The first table below looks at the demand for CIPD in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CIPD over the 3 months to 20 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
Rank 817 886 829
Rank change year-on-year
+69 -57
Permanent jobs citing CIPD 42 26 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.039% 0.021% 0.029%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.142% 0.077% 0.110%
Number of salaries quoted 40 23 27
Average salary £48,750 £55,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.36% +29.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,100 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,600 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £55,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-35.45% +48.64%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29664 33639 31807
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.63% 27.78% 26.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23880 28623 26511
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%

CIPD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

CIPD Jobs Demand Trend

CIPD
Salary Trend

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

CIPD Salary Trend

CIPD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CIPD over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

CIPD Salary Histogram

CIPD
Top 21 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CIPD within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +43 42 £48,750 -11.36%
London +65 29 £55,000 +10.00%
City of London - 25 £55,000 -
North East - 5 £35,500 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 4 £35,500 -
Tyne and Wear - 4 £35,500 -
South East +11 3 £20,000 -42.85%
South West -4 3 £27,500 +22.22%
Dorset - 3 £27,500 -
Poole - 3 £27,500 -
East of England +10 2 £43,750 +16.66%
Hertfordshire +5 2 £43,750 +71.56%
West Sussex - 1 £19,000 -
Hampshire - 1 £62,500 -
Durham - 1 £39,335 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £20,000 -
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £57,500 -
Stockton-on-Tees - 1 £39,335 -
Stevenage - 1 £30,000 -
Milton Keynes - 1 £20,000 -
Horsham - 1 £19,000 -

CIPD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing CIPD 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 CIPD.

1 23 (25.00%) Finance
2 21 (22.83%) MS Excel
3 19 (20.65%) Degree
4 17 (18.48%) MS PowerPoint
4 17 (18.48%) Java
5 16 (17.39%) Spring
6 13 (14.13%) Squid
6 13 (14.13%) JSTL
6 13 (14.13%) Spring MVC
6 13 (14.13%) jQuery
6 13 (14.13%) Semantic Web
6 13 (14.13%) RESTful
6 13 (14.13%) MarkLogic
6 13 (14.13%) TDD
6 13 (14.13%) MVC
6 13 (14.13%) Publishing
6 13 (14.13%) XQuery
6 13 (14.13%) HTML
6 13 (14.13%) J2EE
6 13 (14.13%) MySQL
6 13 (14.13%) SQL Server
6 13 (14.13%) CSS
6 13 (14.13%) JSP
6 13 (14.13%) Struts
6 13 (14.13%) Web Services
6 13 (14.13%) XSLT
6 13 (14.13%) JMS
6 13 (14.13%) Apache
7 11 (11.96%) SharePoint
7 11 (11.96%) Microsoft

CIPD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 16 (17.39%) Spring
2 13 (14.13%) JSTL
2 13 (14.13%) Spring MVC
2 13 (14.13%) jQuery
2 13 (14.13%) RESTful
2 13 (14.13%) J2EE
2 13 (14.13%) CSS
2 13 (14.13%) JSP
2 13 (14.13%) Struts
2 13 (14.13%) Web Services
2 13 (14.13%) XSLT
2 13 (14.13%) JMS
2 13 (14.13%) HTML
3 1 (1.087%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 13 (14.13%) Apache
2 11 (11.96%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.261%) CMS
3 3 (3.261%) ESB
3 3 (3.261%) Oracle Service Bus
3 3 (3.261%) WebLogic
4 2 (2.174%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (22.83%) MS Excel
2 17 (18.48%) MS PowerPoint
3 8 (8.696%) MS Office
4 3 (3.261%) MS Project
5 2 (2.174%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (5.435%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 2 (2.174%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (2.174%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.174%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (2.174%) Oracle iRecruitment
3 1 (1.087%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (1.087%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.261%) IP Telephony
1 3 (3.261%) Nortel Meridian
2 2 (2.174%) WAN
2 2 (2.174%) Internet
2 2 (2.174%) MPLS
2 2 (2.174%) Firewall
3 1 (1.087%) HTTP
3 1 (1.087%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.13%) MySQL
1 13 (14.13%) SQL Server
1 13 (14.13%) MarkLogic
2 5 (5.435%) OLAP
2 5 (5.435%) OLTP
2 5 (5.435%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (5.435%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.261%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (2.174%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (1.087%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (3.261%) ClearCase
1 3 (3.261%) Eclipse
1 3 (3.261%) Maven
General
1 23 (25.00%) Finance
2 13 (14.13%) Publishing
3 11 (11.96%) Banking
4 10 (10.87%) Law
5 9 (9.783%) Pharmaceutical
6 8 (8.696%) French Language
7 7 (7.609%) Multimedia
7 7 (7.609%) Italian Language
7 7 (7.609%) Spanish Language
8 4 (4.348%) Telecoms
8 4 (4.348%) Marketing
9 3 (3.261%) Investment Banking
9 3 (3.261%) Retail
9 3 (3.261%) Legal
10 1 (1.087%) Advertising
10 1 (1.087%) Back Office
10 1 (1.087%) Games
10 1 (1.087%) Dutch Language
10 1 (1.087%) German Language
Job Titles
1 27 (29.35%) Consultant
2 17 (18.48%) Trainer
2 17 (18.48%) Training Consultant
3 13 (14.13%) Developer
3 13 (14.13%) Java Developer
4 9 (9.783%) Analyst
5 7 (7.609%) IT Trainer
6 6 (6.522%) Senior Java Developer
6 6 (6.522%) Support Analyst
6 6 (6.522%) Senior Developer
6 6 (6.522%) Architect
6 6 (6.522%) Java Architect
6 6 (6.522%) Senior Java Architect
6 6 (6.522%) Knowledge Manager
6 6 (6.522%) Senior Architect
7 5 (5.435%) Cognos Consultant
8 3 (3.261%) Network Support
8 3 (3.261%) Systems Manager
8 3 (3.261%) Network Analyst
8 3 (3.261%) Network Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.13%) Semantic Web
2 9 (9.783%) Chemistry
2 9 (9.783%) Biology
2 9 (9.783%) Biotechnology
2 9 (9.783%) Life Science
3 8 (8.696%) E-Learning
4 6 (6.522%) Derivative
5 5 (5.435%) Blackberry
5 5 (5.435%) Management Information System
6 4 (4.348%) Fixed Income
7 3 (3.261%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (3.261%) Wiki
7 3 (3.261%) SaaS
8 2 (2.174%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.087%) Social Media
9 1 (1.087%) Online Games
9 1 (1.087%) NHS
9 1 (1.087%) Statistics
9 1 (1.087%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.261%) UNIX
1 3 (3.261%) Solaris
2 2 (2.174%) Windows 7
2 2 (2.174%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (14.13%) MVC
1 13 (14.13%) TDD
2 9 (9.783%) Bioinformatics
3 7 (7.609%) Performance Management
4 6 (6.522%) Knowledge Management
4 6 (6.522%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (5.435%) ETL
5 5 (5.435%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (5.435%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (4.348%) Time Management
6 4 (4.348%) Project Management
6 4 (4.348%) Service Delivery
6 4 (4.348%) Change Management
7 3 (3.261%) Data Security
7 3 (3.261%) Content Management
7 3 (3.261%) Document Management
7 3 (3.261%) ITIL
7 3 (3.261%) OO
7 3 (3.261%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (3.261%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 17 (18.48%) Java
2 13 (14.13%) XQuery
3 3 (3.261%) Shell Script
3 3 (3.261%) SQL
4 1 (1.087%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (20.65%) Degree
2 9 (9.783%) PhD
3 5 (5.435%) CCNP
3 5 (5.435%) CCNA
3 5 (5.435%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.261%) ISEB
4 3 (3.261%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.174%) ACCA
5 2 (2.174%) MBA
5 2 (2.174%) CCSE
6 1 (1.087%) MCIPD
6 1 (1.087%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.087%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.783%) ISO 9001
2 3 (3.261%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (14.13%) Squid
Systems Management
1 3 (3.261%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.87%) Oracle
3 5 (5.435%) Cognos
3 5 (5.435%) Cisco
3 5 (5.435%) Adobe
4 3 (3.261%) Nortel
5 2 (2.174%) Hitachi
5 2 (2.174%) CheckPoint
5 2 (2.174%) Blue Coat
5 2 (2.174%) Polycom
5 2 (2.174%) Murex
5 2 (2.174%) Dell
5 2 (2.174%) Business Objects
5 2 (2.174%) SAP
6 1 (1.087%) Computacenter
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