The first table below looks at the demand for GIS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 24 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Kent region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rank - - 101
Permanent jobs citing GIS 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent - - 0.094%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - 0.207%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £40,000 £37,750
% change year-on-year
-11.25% +5.96%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
347 271 484
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 29.99% 37.80% 45.53%
Number of salaries quoted 306 260 448
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,400 £28,850
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
GIS
South East

GIS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

GIS
Salary Trend

This 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 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) ArcGIS
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) ArcGIS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) GIS Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management