The first table below looks at the demand for TickIT skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TickIT 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
TickIT
Rank 757 828 763
Rank change year-on-year
+71 -65
Permanent jobs citing TickIT 73 35 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.072% 0.031% 0.082%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.729% 0.340% 1.017%
Number of salaries quoted 51 24 83
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,844 £35,700 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £67,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +17.64%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10013 10304 9443
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 9.929% 9.071% 8.078%
Number of salaries quoted 8169 8588 7821
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
TickIT
UK

TickIT
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing TickIT across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

England TickIT Jobs Demand Trend

TickIT
Salary Trend

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

England TickIT Salary Trend

TickIT
Salary Histogram

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

England TickIT Salary Histogram

TickIT
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TickIT 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
East Midlands +29 32 £50,000 +11.11%
South East +6 17 £40,000 -20.00%
West Midlands -11 12 £50,000 -
East of England +8 11 £27,844 -
South West - 10 £40,000 -
Midlands - 1 - -
TickIT
UK

TickIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing TickIT 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 TickIT.

1 105 (81.40%) ISO 9001
2 87 (67.44%) C#
3 72 (55.81%) .NET
4 66 (51.16%) Computer Science
5 51 (39.53%) Degree
6 50 (38.76%) XML
6 50 (38.76%) Windows
7 43 (33.33%) JavaScript
8 38 (29.46%) ASP.NET
9 36 (27.91%) C
9 36 (27.91%) UML
9 36 (27.91%) Software Engineering
10 35 (27.13%) SQL
11 33 (25.58%) SQL Server
11 33 (25.58%) Electronics
12 32 (24.81%) C++
13 31 (24.03%) ASP
14 30 (23.26%) Security Cleared
15 28 (21.71%) Web Services
16 27 (20.93%) ISO 9000
16 27 (20.93%) Military
17 26 (20.16%) Finance
18 25 (19.38%) Visual Studio
18 25 (19.38%) DHTML
19 23 (17.83%) Web Development
19 23 (17.83%) XSLT
19 23 (17.83%) LDAP
19 23 (17.83%) Smartcard
19 23 (17.83%) Cyber Security
20 22 (17.05%) UNIX

TickIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing TickIT 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 TickIT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 72 (55.81%) .NET
2 50 (38.76%) XML
3 38 (29.46%) ASP.NET
4 31 (24.03%) ASP
5 28 (21.71%) Web Services
6 25 (19.38%) DHTML
7 23 (17.83%) XSLT
8 17 (13.18%) CSS
9 13 (10.08%) WPF
10 10 (7.752%) XHTML
11 8 (6.202%) .NET Framework
11 8 (6.202%) CSS3
12 7 (5.426%) HTML
12 7 (5.426%) Apache Cordova
13 6 (4.651%) jQuery
13 6 (4.651%) WinForms
14 5 (3.876%) Sencha Touch
14 5 (3.876%) KnockoutJS
15 4 (3.101%) ASP.NET MVC
15 4 (3.101%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 8 (6.202%) IIS
1 8 (6.202%) WordPress
2 4 (3.101%) Apache
3 2 (1.550%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.550%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (13.95%) MS Office
2 16 (12.40%) MS Excel
3 15 (11.63%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.775%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.775%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 23 (17.83%) LDAP
2 10 (7.752%) Ethernet
3 6 (4.651%) TCP/IP
4 5 (3.876%) Internet
5 2 (1.550%) WAN
5 2 (1.550%) FTP
6 1 (0.775%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (25.58%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.326%) OLAP
2 3 (2.326%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.550%) SQLite
3 2 (1.550%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (1.550%) MySQL
3 2 (1.550%) Informix
3 2 (1.550%) DB2
3 2 (1.550%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (1.550%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.550%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.775%) Oracle OLAP
4 1 (0.775%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.775%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.775%) Star Schema
4 1 (0.775%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 25 (19.38%) Visual Studio
2 19 (14.73%) Rational DOORS
3 9 (6.977%) Rational Rhapsody
4 7 (5.426%) PhoneGap
5 6 (4.651%) PVCS
6 3 (2.326%) RequisitePro
6 3 (2.326%) Subversion
6 3 (2.326%) Hudson
7 1 (0.775%) Ant
7 1 (0.775%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.775%) Eclipse
General
1 33 (25.58%) Electronics
2 27 (20.93%) Military
3 26 (20.16%) Finance
4 15 (11.63%) Aerospace
5 7 (5.426%) Marketing
6 4 (3.101%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.101%) Games
7 3 (2.326%) Advertising
8 1 (0.775%) Automotive
8 1 (0.775%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (35.66%) Software Engineer
2 38 (29.46%) Developer
3 25 (19.38%) C# Developer
4 24 (18.60%) C# .NET Developer
5 19 (14.73%) Software Manager
6 17 (13.18%) Development Manager
7 15 (11.63%) .NET Developer
7 15 (11.63%) Software Development Manager
8 12 (9.302%) Senior Software Engineer
9 10 (7.752%) Senior Developer
10 9 (6.977%) Quality Engineer
11 6 (4.651%) Analyst
11 6 (4.651%) Software Quality Engineer
11 6 (4.651%) Security Specialist
12 5 (3.876%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 5 (3.876%) Mobile Developer
12 5 (3.876%) Software Developer
12 5 (3.876%) Applications Developer
13 4 (3.101%) Graduate
13 4 (3.101%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 66 (51.16%) Computer Science
2 23 (17.83%) Smartcard
3 22 (17.05%) Cryptography
3 22 (17.05%) Mathematics
4 8 (6.202%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (5.426%) CAN bus
5 7 (5.426%) iPhone
6 5 (3.876%) Mobile App
6 5 (3.876%) PMI
7 4 (3.101%) Visualisation
8 3 (2.326%) Open Source
9 2 (1.550%) Telematics
9 2 (1.550%) N-Tier
9 2 (1.550%) Mobile Computing
10 1 (0.775%) SaaS
10 1 (0.775%) Firmware
10 1 (0.775%) Data Integration
10 1 (0.775%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 50 (38.76%) Windows
2 22 (17.05%) UNIX
3 18 (13.95%) Linux
4 9 (6.977%) Windows Mobile
5 7 (5.426%) Android
5 7 (5.426%) VxWorks
6 5 (3.876%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (3.876%) Windows 7
7 3 (2.326%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (2.326%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.91%) UML
1 36 (27.91%) Software Engineering
2 23 (17.83%) Web Development
2 23 (17.83%) Cyber Security
3 22 (17.05%) Computer Security
3 22 (17.05%) Software Testing
3 22 (17.05%) ITIL
4 20 (15.50%) Waterfall
5 18 (13.95%) OO
6 17 (13.18%) CMMI
7 16 (12.40%) Configuration Management
8 10 (7.752%) SysML
9 9 (6.977%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (6.977%) Requirements Engineering
9 9 (6.977%) TDD
10 8 (6.202%) Content Management
11 6 (4.651%) Agile Software Development
11 6 (4.651%) Scrum
11 6 (4.651%) ERP
12 5 (3.876%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 87 (67.44%) C#
2 43 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 36 (27.91%) C
4 35 (27.13%) SQL
5 32 (24.81%) C++
6 22 (17.05%) Java
7 12 (9.302%) Python
8 10 (7.752%) VBScript
9 9 (6.977%) Embedded C
10 2 (1.550%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.775%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 51 (39.53%) Degree
2 30 (23.26%) Security Cleared
3 20 (15.50%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.876%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.550%) Sun Certification
5 2 (1.550%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (81.40%) ISO 9001
2 27 (20.93%) ISO 9000
3 17 (13.18%) QA
4 15 (11.63%) IEC 61508
5 13 (10.08%) DO-178B
6 2 (1.550%) SLA
6 2 (1.550%) BS7799
7 1 (0.775%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (0.775%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.775%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 21 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.08%) Oracle
3 8 (6.202%) Stellent
4 5 (3.876%) Sencha
5 3 (2.326%) Twitter
5 3 (2.326%) Intel
5 3 (2.326%) Borland
5 3 (2.326%) IBM
6 2 (1.550%) Sybase
7 1 (0.775%) Business Objects
7 1 (0.775%) SAP
Cambridge
Requirements: - Degree qualified in maths / science / software or similar... - Understanding of internationally recognised process models or frameworks (eg: CMMi, ISO15504, ISO12207). - Working knowledge of ISO9000, TickIT, SEI CMMi.
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