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This section looks at the demand for Synon skills within the England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Synon over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSynon
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank772857
Rank change on same period last yearUp+85
Matching permanent IT job ads125133
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.055 %
As % of the category below0.787 %0.676 %
Salaries quoted109100
Average minimum salary£38,218£45,125
Average salary£39,418£47,981
% change on same period last year-17.84 %
Average maximum salary£40,618£50,838
UK excluding London average salary£37,126£40,556
% change on same period last year-8.45 %
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
England
Matching permanent IT job ads1588119664
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled8.546 %8.198 %
Salaries quoted1359415848
Average minimum salary£36,287£37,350
Average salary£39,591£40,658
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Average maximum salary£42,895£43,965
UK excluding London average salary£35,045£36,008
% change on same period last year-2.67 %
Synon UKSynon
UK

Synon
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Synon across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

England Synon Demand Trend

Synon
Salary Trend

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

England Synon Salary Trend

Synon
Salary Histogram

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

England Synon Salary Histogram

Synon
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Synon within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
South EastUp+1237£41,250-0.48 %
LondonUp+7128£47,840-26.04 %
YorkshireUp+1716£35,750-5.36 %
South WestDown-1211£38,636-14.14 %
West MidlandsNew entry-10£34,550-
MidlandsNew entry-7£35,357-
East MidlandsUp+135£29,167-22.22 %
Synon UKSynon
UK

Synon
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Synon 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 Synon.

1109 (52.91 %)AS400
299 (48.06 %)RPG
384 (40.78 %)COOL2E
424 (11.65 %)Finance
521 (10.19 %)SQL
618 (8.738 %)Advantage 2E
712 (5.825 %).NET
712 (5.825 %)SQL Server
811 (5.340 %)Education
99 (4.369 %)DB2
99 (4.369 %)HTML
99 (4.369 %)IBM
108 (3.883 %)Banking
108 (3.883 %)Microsoft
108 (3.883 %)ERP
108 (3.883 %)Oracle
117 (3.398 %)ITIL
117 (3.398 %)Active Directory
117 (3.398 %)CISA
117 (3.398 %)Retail
126 (2.913 %)Auditing
126 (2.913 %)Retail Banking
126 (2.913 %)Pensions
126 (2.913 %)ACCA
126 (2.913 %)Basel II
126 (2.913 %)Process Management
126 (2.913 %)Government
126 (2.913 %)ASP.NET
126 (2.913 %)Java
126 (2.913 %)JavaScript

Synon
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (5.825 %).NET
29 (4.369 %)HTML
36 (2.913 %)ASP.NET
43 (1.456 %)EDI
43 (1.456 %)WebSphere
52 (0.971 %)CSS
52 (0.971 %)WebServices
61 (0.485 %)XML
61 (0.485 %)XHTML
61 (0.485 %)Windows SharePoint Services
61 (0.485 %)ASP
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (1.456 %)Lotus Notes
21 (0.485 %)SharePoint
21 (0.485 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (0.485 %)IIS
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (2.427 %)MS Excel
22 (0.971 %)MS Visio
31 (0.485 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (0.485 %)Photoshop
31 (0.485 %)MS Office
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.971 %)Oracle Financials
21 (0.485 %)WebTrends
21 (0.485 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.485 %)INSURE/90
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (1.456 %)TCP/IP
22 (0.971 %)Firewall
22 (0.971 %)LAN
22 (0.971 %)VoIP
22 (0.971 %)WAN
31 (0.485 %)FTP
31 (0.485 %)Internet
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (5.825 %)SQL Server
29 (4.369 %)DB2
34 (1.942 %)Crystal Reports
34 (1.942 %)SQL Server 7
42 (0.971 %)Datawarehouse
42 (0.971 %)Oracle Reports
42 (0.971 %)RDBMS
51 (0.485 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.485 %)MS Access
51 (0.485 %)ETL
51 (0.485 %)RetrievalWare
51 (0.485 %)Oracle OWB
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
184 (40.78 %)COOL2E
218 (8.738 %)Advantage 2E
33 (1.456 %)Eclipse
41 (0.485 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.485 %)Flash
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (11.65 %)Finance
211 (5.340 %)Education
38 (3.883 %)Banking
47 (3.398 %)Retail
56 (2.913 %)Pensions
56 (2.913 %)Retail Banking
56 (2.913 %)Government
56 (2.913 %)Auditing
64 (1.942 %)Insurance
73 (1.456 %)Health
82 (0.971 %)Electronics
82 (0.971 %)Telecoms
82 (0.971 %)Marketing
82 (0.971 %)Electric
91 (0.485 %)Billing
91 (0.485 %)Local Government
91 (0.485 %)Automotive
91 (0.485 %)Construction
91 (0.485 %)Advertising
91 (0.485 %)Games
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1125 (60.68 %)Analyst
2106 (51.46 %)Programmer
3102 (49.51 %)Analyst Programmer
480 (38.83 %)AS400 Analyst Programmer
555 (26.70 %)Developer
645 (21.84 %)Synon Developer
728 (13.59 %)RPG Programmer
728 (13.59 %)RPG Analyst Programmer
823 (11.17 %)AS400 Developer
918 (8.738 %)Senior Analyst
1016 (7.767 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
1016 (7.767 %)Senior Programmer
1114 (6.796 %)Senior AS400 Developer
1114 (6.796 %)Senior AS400 Analyst Programmer
1114 (6.796 %)Senior Developer
129 (4.369 %)RPG Developer
137 (3.398 %)Audit Manager
145 (2.427 %)Software Engineer
145 (2.427 %)Business Analyst
145 (2.427 %)Operations Analyst
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1109 (52.91 %)AS400
22 (0.971 %)Management Information System
31 (0.485 %)W3C
31 (0.485 %)Economics
31 (0.485 %)Statistics
31 (0.485 %)Taxonomies
31 (0.485 %)Multithreading
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (2.427 %)UNIX
22 (0.971 %)Windows
31 (0.485 %)Linux
31 (0.485 %)Windows 2000
31 (0.485 %)Windows XP
31 (0.485 %)OS/400
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (3.883 %)ERP
27 (3.398 %)ITIL
36 (2.913 %)Process Management
45 (2.427 %)Software Engineering
54 (1.942 %)Release Management
54 (1.942 %)Risk Management
63 (1.456 %)PRINCE2
63 (1.456 %)Business Analysis
63 (1.456 %)Project Management
72 (0.971 %)User Acceptance Testing
81 (0.485 %)Integration Testing
81 (0.485 %)Test Scripting
81 (0.485 %)System Testing
81 (0.485 %)Kanban
81 (0.485 %)Software Testing
81 (0.485 %)Systems Analysis
81 (0.485 %)E-business
81 (0.485 %)e-GIF
81 (0.485 %)Six Sigma
81 (0.485 %)Configuration Management
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
199 (48.06 %)RPG
221 (10.19 %)SQL
36 (2.913 %)Java
36 (2.913 %)JavaScript
45 (2.427 %)C#
54 (1.942 %)VB
63 (1.456 %)C++
63 (1.456 %)PHP
72 (0.971 %)PL/SQL
72 (0.971 %)VB.NET
72 (0.971 %)C
81 (0.485 %)Shell Script
81 (0.485 %)VB6
81 (0.485 %)Perl
81 (0.485 %)COBOL
81 (0.485 %)Delphi
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (3.398 %)CISA
26 (2.913 %)ACCA
34 (1.942 %)Degree
43 (1.456 %)CISSP
43 (1.456 %)ITIL Certification
51 (0.485 %)CCNP
51 (0.485 %)Cisco Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (2.913 %)Basel II
25 (2.427 %)SLA
33 (1.456 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (1.456 %)ISO27001
33 (1.456 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.485 %)ISO9001
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (3.398 %)Active Directory
25 (2.427 %)ISA Server
31 (0.485 %)Oracle RAC
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (4.369 %)IBM
28 (3.883 %)Microsoft
28 (3.883 %)Oracle
35 (2.427 %)Citrix
35 (2.427 %)VMware
44 (1.942 %)MKS
44 (1.942 %)Perforce
44 (1.942 %)JD Edwards
53 (1.456 %)Cognos
53 (1.456 %)Lotus
61 (0.485 %)Cisco
61 (0.485 %)McAfee Security
61 (0.485 %)Alcatel
61 (0.485 %)Nokia
61 (0.485 %)Siemens