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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Pensions' in IT jobs within the Oxfordshire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Pensions over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPension
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4341
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads141158
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.066 %
As % of the category below11.63 %12.95 %
Salaries quoted139156
Average minimum salary£31,959£34,231
Average salary£35,113£37,952
% change on same period last year-7.47 %
Average maximum salary£38,267£41,673
UK excluding London average salary£37,739£38,627
% change on same period last year-2.29 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads12121220
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.652 %0.509 %
Salaries quoted10821073
Average minimum salary£34,311£34,929
Average salary£38,183£38,776
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Average maximum salary£42,054£42,623
UK excluding London average salary£41,063£42,118
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Pensions South EastPensions
South East

Pensions
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Pensions Demand Trend

Pensions
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire Pensions Salary Trend

Pensions
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Pensions across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Oxfordshire Pensions Salary Histogram

Pensions
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pensions within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
AbingdonUp+1265£40,817+32.80 %
OxfordDown-2241£31,421-10.18 %
BanburyUp+312£31,250+10.29 %
WallingfordUp+811£27,318-31.70 %
ThameUp+45£37,700+7.71 %
Henley-on-ThamesNew entry-3£30,000-
WitneyNo change01£23,000-42.50 %
WoodstockNew entry-1£31,500-
Pensions South EastPensions
South East

Pensions
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Pensions 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 Pensions.

1120 (36.25 %)Health
290 (27.19 %)Windows
382 (24.77 %)SQL Server
479 (23.87 %)Microsoft Certification
569 (20.85 %)Insurance
667 (20.24 %)Degree
766 (19.94 %)Microsoft
865 (19.64 %).NET
963 (19.03 %)Windows Server 2003
1062 (18.73 %)Active Directory
1157 (17.22 %)MCSE
1252 (15.71 %)SQL
1351 (15.41 %)C#
1447 (14.20 %)MS Excel
1543 (12.99 %)Education
1638 (11.48 %)ASP.NET
1736 (10.88 %)VB
1835 (10.57 %)Oracle
1835 (10.57 %)Cisco Certification
1934 (10.27 %)MS Exchange
2033 (9.970 %)CCNA
2132 (9.668 %)Linux
2231 (9.366 %)Windows 2000
2330 (9.063 %)UNIX
2330 (9.063 %)Project Management
2429 (8.761 %)Windows Server 2008
2528 (8.459 %)HTML
2528 (8.459 %)Cisco
2627 (8.157 %)C++
2726 (7.855 %)Exchange Server 2007

Pensions
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Pensions 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 Pensions. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
165 (19.64 %).NET
238 (11.48 %)ASP.NET
328 (8.459 %)HTML
424 (7.251 %)XML
520 (6.042 %)CSS
612 (3.625 %)WinForms
711 (3.323 %)ASP
89 (2.719 %)Middleware
98 (2.417 %)J2EE
107 (2.115 %)XSLT
107 (2.115 %)AJAX
116 (1.813 %).NET Remoting
123 (0.906 %)XHTML
123 (0.906 %)EDI
123 (0.906 %)EDIFACT
123 (0.906 %)JSP
123 (0.906 %)Servlets
123 (0.906 %)WebServices
132 (0.604 %)DCOM
132 (0.604 %)STL
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
134 (10.27 %)MS Exchange
226 (7.855 %)Exchange Server 2007
321 (6.344 %)Office Communications Server
416 (4.834 %)SharePoint
514 (4.230 %)IIS
69 (2.719 %)SharePoint Server 2007
78 (2.417 %)Exchange Server 2003
87 (2.115 %)CMS
87 (2.115 %)Lotus Notes
94 (1.208 %)Apache
103 (0.906 %)Smallworld
103 (0.906 %)BizTalk Server
112 (0.604 %)GroupWise
112 (0.604 %)Tomcat
112 (0.604 %)JBoss
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
147 (14.20 %)MS Excel
213 (3.927 %)MS Office
38 (2.417 %)Photoshop
47 (2.115 %)Adobe Illustrator
53 (0.906 %)FrameMaker
53 (0.906 %)Acrobat
61 (0.302 %)MATLAB
61 (0.302 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.302 %)CA Clarity
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.906 %)Oracle Applications
22 (0.604 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.302 %)SAP SD
31 (0.302 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.302 %)GoldMine
31 (0.302 %)Oracle Financials
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (6.949 %)LAN
123 (6.949 %)SAN
220 (6.042 %)WAN
220 (6.042 %)TCP/IP
317 (5.136 %)DNS
414 (4.230 %)Internet
513 (3.927 %)Intranet
69 (2.719 %)VoIP
78 (2.417 %)DHCP
87 (2.115 %)Ethernet
87 (2.115 %)SNMP
94 (1.208 %)Firewall
94 (1.208 %)VPN
94 (1.208 %)Network Security
103 (0.906 %)Wireless
112 (0.604 %)FTP
112 (0.604 %)IP Telephony
121 (0.302 %)WLAN
121 (0.302 %)SMTP
121 (0.302 %)IPCC
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
182 (24.77 %)SQL Server
218 (5.438 %)GIS
37 (2.115 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (1.813 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (1.511 %)Oracle 8/8i
55 (1.511 %)DTS
64 (1.208 %)Crystal Reports
64 (1.208 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
73 (0.906 %)BusinessObjects
73 (0.906 %)SQL Server Integration Services
73 (0.906 %)Oracle 9i
73 (0.906 %)Datawarehouse
82 (0.604 %)Oracle 10g
82 (0.604 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.302 %)MS Access
91 (0.302 %)MySQL
91 (0.302 %)BusinessObjects XI
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (3.625 %)Flash
112 (3.625 %)MSI
29 (2.719 %)Dreamweaver
37 (2.115 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.302 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.302 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.302 %)Synon
41 (0.302 %)InstallShield
41 (0.302 %)FrontPage
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1120 (36.25 %)Health
269 (20.85 %)Insurance
343 (12.99 %)Education
419 (5.740 %)Government
419 (5.740 %)Finance
58 (2.417 %)Games
58 (2.417 %)Manufacturing
67 (2.115 %)Marketing
76 (1.813 %)Telecoms
85 (1.511 %)Publishing
85 (1.511 %)Police
94 (1.208 %)Automotive
103 (0.906 %)Law
112 (0.604 %)Retail
112 (0.604 %)Multimedia
121 (0.302 %)Advertising
121 (0.302 %)Back Office
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
178 (23.56 %)Developer
250 (15.11 %)Systems Engineer
326 (7.855 %)Consultant
425 (7.553 %)Software Developer
524 (7.251 %)Analyst
524 (7.251 %)Administrator
621 (6.344 %)Support Engineer
621 (6.344 %)Software Engineer
718 (5.438 %)Systems Administrator
718 (5.438 %)C++ Developer
817 (5.136 %)3rd Line Support
916 (4.834 %).NET Developer
1015 (4.532 %)Web Developer
1015 (4.532 %)C++ Software Developer
1114 (4.230 %)DBA
1213 (3.927 %)Senior Systems Engineer
1213 (3.927 %)Lead Systems Engineer
1312 (3.625 %)Software Consultant
1312 (3.625 %)Senior Software Engineer
1411 (3.323 %)Support Analyst
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (5.438 %)Mathematics
215 (4.532 %)Physics
311 (3.323 %)Computer Science
49 (2.719 %)Client/Server
54 (1.208 %)Management Information System
54 (1.208 %)Photography
63 (0.906 %)EPoS
72 (0.604 %)LIMS
81 (0.302 %)Podcast
81 (0.302 %)Flash Lite
81 (0.302 %)Fat Client
81 (0.302 %)Thin Client
81 (0.302 %)ASIC
81 (0.302 %)PMI
81 (0.302 %)Device Driver
81 (0.302 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
81 (0.302 %)Statistics
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
190 (27.19 %)Windows
263 (19.03 %)Windows Server 2003
332 (9.668 %)Linux
431 (9.366 %)Windows 2000
530 (9.063 %)UNIX
629 (8.761 %)Windows Server 2008
722 (6.647 %)AIX
813 (3.927 %)Windows XP
911 (3.323 %)Windows 2000 Server
107 (2.115 %)Solaris
115 (1.511 %)HPUX
115 (1.511 %)Windows NT
115 (1.511 %)Red Hat Linux
115 (1.511 %)Debian
124 (1.208 %)Windows Vista
133 (0.906 %)NetWare
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
130 (9.063 %)Project Management
225 (7.553 %)OO
322 (6.647 %)E-Commerce
419 (5.740 %)PRINCE2
518 (5.438 %)ITIL
617 (5.136 %)PRINCE
711 (3.323 %)UML
711 (3.323 %)Web Development
88 (2.417 %)Project Planning
88 (2.417 %)CRM
96 (1.813 %)Service Management
96 (1.813 %)Disaster Recovery
105 (1.511 %)Business Continuity
105 (1.511 %)Software Engineering
114 (1.208 %)Service Delivery
123 (0.906 %)OOD
123 (0.906 %)OOP
123 (0.906 %)RUP
123 (0.906 %)Supplier Management
123 (0.906 %)SEO
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
152 (15.71 %)SQL
251 (15.41 %)C#
336 (10.88 %)VB
427 (8.157 %)C++
516 (4.834 %)VB.NET
516 (4.834 %)VB6
615 (4.532 %)JavaScript
713 (3.927 %)VBScript
811 (3.323 %)PHP
811 (3.323 %)C
99 (2.719 %)Java
108 (2.417 %)ActionScript
108 (2.417 %)Perl
115 (1.511 %)DHTML
115 (1.511 %)Ruby
124 (1.208 %)PL/SQL
124 (1.208 %)VBA
124 (1.208 %)Transact-SQL
133 (0.906 %)Assembly Language
142 (0.604 %)Embedded C
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
179 (23.87 %)Microsoft Certification
267 (20.24 %)Degree
357 (17.22 %)MCSE
435 (10.57 %)Cisco Certification
533 (9.970 %)CCNA
623 (6.949 %)PRINCE2 Certification
78 (2.417 %)CCNP
78 (2.417 %)MCP
86 (1.813 %)MCSA
94 (1.208 %)PhD
103 (0.906 %)MCDBA
103 (0.906 %)ISEB
103 (0.906 %)MCITP
112 (0.604 %)CWNA
112 (0.604 %)CWSP
112 (0.604 %)CCDA
112 (0.604 %)CCDP
121 (0.302 %)CCIE
121 (0.302 %)HND
121 (0.302 %)CCVP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (3.323 %)QA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
162 (18.73 %)Active Directory
25 (1.511 %)NetBackup
25 (1.511 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (0.604 %)ISA Server
32 (0.604 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.302 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.302 %)Oracle RAC
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
119 (5.740 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
217 (5.136 %)Tivoli
38 (2.417 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
43 (0.906 %)Norton AntiVirus
43 (0.906 %)WSUS
52 (0.604 %)OpenView
61 (0.302 %)MOM
61 (0.302 %)ARCserve
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
166 (19.94 %)Microsoft
235 (10.57 %)Oracle
328 (8.459 %)Cisco
420 (6.042 %)HP
516 (4.834 %)IBM
612 (3.625 %)Autodesk
710 (3.021 %)VMware
88 (2.417 %)Citrix
97 (2.115 %)VERITAS
97 (2.115 %)Lotus
97 (2.115 %)Quark
105 (1.511 %)Red Hat
105 (1.511 %)Compaq
105 (1.511 %)Sun
114 (1.208 %)SAP
114 (1.208 %)Adobe
114 (1.208 %)Symantec
123 (0.906 %)Mapinfo
123 (0.906 %)Novell
123 (0.906 %)ESRI