London GIS Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Geographic Information System (GIS) skills within the London 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Geographic Information System (GIS)
Location Abingdon Aylesbury Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bradford-on-Avon Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London County Londonderry Crawley Croydon Devon Doncaster Dorset Dundee Dunstable East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Exeter Farnborough Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Hull Kent Kidlington Kingston Upon Thames Ledbury Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool London Luton Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Perth and Kinross Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stirling Stirlingshire Stroud Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Torquay Tyne and Wear UK Wales Wallingford Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	434	575
Rank change on same period last year	+141
Matching permanent IT job ads	187	122
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.108 %	0.052 %
As % of the category below	1.054 %	0.505 %
Salaries quoted	155	73
Average minimum salary	£37,706	£36,671
Average salary	£39,888	£39,079
% change on same period last year	+2.06 %
Average maximum salary	£42,069	£41,486
UK excluding London average salary	£38,300	£34,421
% change on same period last year	+11.27 %
Database & Business Intelligence London
Matching permanent IT job ads	17741	24135
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	10.27 %	10.39 %
Salaries quoted	15350	19576
Average minimum salary	£44,816	£44,654
Average salary	£48,670	£48,778
% change on same period last year	-0.22 %
Average maximum salary	£52,524	£52,902
UK excluding London average salary	£37,428	£38,462
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GIS across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Luton	+21	35	£38,171	+27.23 %
Croydon	+26	27	£31,315	+45.65 %
City of London	-6	15	£40,150	+8.88 %
Kingston Upon Thames	-	6	£40,000	-
Wimbledon	-	5	£40,000	-
Hammersmith	-	4	£32,125	-
New Malden	-	1	£43,000	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 102 (25.25 %) Oracle 2 89 (22.03 %) .NET 2 89 (22.03 %) ESRI 3 87 (21.53 %) Degree 4 81 (20.05 %) SQL 5 73 (18.07 %) ArcGIS 5 73 (18.07 %) Asset Management 6 62 (15.35 %) HTML 7 61 (15.10 %) ArcSDE 7 61 (15.10 %) ArcIMS 7 61 (15.10 %) Government 8 59 (14.60 %) XML 9 56 (13.86 %) Project Management 9 56 (13.86 %) Construction 10 55 (13.61 %) Microsoft

11 54 (13.37 %) SQL Server 12 51 (12.62 %) JavaScript 13 50 (12.38 %) C# 14 49 (12.13 %) Delphi 15 48 (11.88 %) OO 16 46 (11.39 %) Java 17 45 (11.14 %) Local Government 18 40 (9.901 %) WebServices 19 37 (9.158 %) Finance 20 35 (8.663 %) UNIX 21 34 (8.416 %) C 21 34 (8.416 %) C++ 22 33 (8.168 %) Telecoms 23 32 (7.921 %) VBScript 23 32 (7.921 %) SharePoint

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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 Development 1 89 (22.03 %) .NET 2 62 (15.35 %) HTML 3 59 (14.60 %) XML 4 40 (9.901 %) WebServices 5 27 (6.683 %) ArcObjects 6 15 (3.713 %) ASP 7 13 (3.218 %) AJAX 8 11 (2.723 %) WebSphere 8 11 (2.723 %) ASP.NET 9 10 (2.475 %) J2EE 9 10 (2.475 %) JSP 10 8 (1.980 %) XSLT 11 7 (1.733 %) Servlets 11 7 (1.733 %) JMS 11 7 (1.733 %) XML Messaging 12 5 (1.238 %) .NET Framework 12 5 (1.238 %) CSS 12 5 (1.238 %) ActiveX 13 4 (0.990 %) SOAP 13 4 (0.990 %) MVC	Application Platforms 1 73 (18.07 %) ArcGIS 2 61 (15.10 %) ArcIMS 2 61 (15.10 %) ArcSDE 3 32 (7.921 %) SharePoint 4 16 (3.960 %) SAS 5 14 (3.465 %) WebLogic 6 10 (2.475 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 8 (1.980 %) Oracle Spatial 8 7 (1.733 %) MS Exchange 8 7 (1.733 %) Tomcat 9 6 (1.485 %) ColdFusion 9 6 (1.485 %) Exchange Server 2003 9 6 (1.485 %) Exchange Server 2007 10 4 (0.990 %) BizTalk Server 10 4 (0.990 %) JBoss 11 3 (0.743 %) IIS 11 3 (0.743 %) MQSeries 11 3 (0.743 %) LiveLink 12 1 (0.248 %) Gentran 12 1 (0.248 %) CMS
Applications 1 29 (7.178 %) MS Excel 2 10 (2.475 %) MS Office 3 8 (1.980 %) MS PowerPoint 4 7 (1.733 %) AutoCAD 4 7 (1.733 %) ArcInfo 5 5 (1.238 %) MS Visio 6 2 (0.495 %) SPSS 7 1 (0.248 %) 3ds Max 7 1 (0.248 %) ArcView	Business Applications 1 3 (0.743 %) Singl.eView 2 2 (0.495 %) SAP SD 2 2 (0.495 %) SAP Oil and Gas 3 1 (0.248 %) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking 1 7 (1.733 %) DHCP 1 7 (1.733 %) TCP/IP 2 6 (1.485 %) GPRS 3 3 (0.743 %) ADSL 3 3 (0.743 %) HTTP 3 3 (0.743 %) LLU 4 1 (0.248 %) Internet 4 1 (0.248 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 54 (13.37 %) SQL Server 2 18 (4.455 %) MS Access 3 14 (3.465 %) Data Mining 4 12 (2.970 %) RDBMS 5 9 (2.228 %) Crystal Reports 5 9 (2.228 %) Oracle Reports 6 7 (1.733 %) SQLite 7 6 (1.485 %) Datawarehouse 7 6 (1.485 %) SQLPlus 8 4 (0.990 %) SQL Server 2000 9 3 (0.743 %) SQL Server 2005 9 3 (0.743 %) MySQL 9 3 (0.743 %) BusinessObjects 9 3 (0.743 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 2 (0.495 %) Oracle 9i 10 2 (0.495 %) OLAP 10 2 (0.495 %) dBASE 10 2 (0.495 %) Oracle 10g 10 2 (0.495 %) Oracle OLAP 10 2 (0.495 %) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications 1 6 (1.485 %) Flash 1 6 (1.485 %) Dreamweaver 2 3 (0.743 %) Visual Studio 3 1 (0.248 %) AppScan	General 1 61 (15.10 %) Government 2 56 (13.86 %) Construction 3 45 (11.14 %) Local Government 4 37 (9.158 %) Finance 5 33 (8.168 %) Telecoms 6 15 (3.713 %) Marketing 6 15 (3.713 %) Education 7 12 (2.970 %) Health 8 9 (2.228 %) Billing 9 6 (1.485 %) Retail 10 5 (1.238 %) Insurance 11 3 (0.743 %) Pensions 12 2 (0.495 %) Banking 12 2 (0.495 %) Aerospace 13 1 (0.248 %) Electric 13 1 (0.248 %) Home Office 13 1 (0.248 %) Games
Job Titles 1 108 (26.73 %) Developer 2 99 (24.50 %) Analyst 3 44 (10.89 %) Consultant 4 42 (10.40 %) Delphi Developer 5 36 (8.911 %) GIS Developer 6 35 (8.663 %) Support Analyst 7 33 (8.168 %) Business Analyst 8 25 (6.188 %) Implementation Consultant 8 25 (6.188 %) Software Consultant 8 25 (6.188 %) GIS Analyst 9 19 (4.703 %) Technical Support 10 17 (4.208 %) Senior Analyst 11 13 (3.218 %) Statistical Analyst 11 13 (3.218 %) Architect 12 11 (2.723 %) Programmer 12 11 (2.723 %) Solutions Architect 12 11 (2.723 %) Support Engineer 12 11 (2.723 %) GIS Consultant 13 10 (2.475 %) Implementation Manager 13 10 (2.475 %) Software Manager	Miscellaneous 1 14 (3.465 %) Statistics 2 12 (2.970 %) Management Information System 3 11 (2.723 %) Computer Science 4 7 (1.733 %) IVR 5 6 (1.485 %) Mathematics 6 5 (1.238 %) IPTV 7 2 (0.495 %) Streaming Media 7 2 (0.495 %) Replication 7 2 (0.495 %) Clustering 8 1 (0.248 %) NGOSS 8 1 (0.248 %) Fixed Income 8 1 (0.248 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 8 1 (0.248 %) W3C 8 1 (0.248 %) Derivative
Operating Systems 1 35 (8.663 %) UNIX 2 19 (4.703 %) Windows 3 15 (3.713 %) Solaris 4 4 (0.990 %) Windows Vista 5 3 (0.743 %) Linux 6 1 (0.248 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (0.248 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 73 (18.07 %) Asset Management 2 56 (13.86 %) Project Management 3 48 (11.88 %) OO 4 29 (7.178 %) Refactoring 5 18 (4.455 %) TDD 6 17 (4.208 %) Security Cleared 7 16 (3.960 %) Document Management 7 16 (3.960 %) CAD 8 13 (3.218 %) OOD 8 13 (3.218 %) Information Management 9 12 (2.970 %) SC Cleared 10 11 (2.723 %) UML 11 10 (2.475 %) Migration 11 10 (2.475 %) Software Engineering 12 9 (2.228 %) OOP 13 8 (1.980 %) Network Design 13 8 (1.980 %) Web Development 14 7 (1.733 %) ITIL 14 7 (1.733 %) Quality Management 14 7 (1.733 %) Change Management
Programming Languages 1 81 (20.05 %) SQL 2 51 (12.62 %) JavaScript 3 50 (12.38 %) C# 4 49 (12.13 %) Delphi 5 46 (11.39 %) Java 6 34 (8.416 %) C++ 6 34 (8.416 %) C 7 32 (7.921 %) VBScript 8 25 (6.188 %) VBA 9 24 (5.941 %) VB 10 15 (3.713 %) VB.NET 11 9 (2.228 %) PL/SQL 11 9 (2.228 %) COBOL 12 7 (1.733 %) Perl 13 6 (1.485 %) Python 14 2 (0.495 %) ABAP 15 1 (0.248 %) PowerShell 15 1 (0.248 %) Transact-SQL 15 1 (0.248 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 87 (21.53 %) Degree 2 1 (0.248 %) RHCSS 2 1 (0.248 %) HNC 2 1 (0.248 %) MCSE 2 1 (0.248 %) CCNA 2 1 (0.248 %) ISEB 2 1 (0.248 %) CISSP 2 1 (0.248 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (0.248 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (0.248 %) RHCE 2 1 (0.248 %) CISA 2 1 (0.248 %) MBA 2 1 (0.248 %) GIAC 2 1 (0.248 %) SCSA 2 1 (0.248 %) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (2.970 %) SLA 2 8 (1.980 %) QA 3 1 (0.248 %) ISO27001	System Software 1 10 (2.475 %) Active Directory 2 9 (2.228 %) Terminal Services
Vendors 1 102 (25.25 %) Oracle 2 89 (22.03 %) ESRI 3 55 (13.61 %) Microsoft 4 13 (3.218 %) Sun 5 11 (2.723 %) Mapinfo 6 9 (2.228 %) Citrix 6 9 (2.228 %) Autodesk 7 8 (1.980 %) SAP 8 7 (1.733 %) IBM 8 7 (1.733 %) BEA 9 6 (1.485 %) Macromedia 9 6 (1.485 %) Google 10 5 (1.238 %) Chordiant 10 5 (1.238 %) Remedy 11 3 (0.743 %) TIBCO 11 3 (0.743 %) Business Objects 11 3 (0.743 %) GGP 12 1 (0.248 %) Adobe 12 1 (0.248 %) Cramer 12 1 (0.248 %) Amdocs