Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Specialist role in IT jobs within the Oxfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Specialist
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank117125
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching permanent IT job ads1016
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.440 %0.553 %
Salaries quoted414
Average minimum salary£49,500£32,000
Average salary£53,875£36,286
% change on same period last year+48.47 %
Average maximum salary£58,250£40,571
UK excluding London average salary£38,108£36,699
% change on same period last year+3.83 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads22752895
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.522 %1.292 %
Salaries quoted20502641
Average minimum salary£33,230£31,504
Average salary£36,476£34,914
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Average maximum salary£39,722£38,323
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,074
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Technical Specialist South EastTechnical Specialist
South East

Technical Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Technical Specialist Demand Trend

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire Technical Specialist Salary Trend

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Specialist across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Oxfordshire Technical Specialist Salary Histogram

Technical Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
AbingdonNew entry-5--
OxfordUp+41£38,000+7.25 %
Technical Specialist South EastTechnical Specialist
South East

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Technical Specialist in their job title 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 with Technical Specialist in their job title.

112 (57.14 %)XML
211 (52.38 %)CSS
211 (52.38 %)XHTML
38 (38.10 %)Oracle
46 (28.57 %)HTML
46 (28.57 %).NET
46 (28.57 %)Publishing
46 (28.57 %)XPath
55 (23.81 %)WebSphere
55 (23.81 %)CMS
55 (23.81 %)FrameMaker
55 (23.81 %)Electronics
55 (23.81 %)Yahoo!
55 (23.81 %)IBM
55 (23.81 %)Adobe
55 (23.81 %)Acrobat
55 (23.81 %)CRM
55 (23.81 %)E-Commerce
55 (23.81 %)XSLT
55 (23.81 %)PHP
55 (23.81 %)SAP
55 (23.81 %)Java
55 (23.81 %)SQL Server
63 (14.29 %)SQL
63 (14.29 %)VB
63 (14.29 %)Project Management
72 (9.524 %)Document Management
72 (9.524 %)Windows XP
72 (9.524 %)Windows
72 (9.524 %)Windows 2000

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Technical Specialist in their job title 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 with Technical Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (57.14 %)XML
211 (52.38 %)XHTML
211 (52.38 %)CSS
36 (28.57 %)HTML
36 (28.57 %).NET
45 (23.81 %)WebSphere
45 (23.81 %)XSLT
51 (4.762 %)ASP
51 (4.762 %)ASP.NET
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (23.81 %)CMS
21 (4.762 %)Oracle Workflow
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (23.81 %)Acrobat
15 (23.81 %)FrameMaker
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (23.81 %)SQL Server
21 (4.762 %)Crystal Reports
21 (4.762 %)Oracle Reports
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.762 %)Visual Studio
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (28.57 %)Publishing
25 (23.81 %)Electronics
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (9.524 %)Windows
12 (9.524 %)Windows 2000
12 (9.524 %)Windows XP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (23.81 %)CRM
15 (23.81 %)E-Commerce
23 (14.29 %)Project Management
32 (9.524 %)Document Management
41 (4.762 %)Workflow
41 (4.762 %)Content Management
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (28.57 %)XPath
25 (23.81 %)Java
25 (23.81 %)PHP
33 (14.29 %)SQL
33 (14.29 %)VB
42 (9.524 %)COBOL
51 (4.762 %)C#
51 (4.762 %)JavaScript
51 (4.762 %)VB6
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.762 %)Degree
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.762 %)QA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (38.10 %)Oracle
25 (23.81 %)SAP
25 (23.81 %)IBM
25 (23.81 %)Adobe
25 (23.81 %)Yahoo!