The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Mercator products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mercator over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors for the Oxford region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Mercator Software, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mercator
Rank 74 59 -
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -
Permanent jobs citing Mercator 13 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 1.258% 0.473% -
As % of the Vendors category 2.632% 1.364% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 0
Average salary £45,000 £23,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+91.48% -
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £25,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+88.00% -37.50%
All Vendors
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
494 220 295
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 47.82% 34.70% 36.88%
Number of salaries quoted 436 196 243
Average salary £47,500 £40,000 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75% -13.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Mercator
Oxfordshire

Mercator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Mercator across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Oxford Mercator Jobs Demand Trend

Mercator
Salary Trend

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

Oxford Mercator Salary Trend

Mercator
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford region citing Mercator 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 Mercator.

1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 8 (61.54%) Project Management
2 8 (61.54%) Publishing
3 6 (46.15%) Management Information System
3 6 (46.15%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (38.46%) User Experience Design
5 4 (30.77%) Use Case
5 4 (30.77%) Business Analysis
5 4 (30.77%) Operations Management
5 4 (30.77%) PMP
5 4 (30.77%) PMI Certification
5 4 (30.77%) E-Commerce
6 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
6 3 (23.08%) Information Architecture
6 3 (23.08%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
7 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
7 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
7 2 (15.38%) HTML
7 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
7 2 (15.38%) CSS

Mercator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford region citing Mercator 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 Mercator. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) HTML
1 2 (15.38%) CSS
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
1 3 (23.08%) Spreadsheet
General
1 8 (61.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Project Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Business Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Business Project Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Service Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (38.46%) User Experience Design
4 4 (30.77%) Use Case
4 4 (30.77%) Business Analysis
4 4 (30.77%) Operations Management
4 4 (30.77%) E-Commerce
5 3 (23.08%) Information Architecture
6 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
6 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) PMP
2 4 (30.77%) PMI Certification