The first table below looks at the demand for AppScan skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited AppScan over the 3 months to 24 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 Development Applications category.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational AppScan
Rank 854 888 876
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -12
Permanent jobs citing AppScan 8 11 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.007% 0.009% 0.004%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.050% 0.064% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 5
Average salary £40,000 £70,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.85% +115.38%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £70,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-35.71% +115.38%
All Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15947 17092 15900
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 14.75% 14.16% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 13623 14969 13983
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%

AppScan
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing AppScan within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

AppScan Jobs Demand Trend

AppScan
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing AppScan within the UK.

AppScan Salary Trend

AppScan
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AppScan within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +22 8 £40,000 -42.85%
London +57 6 £40,000 +6.66%
Kingston Upon Thames - 6 £40,000 -
South East -2 2 £45,000 -35.71%
Middlesex - 2 £45,000 -

AppScan
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing AppScan 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 AppScan.

1 23 (100.00%) IBM
2 22 (95.65%) Windows
3 21 (91.30%) Linux
4 14 (60.87%) HTML
4 14 (60.87%) JavaScript
4 14 (60.87%) SQL
4 14 (60.87%) CSS
4 14 (60.87%) XML
4 14 (60.87%) Scrum
4 14 (60.87%) Ajax
4 14 (60.87%) jQuery
5 13 (56.52%) User Acceptance Testing
5 13 (56.52%) QA
5 13 (56.52%) Selenium
5 13 (56.52%) Degree
5 13 (56.52%) JIRA
5 13 (56.52%) Security Testing
5 13 (56.52%) Web Testing
5 13 (56.52%) Manual Testing
5 13 (56.52%) WebDriver
5 13 (56.52%) Hudson
5 13 (56.52%) soapUI
5 13 (56.52%) Agile Testing
5 13 (56.52%) Automated Testing
5 13 (56.52%) Agile Software Development
5 13 (56.52%) Configuration Management
5 13 (56.52%) Project Management
5 13 (56.52%) SOAP
5 13 (56.52%) Web Services
5 13 (56.52%) PHP

AppScan
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing AppScan 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 AppScan. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (60.87%) HTML
1 14 (60.87%) CSS
1 14 (60.87%) XML
1 14 (60.87%) Ajax
1 14 (60.87%) jQuery
2 13 (56.52%) soapUI
2 13 (56.52%) SOAP
2 13 (56.52%) Web Services
3 1 (4.348%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.348%) WCF
3 1 (4.348%) Silverlight
3 1 (4.348%) LINQ
3 1 (4.348%) ASP
3 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.348%) XSLT
3 1 (4.348%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (4.348%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Photoshop
1 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) TCP/IP
1 8 (34.78%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (56.52%) TOAD
2 7 (30.43%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 13 (56.52%) Selenium
1 13 (56.52%) JIRA
1 13 (56.52%) WebDriver
1 13 (56.52%) Hudson
2 1 (4.348%) JProfiler
2 1 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.348%) SilkPerformer
2 1 (4.348%) JProbe
2 1 (4.348%) Introscope
2 1 (4.348%) JMeter
2 1 (4.348%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (8.696%) Finance
1 2 (8.696%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.348%) Billing
2 1 (4.348%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Web Test Analyst
1 13 (56.52%) Agile Test Analyst
1 13 (56.52%) Web Analyst
1 13 (56.52%) Analyst
1 13 (56.52%) Test Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Security Specialist
3 4 (17.39%) Junior
4 2 (8.696%) IT Consultant
4 2 (8.696%) Consultant
4 2 (8.696%) Security Consultant
4 2 (8.696%) IT Security Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Pre Sales Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) IT Security Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Systems Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Graphic Design
1 1 (4.348%) Social Network
1 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (95.65%) Windows
2 21 (91.30%) Linux
3 8 (34.78%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Scrum
2 13 (56.52%) User Acceptance Testing
2 13 (56.52%) Security Testing
2 13 (56.52%) Web Testing
2 13 (56.52%) Manual Testing
2 13 (56.52%) Agile Testing
2 13 (56.52%) Automated Testing
2 13 (56.52%) Agile Software Development
2 13 (56.52%) Configuration Management
2 13 (56.52%) Project Management
2 13 (56.52%) E-Commerce
3 8 (34.78%) SIEM
4 2 (8.696%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (4.348%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (4.348%) Kanban
5 1 (4.348%) Web Development
5 1 (4.348%) Problem Management
5 1 (4.348%) Performance Testing
5 1 (4.348%) TDD
5 1 (4.348%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) JavaScript
1 14 (60.87%) SQL
2 13 (56.52%) PHP
2 13 (56.52%) Java
3 1 (4.348%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.348%) VBScript
3 1 (4.348%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Degree
1 13 (56.52%) ISEB
2 7 (30.43%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (56.52%) QA
System Software
1 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) CA Wily
1 1 (4.348%) WebInspect
1 1 (4.348%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) IBM
2 8 (34.78%) Tripwire
2 8 (34.78%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.348%) Typemock
3 1 (4.348%) Cognizant
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.348%) Adobe