The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Data Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Analysis 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Data Analysis
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank228185179
Rank change year-on-year
Down-43Down-6
Matching permanent IT job ads135416041209
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.117 %1.315 %1.270 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category1.515 %1.805 %1.794 %
Number of salaries quoted11121272966
Average salary£42,500£45,000£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55 %+8.43 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,000£28,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,375£37,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
-3.00 %+7.14 %
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
893688884467380
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK73.74 %72.81 %70.76 %
Number of salaries quoted759367435255206
Average salary£47,000£47,500£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.05 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£29,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£77,500£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,000£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.50 %-

Data Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Data Analysis Demand Trend

Data Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Data Analysis Salary Trend

Data Analysis
Salary Histogram

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

Data Analysis Salary Histogram

Data Analysis
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis 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-331314£42,500-8.60 %
LondonDown-32745£47,500-13.63 %
South EastUp+3282£37,500-9.63 %
City of LondonDown-16199£50,000-23.07 %
HampshireUp+1067£37,500-8.53 %
East of EnglandDown-966£35,500+2.89 %
BerkshireDown-1966£45,000-7.21 %
SurreyDown-758£37,500-11.76 %
North WestDown-3254£36,000-24.21 %
South WestDown-4948£38,500+22.22 %
YorkshireDown-939£32,500+4.83 %
SouthamptonUp+1538£41,250+101.21 %
East MidlandsDown-1035£35,000-6.66 %
West SussexUp+1132£25,000-28.57 %
HertfordshireUp+1831£42,000+12.00 %
West MidlandsDown-3228£45,000+20.00 %
ScotlandDown-6627£46,250+36.02 %
OxfordshireUp+1125£32,500-5.79 %
EssexUp+725£32,500+8.33 %
BristolDown-2522£40,000+33.33 %
West YorkshireDown-3421£30,998-
GuildfordNew entry-21£33,250-
ManchesterDown-3520£39,250-17.36 %
ReadingDown-1519£45,000-35.71 %
LancashireUp+418£34,500-8.00 %
Canary WharfUp+216£70,000+75.00 %
BirminghamDown-816£45,000+9.09 %
South YorkshireUp+115£47,250+68.75 %
LeedsDown-2315£31,500-10.00 %
NottinghamshireUp+1214£35,000-

Data Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis.

11251 (44.84 %)SQL
2834 (29.89 %)Finance
3735 (26.34 %)SQL Server
4546 (19.57 %)Degree
5469 (16.81 %)Business Intelligence
6452 (16.20 %)Data Modelling
7440 (15.77 %)Oracle
8399 (14.30 %)MS Excel
9367 (13.15 %)Business Analysis
10363 (13.01 %)Microsoft
11355 (12.72 %)Data Warehouse
12323 (11.58 %)Marketing
13291 (10.43 %)SAS
14287 (10.29 %).NET
15286 (10.25 %)Project Management
15286 (10.25 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
16285 (10.22 %)ETL
17270 (9.677 %)Retail
18262 (9.391 %)SQL Server Integration Services
19260 (9.319 %)C#
20251 (8.996 %)Java
21230 (8.244 %)Banking
22226 (8.100 %)Data Management
23185 (6.631 %)T-SQL
24182 (6.523 %)SQL Server 2008
25175 (6.272 %)UML
26173 (6.201 %)JavaScript
27170 (6.093 %)MS Office
28166 (5.950 %)HTML
29164 (5.878 %)Statistics

Data Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1287 (10.29 %).NET
2166 (5.950 %)HTML
3161 (5.771 %)XML
4118 (4.229 %)ASP.NET
5100 (3.584 %)CSS
682 (2.939 %)Web Services
763 (2.258 %)MDX
838 (1.362 %)Middleware
937 (1.326 %).NET Framework
1035 (1.254 %)jQuery
1132 (1.147 %)WPF
1229 (1.039 %)Ajax
1326 (0.932 %)OpenGL
1425 (0.896 %)ADO.NET
1523 (0.824 %)WCF
1523 (0.824 %)HTML5
1621 (0.753 %)Direct3D
1718 (0.645 %)J2EE
1816 (0.573 %)XSL
1915 (0.538 %)Data Analytics Architect
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1291 (10.43 %)SAS
276 (2.724 %)SharePoint
357 (2.043 %)IIS
417 (0.609 %)CMS
516 (0.573 %)Apache
615 (0.538 %)SharePoint 2010
714 (0.502 %)MS Exchange
88 (0.287 %)Exchange Server 2010
88 (0.287 %)SharePoint Server
97 (0.251 %)Exchange Server 2007
106 (0.215 %)RabbitMQ
106 (0.215 %)NetWeaver
106 (0.215 %)Oracle Spatial
106 (0.215 %)Exchange Server 2003
115 (0.179 %)Oracle Workflow
115 (0.179 %)BizTalk Server
124 (0.143 %)Confluence
124 (0.143 %)Sitecore CMS
133 (0.108 %)WebLogic
142 (0.072 %)nginx
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1399 (14.30 %)MS Excel
2170 (6.093 %)MS Office
3110 (3.943 %)SPSS
4108 (3.871 %)MS Visio
589 (3.190 %)MS PowerPoint
669 (2.473 %)MATLAB
736 (1.290 %)MS Project
820 (0.717 %)Spreadsheet
918 (0.645 %)Photoshop
1012 (0.430 %)Simulink
118 (0.287 %)FastStats
125 (0.179 %)Adobe Illustrator
132 (0.072 %)Stata
141 (0.036 %)S-PLUS
141 (0.036 %)PowerPivot
141 (0.036 %)GIMP
141 (0.036 %)Final Cut Pro
141 (0.036 %)Maple
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
138 (1.362 %)Google Analytics
229 (1.039 %)SiteCatalyst
317 (0.609 %)SalesLogix
415 (0.538 %)WebTrends
511 (0.394 %)LatentZero
69 (0.323 %)SAP SM
69 (0.323 %)Oracle BPM
77 (0.251 %)Summit
77 (0.251 %)Dynamics CRM
86 (0.215 %)Sentinel
95 (0.179 %)HFM
95 (0.179 %)Oracle EBS
95 (0.179 %)SAP BPC
104 (0.143 %)Maximo
104 (0.143 %)SAP ERP
104 (0.143 %)Remedy ITSM
104 (0.143 %)Dynamics AX
113 (0.108 %)Metrica
113 (0.108 %)Oracle General Ledger
122 (0.072 %)SAP R/3
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
153 (1.900 %)Internet
246 (1.649 %)Intranet
336 (1.290 %)GSM
428 (1.004 %)Wireless
524 (0.860 %)3G
623 (0.824 %)SAN
719 (0.681 %)UMTS
817 (0.609 %)GPRS
916 (0.573 %)LTE
1014 (0.502 %)HSPA
1113 (0.466 %)Bluetooth
1113 (0.466 %)NAS
1212 (0.430 %)TCP/IP
1311 (0.394 %)Broadband
1410 (0.358 %)WAN
158 (0.287 %)LAN
167 (0.251 %)Wi-Fi
176 (0.215 %)Extranet
176 (0.215 %)SMS
185 (0.179 %)2G
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1735 (26.34 %)SQL Server
2355 (12.72 %)Data Warehouse
3286 (10.25 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
4285 (10.22 %)ETL
5262 (9.391 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6182 (6.523 %)SQL Server 2008
7157 (5.627 %)SQL Server 2005
8145 (5.197 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
9136 (4.875 %)Data Mining
10101 (3.620 %)Crystal Reports
1189 (3.190 %)MS Access
1287 (3.118 %)MySQL
1378 (2.796 %)OLAP
1474 (2.652 %)DB2
1567 (2.401 %)RDBMS
1666 (2.366 %)Oracle 8/8i
1754 (1.935 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1849 (1.756 %)Oracle Reports
1947 (1.685 %)SQL Server 2000
2031 (1.111 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
152 (1.864 %)Visual Studio
251 (1.828 %)ERwin
346 (1.649 %)Team Foundation Server
424 (0.860 %)Subversion
519 (0.681 %)Eclipse
617 (0.609 %)GCC
714 (0.502 %)JIRA
813 (0.466 %)MonkeyTalk
813 (0.466 %)Robotium
910 (0.358 %)VSS/SourceSafe
109 (0.323 %)Rational Rose
109 (0.323 %)Cucumber
118 (0.287 %)Git (software)
127 (0.251 %)Selenium
136 (0.215 %)Oracle Forms
136 (0.215 %)FitNesse
145 (0.179 %)Dreamweaver
145 (0.179 %)Moq
154 (0.143 %)RSpec
154 (0.143 %)Concordion
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1834 (29.89 %)Finance
2323 (11.58 %)Marketing
3270 (9.677 %)Retail
4230 (8.244 %)Banking
5152 (5.448 %)Investment Banking
6139 (4.982 %)Telecoms
7109 (3.907 %)Manufacturing
872 (2.581 %)Front Office
961 (2.186 %)Back Office
1047 (1.685 %)Legal
1146 (1.649 %)Advertising
1146 (1.649 %)Games
1242 (1.505 %)Law
1330 (1.075 %)Aerospace
1330 (1.075 %)Publishing
1427 (0.968 %)Multimedia
1524 (0.860 %)Pharmaceutical
1620 (0.717 %)Automotive
1716 (0.573 %)Billing
1814 (0.502 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11397 (50.07 %)Analyst
2580 (20.79 %)Business Analyst
3486 (17.42 %)Developer
4377 (13.51 %)Data Analyst
5139 (4.982 %)Senior Analyst
6128 (4.588 %)Architect
7114 (4.086 %)Consultant
898 (3.513 %)Systems Analyst
995 (3.405 %)SQL Developer
1094 (3.369 %).NET Developer
1187 (3.118 %)DBA
1276 (2.724 %)Data Modeller
1374 (2.652 %)Administrator
1470 (2.509 %)Banking Business Analyst
1566 (2.366 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
1664 (2.294 %)SAS Analyst
1762 (2.222 %)C# Developer
1855 (1.971 %)Senior Developer
1855 (1.971 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
1953 (1.900 %)Support Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1164 (5.878 %)Statistics
2150 (5.376 %)Mathematics
3108 (3.871 %)Computer Science
494 (3.369 %)Management Information System
575 (2.688 %)Data Integration
668 (2.437 %)FMCG
759 (2.115 %)Visualisation
852 (1.864 %)Credit Risk
852 (1.864 %)Derivative
948 (1.720 %)Fixed Income
1045 (1.613 %)Client/Server
1045 (1.613 %)Physics
1144 (1.577 %)Reference Data
1243 (1.541 %)Big Data
1339 (1.398 %)Social Media
1438 (1.362 %)Equities
1537 (1.326 %)Artificial Intelligence
1636 (1.290 %)Market Risk
1636 (1.290 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1735 (1.254 %)Data Extraction
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1162 (5.806 %)Windows
2132 (4.731 %)UNIX
3131 (4.695 %)Linux
438 (1.362 %)Windows Server 2008
535 (1.254 %)Android
633 (1.183 %)Windows Server 2003
721 (0.753 %)Mac OS X
721 (0.753 %)Apple iOS
813 (0.466 %)Solaris
910 (0.358 %)AIX
109 (0.323 %)Windows Mobile
109 (0.323 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
109 (0.323 %)Windows Phone 7
118 (0.287 %)Ubuntu
126 (0.215 %)SUSE
134 (0.143 %)Windows 7
143 (0.108 %)Windows XP
152 (0.072 %)Windows Vista
161 (0.036 %)Windows 2000
161 (0.036 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1469 (16.81 %)Business Intelligence
2452 (16.20 %)Data Modelling
3367 (13.15 %)Business Analysis
4286 (10.25 %)Project Management
5226 (8.100 %)Data Management
6175 (6.272 %)UML
7153 (5.484 %)Migration
8130 (4.659 %)CRM
9119 (4.265 %)Stakeholder Management
10118 (4.229 %)Requirements Analysis
11114 (4.086 %)Workflow
12104 (3.728 %)Agile Software Development
13103 (3.692 %)User Acceptance Testing
13103 (3.692 %)OO
1496 (3.441 %)E-Commerce
1594 (3.369 %)Continuous Improvement
1690 (3.226 %)Change Management
1787 (3.118 %)Validation
1787 (3.118 %)Statistical Analysis
1886 (3.082 %)Risk Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11251 (44.84 %)SQL
2260 (9.319 %)C#
3251 (8.996 %)Java
4185 (6.631 %)T-SQL
5173 (6.201 %)JavaScript
6154 (5.520 %)C++
7126 (4.516 %)VBA
8115 (4.122 %)VB
988 (3.154 %)Python
1076 (2.724 %)PL/SQL
1172 (2.581 %)VB.NET
1269 (2.473 %)C
1348 (1.720 %)Perl
1437 (1.326 %)R
1527 (0.968 %)Shell Script
1626 (0.932 %)PHP
1722 (0.789 %)Objective-C
1722 (0.789 %)VC++
1817 (0.609 %)Embedded C
1916 (0.573 %)VB6
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1546 (19.57 %)Degree
281 (2.903 %)ISEB
377 (2.760 %)Security Cleared
441 (1.470 %)Microsoft Certification
528 (1.004 %)PhD
528 (1.004 %)SC Cleared
623 (0.824 %)ACCA
717 (0.609 %)CISA
814 (0.502 %)CIMA
913 (0.466 %)MCTS
913 (0.466 %)CISSP
1012 (0.430 %)MCP
1012 (0.430 %)MCSE
1110 (0.358 %)PMI Certification
129 (0.323 %)MCITP
129 (0.323 %)ISTQB
129 (0.323 %)PRINCE2 Certification
129 (0.323 %)ITIL Certification
137 (0.251 %)ISEB Practitioner
137 (0.251 %)EnCE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1144 (5.161 %)QA
259 (2.115 %)Data Quality
334 (1.219 %)SLA
418 (0.645 %)Solvency II
513 (0.466 %)JTAG
611 (0.394 %)COBIT
77 (0.251 %)ISO/IEC 27001
77 (0.251 %)ISO 9000
86 (0.215 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
95 (0.179 %)Basel II
95 (0.179 %)ISO 9001
103 (0.108 %)PCI DSS
103 (0.108 %)TickIT
112 (0.072 %)WAI
112 (0.072 %)MiFID
121 (0.036 %)ISO 14001
121 (0.036 %)Basel III
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
125 (0.896 %)Active Directory
217 (0.609 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (0.251 %)Oracle RAC
46 (0.215 %)VMware ESXi
54 (0.143 %)vSphere
54 (0.143 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
61 (0.036 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.036 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
120 (0.717 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
216 (0.573 %)NetBackup
39 (0.323 %)EMC NetWorker
48 (0.287 %)Tivoli
48 (0.287 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
53 (0.108 %)SCCM
53 (0.108 %)Legato
62 (0.072 %)Puppet
62 (0.072 %)HP Quality Center
62 (0.072 %)CFEngine
62 (0.072 %)BMC PATROL
62 (0.072 %)Nagios
62 (0.072 %)WSUS
71 (0.036 %)SCOM
71 (0.036 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
71 (0.036 %)Foglight
71 (0.036 %)Data Guard
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1440 (15.77 %)Oracle
2363 (13.01 %)Microsoft
3135 (4.839 %)Business Objects
4106 (3.799 %)Teradata
5103 (3.692 %)SAP
664 (2.294 %)Google
758 (2.079 %)IBM
857 (2.043 %)Informatica
940 (1.434 %)Cognos
1036 (1.290 %)Omniture
1131 (1.111 %)Remedy
1230 (1.075 %)Adobe
1327 (0.968 %)Bloomberg
1426 (0.932 %)Sybase
1525 (0.896 %)Charles River
1525 (0.896 %)EMC
1623 (0.824 %)HP
1719 (0.681 %)Salesforce.com
1818 (0.645 %)Reuters
1818 (0.645 %)VMware