The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Programmer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Programmer
Rank 810 853 829
Rank change year-on-year
+43 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Programmer 20 10 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.020% 0.009% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.009% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 25
Average salary £30,000 £38,250 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.56% -13.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,450 £31,600 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,600 £50,000 £91,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £44,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year
-31.81% +4.76%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95250 107641 110251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.45% 94.76% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80210 93021 93605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Programmer
UK

Systems Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Systems Programmer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Systems Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Programmer
Salary Trend

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

England Systems Programmer Salary Trend

Systems Programmer
Salary Histogram

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

England Systems Programmer Salary Histogram

Systems Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Programmer within the 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
Yorkshire -13 6 £30,000 -33.33%
London +31 5 £36,000 +10.76%
East Midlands - 5 £34,250 -
East of England - 3 £27,500 -
Midlands - 1 - -
Systems Programmer
UK

Systems Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Systems Programmer in their job title 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 with Systems Programmer in their job title.

1 22 (46.81%) Mainframe
2 21 (44.68%) Linux
3 20 (42.55%) DB2
3 20 (42.55%) JCL
3 20 (42.55%) CA
3 20 (42.55%) REXX
3 20 (42.55%) zOS
3 20 (42.55%) CICS
3 20 (42.55%) ISPF
4 19 (40.43%) IBM
4 19 (40.43%) MVS
5 18 (38.30%) BMC
6 15 (31.91%) ITIL
7 14 (29.79%) .NET
8 12 (25.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (25.53%) Marketing
8 12 (25.53%) Credit Risk
9 11 (23.40%) VB.NET
10 10 (21.28%) SQL Server
11 9 (19.15%) C#
11 9 (19.15%) JavaScript
12 7 (14.89%) Java
12 7 (14.89%) ASP.NET
12 7 (14.89%) Finance
13 6 (12.77%) SQL Server 2008
13 6 (12.77%) Apache
13 6 (12.77%) SQL
13 6 (12.77%) Internet
14 5 (10.64%) VB
15 4 (8.511%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Systems Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Systems Programmer in their job title 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 with Systems Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (42.55%) ISPF
2 14 (29.79%) .NET
3 7 (14.89%) ASP.NET
4 3 (6.383%) CSS
4 3 (6.383%) HTML
5 2 (4.255%) JSON
5 2 (4.255%) ADO
5 2 (4.255%) DAO
6 1 (2.128%) Ajax
6 1 (2.128%) ASP
6 1 (2.128%) XML
6 1 (2.128%) XHTML
6 1 (2.128%) Middleware
6 1 (2.128%) jQuery
6 1 (2.128%) Ext JS
6 1 (2.128%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 20 (42.55%) CICS
2 6 (12.77%) Apache
3 3 (6.383%) IIS
4 1 (2.128%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (2.128%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 3 (6.383%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.255%) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) Internet
2 2 (4.255%) ADSL
2 2 (4.255%) VoIP
3 1 (2.128%) HTTP
3 1 (2.128%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.128%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (42.55%) DB2
2 10 (21.28%) SQL Server
3 6 (12.77%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (8.511%) SQL Server 2012
4 4 (8.511%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (8.511%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (4.255%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (4.255%) MS Access
6 1 (2.128%) RDBMS
6 1 (2.128%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.128%) Visual Studio
1 1 (2.128%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.128%) PowerBuilder
General
1 12 (25.53%) Marketing
2 7 (14.89%) Finance
3 4 (8.511%) Retail
4 3 (6.383%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 22 (46.81%) Mainframe
2 12 (25.53%) Credit Risk
3 3 (6.383%) Digital Media
4 2 (4.255%) Clustering
5 1 (2.128%) SCADA
5 1 (2.128%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (2.128%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (44.68%) Linux
2 20 (42.55%) zOS
3 19 (40.43%) MVS
4 3 (6.383%) Windows
4 3 (6.383%) Android
5 2 (4.255%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (4.255%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (4.255%) Solaris
5 2 (4.255%) UNIX
6 1 (2.128%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) ITIL
2 12 (25.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (8.511%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (6.383%) ERP
5 2 (4.255%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (4.255%) System Testing
5 2 (4.255%) QMS
5 2 (4.255%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (4.255%) Configuration Management
5 2 (4.255%) CMMI
5 2 (4.255%) Change Management
5 2 (4.255%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (4.255%) Migration
6 1 (2.128%) Project Management
6 1 (2.128%) OOP
6 1 (2.128%) OO
6 1 (2.128%) Software Engineering
6 1 (2.128%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (42.55%) REXX
1 20 (42.55%) JCL
2 11 (23.40%) VB.NET
3 9 (19.15%) C#
3 9 (19.15%) JavaScript
4 7 (14.89%) Java
5 6 (12.77%) SQL
6 5 (10.64%) VB
7 4 (8.511%) VB6
8 3 (6.383%) VBA
8 3 (6.383%) C
9 2 (4.255%) COBOL
9 2 (4.255%) Perl
9 2 (4.255%) LINC
10 1 (2.128%) Assembly Language
10 1 (2.128%) PL/SQL
10 1 (2.128%) C++
System Software
1 2 (4.255%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.128%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (4.255%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.128%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 20 (42.55%) CA
2 19 (40.43%) IBM
3 18 (38.30%) BMC
4 4 (8.511%) Microsoft
5 3 (6.383%) Oracle
6 2 (4.255%) SAP
6 2 (4.255%) Sun
6 2 (4.255%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.255%) Symantec
6 2 (4.255%) IXOS
6 2 (4.255%) MKS
6 2 (4.255%) Open Text
6 2 (4.255%) VMware
7 1 (2.128%) Google
7 1 (2.128%) EMC
7 1 (2.128%) Siemens
London
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Posted: 13 May 2013
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Salary: £15k - 22k per year + benefits
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