The first table below looks at the demand for FastStats skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited FastStats over the 3 months to 23 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 Applications category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apteco FastStats
Rank 179 205 212
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +7
Permanent jobs citing FastStats 31 9 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.591% 0.162% 0.098%
As % of the Applications category 3.813% 1.224% 0.720%
Number of salaries quoted 24 9 6
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +77.77%
UK excluding London average salary £43,313 £40,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+8.28% +21.21%
All Applications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
813 735 833
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 15.49% 13.23% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 685 668 691
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,000 £20,900
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.98% -1.47%
FastStats
England

FastStats
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing FastStats across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

South West FastStats Jobs Demand Trend

FastStats
Salary Trend

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

South West FastStats Salary Trend

FastStats
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing FastStats across the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West FastStats Salary Histogram

FastStats
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FastStats within the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Somerset +7 16 £37,500 +18.11%
Gloucestershire - 8 £32,500 -
Bristol - 7 £50,000 -
FastStats
England

FastStats
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing FastStats 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 FastStats.

1 31 (93.94%) SQL
2 24 (72.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 24 (72.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 24 (72.73%) Marketing
3 22 (66.67%) SPSS
4 21 (63.64%) SAS
5 20 (60.61%) T-SQL
6 19 (57.58%) SQL Server
7 17 (51.52%) Data Analysis
8 16 (48.48%) Telecoms
8 16 (48.48%) Digital Media
8 16 (48.48%) Analytics
9 14 (42.42%) SQL Server 2008
10 9 (27.27%) Alterian
10 9 (27.27%) ETL
10 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
11 5 (15.15%) SLA
11 5 (15.15%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (15.15%) DTS
11 5 (15.15%) Data Extraction
11 5 (15.15%) QlikView
11 5 (15.15%) NetSuite
11 5 (15.15%) Unica
11 5 (15.15%) Kimball Methodology
12 4 (12.12%) Degree
12 4 (12.12%) smartFOCUS
12 4 (12.12%) Change Control
12 4 (12.12%) Customer Analysis
12 4 (12.12%) Project Management
12 4 (12.12%) Crystal Reports

FastStats
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing FastStats 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 FastStats. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (12.12%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 21 (63.64%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (66.67%) SPSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (72.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 24 (72.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 19 (57.58%) SQL Server
3 14 (42.42%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (15.15%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (15.15%) DTS
4 5 (15.15%) QlikView
5 4 (12.12%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (3.030%) Big Data
General
1 24 (72.73%) Marketing
2 16 (48.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (66.67%) Analyst
2 15 (45.45%) Data Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Support Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Developer
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (9.091%) SQL Developer
5 3 (9.091%) Senior Data Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Data Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Database Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Architect
7 1 (3.030%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.030%) Senior Manager
7 1 (3.030%) Database Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Campaign Manager
7 1 (3.030%) Insight Analyst
7 1 (3.030%) Senior Insight Analyst
7 1 (3.030%) CRM Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (48.48%) Digital Media
2 5 (15.15%) Data Extraction
3 3 (9.091%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (51.52%) Data Analysis
2 16 (48.48%) Analytics
3 9 (27.27%) ETL
4 5 (15.15%) Kimball Methodology
5 4 (12.12%) Change Control
5 4 (12.12%) Customer Analysis
5 4 (12.12%) Project Management
5 4 (12.12%) RAD
6 2 (6.061%) Customer Engagement
6 2 (6.061%) Direct Marketing
6 2 (6.061%) Database Marketing
6 2 (6.061%) Data Management
6 2 (6.061%) PRINCE
6 2 (6.061%) CRM
6 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.030%) Email Marketing
7 1 (3.030%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 31 (93.94%) SQL
2 20 (60.61%) T-SQL
3 4 (12.12%) Delphi
3 4 (12.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Alterian
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) NetSuite
2 5 (15.15%) Unica
3 4 (12.12%) smartFOCUS
4 3 (9.091%) Mapinfo
Cirencester, South West
Additional knowledge of data analysis or reporting tools such as FastStats, SAS or MapInfo would be advantageous as would experience with relational databases and Single Customer View creation.
Novate IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013