Demand Trend Salary Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MBCS in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MBCS over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the England region.

Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank845847723
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Down-124
Matching permanent IT job ads51112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England0.004 %0.010 %0.013 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.016 %0.037 %0.055 %
Number of salaries quoted41112
Average salary£32,500£37,000£77,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.16 %-52.25 %
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£37,000£51,969
% change year-on-year
+14.86 %-28.80 %
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
312302999721915
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England27.45 %25.96 %24.20 %
Number of salaries quoted267702520818379
Average salary£42,500£40,500£41,396
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.93 %-2.16 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,500£38,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89 %+1.31 %
MBCS UKMBCS
UK

MBCS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MBCS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

England MBCS Demand Trend

MBCS
Salary Trend

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

England MBCS Salary Trend

MBCS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MBCS within the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
East of EnglandNew entry-4£32,500-
South EastDown-251--
MBCS UKMBCS
UK

MBCS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs across the England region citing MBCS 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 MBCS.

116 (72.73 %)ITIL
214 (63.64 %)Degree
311 (50.00 %)ISEB
410 (45.45 %)PRINCE2
58 (36.36 %)Validation
66 (27.27 %)Management Information System
66 (27.27 %)IIBA
66 (27.27 %)CBAP
75 (22.73 %)Business Analysis
75 (22.73 %)MS PowerPoint
75 (22.73 %)System Testing
75 (22.73 %)Information Security
75 (22.73 %)Supply Chain Management
75 (22.73 %)MS Excel
75 (22.73 %)CISSP
75 (22.73 %)MS Visio
75 (22.73 %)Microsoft
84 (18.18 %)IIS
84 (18.18 %)UNIX
84 (18.18 %)Linux
84 (18.18 %)CESG
84 (18.18 %)SSCP
84 (18.18 %)ISMS
84 (18.18 %)SC Cleared
84 (18.18 %)Security Cleared
84 (18.18 %)ISO/IEC 27001
84 (18.18 %)CITP
84 (18.18 %)ISACA
84 (18.18 %)Vulnerability Management
93 (13.64 %)Matrix Management

MBCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs across the England region citing MBCS 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 MBCS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (9.091 %)Spring
12 (9.091 %)JMS
12 (9.091 %)Struts
12 (9.091 %)JAXB
21 (4.545 %)Web Services
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (18.18 %)IIS
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (22.73 %)MS PowerPoint
15 (22.73 %)MS Excel
15 (22.73 %)MS Visio
England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (4.545 %)VoIP
11 (4.545 %)VPN
11 (4.545 %)Firewall
England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (9.091 %)SQL Server
12 (9.091 %)Crystal Reports
12 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2008
12 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (4.545 %)BusinessObjects XI
England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (9.091 %)JUnit
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
112 (54.55 %)Analyst
29 (40.91 %)Business Analyst
35 (22.73 %)Security Manager
43 (13.64 %)IT Business Analyst
43 (13.64 %)IT Security Manager
52 (9.091 %)Java Developer
52 (9.091 %)Developer
52 (9.091 %)Report Analyst
61 (4.545 %)Incident Analyst
61 (4.545 %)Information Assurance Manager
61 (4.545 %)Release Manager
61 (4.545 %)Test Manager
61 (4.545 %)Architect
61 (4.545 %)Project Manager
61 (4.545 %)Business Architect
61 (4.545 %)Information Manager
61 (4.545 %)Problem Analyst
61 (4.545 %)UML Business Analyst
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (27.27 %)Management Information System
16 (27.27 %)IIBA
24 (18.18 %)CESG
32 (9.091 %)RMADS
41 (4.545 %)NHS
41 (4.545 %)Cryptography
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (18.18 %)UNIX
14 (18.18 %)Linux
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
116 (72.73 %)ITIL
210 (45.45 %)PRINCE2
38 (36.36 %)Validation
45 (22.73 %)Business Analysis
45 (22.73 %)System Testing
45 (22.73 %)Information Security
45 (22.73 %)Supply Chain Management
54 (18.18 %)ISMS
54 (18.18 %)Vulnerability Management
63 (13.64 %)Matrix Management
63 (13.64 %)Security Management
72 (9.091 %)Service Management
72 (9.091 %)Service Delivery
72 (9.091 %)CRM
72 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
72 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
72 (9.091 %)Data Mapping
72 (9.091 %)User Acceptance Testing
72 (9.091 %)Incident Management
81 (4.545 %)MODAF
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (9.091 %)Java
12 (9.091 %)PL/SQL
12 (9.091 %)SQL
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
114 (63.64 %)Degree
211 (50.00 %)ISEB
36 (27.27 %)CBAP
45 (22.73 %)CISSP
54 (18.18 %)SSCP
54 (18.18 %)SC Cleared
54 (18.18 %)Security Cleared
54 (18.18 %)CITP
54 (18.18 %)ISACA
63 (13.64 %)DV Cleared
72 (9.091 %)ISEB Practitioner
72 (9.091 %)Oracle Certification
81 (4.545 %)MAPM
81 (4.545 %)Chartered Engineer
81 (4.545 %)ITIL Certification
81 (4.545 %)Cisco Certification
81 (4.545 %)CEH
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (18.18 %)ISO/IEC 27001
England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (4.545 %)VMware Infrastructure
England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (4.545 %)Nessus
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (22.73 %)Microsoft
22 (9.091 %)Oracle
22 (9.091 %)Business Objects
22 (9.091 %)CODA
22 (9.091 %)Sage
31 (4.545 %)Postini
31 (4.545 %)Webroot
31 (4.545 %)ArcSight
31 (4.545 %)LogLogic
31 (4.545 %)McAfee
31 (4.545 %)Websense
31 (4.545 %)Cisco
31 (4.545 %)VMware
31 (4.545 %)Blue Coat