The first table below looks at the demand for Big Data skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Big Data over the 3 months to 20 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Big Data
Rank 207 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 34 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.478% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.250% - -
Number of salaries quoted 28 0 0
Average salary £42,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £47,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+1.06% +17.50%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
2721 2810 2301
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 38.29% 39.64% 33.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2357 2522 2117
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Big Data
England

Big Data
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Big Data across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

North West Big Data Jobs Demand Trend

Big Data
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Big Data across the North West region.

North West Big Data Salary Trend

Big Data
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Big Data across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West Big Data Salary Histogram

Big Data
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester - 27 £42,500 -
Cheshire - 6 £32,500 -
Big Data
England

Big Data
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Big Data 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 Big Data.

1 30 (57.69%) ETL
2 24 (46.15%) OLAP
2 24 (46.15%) Data Management
3 23 (44.23%) Ab Initio
3 23 (44.23%) Analytics
3 23 (44.23%) Oracle
3 23 (44.23%) Business Intelligence
4 22 (42.31%) Data Mining
4 22 (42.31%) Oracle BI EE
4 22 (42.31%) Oracle OLAP
5 20 (38.46%) Master Data Management
6 19 (36.54%) Teradata
6 19 (36.54%) DataStage
7 18 (34.62%) SAS
7 18 (34.62%) Hadoop
8 17 (32.69%) Business Objects
8 17 (32.69%) SAP
9 16 (30.77%) IBM
9 16 (30.77%) Microsoft
9 16 (30.77%) BusinessObjects
9 16 (30.77%) SQL Server
9 16 (30.77%) Cognos
9 16 (30.77%) SPSS
9 16 (30.77%) Informatica
9 16 (30.77%) MicroStrategy
9 16 (30.77%) IBM InfoSphere
9 16 (30.77%) Tableau
9 16 (30.77%) QlikView
9 16 (30.77%) Pentaho
9 16 (30.77%) Spotfire

Big Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Big Data 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 Big Data. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (19.23%) CSS
2 9 (17.31%) HTML
3 4 (7.692%) Web Services
3 4 (7.692%) XML
4 2 (3.846%) LAMP
4 2 (3.846%) Backbone.js
5 1 (1.923%) Symfony
5 1 (1.923%) CodeIgniter
5 1 (1.923%) CakePHP
5 1 (1.923%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 18 (34.62%) SAS
2 1 (1.923%) Apache
Applications
1 16 (30.77%) SPSS
2 9 (17.31%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (11.54%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (3.846%) HFM
2 2 (3.846%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (1.923%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.38%) Wireless
2 4 (7.692%) HTTP
3 2 (3.846%) SAN
3 2 (3.846%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (46.15%) OLAP
2 22 (42.31%) Data Mining
2 22 (42.31%) Oracle OLAP
2 22 (42.31%) Oracle BI EE
3 19 (36.54%) DataStage
4 18 (34.62%) Hadoop
5 16 (30.77%) Spotfire
5 16 (30.77%) IBM InfoSphere
5 16 (30.77%) Pentaho
5 16 (30.77%) QlikView
5 16 (30.77%) BusinessObjects
5 16 (30.77%) SQL Server
6 13 (25.00%) MySQL
7 9 (17.31%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (11.54%) Essbase
8 6 (11.54%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (3.846%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 8 (15.38%) Subversion
1 8 (15.38%) Git (software)
General
1 12 (23.08%) Finance
2 7 (13.46%) Marketing
3 5 (9.615%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (5.769%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.923%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 23 (44.23%) Consultant
2 18 (34.62%) Business Intelligence Consultant
3 15 (28.85%) Business Consultant
3 15 (28.85%) Developer
4 11 (21.15%) PHP Developer
5 4 (7.692%) Ab Initio Developer
5 4 (7.692%) Data Consultant
5 4 (7.692%) PHP MySQL Developer
5 4 (7.692%) Data Analytics Consultant
6 3 (5.769%) OBIEE Consultant
7 2 (3.846%) MySQL DBA
7 2 (3.846%) Pre Sales Engineer
7 2 (3.846%) Account Manager
7 2 (3.846%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.846%) DBA
8 1 (1.923%) Implementation Consultant
8 1 (1.923%) Analyst
8 1 (1.923%) Pricing Analyst
8 1 (1.923%) Software Developer
8 1 (1.923%) SAS Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.23%) Management Information System
2 6 (11.54%) Data Conversion
2 6 (11.54%) Data Integration
2 6 (11.54%) Oracle Exalogic
2 6 (11.54%) Oracle Exalytics
3 4 (7.692%) Life Science
4 2 (3.846%) Credit Risk
4 2 (3.846%) Replication
4 2 (3.846%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.923%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 12 (23.08%) Linux
2 4 (7.692%) UNIX
3 1 (1.923%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (57.69%) ETL
2 24 (46.15%) Data Management
3 23 (44.23%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (44.23%) Analytics
4 20 (38.46%) Master Data Management
5 13 (25.00%) Information Management
6 12 (23.08%) Project Management
7 11 (21.15%) Data Cleansing
8 10 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (13.46%) Business Development
9 7 (13.46%) E-Commerce
9 7 (13.46%) ERP
10 6 (11.54%) Data Modelling
10 6 (11.54%) DRM
10 6 (11.54%) Data Architecture
11 4 (7.692%) Enterprise Data Management
11 4 (7.692%) Data Analytics
11 4 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
11 4 (7.692%) Scrum
11 4 (7.692%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.15%) PHP
2 9 (17.31%) PHP5
3 8 (15.38%) SQL
4 2 (3.846%) R
4 2 (3.846%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.923%) QA
Vendors
1 23 (44.23%) Oracle
1 23 (44.23%) Ab Initio
2 19 (36.54%) Teradata
3 17 (32.69%) Business Objects
3 17 (32.69%) SAP
4 16 (30.77%) Cognos
4 16 (30.77%) IBM
4 16 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 16 (30.77%) Informatica
4 16 (30.77%) MicroStrategy
4 16 (30.77%) Netezza
4 16 (30.77%) DataFlux
4 16 (30.77%) Tableau
5 6 (11.54%) Hyperion
6 4 (7.692%) Cognizant
7 2 (3.846%) Apple
7 2 (3.846%) Zend
7 2 (3.846%) Endeca
7 2 (3.846%) Google
8 1 (1.923%) Twitter
Stockport, North West
Hard Skills - Java (ideally J2EE) SQL databases (MySQL, MS-SQL Server) Agile/TDD experience Soft Skills - 'Forward thinking' (always looking to advance your career and explore new technologies)...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will require a strong track record in the field of big data, data mining, statistics, analysis and general software engineering... Required Profile - Big Data Analyst / Scientist / Central...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £85000 per annum + Excellent package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Position: PHP DeveloperLocation: ManchesterSalary: £21k - £26k depending on experience, plus company profit share programme, free parking and other benefits-Media City based Digital Agency with great client list...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: GBP21K-GBP26K DOE plus Benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Position: PHP Developer... Join a highly skilled technical team, working with PHP and MySQL as well as a range of other open source technologies across all web platforms.....
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: £21K- £26K DOE plus Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Favoured Technical Skills: OLAP and Reporting : SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos, Microstrategy, OBIEE, SAS, Microsoft, Qlikview, Tableau, Spotfire, Pentaho... ETL and Data Cleansing : Informatica, IBM InfoSphere DataStage , AbInitio, Oracle, DataFlux,...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £65,000 per annum with a number of fantastic additiona
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Key Modules: Financial, Procurement, Spend and HR Analytics - Analytics and Data Mining : Oracle R Enterprise and Oracle Data Miner - ETL and Data Cleanse and Integration : Oracle Data Integrator,...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £65,000 per annum with a fantastic package in addition
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Oracle Business Intelligence Consultant ( Oracle BI / OBIEE / OBI / ODI / Essbase / Hyperion ) with Oracle E-Business Suite - End User - Manchester... Oracle Business Intelligence Consultant Requirements; * Oracle OBIEE * OBI Apps *...
Lawrence Harvey Enterprise
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013