Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biometrics in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Biometrics over the 3 months to 9 September 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 Miscellaneous category.

LinkBiometrics
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank792626765
Rank change year-on-year
Down-166Up+139
Matching permanent IT job ads2027161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.018 %0.040 %0.091 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.057 %0.135 %0.388 %
Salaries quoted1124129
Average salary£37,500£75,000£65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-50.00 %+15.38 %
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£75,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
-50.00 %+130.76 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
350371998541537
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK32.36 %29.39 %23.37 %
Salaries quoted282871623233920
Average salary£50,000£45,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£77,500£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.630 %+1.420 %

Biometrics
Demand Trend

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

Biometrics Demand Trend

Biometrics
Salary Trend

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

Biometrics Salary Trend

Biometrics
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Biometrics over the 3 months to 9 September 2010 within the UK.

Biometrics Salary Histogram

Biometrics
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biometrics within the UK over the 3 months to 9 September 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-16220£37,500-50.00 %
HertfordshireDown-389£37,500-40.00 %
East of EnglandDown-499£37,500-40.00 %
South EastDown-629£80,000-
StevenageNew entry-9£37,500-
SurreyDown-528--
GuildfordNew entry-8--
LondonDown-1452£65,000-13.33 %
City of LondonNew entry-2£65,000-
BerkshireDown-351£80,000+14.28 %
HampshireNew entry-1£80,000-

Biometrics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics.

154 (60.67 %)IBM
218 (20.22 %)Health
218 (20.22 %)C#
218 (20.22 %)Insurance
218 (20.22 %)Pensions
313 (14.61 %)C++
313 (14.61 %)Java
313 (14.61 %)OO
313 (14.61 %)C
412 (13.48 %)Identity Management
412 (13.48 %)MS Visio
412 (13.48 %).NET
412 (13.48 %)Image Processing
511 (12.36 %)Finance
511 (12.36 %)Zachman Framework
511 (12.36 %)TOGAF
511 (12.36 %)Degree
610 (11.24 %)MS PowerPoint
610 (11.24 %)Microsoft
79 (10.11 %)Embedded C
79 (10.11 %)Embedded C++
79 (10.11 %)Data Modelling
79 (10.11 %)Telecoms
79 (10.11 %)MS Excel
79 (10.11 %)Mathematics
79 (10.11 %)Physics
79 (10.11 %)Computer Science
79 (10.11 %)Data Architecture
79 (10.11 %)Software Engineering
88 (8.989 %)Open Source

Biometrics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
112 (13.48 %).NET
25 (5.618 %)XML
34 (4.494 %)AJAX
34 (4.494 %)Flash
34 (4.494 %)XHTML
34 (4.494 %)DHTML
34 (4.494 %)HTML
34 (4.494 %)CSS
34 (4.494 %)SOAP
34 (4.494 %)LAMP
34 (4.494 %)NetBeans
34 (4.494 %)jQuery
41 (1.124 %)ASP.NET
41 (1.124 %)WCF
41 (1.124 %)WPF
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (4.494 %)Apache
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (13.48 %)MS Visio
210 (11.24 %)MS PowerPoint
39 (10.11 %)MS Excel
44 (4.494 %)Photoshop
53 (3.371 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (1.124 %)TCP/IP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (8.989 %)MySQL
21 (1.124 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (1.124 %)SQL Server
21 (1.124 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (4.494 %)Subversion
14 (4.494 %)Visual Studio
14 (4.494 %)Git (software)
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
118 (20.22 %)Health
118 (20.22 %)Insurance
118 (20.22 %)Pensions
211 (12.36 %)Finance
39 (10.11 %)Telecoms
47 (7.865 %)Education
55 (5.618 %)Government
63 (3.371 %)Home Office
72 (2.247 %)Banking
72 (2.247 %)Back Office
81 (1.124 %)Marketing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
131 (34.83 %)Architect
213 (14.61 %)Senior Software Engineer
213 (14.61 %)Software Engineer
39 (10.11 %)Technical Architect
39 (10.11 %)Data Architect
39 (10.11 %)Lead Architect
39 (10.11 %)Business Architect
39 (10.11 %)Senior Architect
47 (7.865 %)C++ Software Engineer
47 (7.865 %)Embedded Software Engineer
47 (7.865 %)Senior C++ Software Engineer
47 (7.865 %)Senior Embedded Software Engineer
56 (6.742 %)Sales Executive
56 (6.742 %)Test Manager
65 (5.618 %)Developer
65 (5.618 %)Technical Manager
74 (4.494 %)Technical Project Manager
74 (4.494 %)Web Developer
74 (4.494 %)Project Manager
83 (3.371 %)Senior Data Architect
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (10.11 %)Mathematics
19 (10.11 %)Physics
19 (10.11 %)Computer Science
28 (8.989 %)Open Source
34 (4.494 %)Multithreading
43 (3.371 %)Management Information System
43 (3.371 %)Data Protection Act
43 (3.371 %)Freedom of Information Act
43 (3.371 %)Freedom of Information
43 (3.371 %)CESG
43 (3.371 %)CESG CLAS
52 (2.247 %)Japanese Language
52 (2.247 %)Client/Server
61 (1.124 %)Smartcard
61 (1.124 %)RMADS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (8.989 %)Windows
18 (8.989 %)Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (14.61 %)OO
212 (13.48 %)Identity Management
212 (13.48 %)Image Processing
311 (12.36 %)Zachman Framework
311 (12.36 %)TOGAF
49 (10.11 %)Data Modelling
49 (10.11 %)Data Architecture
49 (10.11 %)Software Engineering
56 (6.742 %)Enterprise Architecture
56 (6.742 %)Technical Architecture
56 (6.742 %)Test Management
56 (6.742 %)Data Analysis
56 (6.742 %)Programme Management
56 (6.742 %)Customer Engagement
64 (4.494 %)Web Development
64 (4.494 %)OOD
64 (4.494 %)Project Management
73 (3.371 %)Security Architecture
73 (3.371 %)Service Delivery
73 (3.371 %)PRINCE2
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (20.22 %)C#
213 (14.61 %)C++
213 (14.61 %)Java
213 (14.61 %)C
39 (10.11 %)Embedded C
39 (10.11 %)Embedded C++
48 (8.989 %)PHP
55 (5.618 %)SQL
64 (4.494 %)Python
64 (4.494 %)JavaScript
64 (4.494 %)Perl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (12.36 %)Degree
23 (3.371 %)APMP
23 (3.371 %)CISSP
23 (3.371 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
32 (2.247 %)DV Cleared
32 (2.247 %)Security Cleared
41 (1.124 %)SC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.371 %)QA
21 (1.124 %)JSP 440
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.124 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
154 (60.67 %)IBM
210 (11.24 %)Microsoft