The first table below looks at the demand for GIS skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing GIS 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales - - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,250 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-11.87% +6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
317 273 204
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 30.05% 28.00% 22.90%
Number of salaries quoted 294 249 195
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £50,000 £42,100
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
GIS
Wales

GIS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GIS across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South Wales GIS Jobs Demand Trend

GIS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing GIS across the South Wales region.

South Wales GIS Salary Trend

GIS
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing GIS 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 GIS.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) ESRI
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Web Development
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Media

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing GIS 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 GIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Web Development
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ESRI
1 3 (100.00%) Google