The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SaaS in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SaaS 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Rank 57 36 56
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +20
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 5 19 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 0.890% 3.183% 0.563%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.968% 13.29% 1.685%
Number of salaries quoted 5 19 3
Average salary £48,000 £67,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.88% +60.71%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
126 143 178
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 22.42% 23.95% 33.40%
Number of salaries quoted 107 130 163
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £66,250
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
SaaS
North East

SaaS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SaaS across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Tyne and Wear SaaS Jobs Demand Trend

SaaS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SaaS across the Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear SaaS Salary Trend

SaaS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SaaS across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear SaaS Salary Histogram

SaaS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -20 5 £48,000 -28.88%
SaaS
North East

SaaS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing SaaS 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 SaaS.

1 6 (46.15%) .NET
1 6 (46.15%) ASP.NET
2 5 (38.46%) CISSP
2 5 (38.46%) CISA
2 5 (38.46%) CISM
2 5 (38.46%) Information Security
2 5 (38.46%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 3 (23.08%) NHS
4 3 (23.08%) CSS
4 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
4 3 (23.08%) C
4 3 (23.08%) C#
4 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 3 (23.08%) SQL
4 3 (23.08%) VB.NET
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 3 (23.08%) Information Management
4 3 (23.08%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) Refactoring
5 2 (15.38%) jQuery
5 2 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (15.38%) Open Source
5 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (15.38%) HTML5
5 2 (15.38%) WebGL
5 2 (15.38%) WebSockets
5 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 2 (15.38%) SignalR
5 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Software

SaaS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing SaaS 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 SaaS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (46.15%) .NET
1 6 (46.15%) ASP.NET
2 3 (23.08%) CSS
3 2 (15.38%) jQuery
3 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (15.38%) HTML5
3 2 (15.38%) WebGL
3 2 (15.38%) WebSockets
3 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 2 (15.38%) SignalR
3 2 (15.38%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) IIS
2 1 (7.692%) Windows Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (7.692%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Security Specialist
1 5 (38.46%) Information Security Specialist
1 5 (38.46%) Information Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Graduate
2 3 (23.08%) Graduate Software Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Graduate Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Software Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Team Leader
3 2 (15.38%) Team Leader
4 1 (7.692%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Applications Support
4 1 (7.692%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) NHS
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
2 2 (15.38%) Open Source
2 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Information Security
1 5 (38.46%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Information Management
3 2 (15.38%) Refactoring
3 2 (15.38%) MVC
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
3 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (15.38%) TDD
4 1 (7.692%) Project Management
4 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (7.692%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C
1 3 (23.08%) C#
1 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
1 3 (23.08%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CISSP
1 5 (38.46%) CISA
1 5 (38.46%) CISM
2 3 (23.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Citrix
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Ability to code in Visual Basic .NET and/or C# using Object Oriented techniques. C#, XML, AJAX, OOD, UML, ASP.NET, JavaScript/JQuery, SQL. Experience with Visual Studio...
Catalyst
Salary: From £27,000 to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013