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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Middlesex region.

 Internet
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank222130
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Up+9
Matching permanent IT job ads364979
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex5.882 %5.868 %5.918 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category23.38 %24.87 %26.42 %
Salaries quoted363767
Average salary£42,000£35,000£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00 %+12.90 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£28,000£15,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£43,300£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
Middlesex IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
154197299
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex25.16 %23.59 %22.40 %
Salaries quoted143154251
Average salary£47,500£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.66 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Internet South EastInternet
South East

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Internet across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Middlesex Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Salary Trend

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

Middlesex Internet Salary Trend

Internet
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Internet across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Middlesex Internet Salary Histogram

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Middlesex region citing Internet 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 Internet.

119 (34.55 %)Cisco
218 (32.73 %)Microsoft
314 (25.45 %)SQL
413 (23.64 %)Oracle
512 (21.82 %)IIS
512 (21.82 %)Windows
512 (21.82 %)Microsoft Certification
512 (21.82 %)Scrum
610 (18.18 %)Firewall
610 (18.18 %)UNIX
610 (18.18 %)XML
610 (18.18 %)HTML
610 (18.18 %)Adobe Flex
79 (16.36 %)OO
79 (16.36 %)CCNA
79 (16.36 %)MCSE
79 (16.36 %)Cisco Certification
88 (14.55 %)Windows Server 2003
88 (14.55 %)Flash
88 (14.55 %)CSS
88 (14.55 %)JavaScript
88 (14.55 %)ActionScript
88 (14.55 %)jQuery
88 (14.55 %)Unit Testing
88 (14.55 %)AJAX
88 (14.55 %)MXML
88 (14.55 %)ActionScript 3.0
97 (12.73 %)AIX
97 (12.73 %)Solaris
97 (12.73 %)Linux

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Middlesex region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Middlesex IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (18.18 %)HTML
110 (18.18 %)XML
110 (18.18 %)Adobe Flex
28 (14.55 %)jQuery
28 (14.55 %)MXML
28 (14.55 %)CSS
28 (14.55 %)Flash
28 (14.55 %)AJAX
36 (10.91 %)XHTML
36 (10.91 %)XSLT
44 (7.273 %).NET
53 (5.455 %)Hibernate
62 (3.636 %)JSTL
62 (3.636 %)JSP
62 (3.636 %)Servlets
62 (3.636 %)SOAP
62 (3.636 %)Struts
62 (3.636 %)Web Services
62 (3.636 %)ASP.NET MVC
62 (3.636 %)ASP.NET
Middlesex IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
112 (21.82 %)IIS
24 (7.273 %)Apache
24 (7.273 %)SharePoint
33 (5.455 %)Tomcat
42 (3.636 %)MS Exchange
42 (3.636 %)Exchange Server 2007
42 (3.636 %)WebLogic
51 (1.818 %)Office Communications Server
51 (1.818 %)CMS
51 (1.818 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (1.818 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (1.818 %)Lotus Notes
51 (1.818 %)Lotus Domino
Middlesex IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (10.91 %)MS Excel
22 (3.636 %)MS Project
31 (1.818 %)MS Office
Middlesex IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (18.18 %)Firewall
26 (10.91 %)VPN
35 (9.091 %)VRRP
44 (7.273 %)NetScreen
44 (7.273 %)VLAN
44 (7.273 %)Network Security
53 (5.455 %)BGP
53 (5.455 %)EIGRP
62 (3.636 %)MPLS
62 (3.636 %)HTTP
62 (3.636 %)Cisco ASA
62 (3.636 %)Cisco PIX
71 (1.818 %)TCP/IP
71 (1.818 %)LAN
71 (1.818 %)SMTP
71 (1.818 %)OSPF
71 (1.818 %)SSL
71 (1.818 %)IMAP
71 (1.818 %)IPsec
71 (1.818 %)Intrusion Detection
Middlesex IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (7.273 %)SQL Server
14 (7.273 %)Oracle 9i
14 (7.273 %)Oracle 10g
22 (3.636 %)BusinessObjects
22 (3.636 %)MySQL
Middlesex IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (10.91 %)Flash Builder
Middlesex IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (7.273 %)Telecoms
22 (3.636 %)Publishing
22 (3.636 %)Pensions
31 (1.818 %)Health
31 (1.818 %)Electronics
Middlesex IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
116 (29.09 %)Developer
211 (20.00 %)Analyst
310 (18.18 %)Support Analyst
45 (9.091 %)Team Leader
45 (9.091 %)Senior Developer
54 (7.273 %)Software Engineer
54 (7.273 %)Architect
54 (7.273 %)Web Developer
54 (7.273 %)Firewall Engineer
63 (5.455 %)Wintel Support
63 (5.455 %)Infrastructure Architect
63 (5.455 %)Support Team Leader
63 (5.455 %)Security Engineer
63 (5.455 %)Wintel Analyst
63 (5.455 %)Network Engineer
63 (5.455 %)Solutions Architect
63 (5.455 %)Technical Analyst
63 (5.455 %)Network Security Engineer
63 (5.455 %)Technical Support Analyst
63 (5.455 %)Technical Support
Middlesex IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (5.455 %)N-Tier
22 (3.636 %)Streaming Media
22 (3.636 %)RIA
31 (1.818 %)Computer Science
31 (1.818 %)Clustering
31 (1.818 %)SecurID
Middlesex IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (21.82 %)Windows
210 (18.18 %)UNIX
38 (14.55 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (12.73 %)AIX
47 (12.73 %)Solaris
47 (12.73 %)Linux
55 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
55 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2008
55 (9.091 %)Red Hat Linux
55 (9.091 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
63 (5.455 %)Windows 2000 Server
Middlesex IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (21.82 %)Scrum
29 (16.36 %)OO
38 (14.55 %)Unit Testing
46 (10.91 %)OOD
46 (10.91 %)ITIL
55 (9.091 %)Incident Management
64 (7.273 %)Web Development
64 (7.273 %)E-Commerce
64 (7.273 %)Change Management
72 (3.636 %)MVC
72 (3.636 %)Business Intelligence
72 (3.636 %)Load Balancing
72 (3.636 %)Software Testing
72 (3.636 %)Requirements Analysis
72 (3.636 %)Test Management
72 (3.636 %)Performance Management
81 (1.818 %)Web Testing
81 (1.818 %)Penetration Testing
81 (1.818 %)Problem Management
81 (1.818 %)Release Management
Middlesex IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
114 (25.45 %)SQL
28 (14.55 %)ActionScript
28 (14.55 %)JavaScript
28 (14.55 %)ActionScript 3.0
36 (10.91 %)Java
44 (7.273 %)C
52 (3.636 %)C#
52 (3.636 %)Perl
52 (3.636 %)PL/SQL
52 (3.636 %)VBScript
61 (1.818 %)VB
61 (1.818 %)PowerShell
Middlesex IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
112 (21.82 %)Microsoft Certification
29 (16.36 %)CCNA
29 (16.36 %)MCSE
29 (16.36 %)Cisco Certification
35 (9.091 %)Degree
44 (7.273 %)Check Point Certification
44 (7.273 %)CCSA
44 (7.273 %)CCSE
44 (7.273 %)JNCIA
53 (5.455 %)MCSA
62 (3.636 %)CCNP
62 (3.636 %)NVQ Level 3
62 (3.636 %)CCDP
62 (3.636 %)ISEB
71 (1.818 %)CISSP
71 (1.818 %)MCITP
Middlesex IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.818 %)SLA
Middlesex IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (12.73 %)Active Directory
23 (5.455 %)VMware ESX
32 (3.636 %)ISA Server
41 (1.818 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (1.818 %)Hyper-V
Middlesex IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (9.091 %)NetBackup
24 (7.273 %)CiscoWorks
Middlesex IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
119 (34.55 %)Cisco
218 (32.73 %)Microsoft
313 (23.64 %)Oracle
47 (12.73 %)Red Hat
47 (12.73 %)CheckPoint
55 (9.091 %)Sun
55 (9.091 %)Veritas
55 (9.091 %)SAP
64 (7.273 %)Nortel
64 (7.273 %)Juniper
64 (7.273 %)VMware
64 (7.273 %)Blue Coat
73 (5.455 %)Remedy
82 (3.636 %)TippingPoint
82 (3.636 %)Cognos
82 (3.636 %)Business Objects
91 (1.818 %)Adobe
91 (1.818 %)IBM
91 (1.818 %)Altiris
91 (1.818 %)NetIQ