 %)TestPartner
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1114 (35.51 %)Finance
246 (14.33 %)Banking
334 (10.59 %)Marketing
418 (5.607 %)Government
516 (4.984 %)Front Office
516 (4.984 %)Telecoms
614 (4.361 %)Insurance
711 (3.427 %)Pensions
711 (3.427 %)Investment Banking
810 (3.115 %)Retail
98 (2.492 %)Health
98 (2.492 %)Auditing
107 (2.181 %)FMCG
116 (1.869 %)Music
116 (1.869 %)Music Industry
124 (1.246 %)Legal
133 (0.935 %)Financial Institution
142 (0.623 %)Law
142 (0.623 %)Billing
142 (0.623 %)Construction
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
168 (21.18 %)Consultant
235 (10.90 %)Analyst
326 (8.100 %)Architect
417 (5.296 %)DBA
515 (4.673 %)Oracle DBA
613 (4.050 %)Principal Consultant
711 (3.427 %)Presales Consultant
711 (3.427 %)Administrator
810 (3.115 %)Security Consultant
99 (2.804 %)Applications Architect
108 (2.492 %)Data Analyst
108 (2.492 %)Business Consultant
108 (2.492 %)Process Consultant
108 (2.492 %)Senior Manager
108 (2.492 %)IT Risk Consultant
108 (2.492 %)IT Consultant
108 (2.492 %)Process Improvement Consultant
117 (2.181 %)Developer
126 (1.869 %)Technical Architect
126 (1.869 %)Information Manager
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (4.673 %)Firmware
210 (3.115 %)Clustering
37 (2.181 %)Management Information System
46 (1.869 %)Fixed Income
55 (1.558 %)Statistics
64 (1.246 %)Computer Science
64 (1.246 %)Artificial Intelligence
64 (1.246 %)Economics
73 (0.935 %)Data Protection Act
73 (0.935 %)Human Factors
73 (0.935 %)Credit Risk
82 (0.623 %)Multithreading
82 (0.623 %)Copywriting
82 (0.623 %)BBC
82 (0.623 %)Replication
91 (0.312 %)Mainframe
91 (0.312 %)Derivative
91 (0.312 %)PMI
91 (0.312 %)Mandarin Language
91 (0.312 %)Cantonese Language
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
154 (16.82 %)Linux
229 (9.034 %)UNIX
317 (5.296 %)Windows
47 (2.181 %)Solaris
55 (1.558 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (0.935 %)AIX
63 (0.935 %)SUSE
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (8.723 %)Risk Management
219 (5.919 %)Business Intelligence
317 (5.296 %)Project Management
416 (4.984 %)Data Analysis
514 (4.361 %)Asset Management
613 (4.050 %)Penetration Testing
613 (4.050 %)E-Commerce
712 (3.738 %)Data Modelling
712 (3.738 %)Service Management
712 (3.738 %)Service Delivery
712 (3.738 %)Disaster Recovery
712 (3.738 %)Supplier Management
712 (3.738 %)Performance Management
810 (3.115 %)Risk Assessment
810 (3.115 %)Information Security
810 (3.115 %)SOA
810 (3.115 %)Six Sigma
810 (3.115 %)ITIL
99 (2.804 %)Load Testing
108 (2.492 %)ERP
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
133 (10.28 %)SQL
226 (8.100 %)C
322 (6.854 %)Java
419 (5.919 %)PL/SQL
59 (2.804 %)Transact-SQL
59 (2.804 %)Perl
68 (2.492 %)Fortran
77 (2.181 %)Shell Script
84 (1.246 %)JavaScript
93 (0.935 %)C#
93 (0.935 %)C++
93 (0.935 %)Korn
102 (0.623 %)PHP
111 (0.312 %)Python
111 (0.312 %)FoxPro (VFP)
111 (0.312 %)Embedded C
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
132 (9.969 %)Degree
213 (4.050 %)CISSP
311 (3.427 %)ACCA
311 (3.427 %)CIPFA
311 (3.427 %)CIMA
44 (1.246 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
44 (1.246 %)IBM Certification
53 (0.935 %)CIPD
53 (0.935 %)CISA
61 (0.312 %)RHCE
61 (0.312 %)Sun Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (4.984 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
212 (3.738 %)SLA
36 (1.869 %)BS7799
36 (1.869 %)QA
42 (0.623 %)GAAP
51 (0.312 %)Basel II
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (3.115 %)Oracle RAC
24 (1.246 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.935 %)Oracle RMAN
42 (0.623 %)Active Directory
51 (0.312 %)VMware ESX
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
146 (14.33 %)Oracle
216 (4.984 %)Microsoft
315 (4.673 %)Misys
413 (4.050 %)IBM
512 (3.738 %)Sybase
611 (3.427 %)GL TRADE
79 (2.804 %)SAP
88 (2.492 %)Informatica
97 (2.181 %)BEA
106 (1.869 %)Sun
106 (1.869 %)VMware
115 (1.558 %)Red Hat
115 (1.558 %)Google
115 (1.558 %)HP
124 (1.246 %)Dell
124 (1.246 %)Intel
124 (1.246 %)Citrix
124 (1.246 %)Lotus
124 (1.246 %)BT
124 (1.246 %)Omniture