The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SaaS in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SaaS 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Rank 137 126 107
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -19
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 10 3 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.381% 0.143% 0.548%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.580% 0.456% 2.123%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 8
Average salary £55,000 £40,000 £43,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.50% -7.51%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
633 658 471
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 24.09% 31.41% 25.82%
Number of salaries quoted 508 590 393
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
SaaS
West Yorkshire

SaaS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SaaS across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Leeds SaaS Jobs Demand Trend

SaaS
Salary Trend

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

Leeds SaaS Salary Trend

SaaS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing SaaS 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 SaaS.

1 13 (46.43%) Linux
2 12 (42.86%) Java
3 11 (39.29%) Windows
4 10 (35.71%) VMware
5 9 (32.14%) SQL
6 8 (28.57%) JMX
6 8 (28.57%) JMS
6 8 (28.57%) Complex Event Processing
6 8 (28.57%) MongoDB
6 8 (28.57%) NoSQL
7 7 (25.00%) vSphere
7 7 (25.00%) XenApp
7 7 (25.00%) XenServer
7 7 (25.00%) XenDesktop
7 7 (25.00%) VMware ESX
7 7 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (25.00%) Cisco
7 7 (25.00%) Web Services
7 7 (25.00%) EMC
7 7 (25.00%) Citrix
7 7 (25.00%) HP
7 7 (25.00%) NetApp
8 6 (21.43%) Dell
8 6 (21.43%) CCA
8 6 (21.43%) Citrix Certification
8 6 (21.43%) CCEA
8 6 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (21.43%) Juniper
8 6 (21.43%) CCNP
8 6 (21.43%) CCDA

SaaS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (28.57%) JMS
1 8 (28.57%) JMX
2 7 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (3.571%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.571%) Apache Flex
3 1 (3.571%) jQuery
3 1 (3.571%) Struts2
3 1 (3.571%) HTML
3 1 (3.571%) .NET
3 1 (3.571%) J2EE
3 1 (3.571%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.571%) CSS
3 1 (3.571%) JDBC
3 1 (3.571%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) Apache
1 5 (17.86%) Tomcat
2 3 (10.71%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) Internet
2 3 (10.71%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (28.57%) MongoDB
1 8 (28.57%) NoSQL
2 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.571%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Eclipse
1 1 (3.571%) ProC
1 1 (3.571%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 4 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Architect
2 8 (28.57%) Java Engineer
2 8 (28.57%) Senior Java Engineer
3 6 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (14.29%) Virtualisation Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Technical Architect
6 2 (7.143%) Consultant
6 2 (7.143%) Technical Support
6 2 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (7.143%) VMware Architect
6 2 (7.143%) Technical Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.571%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
7 1 (3.571%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Web Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Junior C# .NET Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (7.143%) PaaS
2 1 (3.571%) N-Tier
2 1 (3.571%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 13 (46.43%) Linux
2 11 (39.29%) Windows
3 4 (14.29%) UNIX
4 3 (10.71%) Windows 2000
4 3 (10.71%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Complex Event Processing
2 4 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
2 4 (14.29%) ITIL
2 4 (14.29%) SOA
2 4 (14.29%) E-business
3 3 (10.71%) Supplier Management
3 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (10.71%) Project Management
3 3 (10.71%) CRM
3 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
4 2 (7.143%) Business Continuity
4 2 (7.143%) Web Development
4 2 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.571%) MVC
5 1 (3.571%) Data Analysis
5 1 (3.571%) Logistics
5 1 (3.571%) OOP
5 1 (3.571%) OOA/OOD
5 1 (3.571%) OO
5 1 (3.571%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 12 (42.86%) Java
2 9 (32.14%) SQL
3 1 (3.571%) ActionScript
3 1 (3.571%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.571%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.571%) C
3 1 (3.571%) C#
3 1 (3.571%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) CCNP
1 6 (21.43%) CCDA
1 6 (21.43%) CCA
1 6 (21.43%) Citrix Certification
1 6 (21.43%) CCEA
1 6 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (21.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 6 (21.43%) VCDX
1 6 (21.43%) VCAP
1 6 (21.43%) CCEE
1 6 (21.43%) CCIA
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) XenApp
1 7 (25.00%) XenServer
1 7 (25.00%) XenDesktop
1 7 (25.00%) vSphere
1 7 (25.00%) VMware ESX
1 7 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.571%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.571%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) VMware
2 7 (25.00%) Cisco
2 7 (25.00%) HP
2 7 (25.00%) EMC
2 7 (25.00%) Citrix
2 7 (25.00%) NetApp
3 6 (21.43%) Juniper
3 6 (21.43%) Dell
3 6 (21.43%) Blue Coat
3 6 (21.43%) PlateSpin
3 6 (21.43%) DataCore
3 6 (21.43%) FalconStor
4 5 (17.86%) Oracle
5 3 (10.71%) Salesforce.com
6 2 (7.143%) Microsoft
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