Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for BPCS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BPCS over the 3 months to 11 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 Business Applications category.

LinkSSA BPCS
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank659667885
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Up+218
Matching permanent IT job ads11458
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.001 %0.016 %0.029 %
As % of the Business Applications category0.018 %0.223 %0.414 %
Salaries quoted1852
Average salary£65,000£33,750£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+92.59 %-13.46 %
UK excluding London average salary£65,000£33,750£38,000
% change year-on-year
+92.59 %-11.18 %
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
5492628113997
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK6.587 %7.284 %6.946 %
Salaries quoted4144464110624
Average salary£52,500£50,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£34,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£72,500£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£50,000£50,000

BPCS
Demand Trend

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

BPCS Demand Trend

BPCS
Salary Trend

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

BPCS Salary Trend

BPCS
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPCS within the UK over the 3 months to 11 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
EnglandUp+101£65,000+92.59 %
South EastNew entry-1£65,000-
SurreyNew entry-1£65,000-

BPCS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing BPCS 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 BPCS.

15 (71.43 %)SQL
15 (71.43 %)Windows
15 (71.43 %)MS Exchange
15 (71.43 %)Citrix
15 (71.43 %)Microsoft Certification
15 (71.43 %)Terminal Services
15 (71.43 %)AS400
15 (71.43 %)Exchange Server 2003
24 (57.14 %)Finance
24 (57.14 %)JD Edwards
24 (57.14 %)ERP
24 (57.14 %)SAP
24 (57.14 %)Oracle
33 (42.86 %)SQL Server
33 (42.86 %)MS Office
33 (42.86 %)PeopleSoft
33 (42.86 %)Java
33 (42.86 %)VB
33 (42.86 %)VBA
33 (42.86 %)MS Access
33 (42.86 %)Lotus Notes
33 (42.86 %)MCSE
33 (42.86 %)Lotus
33 (42.86 %)Veritas
33 (42.86 %)Cisco Certification
33 (42.86 %)FTP
33 (42.86 %)DNS
33 (42.86 %)Cisco
33 (42.86 %)IBM
33 (42.86 %)Microsoft

BPCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing BPCS 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 BPCS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (28.57 %)EDI
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (71.43 %)MS Exchange
15 (71.43 %)Exchange Server 2003
23 (42.86 %)Lotus Notes
23 (42.86 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (42.86 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (42.86 %)Movex
22 (28.57 %)Dynamics AX
31 (14.29 %)CODA-Financials
31 (14.29 %)CODA Dream
31 (14.29 %)Dynamics NAV
31 (14.29 %)HFM
31 (14.29 %)Hyperion Enterprise
31 (14.29 %)SAP BPC
31 (14.29 %)Oracle BPM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (42.86 %)FTP
13 (42.86 %)DNS
13 (42.86 %)Firewall
13 (42.86 %)Cisco PIX
22 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (42.86 %)SQL Server
13 (42.86 %)MS Access
13 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2000
13 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (57.14 %)Finance
23 (42.86 %)Manufacturing
23 (42.86 %)Music
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Systems Administrator
13 (42.86 %)Administrator
13 (42.86 %)IT Administrator
22 (28.57 %)IT Manager
31 (14.29 %)Project Manager
31 (14.29 %)Finance Systems Manager
31 (14.29 %)Systems Accountant
31 (14.29 %)Systems Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (71.43 %)AS400
22 (28.57 %)iSeries
22 (28.57 %)Computer Science
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (71.43 %)Windows
23 (42.86 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (42.86 %)Windows Server 2008
23 (42.86 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (57.14 %)ERP
23 (42.86 %)Migration
32 (28.57 %)Budget Control
32 (28.57 %)Project Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (71.43 %)SQL
23 (42.86 %)Java
23 (42.86 %)VB
23 (42.86 %)VBA
23 (42.86 %)VB6
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (71.43 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (42.86 %)MCSE
23 (42.86 %)Cisco Certification
23 (42.86 %)CCNA
32 (28.57 %)Degree
32 (28.57 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (71.43 %)Terminal Services
23 (42.86 %)Active Directory
32 (28.57 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (42.86 %)Backup Exec
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (71.43 %)Citrix
24 (57.14 %)JD Edwards
24 (57.14 %)SAP
24 (57.14 %)Oracle
33 (42.86 %)PeopleSoft
33 (42.86 %)Lotus
33 (42.86 %)Veritas
33 (42.86 %)Cisco
33 (42.86 %)IBM
33 (42.86 %)Microsoft
42 (28.57 %)Infor
42 (28.57 %)JDA
42 (28.57 %)MAPICS
51 (14.29 %)Cognos
51 (14.29 %)Hyperion
51 (14.29 %)CODA
51 (14.29 %)Baan
51 (14.29 %)Agresso
51 (14.29 %)OutlookSoft