The first table below looks at the demand for Big Data skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Big Data over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Big Data
Rank 76 106 -
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 47 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.564% 0.136% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.080% 0.362% -
Number of salaries quoted 46 2 0
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £46,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.26% +15.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
773 553 623
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 42.17% 37.57% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 682 504 555
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Big Data
South East

Big Data
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Big Data Salary Trend

Big Data
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Big Data across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxford +11 31 £50,000 +25.00%
Big Data
South East

Big Data
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 72 (88.89%) Java
2 49 (60.49%) Computer Science
3 48 (59.26%) Hadoop
4 46 (56.79%) Apache Pig
5 42 (51.85%) Apache Hive
6 40 (49.38%) Software Engineering
7 36 (44.44%) MapReduce
8 35 (43.21%) Mahout
9 31 (38.27%) Python
10 21 (25.93%) SQL
11 18 (22.22%) Open Source
12 15 (18.52%) XML
13 11 (13.58%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (13.58%) MySQL
14 9 (11.11%) Music
14 9 (11.11%) SQL Server
14 9 (11.11%) Tomcat
15 8 (9.877%) Mathematics
16 7 (8.642%) .NET
16 7 (8.642%) Perl
16 7 (8.642%) C#
16 7 (8.642%) C++
16 7 (8.642%) MATLAB
17 6 (7.407%) Hibernate
17 6 (7.407%) J2EE
17 6 (7.407%) Oracle
17 6 (7.407%) Data Mining
17 6 (7.407%) ETL
17 6 (7.407%) Spring
17 6 (7.407%) Continuous Integration

Big Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 36 (44.44%) MapReduce
2 15 (18.52%) XML
3 7 (8.642%) .NET
4 6 (7.407%) J2EE
4 6 (7.407%) Hibernate
4 6 (7.407%) Spring
5 5 (6.173%) ASP.NET
6 4 (4.938%) CSS
6 4 (4.938%) Lucene
7 3 (3.704%) CSS3
7 3 (3.704%) HTML5
8 2 (2.469%) XSLT
9 1 (1.235%) J2SE
9 1 (1.235%) JSP
9 1 (1.235%) SOAP
9 1 (1.235%) Web Services
9 1 (1.235%) JSF
9 1 (1.235%) Ruby on Rails
9 1 (1.235%) Java EE
9 1 (1.235%) Django
Application Platforms
1 46 (56.79%) Apache Pig
2 9 (11.11%) Tomcat
3 4 (4.938%) Apache Solr
4 1 (1.235%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.235%) Kafka
Applications
1 5 (6.173%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.235%) LAN
1 1 (1.235%) WLAN
1 1 (1.235%) WAN
1 1 (1.235%) SONET
1 1 (1.235%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (59.26%) Hadoop
2 42 (51.85%) Apache Hive
3 35 (43.21%) Mahout
4 11 (13.58%) MySQL
4 11 (13.58%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (11.11%) SQL Server
6 6 (7.407%) Data Mining
7 5 (6.173%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (6.173%) MongoDB
8 4 (4.938%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (4.938%) BigTable
8 4 (4.938%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (4.938%) Oracle BI EE
9 1 (1.235%) CouchDB
9 1 (1.235%) NoSQL
9 1 (1.235%) Redis
General
1 9 (11.11%) Music
2 5 (6.173%) Finance
3 2 (2.469%) Publishing
4 1 (1.235%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (48.15%) Developer
2 23 (28.40%) Java Developer
3 22 (27.16%) Senior Software Engineer
3 22 (27.16%) Software Engineer
4 12 (14.81%) Senior Developer
5 11 (13.58%) Software Developer
5 11 (13.58%) Development Engineer
6 7 (8.642%) C# Software Developer
6 7 (8.642%) C# Developer
6 7 (8.642%) C# .NET Developer
7 6 (7.407%) Python Developer
7 6 (7.407%) Analyst
8 5 (6.173%) Java Software Developer
8 5 (6.173%) Senior Development Engineer
9 4 (4.938%) Python Programmer
9 4 (4.938%) Developer Analyst
9 4 (4.938%) Java Programmer
9 4 (4.938%) Data Architect
9 4 (4.938%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (4.938%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 49 (60.49%) Computer Science
2 18 (22.22%) Open Source
3 8 (9.877%) Mathematics
4 4 (4.938%) Grid Computing
4 4 (4.938%) Data Integration
4 4 (4.938%) Machine Learning
5 2 (2.469%) Semantic Web
6 1 (1.235%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.235%) Streaming Music
6 1 (1.235%) Physics
6 1 (1.235%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.469%) Linux
2 1 (1.235%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (49.38%) Software Engineering
2 6 (7.407%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (7.407%) ETL
2 6 (7.407%) Analytics
3 5 (6.173%) Unit Testing
3 5 (6.173%) Data Analytics
4 4 (4.938%) Data Architecture
4 4 (4.938%) Data Management
5 3 (3.704%) OO
5 3 (3.704%) Statistical Analysis
6 2 (2.469%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (2.469%) Data Analysis
7 1 (1.235%) ITIL
7 1 (1.235%) Network Design
7 1 (1.235%) SOA
7 1 (1.235%) Web Development
7 1 (1.235%) Kanban
7 1 (1.235%) Waterfall
7 1 (1.235%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 72 (88.89%) Java
2 31 (38.27%) Python
3 21 (25.93%) SQL
4 7 (8.642%) Perl
4 7 (8.642%) C#
4 7 (8.642%) C++
4 7 (8.642%) MATLAB
5 5 (6.173%) R
6 4 (4.938%) Scala
6 4 (4.938%) JavaScript
7 3 (3.704%) Ruby
8 2 (2.469%) XQuery
8 2 (2.469%) PHP
8 2 (2.469%) C
9 1 (1.235%) Clojure
9 1 (1.235%) CoffeeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (1.235%) PhD
1 1 (1.235%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.235%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.235%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 1 (1.235%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (7.407%) Oracle
2 5 (6.173%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.938%) Informatica
3 4 (4.938%) Teradata