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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Education in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Education over the 3 months to 18 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 terms in our General category for the South West region.

 Education
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank12575116
Rank change year-on-year
Down-50Up+41
Matching permanent IT job ads55130161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West1.102 %2.085 %1.387 %
As % of the General category2.965 %4.867 %3.081 %
Salaries quoted47119135
Average salary£32,500£35,000£36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.140 %-4.100 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,000£18,250£22,650
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£52,500£54,250
UK excluding London average salary£38,500£33,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+16.66 %-5.710 %
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
185526715226
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West37.18 %42.83 %45.02 %
Salaries quoted164922884117
Average salary£35,000£37,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+7.140 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,900£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
Education EnglandEducation
England

Education
Demand Trend

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

South West Education Demand Trend

Education
Salary Trend

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

South West Education Salary Trend

Education
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Education across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

South West Education Salary Histogram

Education
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Education within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 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
GloucestershireDown-411£30,500-12.85 %
BristolDown-117£27,500-18.51 %
WiltshireDown-187£34,000+89.70 %
SomersetDown-125£27,023-22.79 %
DevonUp+44£33,032-17.42 %
CornwallUp+73£21,000+35.48 %
DorsetDown-171£30,000-70.00 %
Education EnglandEducation
England

Education
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West region citing Education 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 Education.

148 (35.04 %)Degree
229 (21.17 %).NET
229 (21.17 %)SQL Server
229 (21.17 %)Windows
229 (21.17 %)Microsoft
322 (16.06 %)ASP.NET
418 (13.14 %)C#
517 (12.41 %)JavaScript
616 (11.68 %)SQL
616 (11.68 %)Government
715 (10.95 %)HTML
715 (10.95 %)Pensions
813 (9.489 %)Marketing
813 (9.489 %)Linux
813 (9.489 %)MS Excel
813 (9.489 %)Windows Server 2003
912 (8.759 %)C
912 (8.759 %)VB.NET
1010 (7.299 %)Electric
1010 (7.299 %)IIS
1010 (7.299 %)Cisco
1010 (7.299 %)Active Directory
119 (6.569 %)Aerospace
119 (6.569 %)MS Office
119 (6.569 %)XML
119 (6.569 %)SQL Server 2005
128 (5.839 %)Computer Science
128 (5.839 %)Oracle
128 (5.839 %)HNC
128 (5.839 %)Internet

Education
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West region citing Education 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 Education. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
129 (21.17 %).NET
222 (16.06 %)ASP.NET
315 (10.95 %)HTML
49 (6.569 %)XML
57 (5.109 %)CSS
65 (3.650 %)J2EE
65 (3.650 %)ASP
74 (2.920 %)AJAX
74 (2.920 %)Web Services
82 (1.460 %)Hibernate
82 (1.460 %)Spring
82 (1.460 %)jQuery
82 (1.460 %)XSLT
91 (0.730 %)Middleware
91 (0.730 %)Flash
91 (0.730 %)XHTML
91 (0.730 %)DHTML
91 (0.730 %)LINQ
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
110 (7.299 %)IIS
25 (3.650 %)SharePoint
34 (2.920 %)MS Exchange
34 (2.920 %)SAS
43 (2.190 %)Site Server
52 (1.460 %)Apache
52 (1.460 %)Tomcat
61 (0.730 %)CMS
61 (0.730 %)SharePoint Server 2007
South West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (9.489 %)MS Excel
29 (6.569 %)MS Office
32 (1.460 %)MS Project
32 (1.460 %)MS Visio
41 (0.730 %)MATLAB
41 (0.730 %)AutoCAD
41 (0.730 %)Photoshop
41 (0.730 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.730 %)Adobe Illustrator
South West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.730 %)SAP ERP
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (5.839 %)Internet
26 (4.380 %)DVB
33 (2.190 %)Intranet
33 (2.190 %)SMTP
33 (2.190 %)FTP
33 (2.190 %)HTTP
33 (2.190 %)DNS
41 (0.730 %)PPP
41 (0.730 %)Cisco IOS
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (21.17 %)SQL Server
29 (6.569 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (4.380 %)SQL Server 2008
45 (3.650 %)MySQL
53 (2.190 %)MS Access
62 (1.460 %)Oracle 8/8i
62 (1.460 %)MSDE
71 (0.730 %)FileMaker
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (2.190 %)QuickTest Pro
22 (1.460 %)Subversion
22 (1.460 %)JUnit
31 (0.730 %)JIRA
31 (0.730 %)Git (software)
31 (0.730 %)TestPartner
31 (0.730 %)MagicDraw
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
116 (11.68 %)Government
215 (10.95 %)Pensions
313 (9.489 %)Marketing
410 (7.299 %)Electric
59 (6.569 %)Aerospace
66 (4.380 %)Telecoms
75 (3.650 %)Finance
84 (2.920 %)Insurance
84 (2.920 %)Health
84 (2.920 %)Publishing
93 (2.190 %)Local Government
102 (1.460 %)Military
102 (1.460 %)Advertising
102 (1.460 %)Retail
102 (1.460 %)Pharmaceutical
111 (0.730 %)Games
111 (0.730 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.730 %)Automotive
111 (0.730 %)Flash Games
111 (0.730 %)Graphic Design
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
138 (27.74 %)Developer
213 (9.489 %)Analyst
312 (8.759 %)Programme Manager
312 (8.759 %).NET Developer
410 (7.299 %)Administrator
59 (6.569 %)Web Developer
68 (5.839 %)Software Developer
77 (5.109 %)C# Developer
86 (4.380 %)Network Specialist
86 (4.380 %)Operations Engineer
86 (4.380 %)Information Assurance Specialist
86 (4.380 %)Consultant
95 (3.650 %)Programmer
95 (3.650 %)Software Engineer
95 (3.650 %)Lead Developer
95 (3.650 %)Lead .NET Developer
95 (3.650 %)Agile .NET Developer
95 (3.650 %)Lead Software Developer
95 (3.650 %)Java Developer
104 (2.920 %)Team Leader
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (5.839 %)Computer Science
27 (5.109 %)STB
36 (4.380 %)CESG
36 (4.380 %)MHEG
36 (4.380 %)SaaS
43 (2.190 %)Client/Server
43 (2.190 %)E-Learning
51 (0.730 %)Management Information System
51 (0.730 %)DTV
51 (0.730 %)N-Tier
51 (0.730 %)Podcast
51 (0.730 %)Mathematics
51 (0.730 %)Statistics
51 (0.730 %)Cloud Computing
51 (0.730 %)VLE
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
129 (21.17 %)Windows
213 (9.489 %)Linux
213 (9.489 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (4.380 %)Windows Server 2008
45 (3.650 %)Windows 2000
53 (2.190 %)UNIX
62 (1.460 %)Windows 2000 Server
62 (1.460 %)Windows Vista
62 (1.460 %)Windows NT
62 (1.460 %)Windows XP
71 (0.730 %)FreeBSD
71 (0.730 %)Android
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (5.109 %)Project Management
17 (5.109 %)Risk Management
17 (5.109 %)PRINCE2
26 (4.380 %)Information Security
26 (4.380 %)Information Assurance
26 (4.380 %)OO
35 (3.650 %)ERP
35 (3.650 %)Web Development
35 (3.650 %)Scrum
44 (2.920 %)OOD
53 (2.190 %)E-Commerce
53 (2.190 %)System Testing
53 (2.190 %)Software Architecture
53 (2.190 %)Web Design
62 (1.460 %)Risk Assessment
62 (1.460 %)Programme Management
62 (1.460 %)Software Engineering
62 (1.460 %)Agile Software Development
62 (1.460 %)Time Management
62 (1.460 %)Web Accessibility
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (13.14 %)C#
217 (12.41 %)JavaScript
316 (11.68 %)SQL
412 (8.759 %)C
412 (8.759 %)VB.NET
57 (5.109 %)Java
57 (5.109 %)C++
66 (4.380 %)PowerShell
66 (4.380 %)PHP
75 (3.650 %)Perl
83 (2.190 %)Delphi
92 (1.460 %)Shell Script
101 (0.730 %)Fortran
101 (0.730 %)Embedded C
101 (0.730 %)ActionScript
101 (0.730 %)VB
101 (0.730 %)PHP5
101 (0.730 %)ActionScript 2.0
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
148 (35.04 %)Degree
28 (5.839 %)HNC
36 (4.380 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (3.650 %)CCNA
45 (3.650 %)Cisco Certification
45 (3.650 %)Security Cleared
53 (2.190 %)SC Cleared
53 (2.190 %)DV Cleared
53 (2.190 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
62 (1.460 %)CCDA
62 (1.460 %)CCNP
71 (0.730 %)MBA
71 (0.730 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.730 %)ISEB
71 (0.730 %)PhD
71 (0.730 %)Postgraduate
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.190 %)SLA
21 (0.730 %)ISO9001
21 (0.730 %)QA
South West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
110 (7.299 %)Active Directory
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
129 (21.17 %)Microsoft
210 (7.299 %)Cisco
38 (5.839 %)Oracle
42 (1.460 %)PeopleSoft
42 (1.460 %)Borland
51 (0.730 %)SAP