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This section looks at the demand for Geographic Information System (GIS) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeographic Information System (GIS)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank100105
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads13
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.243 %0.735 %
Salaries quoted11
Average minimum salary£35,000£25,000
Average salary£35,000£30,000
% change on same period last year+16.66 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,897£33,546
% change on same period last year+9.98 %
Kent IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads411408
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.224 %0.171 %
Salaries quoted355346
Average minimum salary£31,579£31,180
Average salary£34,440£33,001
% change on same period last year+4.36 %
Average maximum salary£37,300£34,821
UK excluding London average salary£37,241£38,310
% change on same period last year-2.79 %
GIS South EastGIS
South East

GIS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing GIS across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Kent GIS Demand Trend

GIS
Salary Trend

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

Kent GIS Salary Trend

GIS
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Kent region citing GIS 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 GIS.

14 (66.67 %)ESRI
14 (66.67 %)ArcGIS
22 (33.33 %)TDD
22 (33.33 %)AJAX
22 (33.33 %).NET
22 (33.33 %)C#
22 (33.33 %)HTML
22 (33.33 %)JavaScript
22 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
22 (33.33 %)CSS
31 (16.67 %)WebServices
31 (16.67 %)XML
31 (16.67 %)Windows
31 (16.67 %)Flash
31 (16.67 %)SQL
31 (16.67 %)MySQL
31 (16.67 %)SQL Server
31 (16.67 %)PostgreSQL
31 (16.67 %)WinForms
31 (16.67 %)Web 2.0
31 (16.67 %)Photography
31 (16.67 %)JSON
31 (16.67 %)WCF
31 (16.67 %)WPF
31 (16.67 %)Silverlight
31 (16.67 %)LINQ
31 (16.67 %)Continuous Integration
31 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Kent region citing GIS 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 GIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (33.33 %)HTML
12 (33.33 %).NET
12 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
12 (33.33 %)CSS
12 (33.33 %)AJAX
21 (16.67 %)JSON
21 (16.67 %)WCF
21 (16.67 %)WPF
21 (16.67 %)Silverlight
21 (16.67 %)LINQ
21 (16.67 %)WebServices
21 (16.67 %)XML
21 (16.67 %)WinForms
Kent IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (66.67 %)ArcGIS
Kent IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)MySQL
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server
11 (16.67 %)PostgreSQL
Kent IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)Flash
Kent IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Analyst
14 (66.67 %)Data Analyst
22 (33.33 %)Developer
31 (16.67 %).NET Developer
31 (16.67 %)Web Developer
Kent IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Web 2.0
11 (16.67 %)Photography
Kent IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)Windows
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)TDD
21 (16.67 %)Continuous Integration
21 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
Kent IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)C#
12 (33.33 %)JavaScript
21 (16.67 %)SQL
Kent IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (66.67 %)ESRI