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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 15 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 Qualifications for the Oxfordshire region.

 Degree
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank161310
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Down-3
Matching permanent IT job ads124120410
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire10.20 %10.49 %13.33 %
As % of the Qualifications category44.77 %44.78 %46.49 %
Salaries quoted119113388
Average salary£33,000£30,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£20,600£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£47,850
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.440 %-1.420 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
277268882
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire22.78 %23.43 %28.68 %
Salaries quoted252242827
Average salary£37,500£35,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-12.50 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£44,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Degree South EastDegree
South East

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Oxfordshire Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010.

Oxfordshire Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordDown-451£32,000+8.47 %
AbingdonDown-516£33,000+10.00 %
BanburyNo change013£55,000+76.00 %
Henley-on-ThamesNew entry-1£27,500-
Degree South EastDegree
South East

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Degree 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 Degree.

190 (32.14 %)C++
282 (29.29 %)C#
379 (28.21 %)SQL Server
477 (27.50 %)Computer Science
570 (25.00 %).NET
667 (23.93 %)Java
757 (20.36 %)SQL
853 (18.93 %)XML
949 (17.50 %)C
1047 (16.79 %)ASP.NET
1145 (16.07 %)Windows
1145 (16.07 %)Microsoft
1241 (14.64 %)Mathematics
1339 (13.93 %)Project Management
1438 (13.57 %)JavaScript
1537 (13.21 %)Linux
1631 (11.07 %)PhD
1631 (11.07 %)Education
1730 (10.71 %)Physics
1827 (9.643 %)VB.NET
1926 (9.286 %)MS Excel
1926 (9.286 %)Pensions
2025 (8.929 %)Finance
2124 (8.571 %)Software Engineering
2223 (8.214 %)OO
2322 (7.857 %)Oracle
2421 (7.500 %)AJAX
2520 (7.143 %)HTML
2520 (7.143 %)Web Services
2520 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Degree 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 Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
170 (25.00 %).NET
253 (18.93 %)XML
347 (16.79 %)ASP.NET
421 (7.500 %)AJAX
520 (7.143 %)HTML
520 (7.143 %)Web Services
616 (5.714 %)XSLT
616 (5.714 %)CSS
715 (5.357 %)Silverlight
811 (3.929 %)Swing
910 (3.571 %).NET Framework
109 (3.214 %)J2EE
118 (2.857 %)MVC
127 (2.500 %)WinForms
127 (2.500 %)Flash
127 (2.500 %)XHTML
127 (2.500 %)J2SE
136 (2.143 %)STL
136 (2.143 %)WCF
136 (2.143 %)WPF
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
110 (3.571 %)ColdFusion
25 (1.786 %)SharePoint
25 (1.786 %)Drupal
33 (1.071 %)MS Exchange
33 (1.071 %)IIS
33 (1.071 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (0.714 %)CMS
42 (0.714 %)SAS
51 (0.357 %)Apache
51 (0.357 %)Tomcat
51 (0.357 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (0.357 %)Confluence
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
126 (9.286 %)MS Excel
213 (4.643 %)MS Office
310 (3.571 %)MS Visio
49 (3.214 %)MS Project
53 (1.071 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.357 %)CA Clarity
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.714 %)Dynamics AX
21 (0.357 %)Axapta
21 (0.357 %)Navision
21 (0.357 %)Dynamics NAV
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (2.857 %)TCP/IP
22 (0.714 %)DNS
22 (0.714 %)DHCP
31 (0.357 %)FTP
31 (0.357 %)LAN
31 (0.357 %)WAN
31 (0.357 %)Intranet
31 (0.357 %)DAB
31 (0.357 %)Wireless
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
179 (28.21 %)SQL Server
216 (5.714 %)MySQL
311 (3.929 %)SQL Server 2005
49 (3.214 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (2.500 %)RDBMS
65 (1.786 %)SQL Server 2008
72 (0.714 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
72 (0.714 %)PostgreSQL
72 (0.714 %)ETL
81 (0.357 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.357 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.357 %)GIS
81 (0.357 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
81 (0.357 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (2.857 %)Subversion
26 (2.143 %)Visual Studio
35 (1.786 %)Eclipse
35 (1.786 %)NUnit
35 (1.786 %)Expression Blend
43 (1.071 %)JUnit
52 (0.714 %)JIRA
61 (0.357 %)CppUnit
61 (0.357 %)MorphX
61 (0.357 %)QuickTest Pro
61 (0.357 %)LabVIEW
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
131 (11.07 %)Education
226 (9.286 %)Pensions
325 (8.929 %)Finance
419 (6.786 %)Health
58 (2.857 %)Electronics
66 (2.143 %)Music
66 (2.143 %)Retail
74 (1.429 %)Marketing
83 (1.071 %)Publishing
83 (1.071 %)Pharmaceutical
83 (1.071 %)Government
92 (0.714 %)Financial Institution
92 (0.714 %)Front Office
92 (0.714 %)Back Office
92 (0.714 %)Electric
92 (0.714 %)Games
101 (0.357 %)Banking
101 (0.357 %)Advertising
101 (0.357 %)Auditing
101 (0.357 %)Animation
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1138 (49.29 %)Developer
247 (16.79 %)Graduate
341 (14.64 %)Software Developer
425 (8.929 %).NET Developer
524 (8.571 %)C# Developer
524 (8.571 %)Software Engineer
618 (6.429 %)Project Manager
716 (5.714 %)Consultant
716 (5.714 %)Java Developer
814 (5.000 %)Analyst
814 (5.000 %)ASP.NET Developer
814 (5.000 %)Graduate Developer
912 (4.286 %)Senior Developer
912 (4.286 %)C++ Developer
1011 (3.929 %)Applications Support
1011 (3.929 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1110 (3.571 %)ColdFusion Developer
129 (3.214 %)Support Manager
129 (3.214 %)Applications Manager
129 (3.214 %)Junior
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
177 (27.50 %)Computer Science
241 (14.64 %)Mathematics
330 (10.71 %)Physics
49 (3.214 %)VHDL
56 (2.143 %)Verilog
56 (2.143 %)NHS
65 (1.786 %)Multithreading
73 (1.071 %)Dependency Injection
73 (1.071 %)Management Information System
82 (0.714 %)Device Driver
82 (0.714 %)W3C
82 (0.714 %)NPfIT
82 (0.714 %)PMI
82 (0.714 %)Cloud Computing
82 (0.714 %)Open Source
91 (0.357 %)Biotechnology
91 (0.357 %)Credit Risk
91 (0.357 %)Client/Server
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
145 (16.07 %)Windows
237 (13.21 %)Linux
311 (3.929 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (3.929 %)UNIX
46 (2.143 %)Windows XP
55 (1.786 %)Windows CE
55 (1.786 %)Windows Mobile
64 (1.429 %)Windows 2000
64 (1.429 %)Windows Server 2008
73 (1.071 %)Mac OS
82 (0.714 %)HPUX
82 (0.714 %)Solaris
91 (0.357 %)Windows Vista
91 (0.357 %)Windows 2000 Server
91 (0.357 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (0.357 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
139 (13.93 %)Project Management
224 (8.571 %)Software Engineering
323 (8.214 %)OO
417 (6.071 %)UML
516 (5.714 %)Web Development
615 (5.357 %)OOP
711 (3.929 %)Load Balancing
89 (3.214 %)Software Architecture
89 (3.214 %)ITIL
89 (3.214 %)Agile Software Development
97 (2.500 %)PRINCE2
97 (2.500 %)CRM
97 (2.500 %)Manual Testing
106 (2.143 %)Test Scripting
106 (2.143 %)Web Design
115 (1.786 %)Risk Management
115 (1.786 %)E-Commerce
115 (1.786 %)Use Case
115 (1.786 %)Enterprise Architecture
123 (1.071 %)Problem Management
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
190 (32.14 %)C++
282 (29.29 %)C#
367 (23.93 %)Java
457 (20.36 %)SQL
549 (17.50 %)C
638 (13.57 %)JavaScript
727 (9.643 %)VB.NET
812 (4.286 %)Python
911 (3.929 %)VB
1010 (3.571 %)Perl
1010 (3.571 %)PHP
119 (3.214 %)VB6
128 (2.857 %)T-SQL
137 (2.500 %)Delphi
146 (2.143 %)Ruby
146 (2.143 %)PHP5
154 (1.429 %)AppleScript
154 (1.429 %)Objective-C
154 (1.429 %)Fortran
163 (1.071 %)VBA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
131 (11.07 %)PhD
220 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
311 (3.929 %)MCAD
311 (3.929 %)MCSD
410 (3.571 %)MCTS
59 (3.214 %)MCPD
67 (2.500 %)MCP
75 (1.786 %)Security Cleared
83 (1.071 %)Cisco Certification
83 (1.071 %)MCSE
83 (1.071 %)CCNA
92 (0.714 %)CCDA
92 (0.714 %)SAS Certification
92 (0.714 %)PMI Certification
92 (0.714 %)SC Cleared
101 (0.357 %)CISM
101 (0.357 %)GIAC
101 (0.357 %)RHCE
101 (0.357 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.357 %)ISEB
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (3.214 %)QA
25 (1.786 %)DICOM
34 (1.429 %)SLA
43 (1.071 %)HL7
51 (0.357 %)ISO27001
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (1.071 %)Active Directory
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
145 (16.07 %)Microsoft
222 (7.857 %)Oracle
36 (2.143 %)Sybase
44 (1.429 %)iSOFT
53 (1.071 %)Cisco
53 (1.071 %)Google
62 (0.714 %)Citrix
62 (0.714 %)NetApp
71 (0.357 %)Red Hat
71 (0.357 %)Remedy
71 (0.357 %)Altiris
71 (0.357 %)SAP