Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ATL skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ATL over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Application Development category.

LinkActive Template Library (ATL)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank582543709
Rank change year-on-year
Down-39Up+166
Matching permanent IT job ads94127266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.109 %0.150 %0.130 %
As % of the Application Development category0.300 %0.431 %0.403 %
Salaries quoted76109223
Average salary£42,750£40,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.870 %-5.880 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£32,500£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£85,000£69,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-15.00 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
313272948765977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.77 %32.33 %
Salaries quoted272762516156137
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

ATL
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ATL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ATL Demand Trend

ATL
Salary Trend

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

ATL Salary Trend

ATL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ATL over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

ATL Salary Histogram

ATL
Top 23 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ATL within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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
EnglandDown-4393£43,000+7.50 %
LondonDown-5749£65,000-13.33 %
South WestDown-2521£35,000+2.94 %
City of LondonDown-6019£77,500+3.33 %
BristolDown-1718£35,000+2.94 %
South EastUp+512£42,750+14.00 %
North WestUp+209£36,000+10.76 %
ManchesterUp+79£36,000+10.76 %
HampshireNew entry-7£36,000-
SouthamptonNew entry-4£35,000-
OxfordshireNew entry-4£45,000-
Docklands, LondonUp+23£45,000-48.57 %
Northern IrelandNew entry-1£35,000-
East of EnglandNew entry-1--
East MidlandsNew entry-1£35,000-
NottinghamshireNew entry-1£35,000-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1£45,000-
BedfordshireNew entry-1--
NottinghamNew entry-1£35,000-
Milton KeynesNew entry-1£45,000-
CheadleNew entry-1£37,500-
BelfastNew entry-1£35,000-
County AntrimNew entry-1£35,000-

ATL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing ATL 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 ATL.

1115 (77.70 %)C++
289 (60.14 %)C#
383 (56.08 %).NET
482 (55.41 %)Windows
554 (36.49 %)MFC
652 (35.14 %)Front Office
749 (33.11 %)Banking
836 (24.32 %)Investment Banking
935 (23.65 %)Microsoft
1033 (22.30 %)Equities
1132 (21.62 %)WinForms
1231 (20.95 %)SQL
1330 (20.27 %)OO
1429 (19.59 %)STL
1528 (18.92 %)VC++
1626 (17.57 %)Algorithmic Trading
1721 (14.19 %)Pensions
1721 (14.19 %)Degree
1721 (14.19 %)Derivative
1820 (13.51 %)MS Excel
1820 (13.51 %)COM
1820 (13.51 %)SQL Server
1919 (12.84 %)XML
1919 (12.84 %)Health
2017 (11.49 %)Multithreading
2116 (10.81 %)VBA
2116 (10.81 %)VB
2116 (10.81 %)Java
2116 (10.81 %)Client/Server
2215 (10.14 %)OOD

ATL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing ATL 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 ATL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
183 (56.08 %).NET
254 (36.49 %)MFC
332 (21.62 %)WinForms
429 (19.59 %)STL
520 (13.51 %)COM
619 (12.84 %)XML
713 (8.784 %).NET Framework
713 (8.784 %)DCOM
810 (6.757 %)WPF
95 (3.378 %)Boost C++ Libraries
104 (2.703 %)GTK+
104 (2.703 %)ASP.NET
113 (2.027 %)WCF
122 (1.351 %)Silverlight
122 (1.351 %)AJAX
122 (1.351 %)COM+
122 (1.351 %)SOAP
122 (1.351 %)Web Services
122 (1.351 %)HTML
131 (0.676 %)WMI
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (0.676 %)IIS
11 (0.676 %)Lotus Notes
11 (0.676 %)Lotus Domino
11 (0.676 %)MS Exchange
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
120 (13.51 %)MS Excel
21 (0.676 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (0.676 %)3GPP
11 (0.676 %)VoIP
11 (0.676 %)TCP/IP
11 (0.676 %)3G
11 (0.676 %)UTRAN
11 (0.676 %)SMPP
11 (0.676 %)Wireless
11 (0.676 %)LTE
11 (0.676 %)NAS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (13.51 %)SQL Server
213 (8.784 %)RDBMS
32 (1.351 %)GIS
32 (1.351 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.676 %)MySQL
41 (0.676 %)Firebird
41 (0.676 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
114 (9.459 %)Subversion
210 (6.757 %)Visual Studio
210 (6.757 %)VSS/SourceSafe
210 (6.757 %)ClearCase
33 (2.027 %)JUnit
33 (2.027 %)MSTest
42 (1.351 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
51 (0.676 %)JIRA
51 (0.676 %)CppUnit
51 (0.676 %)Eclipse
51 (0.676 %)LabVIEW
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
152 (35.14 %)Front Office
249 (33.11 %)Banking
336 (24.32 %)Investment Banking
421 (14.19 %)Pensions
519 (12.84 %)Health
67 (4.730 %)Finance
75 (3.378 %)Marketing
75 (3.378 %)Insurance
83 (2.027 %)Telecoms
83 (2.027 %)Advertising
92 (1.351 %)Games
92 (1.351 %)Retail
101 (0.676 %)Social Media
101 (0.676 %)Financial Institution
101 (0.676 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.676 %)Education
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
191 (61.49 %)Developer
229 (19.59 %)C++ Developer
328 (18.92 %)C# Developer
421 (14.19 %)Software Developer
421 (14.19 %)Software Engineer
520 (13.51 %).NET Developer
617 (11.49 %)Analyst
713 (8.784 %)VB.NET Developer
713 (8.784 %)VB Developer
810 (6.757 %)Programmer
99 (6.081 %)Business Analyst
108 (5.405 %)Lead Developer
117 (4.730 %)Analyst Programmer
126 (4.054 %)C++ Software Engineer
126 (4.054 %)C++ Software Developer
126 (4.054 %)C++/C# Developer
135 (3.378 %)C++ Programmer
144 (2.703 %)Lead .NET Developer
144 (2.703 %)Lead Analyst Programmer
144 (2.703 %)C# Software Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
133 (22.30 %)Equities
221 (14.19 %)Derivative
317 (11.49 %)Multithreading
416 (10.81 %)Client/Server
515 (10.14 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
69 (6.081 %)Computer Science
75 (3.378 %)Fixed Income
84 (2.703 %)Mathematics
84 (2.703 %)Physics
93 (2.027 %)Equity Derivative
102 (1.351 %)Open Source
111 (0.676 %)Biotechnology
111 (0.676 %)N-Tier
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
182 (55.41 %)Windows
25 (3.378 %)UNIX
25 (3.378 %)Windows 7
34 (2.703 %)Windows Vista
43 (2.027 %)Linux
51 (0.676 %)Windows XP
51 (0.676 %)Windows CE
51 (0.676 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.676 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
130 (20.27 %)OO
226 (17.57 %)Algorithmic Trading
315 (10.14 %)OOD
413 (8.784 %)Data Analysis
413 (8.784 %)Business Analysis
510 (6.757 %)Agile Software Development
69 (6.081 %)RAD
76 (4.054 %)OOP
76 (4.054 %)Data Modelling
76 (4.054 %)Project Management
76 (4.054 %)Capacity Planning
76 (4.054 %)System Testing
85 (3.378 %)Test Scripting
85 (3.378 %)Software Engineering
85 (3.378 %)UML
93 (2.027 %)E-Commerce
93 (2.027 %)User Acceptance Testing
102 (1.351 %)Unit Testing
102 (1.351 %)Continuous Integration
102 (1.351 %)Electronic Trading
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1115 (77.70 %)C++
289 (60.14 %)C#
331 (20.95 %)SQL
428 (18.92 %)VC++
516 (10.81 %)VBA
516 (10.81 %)VB
516 (10.81 %)Java
614 (9.459 %)VB.NET
78 (5.405 %)C
83 (2.027 %)VB6
92 (1.351 %)Delphi
101 (0.676 %)Perl
101 (0.676 %)C++/CLI
101 (0.676 %)Python
101 (0.676 %)XAML
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
121 (14.19 %)Degree
24 (2.703 %)Security Cleared
31 (0.676 %)MCSD
31 (0.676 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.378 %)QA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (4.054 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
135 (23.65 %)Microsoft
212 (8.108 %)Sybase
311 (7.432 %)Bloomberg
410 (6.757 %)Reuters
57 (4.730 %)Oracle
61 (0.676 %)Lotus