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This section looks at the demand for Geographic Information System (GIS) skills within the Midlands 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
Rank6281
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads614
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.006 %
As % of the category below2.765 %3.398 %
Salaries quoted014
Average minimum salary-£45,000
Average salary-£47,500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,897£33,546
% change on same period last year+9.98 %
Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads217412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.118 %0.173 %
Salaries quoted158320
Average minimum salary£41,266£38,200
Average salary£46,619£43,803
% change on same period last year+6.42 %
Average maximum salary£51,972£49,407
UK excluding London average salary£37,241£38,310
% change on same period last year-2.79 %
GIS EnglandGIS
England

GIS
Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands GIS Salary Trend

GIS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

18 (47.06 %)SAP
18 (47.06 %)SAP MM
18 (47.06 %)GAP Analysis
18 (47.06 %)Migration
18 (47.06 %)SAP CS
18 (47.06 %)Asset Management
18 (47.06 %)Document Management
18 (47.06 %)Business Development
18 (47.06 %)SAP IS-U
18 (47.06 %)Data Migration
22 (11.76 %)SQL
22 (11.76 %)VBA
22 (11.76 %)SAS
22 (11.76 %)SPSS
31 (5.882 %)Middleware
31 (5.882 %)XML
31 (5.882 %)XSLT
31 (5.882 %)EDI
31 (5.882 %)ESRI
31 (5.882 %)XPath
31 (5.882 %)Project Planning

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.882 %)XML
11 (5.882 %)XSLT
11 (5.882 %)EDI
11 (5.882 %)Middleware
Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (11.76 %)SAS
Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (11.76 %)SPSS
Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (47.06 %)SAP MM
18 (47.06 %)SAP CS
18 (47.06 %)SAP IS-U
Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (47.06 %)Management Consultant
18 (47.06 %)Consultant
18 (47.06 %)SAP Consultant
18 (47.06 %)SAP ISU Consultant
25 (29.41 %)GIS Manager
25 (29.41 %)Account Manager
32 (11.76 %)Developer
32 (11.76 %)Analyst
32 (11.76 %)Business Analyst
32 (11.76 %)GIS Developer
Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (47.06 %)GAP Analysis
18 (47.06 %)Migration
18 (47.06 %)Asset Management
18 (47.06 %)Document Management
18 (47.06 %)Business Development
18 (47.06 %)Data Migration
21 (5.882 %)Project Planning
Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (11.76 %)SQL
12 (11.76 %)VBA
21 (5.882 %)XPath
Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (47.06 %)SAP
21 (5.882 %)ESRI