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The table below looks at the demand for VMS skills within the England region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMS over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 VMS
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank572557
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads326487
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.180 %0.204 %
As % of the category below0.767 %0.842 %
Salaries quoted285412
Average minimum salary£42,963£40,945
Average salary£45,782£43,468
% change on same period last year+5.32 %
Average maximum salary£48,601£45,991
UK excluding London average salary£43,505£34,311
% change on same period last year+26.79 %
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
England
Matching permanent IT job ads4249157810
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled23.51 %24.24 %
Salaries quoted3577046114
Average minimum salary£35,972£37,248
Average salary£38,826£40,273
% change on same period last year-3.59 %
Average maximum salary£41,680£43,298
UK excluding London average salary£34,069£34,572
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
VMS UKVMS
UK

VMS
Demand Trend

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

England VMS Demand Trend

VMS
Salary Trend

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

England VMS Salary Trend

VMS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMS across the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

England VMS Salary Histogram

VMS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 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-51182£47,760+2.81 %
South EastUp+546£37,237+4.09 %
West MidlandsUp+2232£47,064+13.23 %
North WestUp+4927£39,935+22.87 %
YorkshireUp+920£41,986+71.05 %
South WestDown-313£31,923-19.06 %
East MidlandsUp+119£66,250+103.84 %
MidlandsNew entry-5£59,000-
East of EnglandUp+12£25,500+6.25 %
North EastNew entry-1£25,000-
VMS UKVMS
UK

VMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing VMS 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 VMS.

1364 (58.24 %)UNIX
2243 (38.88 %)Finance
3165 (26.40 %)Banking
4137 (21.92 %)Solaris
5136 (21.76 %)Windows
6130 (20.80 %)Oracle
7127 (20.32 %)C
8126 (20.16 %)OpenVMS
9120 (19.20 %)Linux
10111 (17.76 %)SQL
11105 (16.80 %)DCL
1291 (14.56 %)OO
1291 (14.56 %)ClearCase
1389 (14.24 %)ITIL
1389 (14.24 %)C++
1472 (11.52 %)Shell Script
1570 (11.20 %)VB
1570 (11.20 %)WebSphere
1660 (9.600 %)Sybase
1660 (9.600 %)Ingres
1660 (9.600 %)VAX
1758 (9.280 %)WebSphere MQ
1857 (9.120 %)TCP/IP
1956 (8.960 %)TIBCO
2055 (8.800 %)Software Engineering
2153 (8.480 %)Equities
2248 (7.680 %)Derivative
2248 (7.680 %)SAP
2347 (7.520 %)OOD
2347 (7.520 %)Back Office

VMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing VMS 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 VMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
170 (11.20 %)WebSphere
229 (4.640 %).NET
325 (4.000 %)WCF
416 (2.560 %)FIX Protocol
57 (1.120 %)J2EE
66 (0.960 %)XML
75 (0.800 %)ADO.NET
75 (0.800 %)ASP.NET
84 (0.640 %)CSS
84 (0.640 %)HTML
84 (0.640 %).NET Framework
92 (0.320 %)WAP
92 (0.320 %)CGI
101 (0.160 %)WinForms
101 (0.160 %)JDBC
101 (0.160 %)JSP
101 (0.160 %)STL
101 (0.160 %)ASP
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
158 (9.280 %)WebSphere MQ
227 (4.320 %)WebLogic
314 (2.240 %)Apache
314 (2.240 %)MQSeries
46 (0.960 %)SAS
55 (0.800 %)MS Exchange
64 (0.640 %)Rendezvous
73 (0.480 %)iFIX
73 (0.480 %)OpenROAD
73 (0.480 %)Tomcat
82 (0.320 %)CMS
91 (0.160 %)Live Communications Server
91 (0.160 %)Exchange Server 2007
91 (0.160 %)IIS
91 (0.160 %)Lotus Notes
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
129 (4.640 %)MS Excel
211 (1.760 %)MS Office
31 (0.160 %)MS Visio
31 (0.160 %)MS PowerPoint
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (1.440 %)Summit
19 (1.440 %)RMDS
28 (1.280 %)SAP SD
37 (1.120 %)Temenos Globus
37 (1.120 %)Temenos T24
37 (1.120 %)Kondor+
37 (1.120 %)Misys Opics
37 (1.120 %)SunGard AvantGard
43 (0.480 %)SAP MM
52 (0.320 %)SAP PP
61 (0.160 %)SAP FI/CO
61 (0.160 %)SAP APO
61 (0.160 %)SAP FI
61 (0.160 %)Navision
61 (0.160 %)SAP CO
61 (0.160 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
61 (0.160 %)Dynamics NAV
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
157 (9.120 %)TCP/IP
227 (4.320 %)SAN
325 (4.000 %)GSM
424 (3.840 %)LAN
523 (3.680 %)Firewall
617 (2.720 %)Internet
716 (2.560 %)SSH
815 (2.400 %)GPRS
914 (2.240 %)SMS
914 (2.240 %)DECnet
1013 (2.080 %)LDAP
1013 (2.080 %)GGSN
1112 (1.920 %)SS7
1211 (1.760 %)DNS
1211 (1.760 %)SGSN
1310 (1.600 %)WAN
1310 (1.600 %)3GPP
1310 (1.600 %)X.500
147 (1.120 %)Cisco PIX
156 (0.960 %)VLAN
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
160 (9.600 %)Ingres
218 (2.880 %)SQL Server
316 (2.560 %)Oracle 8/8i
415 (2.400 %)Reference Data
58 (1.280 %)Oracle 10g
58 (1.280 %)Oracle 9i
67 (1.120 %)Oracle Reports
75 (0.800 %)MySQL
84 (0.640 %)RDBMS
92 (0.320 %)SQL Server 7
92 (0.320 %)ETL
92 (0.320 %)DB2
92 (0.320 %)Datawarehouse
101 (0.160 %)DTS
101 (0.160 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.160 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.160 %)SAP BW
101 (0.160 %)WebFOCUS
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
191 (14.56 %)ClearCase
230 (4.800 %)WinRunner
230 (4.800 %)TestDirector
35 (0.800 %)Ant
44 (0.640 %)Oracle Forms
51 (0.160 %)Rational Rose
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1243 (38.88 %)Finance
2165 (26.40 %)Banking
347 (7.520 %)Back Office
435 (5.600 %)Manufacturing
533 (5.280 %)Telecoms
626 (4.160 %)Automotive
723 (3.680 %)Investment Banking
818 (2.880 %)Pensions
818 (2.880 %)Education
917 (2.720 %)Financial Institution
1016 (2.560 %)Billing
1112 (1.920 %)Construction
1210 (1.600 %)Health
1210 (1.600 %)Insurance
139 (1.440 %)Front Office
139 (1.440 %)Government
145 (0.800 %)Publishing
153 (0.480 %)Electric
153 (0.480 %)Marketing
162 (0.320 %)Retail
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1152 (24.32 %)Analyst
291 (14.56 %)Developer
361 (9.760 %)Applications Support
452 (8.320 %)Team Leader
544 (7.040 %)Administrator
638 (6.080 %)C++ Developer
737 (5.920 %)Support Analyst
834 (5.440 %)Technical Analyst
933 (5.280 %)Consultant
1031 (4.960 %)SAP Manager
1130 (4.800 %)Test Analyst
1228 (4.480 %)Software Engineer
1228 (4.480 %)Programme Manager
1228 (4.480 %)Systems Engineer
1228 (4.480 %)SAP Programme Manager
1326 (4.160 %)UNIX Administrator
1326 (4.160 %)Development Team Leader
1425 (4.000 %)Operations Analyst
1521 (3.360 %)Systems Administrator
1521 (3.360 %)Support Engineer
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
160 (9.600 %)VAX
253 (8.480 %)Equities
348 (7.680 %)Derivative
439 (6.240 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
523 (3.680 %)Clustering
622 (3.520 %)Client/Server
719 (3.040 %)Mainframe
811 (1.760 %)Fixed Income
811 (1.760 %)SCADA
99 (1.440 %)Tandem
99 (1.440 %)AS400
99 (1.440 %)Wiki
106 (0.960 %)Computer Science
115 (0.800 %)CCTV
124 (0.640 %)N-Tier
133 (0.480 %)Blackberry
133 (0.480 %)Equity Derivative
133 (0.480 %)Statistics
142 (0.320 %)EPoS
142 (0.320 %)Thin Client
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1364 (58.24 %)UNIX
2137 (21.92 %)Solaris
3136 (21.76 %)Windows
4126 (20.16 %)OpenVMS
5120 (19.20 %)Linux
637 (5.920 %)Windows 2000
729 (4.640 %)AIX
828 (4.480 %)Windows Server 2003
921 (3.360 %)Tru64
1020 (3.200 %)HPUX
1116 (2.560 %)Red Hat Linux
129 (1.440 %)Windows 2000 Server
138 (1.280 %)Windows XP
146 (0.960 %)Windows NT
154 (0.640 %)zOS
154 (0.640 %)SUSE
163 (0.480 %)Windows Vista
172 (0.320 %)GCOS
181 (0.160 %)MVS
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
191 (14.56 %)OO
289 (14.24 %)ITIL
355 (8.800 %)Software Engineering
447 (7.520 %)OOD
541 (6.560 %)OOA/OOD
637 (5.920 %)CRM
734 (5.440 %)Electronic Trading
825 (4.000 %)SOA
924 (3.840 %)Service Delivery
924 (3.840 %)Project Planning
1021 (3.360 %)PRINCE2
1120 (3.200 %)Agile Software Development
1218 (2.880 %)Performance Testing
1316 (2.560 %)Problem Management
1415 (2.400 %)Incident Management
1415 (2.400 %)System Testing
1415 (2.400 %)Change Management
1513 (2.080 %)Project Management
1612 (1.920 %)SAP Implementation
1710 (1.600 %)Business Intelligence
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1127 (20.32 %)C
2111 (17.76 %)SQL
3105 (16.80 %)DCL
489 (14.24 %)C++
572 (11.52 %)Shell Script
670 (11.20 %)VB
743 (6.880 %)C#
842 (6.720 %)Java
939 (6.240 %)Perl
1028 (4.480 %)COBOL
1122 (3.520 %)Pascal
1215 (2.400 %)PowerHouse
1313 (2.080 %)ABAP
1410 (1.600 %)VBA
1410 (1.600 %)Korn
155 (0.800 %)VB6
155 (0.800 %)Fortran
155 (0.800 %)Assembly Language
155 (0.800 %)PL/SQL
155 (0.800 %)Delphi
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
147 (7.520 %)Degree
230 (4.800 %)ISEB
310 (1.600 %)PRINCE2 Certification
46 (0.960 %)Cisco Certification
55 (0.800 %)CCNP
63 (0.480 %)HND
63 (0.480 %)MCSE
63 (0.480 %)CCSP
63 (0.480 %)Microsoft Certification
72 (0.320 %)CCSA
72 (0.320 %)CCIE
72 (0.320 %)CCDA
72 (0.320 %)CCDP
72 (0.320 %)CCDE
81 (0.160 %)HP ASE
81 (0.160 %)CCNA
81 (0.160 %)HNC
81 (0.160 %)RHCT
81 (0.160 %)RHCE
81 (0.160 %)PMP
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (1.920 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
28 (1.280 %)SLA
37 (1.120 %)QA
45 (0.800 %)ISO9001
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (2.240 %)Active Directory
26 (0.960 %)NetBackup
33 (0.480 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.320 %)Oracle RAC
42 (0.320 %)Backup Exec
42 (0.320 %)Snort
51 (0.160 %)Cronacle
51 (0.160 %)Xen
51 (0.160 %)Intellisync
51 (0.160 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
51 (0.160 %)Samba
51 (0.160 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.160 %)Oracle RMAN
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
121 (3.360 %)OpenView
216 (2.560 %)Unicenter
310 (1.600 %)Legato
310 (1.600 %)Tivoli
310 (1.600 %)BMC PATROL
47 (1.120 %)AutoSys
55 (0.800 %)Nessus
63 (0.480 %)CONTROL-M
63 (0.480 %)CiscoWorks
72 (0.320 %)Norton AntiVirus
72 (0.320 %)Tivoli NetView
72 (0.320 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
81 (0.160 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
81 (0.160 %)ServiceCenter
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1130 (20.80 %)Oracle
260 (9.600 %)Sybase
356 (8.960 %)TIBCO
448 (7.680 %)SAP
541 (6.560 %)Microsoft
640 (6.400 %)HP
722 (3.520 %)BEA
819 (3.040 %)Intel
819 (3.040 %)Cisco
918 (2.880 %)IBM
1017 (2.720 %)Red Hat
1113 (2.080 %)VERITAS
129 (1.440 %)BMC
129 (1.440 %)Remedy
129 (1.440 %)Trema
129 (1.440 %)Calypso
129 (1.440 %)Citrix
129 (1.440 %)IT2
138 (1.280 %)VMware
147 (1.120 %)Patsystems