Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 9 February 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank111114
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+3
Matching permanent IT job ads78851044419996
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK10.01 %10.33 %9.895 %
As % of the Qualifications category48.80 %44.12 %46.86 %
Salaries quoted6690890816376
Average salary£39,000£37,000£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.400 %-3.890 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,500£60,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
161582367242671
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.52 %23.42 %21.12 %
Salaries quoted134862018635319
Average salary£40,000£38,000£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-2.560 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£36,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %+2.850 %

Degree
Demand Trend

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

Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

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

Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

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

Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandNo change07485£39,000+5.40 %
LondonNo change03429£47,500+5.55 %
South EastDown-41352£35,000-
East of EnglandUp+2947£36,000-4.00 %
City of LondonDown-3942£50,000-
CambridgeshireUp+1541£35,000-2.77 %
South WestDown-3530£31,500-12.50 %
CambridgeUp+3461£35,000-2.77 %
BerkshireUp+9422£37,500+15.38 %
North WestDown-3376£30,000-7.69 %
West MidlandsUp+5321£35,500+14.51 %
SurreyDown-2319£40,000-
YorkshireDown-8287£30,750+2.50 %
ScotlandUp+5261£35,000-
HertfordshireDown-2236£42,500-5.55 %
ManchesterDown-10223£30,000-14.28 %
HampshireDown-5210£30,000-11.76 %
East MidlandsNo change0200£32,500-
West YorkshireDown-6142£30,000-
WiltshireUp+4130£32,500-10.95 %
BristolDown-6129£32,500-7.14 %
OxfordshireUp+3120£31,000-4.61 %
EssexUp+36116£32,500+19.26 %
ReadingUp+14106£32,500-
EdinburghUp+5101£37,250+15.50 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1579£35,000+7.69 %
WalesDown-178£33,012-5.68 %
South WalesDown-172£33,500-4.28 %
LeedsDown-1771£30,000-4.76 %
SomersetDown-1069£28,500-22.97 %

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Degree 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 Degree.

13449 (21.91 %)SQL
23424 (21.75 %)Finance
33348 (21.27 %)Java
43299 (20.96 %).NET
53205 (20.36 %)C#
63168 (20.13 %)Computer Science
72770 (17.60 %)SQL Server
82672 (16.98 %)C++
92094 (13.30 %)Windows
101755 (11.15 %)Microsoft
111728 (10.98 %)Oracle
121618 (10.28 %)C
131591 (10.11 %)OO
141575 (10.01 %)ASP.NET
151529 (9.715 %)XML
161507 (9.575 %)HTML
171461 (9.283 %)Linux
181452 (9.225 %)JavaScript
191441 (9.156 %)Mathematics
201353 (8.596 %)Education
211293 (8.215 %)Banking
221249 (7.936 %)UNIX
231201 (7.631 %)Project Management
241133 (7.199 %)CSS
251084 (6.887 %)MS Excel
26972 (6.176 %)Marketing
27925 (5.877 %)J2EE
28897 (5.699 %)Agile Software Development
29882 (5.604 %)Pensions
30862 (5.477 %)AJAX

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13299 (20.96 %).NET
21575 (10.01 %)ASP.NET
31529 (9.715 %)XML
41507 (9.575 %)HTML
51133 (7.199 %)CSS
6925 (5.877 %)J2EE
7862 (5.477 %)AJAX
8601 (3.819 %)Web Services
9560 (3.558 %)Spring
10405 (2.573 %)XHTML
11393 (2.497 %)Hibernate
12382 (2.427 %)ASP
13358 (2.275 %)JSP
14354 (2.249 %)WPF
15326 (2.071 %)Flash
16297 (1.887 %)WinForms
17290 (1.843 %)WCF
18286 (1.817 %)XSLT
19279 (1.773 %).NET Framework
20265 (1.684 %)MFC
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1477 (3.031 %)SAS
2384 (2.440 %)SharePoint
3297 (1.887 %)Apache
4261 (1.658 %)IIS
5252 (1.601 %)MS Exchange
6190 (1.207 %)CMS
7171 (1.086 %)Tomcat
8115 (0.731 %)ColdFusion
9104 (0.661 %)SharePoint Server 2007
10103 (0.654 %)WebLogic
1182 (0.521 %)Exchange Server 2003
1252 (0.330 %)Drupal
1252 (0.330 %)Exchange Server 2007
1350 (0.318 %)ArcGIS
1439 (0.248 %)WebSphere MQ
1533 (0.210 %)WebSphere Application Server
1632 (0.203 %)Documentum
1730 (0.191 %)MQSeries
1829 (0.184 %)Rendezvous
1829 (0.184 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11084 (6.887 %)MS Excel
2435 (2.764 %)MS Office
3242 (1.538 %)MS Visio
4213 (1.353 %)SPSS
5166 (1.055 %)Photoshop
6114 (0.724 %)MATLAB
797 (0.616 %)MS Project
892 (0.585 %)Adobe Illustrator
973 (0.464 %)MS PowerPoint
1053 (0.337 %)Spreadsheet
1136 (0.229 %)Fireworks
1229 (0.184 %)S-PLUS
1328 (0.178 %)InfoPath
1427 (0.172 %)FrameMaker
1427 (0.172 %)CA Clarity
1524 (0.152 %)Acrobat
1616 (0.102 %)FastStats
1616 (0.102 %)Pro/ENGINEER
1713 (0.083 %)RoboHelp
1811 (0.070 %)Simulink
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
161 (0.388 %)WebTrends
241 (0.260 %)Oracle Applications
340 (0.254 %)Dynamics CRM
439 (0.248 %)Dynamics AX
439 (0.248 %)Google Analytics
531 (0.197 %)Microsoft CRM
531 (0.197 %)SAP MM
628 (0.178 %)SAP FI
727 (0.172 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
826 (0.165 %)SAP FI/CO
826 (0.165 %)SAP CO
925 (0.159 %)Oracle 11i
925 (0.159 %)Oracle EBS
1023 (0.146 %)Dynamics NAV
1122 (0.140 %)Axapta
1221 (0.133 %)Oracle Financials
1320 (0.127 %)RMDS
1320 (0.127 %)SAP SD
1418 (0.114 %)Oracle EBS R12
1517 (0.108 %)Navision
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1568 (3.609 %)Internet
2506 (3.215 %)TCP/IP
3242 (1.538 %)Firewall
4197 (1.252 %)SAN
5163 (1.036 %)DNS
6162 (1.029 %)VoIP
7160 (1.017 %)HTTP
8157 (0.998 %)Wireless
9154 (0.978 %)WAN
10139 (0.883 %)LAN
11132 (0.839 %)Intranet
12101 (0.642 %)VPN
12101 (0.642 %)DHCP
1364 (0.407 %)GSM
1452 (0.330 %)IP Telephony
1551 (0.324 %)Network Security
1648 (0.305 %)LDAP
1744 (0.280 %)SMS
1744 (0.280 %)NAS
1843 (0.273 %)GPRS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12770 (17.60 %)SQL Server
2728 (4.625 %)SQL Server 2005
3611 (3.882 %)MySQL
4369 (2.344 %)RDBMS
5296 (1.881 %)Datawarehouse
5296 (1.881 %)SQL Server 2000
6274 (1.741 %)SQL Server 2008
7214 (1.360 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8192 (1.220 %)BusinessObjects
9170 (1.080 %)SQL Server Integration Services
10164 (1.042 %)ETL
11134 (0.851 %)Crystal Reports
12123 (0.781 %)MS Access
13122 (0.775 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
14114 (0.724 %)Data Mining
15109 (0.693 %)GIS
16106 (0.673 %)Oracle 10g
1787 (0.553 %)Oracle 8/8i
1882 (0.521 %)SAP BW
1978 (0.496 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1493 (3.132 %)Visual Studio
2274 (1.741 %)JUnit
3172 (1.093 %)Subversion
4149 (0.947 %)Eclipse
5136 (0.864 %)QuickTest Pro
6132 (0.839 %)Ant
7110 (0.699 %)Selenium
8100 (0.635 %)NUnit
977 (0.489 %)Maven
1064 (0.407 %)Dreamweaver
1163 (0.400 %)LoadRunner
1254 (0.343 %)WinRunner
1341 (0.260 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1440 (0.254 %)TestDirector
1539 (0.248 %)Oracle Forms
1635 (0.222 %)ClearCase
1726 (0.165 %)Team Foundation Server
1726 (0.165 %)ClearQuest
1825 (0.159 %)JIRA
1924 (0.152 %)InstallShield
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13424 (21.75 %)Finance
21353 (8.596 %)Education
31293 (8.215 %)Banking
4972 (6.176 %)Marketing
5882 (5.604 %)Pensions
6630 (4.003 %)Retail
7616 (3.914 %)Health
8544 (3.456 %)Telecoms
9496 (3.151 %)Front Office
10475 (3.018 %)Insurance
11468 (2.974 %)Investment Banking
12405 (2.573 %)Electronics
13296 (1.881 %)Government
14276 (1.754 %)Manufacturing
15263 (1.671 %)Games
16215 (1.366 %)Electric
17173 (1.099 %)Financial Institution
18166 (1.055 %)Back Office
19162 (1.029 %)Multimedia
20124 (0.788 %)Retail Banking
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15667 (36.01 %)Developer
22384 (15.15 %)Analyst
31220 (7.751 %)Graduate
41172 (7.446 %)Java Developer
51056 (6.709 %)Software Engineer
61011 (6.424 %).NET Developer
71009 (6.411 %)Consultant
8931 (5.915 %)C# Developer
9766 (4.867 %)Senior Developer
10722 (4.587 %)Software Developer
11706 (4.486 %)Web Developer
12694 (4.409 %)Junior
13644 (4.092 %)C++ Developer
14588 (3.736 %)Architect
15563 (3.577 %)Business Analyst
16528 (3.355 %)Programmer
17525 (3.336 %)Project Manager
18472 (2.999 %)Graduate Developer
19390 (2.478 %)Support Analyst
20352 (2.236 %)ASP.NET Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13168 (20.13 %)Computer Science
21441 (9.156 %)Mathematics
3594 (3.774 %)Physics
4517 (3.285 %)Derivative
5468 (2.974 %)Client/Server
6381 (2.421 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
7372 (2.364 %)Multithreading
8296 (1.881 %)Statistics
9263 (1.671 %)Fixed Income
10240 (1.525 %)Open Source
11202 (1.283 %)N-Tier
12188 (1.194 %)Equities
13179 (1.137 %)Management Information System
14158 (1.004 %)Economics
15127 (0.807 %)Credit Risk
16125 (0.794 %)W3C
17115 (0.731 %)NHS
18112 (0.712 %)German Language
19108 (0.686 %)Replication
20107 (0.680 %)French Language
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12094 (13.30 %)Windows
21461 (9.283 %)Linux
31249 (7.936 %)UNIX
4458 (2.910 %)Windows Server 2003
5273 (1.735 %)Windows XP
6244 (1.550 %)Solaris
7127 (0.807 %)Red Hat Linux
8119 (0.756 %)Windows Server 2008
9107 (0.680 %)Windows 2000
9107 (0.680 %)Windows 2000 Server
1090 (0.572 %)AIX
1182 (0.521 %)Windows Vista
1270 (0.445 %)Windows CE
1341 (0.260 %)HPUX
1437 (0.235 %)Windows NT
1530 (0.191 %)Android
1530 (0.191 %)NetWare
1627 (0.172 %)Embedded Linux
1627 (0.172 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1726 (0.165 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11591 (10.11 %)OO
21201 (7.631 %)Project Management
3897 (5.699 %)Agile Software Development
4769 (4.886 %)Software Engineering
5724 (4.600 %)E-Commerce
6614 (3.901 %)UML
7550 (3.495 %)Web Development
8524 (3.329 %)PRINCE2
9501 (3.183 %)ITIL
10472 (2.999 %)Scrum
11444 (2.821 %)CRM
12430 (2.732 %)Business Intelligence
13379 (2.408 %)Business Analysis
14358 (2.275 %)Risk Management
15355 (2.256 %)Data Analysis
16285 (1.811 %)Unit Testing
17265 (1.684 %)TDD
18264 (1.677 %)OOP
19245 (1.557 %)SOA
20238 (1.512 %)OOD
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13449 (21.91 %)SQL
23348 (21.27 %)Java
33205 (20.36 %)C#
42672 (16.98 %)C++
51618 (10.28 %)C
61452 (9.225 %)JavaScript
7825 (5.242 %)PHP
8660 (4.193 %)VB.NET
9647 (4.111 %)VB
10515 (3.272 %)Perl
11464 (2.948 %)Python
12397 (2.522 %)T-SQL
13333 (2.116 %)VBA
14278 (1.766 %)PL/SQL
15228 (1.449 %)ActionScript
16178 (1.131 %)VB6
17172 (1.093 %)Ruby
18170 (1.080 %)Shell Script
19138 (0.877 %)Embedded C
19138 (0.877 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1522 (3.317 %)PhD
2498 (3.164 %)Microsoft Certification
3391 (2.484 %)Security Cleared
4304 (1.932 %)ISEB
5243 (1.544 %)MCSE
6203 (1.290 %)Cisco Certification
7175 (1.112 %)SC Cleared
8148 (0.940 %)MCP
8148 (0.940 %)HND
9145 (0.921 %)CCNA
10118 (0.750 %)MBA
11111 (0.705 %)PRINCE2 Certification
12110 (0.699 %)CISSP
1391 (0.578 %)ITIL Certification
1484 (0.534 %)PMI Certification
1580 (0.508 %)Postgraduate
1674 (0.470 %)MCSA
1769 (0.438 %)CCNP
1863 (0.400 %)DV Cleared
1958 (0.369 %)MCSD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1578 (3.672 %)QA
2157 (0.998 %)SLA
369 (0.438 %)ISO27001
453 (0.337 %)PCI DSS
551 (0.324 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
646 (0.292 %)WAI
740 (0.254 %)ISO9001
836 (0.229 %)JTAG
921 (0.133 %)Basel II
1010 (0.064 %)ISO9000
119 (0.057 %)WCAG
128 (0.051 %)HL7
128 (0.051 %)COBIT
137 (0.044 %)BS7799
137 (0.044 %)DICOM
137 (0.044 %)BS25999
146 (0.038 %)ISO17799
154 (0.025 %)JSP 440
154 (0.025 %)ISO14001
154 (0.025 %)GCP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1383 (2.433 %)Active Directory
278 (0.496 %)VMware Infrastructure
333 (0.210 %)NFS
333 (0.210 %)Oracle RAC
432 (0.203 %)Hyper-V
519 (0.121 %)MSMQ
519 (0.121 %)VMware ESX
519 (0.121 %)Samba
618 (0.114 %)XenServer
717 (0.108 %)Backup Exec
816 (0.102 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
915 (0.095 %)Terminal Services
1014 (0.089 %)Sendmail
1111 (0.070 %)Oracle RMAN
1111 (0.070 %)Xen
1111 (0.070 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1210 (0.064 %)AquaLogic
1210 (0.064 %)ISA Server
138 (0.051 %)MetaFrame
146 (0.038 %)OpenLDAP
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
129 (0.184 %)HP Quality Center
227 (0.172 %)Tivoli
317 (0.108 %)BMC PATROL
317 (0.108 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
317 (0.108 %)OpenView
413 (0.083 %)BMC Performance Manager
511 (0.070 %)ZENworks
511 (0.070 %)MOM
610 (0.064 %)SCCM
610 (0.064 %)Data Guard
610 (0.064 %)Nagios
79 (0.057 %)Tivoli Monitoring
79 (0.057 %)SCOM
88 (0.051 %)Netcool
88 (0.051 %)CiscoWorks
97 (0.044 %)MSI
105 (0.032 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
105 (0.032 %)DameWare
105 (0.032 %)EMC NetWorker
114 (0.025 %)Cacti
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11755 (11.15 %)Microsoft
21728 (10.98 %)Oracle
3379 (2.408 %)SAP
4347 (2.205 %)Cisco
5245 (1.557 %)Sybase
6200 (1.271 %)JBoss
7195 (1.239 %)Adobe
8192 (1.220 %)Business Objects
9182 (1.156 %)VMware
10165 (1.048 %)HP
11153 (0.972 %)IBM
11153 (0.972 %)Citrix
12140 (0.890 %)Cognos
13127 (0.807 %)Red Hat
1492 (0.585 %)Sun
1585 (0.540 %)EMC
1684 (0.534 %)Bloomberg
1781 (0.515 %)Symbian
1874 (0.470 %)Reuters
1874 (0.470 %)Zend