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This section looks at the demand for B2C (Business-to-Consumer) skills within the Somerset region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited B2C over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkB2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank9677
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads41
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.493 %0.178 %
Salaries quoted41
Average minimum salary£37,500£40,000
Average salary£38,125£50,000
% change on same period last year-23.75 %
Average maximum salary£38,750£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£43,977£40,027
% change on same period last year+9.86 %
Somerset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Somerset
Matching permanent IT job ads811562
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.436 %0.234 %
Salaries quoted706508
Average minimum salary£37,550£30,758
Average salary£40,741£34,653
% change on same period last year+17.56 %
Average maximum salary£43,931£38,549
UK excluding London average salary£42,491£44,465
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
B2C South WestB2C
South West

B2C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing B2C across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Somerset B2C Demand Trend

B2C
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing B2C across the Somerset region.

Somerset B2C Salary Trend

B2C
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing B2C across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Somerset B2C Salary Histogram

B2C
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing B2C within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 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
StreetNew entry-1£32,500-
B2C South WestB2C
South West

B2C
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing B2C 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 B2C.

14 (80.00 %)Java
14 (80.00 %)SQL
14 (80.00 %)JSP
14 (80.00 %)WebServices
14 (80.00 %)XML
14 (80.00 %)SOA
14 (80.00 %)ISEB
14 (80.00 %)TestDirector
14 (80.00 %)W3C
14 (80.00 %)JIRA
14 (80.00 %)QA
14 (80.00 %)Risk Analysis
14 (80.00 %)Compatibility Testing
23 (60.00 %)Retail
31 (20.00 %)ISEB Practitioner
31 (20.00 %)Automated Testing
31 (20.00 %)WinRunner
31 (20.00 %)FTP
31 (20.00 %)B2B
31 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
31 (20.00 %)Software Testing
31 (20.00 %)Manual Testing

B2C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing B2C 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 B2C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Somerset IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (80.00 %)JSP
14 (80.00 %)WebServices
14 (80.00 %)XML
Somerset IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)FTP
Somerset IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (80.00 %)TestDirector
14 (80.00 %)JIRA
21 (20.00 %)WinRunner
Somerset IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Retail
Somerset IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)QA Engineer
23 (60.00 %)Senior QA Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Systems Test Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Test Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Systems Analyst
Somerset IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (80.00 %)W3C
Somerset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)SOA
14 (80.00 %)Risk Analysis
14 (80.00 %)Compatibility Testing
21 (20.00 %)Manual Testing
21 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (20.00 %)B2B
21 (20.00 %)Automated Testing
21 (20.00 %)Software Testing
Somerset IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)Java
14 (80.00 %)SQL
Somerset IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (80.00 %)ISEB
21 (20.00 %)ISEB Practitioner
Somerset IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (80.00 %)QA