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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Systems Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

 System Programmer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank319321486
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Up+165
Matching permanent IT job ads787
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East0.045 %0.045 %0.016 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.048 %0.048 %0.017 %
Salaries quoted747
Average salary£42,500£45,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.590 %+1.110 %
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£35,000£29,750
% change year-on-year
+21.42 %+17.64 %
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
146261651740528
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East94.39 %93.01 %94.54 %
Salaries quoted122001383933738
Average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£57,500£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Systems Programmer EnglandSystems Programmer
England

Systems Programmer
Demand Trend

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

South East Systems Programmer Demand Trend

Systems Programmer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Programmer across the South East region.

South East Systems Programmer Salary Trend

Systems Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Programmer within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 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
BerkshireUp+77£42,500-
Systems Programmer EnglandSystems Programmer
England

Systems Programmer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Systems Programmer 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 Systems Programmer in their job title.

17 (70.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)COBOL
26 (60.00 %)IBM
35 (50.00 %)CICS
35 (50.00 %)UNIX
44 (40.00 %)Mainframe
53 (30.00 %)Agile Software Development
53 (30.00 %)zOS
53 (30.00 %)JCL
53 (30.00 %)Linux
53 (30.00 %)EDI
62 (20.00 %)MS Visio
62 (20.00 %)PL/1
62 (20.00 %)Education
62 (20.00 %)Device Driver
62 (20.00 %)Degree
62 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
62 (20.00 %)C
62 (20.00 %)IBM Mainframe
71 (10.00 %)Enterprise Architecture

Systems Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Systems Programmer 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 Systems Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (30.00 %)EDI
South East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (50.00 %)CICS
South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (20.00 %)MS Visio
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Education
South East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)Mainframe
22 (20.00 %)Device Driver
22 (20.00 %)IBM Mainframe
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (70.00 %)Windows
25 (50.00 %)UNIX
33 (30.00 %)Linux
33 (30.00 %)zOS
42 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (10.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)COBOL
23 (30.00 %)JCL
32 (20.00 %)C
32 (20.00 %)PL/1
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (20.00 %)Degree
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (60.00 %)IBM