The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Computing in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cloud Computing over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 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.

Cloud Computing
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank329320383
Rank change year-on-year
Down-9Up+63
Matching permanent IT job ads878881451
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.724 %0.722 %0.474 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category2.317 %2.191 %1.444 %
Number of salaries quoted712789282
Average salary£45,000£52,500£60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28 %-12.50 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£32,500£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£78,370£85,000£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£50,000£45,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+11.11 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
378884020431228
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK31.26 %32.95 %32.80 %
Number of salaries quoted318853372925540
Average salary£45,000£47,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26 %-5.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£85,000£82,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-

Cloud Computing
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cloud Computing Demand Trend

Cloud Computing
Salary Trend

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

Cloud Computing Salary Trend

Cloud Computing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cloud Computing over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Cloud Computing Salary Histogram

Cloud Computing
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. 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-15782£45,000-11.76 %
LondonDown-77390£49,000-10.90 %
South EastUp+24156£46,500-15.45 %
City of LondonDown-4686£55,000-15.38 %
East of EnglandUp+3579£51,250+17.14 %
BerkshireDown-259£50,000-16.66 %
ScotlandUp+4751£40,000-33.33 %
EdinburghUp+5448£40,000-15.78 %
YorkshireUp+1348£45,000+38.46 %
North WestDown-1647£33,000-34.00 %
HampshireUp+1044£40,000-20.00 %
West MidlandsUp+437£43,750-41.66 %
ReadingUp+334£55,000-15.38 %
BasingstokeNo change030£42,500-15.00 %
North YorkshireUp+1828£42,500+36.00 %
SuffolkUp+1424£55,000+10.00 %
CheshireUp+1224£31,250-13.19 %
LeedsDown-723£45,000+12.50 %
West YorkshireDown-1923£45,000+12.50 %
SurreyDown-1122£46,500-11.42 %
EssexDown-120£43,750-2.77 %
CambridgeshireUp+317£47,500+18.75 %
BirminghamDown-917£85,000+13.33 %
HarrogateUp+1416£42,500+30.76 %
HarlowNew entry-14£38,500-
CambridgeUp+113£47,500+22.58 %
ManchesterDown-3413£33,500-34.63 %
OxfordshireUp+912£47,500-36.66 %
StainesUp+612£46,500-7.00 %
YorkNew entry-11£47,500-

Cloud Computing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Cloud Computing 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 Cloud Computing.

1469 (29.95 %)Java
2395 (25.22 %)Linux
3351 (22.41 %).NET
4334 (21.33 %)SQL
4334 (21.33 %)Microsoft
5318 (20.31 %)Degree
6301 (19.22 %)Windows
7287 (18.33 %)C#
8260 (16.60 %)VMware
9255 (16.28 %)Python
10240 (15.33 %)SQL Server
11232 (14.81 %)Finance
12230 (14.69 %)SaaS
13187 (11.94 %)Scrum
14186 (11.88 %)VMware Infrastructure
15183 (11.69 %)MySQL
16177 (11.30 %)ASP.NET
17171 (10.92 %)Citrix
18168 (10.73 %)Web Services
19163 (10.41 %)UNIX
20154 (9.834 %)Oracle
21153 (9.770 %)Project Management
22152 (9.706 %)Internet
23151 (9.642 %)Perl
24148 (9.451 %)CSS
24148 (9.451 %)Cisco
25144 (9.195 %)JavaScript
26143 (9.132 %)OO
27137 (8.748 %)MS Excel
28134 (8.557 %)HTML

Cloud Computing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Cloud Computing 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 Cloud Computing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1351 (22.41 %).NET
2177 (11.30 %)ASP.NET
3168 (10.73 %)Web Services
4148 (9.451 %)CSS
5134 (8.557 %)HTML
6133 (8.493 %)XML
790 (5.747 %)jQuery
882 (5.236 %)J2EE
974 (4.725 %)Ajax
1058 (3.704 %).NET Framework
1157 (3.640 %)ASP
1255 (3.512 %)LAMP
1352 (3.321 %)Spring
1448 (3.065 %)REST
1547 (3.001 %)WCF
1547 (3.001 %)XHTML
1646 (2.937 %)SOAP
1646 (2.937 %)ASP.NET MVC
1741 (2.618 %)Visualforce
1837 (2.363 %)Middleware
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1115 (7.344 %)Tomcat
2103 (6.577 %)Apache
369 (4.406 %)IIS
458 (3.704 %)Amazon AWS
555 (3.512 %)MS Exchange
652 (3.321 %)SharePoint
737 (2.363 %)Force.com
833 (2.107 %)CMS
931 (1.980 %)Exchange Server 2010
931 (1.980 %)Windows Azure
1026 (1.660 %)NetWeaver
1123 (1.469 %)BizTalk Server
1221 (1.341 %)Amazon EC2
1319 (1.213 %)Exchange Server 2007
1416 (1.022 %)nginx
1514 (0.894 %)WebLogic
1613 (0.830 %)Google App Engine
1712 (0.766 %)Umbraco
1810 (0.639 %)Drupal
1810 (0.639 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1137 (8.748 %)MS Excel
240 (2.554 %)MS Visio
335 (2.235 %)Google Apps
420 (1.277 %)MS Office
517 (1.086 %)MS PowerPoint
68 (0.511 %)SketchUp
77 (0.447 %)Mingle
86 (0.383 %)MS Project
94 (0.255 %)Photoshop
102 (0.128 %)InfoPath
111 (0.064 %)PowerPivot
111 (0.064 %)Office 365
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
118 (1.149 %)Dynamics CRM
215 (0.958 %)SAP GRC
312 (0.766 %)SAP CRM
312 (0.766 %)SAP SCM
43 (0.192 %)Dynamics AX
43 (0.192 %)Google Analytics
43 (0.192 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.064 %)Pivotal CRM
51 (0.064 %)Oracle BPM
51 (0.064 %)Oracle CRM
51 (0.064 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.064 %)PeopleSoft Financials
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1152 (9.706 %)Internet
2122 (7.791 %)SAN
3114 (7.280 %)TCP/IP
4112 (7.152 %)Firewall
561 (3.895 %)WAN
657 (3.640 %)DNS
755 (3.512 %)LAN
854 (3.448 %)HTTP
950 (3.193 %)NAS
1032 (2.043 %)VoIP
1129 (1.852 %)SSH
1226 (1.660 %)Unified Communications
1325 (1.596 %)VPN
1421 (1.341 %)Wireless
1421 (1.341 %)MPLS
1520 (1.277 %)DHCP
1520 (1.277 %)LDAP
1520 (1.277 %)Network Security
1618 (1.149 %)BGP
1618 (1.149 %)VLAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1240 (15.33 %)SQL Server
2183 (11.69 %)MySQL
352 (3.321 %)SQL Server 2005
352 (3.321 %)SQL Server 2008
449 (3.129 %)NoSQL
546 (2.937 %)Hadoop
635 (2.235 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
733 (2.107 %)PostgreSQL
831 (1.980 %)SQL Server Integration Services
929 (1.852 %)RDBMS
1022 (1.405 %)ETL
1120 (1.277 %)Oracle 11g
1218 (1.149 %)Oracle 10g
1218 (1.149 %)MongoDB
1312 (0.766 %)SQL Server 2000
1411 (0.702 %)Apache Cassandra
1411 (0.702 %)Redis
159 (0.575 %)Data Warehouse
168 (0.511 %)Oracle 8/8i
168 (0.511 %)HBase
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
136 (2.299 %)Visual Studio
225 (1.596 %)Selenium
320 (1.277 %)RSpec
417 (1.086 %)JUnit
515 (0.958 %)Subversion
515 (0.958 %)Eclipse
612 (0.766 %)Cucumber
79 (0.575 %)Maven
79 (0.575 %)Ant
88 (0.511 %)ERwin
88 (0.511 %)Team Foundation Server
88 (0.511 %)Git (software)
88 (0.511 %)Rational DOORS
97 (0.447 %)Rational Rhapsody
106 (0.383 %)TortoiseSVN
106 (0.383 %)VisualSVN
114 (0.255 %)JDeveloper
114 (0.255 %)JBuilder
114 (0.255 %)MSBuild
123 (0.192 %)Rhino Mocks
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1232 (14.81 %)Finance
2105 (6.705 %)Banking
394 (6.003 %)Telecoms
490 (5.747 %)Retail
551 (3.257 %)Marketing
639 (2.490 %)Publishing
728 (1.788 %)Retail Banking
822 (1.405 %)Front Office
920 (1.277 %)Legal
1015 (0.958 %)Law
1114 (0.894 %)Manufacturing
1114 (0.894 %)Investment Banking
1212 (0.766 %)Games
1310 (0.639 %)German Language
1310 (0.639 %)Multimedia
149 (0.575 %)Billing
149 (0.575 %)Financial Institution
158 (0.511 %)Advertising
158 (0.511 %)Automotive
158 (0.511 %)Corporate Banking
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1415 (26.50 %)Developer
2249 (15.90 %)Architect
3165 (10.54 %)Consultant
4153 (9.770 %)Administrator
5107 (6.833 %)C# Developer
6102 (6.513 %).NET Developer
795 (6.066 %)Java Developer
891 (5.811 %)Systems Administrator
985 (5.428 %)Analyst
1072 (4.598 %)C# .NET Developer
1169 (4.406 %)Solutions Architect
1268 (4.342 %)Senior Developer
1363 (4.023 %)Project Manager
1461 (3.895 %)Junior
1557 (3.640 %)Technical Architect
1656 (3.576 %)Software Engineer
1656 (3.576 %)Linux Administrator
1751 (3.257 %)Graduate
1846 (2.937 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1944 (2.810 %)Senior Consultant
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1230 (14.69 %)SaaS
2103 (6.577 %)Open Source
391 (5.811 %)Computer Science
479 (5.045 %)PaaS
571 (4.534 %)Clustering
650 (3.193 %)Enterprise Storage
740 (2.554 %)Social Network
839 (2.490 %)Thin Client
839 (2.490 %)Fat Client
938 (2.427 %)Digital Media
1030 (1.916 %)Grid Computing
1122 (1.405 %)HP StorageWorks
1221 (1.341 %)N-Tier
1319 (1.213 %)Hedge funds
1319 (1.213 %)Replication
1417 (1.086 %)Kindle
1417 (1.086 %)Big Data
1516 (1.022 %)Client/Server
1615 (0.958 %)Derivative
1714 (0.894 %)Blackberry
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1395 (25.22 %)Linux
2301 (19.22 %)Windows
3163 (10.41 %)UNIX
483 (5.300 %)Windows Server 2003
581 (5.172 %)Windows Server 2008
659 (3.768 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
758 (3.704 %)Solaris
822 (1.405 %)CentOS
920 (1.277 %)Ubuntu
1016 (1.022 %)Debian
1113 (0.830 %)Apple iOS
1212 (0.766 %)Windows XP
1311 (0.702 %)Windows 7
149 (0.575 %)Windows Phone 7
149 (0.575 %)Android
149 (0.575 %)Fedora
157 (0.447 %)HPUX
166 (0.383 %)Mac OS X
175 (0.319 %)SUSE
175 (0.319 %)Windows 2000
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1187 (11.94 %)Scrum
2153 (9.770 %)Project Management
3143 (9.132 %)OO
4123 (7.854 %)ITIL
5118 (7.535 %)MVC
6103 (6.577 %)Agile Software Development
794 (6.003 %)CRM
880 (5.109 %)TDD
971 (4.534 %)Technical Architecture
1070 (4.470 %)SOA
1163 (4.023 %)Continuous Integration
1261 (3.895 %)Unit Testing
1360 (3.831 %)Service Management
1360 (3.831 %)Migration
1459 (3.768 %)Capacity Planning
1554 (3.448 %)Web Development
1653 (3.384 %)E-Commerce
1750 (3.193 %)Workflow
1750 (3.193 %)Service Delivery
1847 (3.001 %)Risk Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1469 (29.95 %)Java
2334 (21.33 %)SQL
3287 (18.33 %)C#
4255 (16.28 %)Python
5151 (9.642 %)Perl
6144 (9.195 %)JavaScript
7119 (7.599 %)C++
8114 (7.280 %)PHP
986 (5.492 %)Ruby
1057 (3.640 %)C
1149 (3.129 %)Apex Code
1244 (2.810 %)Shell Script
1341 (2.618 %)VB.NET
1440 (2.554 %)Bash shell
1535 (2.235 %)Scala
1631 (1.980 %)T-SQL
1724 (1.533 %)Objective-C
1818 (1.149 %)PHP5
1916 (1.022 %)VBScript
1916 (1.022 %)VB
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1318 (20.31 %)Degree
2104 (6.641 %)Microsoft Certification
363 (4.023 %)Cisco Certification
459 (3.768 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
546 (2.937 %)MCSE
642 (2.682 %)Citrix Certification
738 (2.427 %)MCITP
837 (2.363 %)CCNA
935 (2.235 %)MCSA
1032 (2.043 %)CCA
1131 (1.980 %)MCTS
1229 (1.852 %)MCP
1328 (1.788 %)CCIA
1425 (1.596 %)Security Cleared
1521 (1.341 %)CCEA
1620 (1.277 %)CCNP
1620 (1.277 %)CCEE
1716 (1.022 %)ISEB
1716 (1.022 %)ITIL Certification
1716 (1.022 %)SC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
156 (3.576 %)QA
217 (1.086 %)ISO 9001
316 (1.022 %)SLA
413 (0.830 %)Data Quality
59 (0.575 %)ISO/IEC 27001
68 (0.511 %)PCI DSS
77 (0.447 %)WAI
77 (0.447 %)ISO 9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1186 (11.88 %)VMware Infrastructure
2105 (6.705 %)Active Directory
355 (3.512 %)Hyper-V
446 (2.937 %)XenServer
532 (2.043 %)XenApp
631 (1.980 %)vSphere
730 (1.916 %)VMware ESX
822 (1.405 %)XenDesktop
921 (1.341 %)VMware ESXi
1015 (0.958 %)vCloud
1113 (0.830 %)Xen
127 (0.447 %)Varnish
136 (0.383 %)NFS
145 (0.319 %)Terminal Services
152 (0.128 %)ISA Server
152 (0.128 %)VMware Server
152 (0.128 %)Squid
161 (0.064 %)VMFS
161 (0.064 %)VMware Workstation
161 (0.064 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
132 (2.043 %)Nagios
132 (2.043 %)Puppet
223 (1.469 %)Foglight
321 (1.341 %)vCenter
419 (1.213 %)BMC PATROL
513 (0.830 %)Tivoli
69 (0.575 %)Ionix
69 (0.575 %)BladeLogic
69 (0.575 %)SCOM
69 (0.575 %)NetBackup
69 (0.575 %)Netcool
69 (0.575 %)Unicenter
75 (0.319 %)HP SIM
75 (0.319 %)Backup Exec
75 (0.319 %)MOM
84 (0.255 %)ServiceCenter
84 (0.255 %)WSUS
84 (0.255 %)Red Hat Spacewalk
93 (0.192 %)SCCM
93 (0.192 %)SCVMM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1334 (21.33 %)Microsoft
2260 (16.60 %)VMware
3171 (10.92 %)Citrix
4154 (9.834 %)Oracle
5148 (9.451 %)Cisco
6116 (7.407 %)HP
7112 (7.152 %)Google
884 (5.364 %)Salesforce.com
973 (4.662 %)Red Hat
1068 (4.342 %)IBM
1145 (2.874 %)NetApp
1244 (2.810 %)EMC
1342 (2.682 %)JBoss
1434 (2.171 %)BMC
1531 (1.980 %)Sun
1629 (1.852 %)SAP
1724 (1.533 %)3PAR
1820 (1.277 %)Huawei
1917 (1.086 %)AppSense
2016 (1.022 %)Dell