South West Billing Jobs

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Billing' in IT jobs within the South West 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 Billing over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chertsey Cheshire City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crewe Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Ealing East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Egham England Essex Farnborough Glasgow Gosport Great Yarmouth Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Osterley Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Rugby Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke Mandeville Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thame Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Woking Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	187	181
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching permanent IT job ads	72	74
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.038 %	0.030 %
As % of the category below	1.269 %	1.573 %
Salaries quoted	51	53
Average minimum salary	£31,962	£35,467
Average salary	£36,048	£38,876
% change on same period last year	-7.27 %
Average maximum salary	£40,135	£42,285
UK excluding London average salary	£44,193	£47,564
% change on same period last year	-7.08 %
General South West
Matching permanent IT job ads	5675	4703
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	2.996 %	1.926 %
Salaries quoted	4776	3981
Average minimum salary	£34,587	£35,366
Average salary	£38,075	£38,988
% change on same period last year	-2.34 %
Average maximum salary	£41,562	£42,611
UK excluding London average salary	£40,890	£42,387
% change on same period last year	-3.53 %
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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Billing across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Billing within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Bristol	-1	40	£39,118	+3.94 %
Wiltshire	-13	8	£41,250	+13.48 %
Dorset	+5	3	£42,500	+38.21 %
Devon	-9	2	£21,000	-59.61 %
Somerset	-13	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South West region citing Billing 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 Billing.

1 87 (59.59 %) Finance 2 53 (36.30 %) Oracle 3 51 (34.93 %) SQL Server 4 41 (28.08 %) C 5 38 (26.03 %) SQL 6 36 (24.66 %) Health 6 36 (24.66 %) Pensions 7 34 (23.29 %) Java 8 33 (22.60 %) CRM 9 17 (11.64 %) Systems Analysis 9 17 (11.64 %) Business Analysis 10 15 (10.27 %) Telecoms 11 14 (9.589 %) RDBMS 12 13 (8.904 %) GAP Analysis 13 11 (7.534 %) Requirements Analysis

13 11 (7.534 %) Spreadsheet 14 10 (6.849 %) Computer Science 14 10 (6.849 %) SAP 14 10 (6.849 %) UNIX 14 10 (6.849 %) Windows 14 10 (6.849 %) HTML 14 10 (6.849 %) ERP 15 9 (6.164 %) Project Management 15 9 (6.164 %) MS Excel 16 8 (5.479 %) WebServices 17 7 (4.795 %) ASP.NET 17 7 (4.795 %) VB.NET 17 7 (4.795 %) .NET 17 7 (4.795 %) SQL Server 2000 17 7 (4.795 %) E-business

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South West region citing Billing 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 Billing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 10 (6.849 %) HTML 2 8 (5.479 %) WebServices 3 7 (4.795 %) .NET 3 7 (4.795 %) ASP.NET 4 5 (3.425 %) J2EE 5 3 (2.055 %) XML 5 3 (2.055 %) XSL 5 3 (2.055 %) XSLT 5 3 (2.055 %) CSS 5 3 (2.055 %) Middleware 6 2 (1.370 %) LAMP 6 2 (1.370 %) AJAX 7 1 (0.685 %) XMPP 7 1 (0.685 %) WAP 7 1 (0.685 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 4 (2.740 %) Apache 2 3 (2.055 %) MS Exchange 2 3 (2.055 %) IIS 3 2 (1.370 %) WebLogic 3 2 (1.370 %) WebLogic Portal
Applications 1 11 (7.534 %) Spreadsheet 2 9 (6.164 %) MS Excel 3 3 (2.055 %) MS Visio 3 3 (2.055 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 6 (4.110 %) SAP SD 2 3 (2.055 %) SAP FI 2 3 (2.055 %) SAP FI/CO 2 3 (2.055 %) SAP CO 3 1 (0.685 %) SAP Retail 3 1 (0.685 %) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking 1 6 (4.110 %) Broadband 1 6 (4.110 %) SMS 2 5 (3.425 %) Internet 3 3 (2.055 %) 3G 3 3 (2.055 %) GSM 3 3 (2.055 %) Intranet 4 2 (1.370 %) LLU 5 1 (0.685 %) HTTP 5 1 (0.685 %) RTP 5 1 (0.685 %) Parlay 5 1 (0.685 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 51 (34.93 %) SQL Server 2 14 (9.589 %) RDBMS 3 7 (4.795 %) SQL Server 2000 4 4 (2.740 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 4 (2.740 %) SQL Server 2005 5 2 (1.370 %) Oracle 10g 5 2 (1.370 %) DataStage 5 2 (1.370 %) Datawarehouse 5 2 (1.370 %) ETL 5 2 (1.370 %) MySQL 6 1 (0.685 %) Informix
Development Applications 1 6 (4.110 %) TestDirector 2 3 (2.055 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 2 (1.370 %) Oracle Forms 4 1 (0.685 %) WinRunner 4 1 (0.685 %) LoadRunner	General 1 87 (59.59 %) Finance 2 36 (24.66 %) Health 2 36 (24.66 %) Pensions 3 15 (10.27 %) Telecoms 4 7 (4.795 %) Retail 5 5 (3.425 %) Manufacturing 6 2 (1.370 %) Multimedia 6 2 (1.370 %) Insurance 6 2 (1.370 %) Education 7 1 (0.685 %) Back Office
Job Titles 1 37 (25.34 %) Consultant 2 28 (19.18 %) Analyst 3 20 (13.70 %) Project Manager 4 18 (12.33 %) Business Analyst 4 18 (12.33 %) Senior Manager 5 17 (11.64 %) Senior Project Manager 6 16 (10.96 %) Implementation Consultant 7 14 (9.589 %) Implementation Manager 7 14 (9.589 %) Developer 8 11 (7.534 %) Graduate 8 11 (7.534 %) Graduate Implementation Consultant 9 10 (6.849 %) Support Consultant 10 7 (4.795 %) Senior Analyst 10 7 (4.795 %) Test Manager 10 7 (4.795 %) CRM Business Analyst 11 6 (4.110 %) Business Systems Analyst 11 6 (4.110 %) Systems Analyst 11 6 (4.110 %) .NET Developer 12 5 (3.425 %) Technical Consultant 12 5 (3.425 %) Technical Support	Miscellaneous 1 10 (6.849 %) Computer Science 2 4 (2.740 %) EPoS 3 3 (2.055 %) Statistics 4 2 (1.370 %) Data Protection Act 5 1 (0.685 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.685 %) IVR
Operating Systems 1 10 (6.849 %) UNIX 1 10 (6.849 %) Windows 2 3 (2.055 %) Solaris 3 2 (1.370 %) Linux 4 1 (0.685 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 33 (22.60 %) CRM 2 17 (11.64 %) Systems Analysis 2 17 (11.64 %) Business Analysis 3 13 (8.904 %) GAP Analysis 4 11 (7.534 %) Requirements Analysis 5 10 (6.849 %) ERP 6 9 (6.164 %) Project Management 7 7 (4.795 %) E-business 7 7 (4.795 %) Logistics 8 6 (4.110 %) UML 9 3 (2.055 %) PRINCE2 9 3 (2.055 %) Risk Assessment 9 3 (2.055 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 3 (2.055 %) Performance Testing 9 3 (2.055 %) Test Management 9 3 (2.055 %) Software Testing 10 2 (1.370 %) Web Development 10 2 (1.370 %) Operations Management 10 2 (1.370 %) Automated Testing 10 2 (1.370 %) Data Protection
Programming Languages 1 41 (28.08 %) C 2 38 (26.03 %) SQL 3 34 (23.29 %) Java 4 7 (4.795 %) VB.NET 5 6 (4.110 %) JavaScript 6 5 (3.425 %) C++ 6 5 (3.425 %) ABAP 7 4 (2.740 %) Transact-SQL 7 4 (2.740 %) Delphi 7 4 (2.740 %) C# 8 3 (2.055 %) PHP 8 3 (2.055 %) PL/SQL 8 3 (2.055 %) VB 8 3 (2.055 %) VB6 9 1 (0.685 %) Erlang	Qualifications 1 7 (4.795 %) Degree 2 4 (2.740 %) MCAD 2 4 (2.740 %) MCSD 2 4 (2.740 %) ISEB 2 4 (2.740 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (1.370 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 1 (0.685 %) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.370 %) QA 2 1 (0.685 %) SLA	System Software 1 3 (2.055 %) Active Directory 2 2 (1.370 %) NetBackup
Vendors 1 53 (36.30 %) Oracle 2 10 (6.849 %) SAP 3 3 (2.055 %) Alcatel 3 3 (2.055 %) Nokia 4 2 (1.370 %) Fujitsu 4 2 (1.370 %) Microsoft 4 2 (1.370 %) Sun 5 1 (0.685 %) HP 5 1 (0.685 %) PeopleSoft