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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Education in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Education over the 3 months to 19 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 terms in our General category.

LinkEducation
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank767694
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+18
Matching permanent IT job ads220722804277
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.569 %2.688 %2.096 %
As % of the General category4.977 %5.496 %4.129 %
Salaries quoted186119793545
Average salary£40,000£35,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-12.50 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£22,251£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,609£33,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+16.99 %-5.710 %
IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
4434241481103576
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK51.61 %48.91 %50.75 %
Salaries quoted360643365383727
Average salary£49,725£44,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.01 %-2.220 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£73,000£70,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %

Education
Demand Trend

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

Education Demand Trend

Education
Salary Trend

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

Education Salary Trend

Education
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Education over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Education Salary Histogram

Education
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Education within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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
EnglandDown-32116£40,000+14.28 %
LondonDown-16921£45,000+12.50 %
South EastUp+5421£40,000+23.07 %
East of EnglandUp+22280£37,500-
City of LondonDown-3256£47,500-5.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+26185£35,000-6.66 %
CambridgeUp+22168£35,000-4.76 %
North WestDown-8155£38,250+21.42 %
OxfordshireUp+17137£40,750+22.09 %
YorkshireUp+33118£33,000-15.38 %
West MidlandsUp+18109£37,500+26.05 %
ManchesterUp+1104£39,000+11.42 %
AbingdonNo change085£40,000-11.11 %
West YorkshireUp+3480£31,750-25.29 %
BerkshireUp+776£40,000+11.88 %
SurreyDown-1665£42,500+11.84 %
South WestDown-5257£32,500-7.14 %
HampshireUp+1655£37,000+17.46 %
LeedsUp+3754£33,000-34.00 %
CoventryUp+2347£37,530-2.83 %
East MidlandsDown-2446£27,500-
HertfordshireDown-2741£40,000+4.57 %
ScotlandUp+1836£42,500+27.81 %
OxfordUp+1935£40,000+33.33 %
North EastUp+2628£48,500-7.61 %
BedfordshireUp+2225£43,500+74.00 %
MidlandsUp+1623£60,000+26.31 %
WalesNo change023£30,000+20.00 %
CroydonUp+1321£30,000-13.04 %
BirminghamDown-1321£34,250+14.16 %

Education
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Education 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 Education.

11436 (33.13 %)Degree
2907 (20.93 %)Finance
3708 (16.34 %)SQL
4651 (15.02 %)Windows
5626 (14.44 %)Java
6595 (13.73 %)C#
7574 (13.24 %).NET
8571 (13.17 %)Microsoft
9543 (12.53 %)C++
10522 (12.04 %)SQL Server
11484 (11.17 %)Computer Science
12426 (9.829 %)UNIX
13392 (9.045 %)Government
14388 (8.952 %)Linux
15369 (8.514 %)C
16344 (7.937 %)XML
17333 (7.683 %)Project Management
18330 (7.614 %)Oracle
19307 (7.084 %)ASP.NET
20294 (6.784 %)Mathematics
21287 (6.622 %)OO
22277 (6.391 %)JavaScript
23270 (6.230 %)Health
24262 (6.045 %)CSS
25247 (5.699 %)Windows Server 2003
26242 (5.584 %)Banking
27237 (5.468 %)HTML
28235 (5.422 %)MS Excel
29218 (5.030 %)PHP
30216 (4.984 %)Service Delivery

Education
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Education 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 Education. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1574 (13.24 %).NET
2344 (7.937 %)XML
3307 (7.084 %)ASP.NET
4262 (6.045 %)CSS
5237 (5.468 %)HTML
6158 (3.646 %)Web Services
7131 (3.023 %)AJAX
8119 (2.746 %)J2EE
9100 (2.307 %)XHTML
1095 (2.192 %)Flash
1185 (1.961 %)XSLT
1271 (1.638 %)Silverlight
1368 (1.569 %)ASP
1368 (1.569 %)Spring
1463 (1.454 %)WPF
1560 (1.384 %)Hibernate
1658 (1.338 %)FIX Protocol
1752 (1.200 %)WinForms
1848 (1.108 %)jQuery
1945 (1.038 %)Adobe Flex
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1142 (3.276 %)IIS
2124 (2.861 %)SharePoint
372 (1.661 %)MS Exchange
471 (1.638 %)Apache
546 (1.061 %)Exchange Server 2003
645 (1.038 %)CMS
743 (0.992 %)Tomcat
838 (0.877 %)SharePoint Server 2007
936 (0.831 %)Exchange Server 2007
1027 (0.623 %)SAS
1120 (0.461 %)Drupal
1219 (0.438 %)LiveLink
1314 (0.323 %)ColdFusion
1314 (0.323 %)WebLogic
1411 (0.254 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1510 (0.231 %)MQSeries
169 (0.208 %)Lotus Notes
178 (0.185 %)BizTalk Server
187 (0.162 %)TIBCO EMS
196 (0.138 %)lighttpd
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1235 (5.422 %)MS Excel
2118 (2.723 %)MS Office
396 (2.215 %)MS Visio
445 (1.038 %)Photoshop
530 (0.692 %)MS Project
623 (0.531 %)MS PowerPoint
717 (0.392 %)MATLAB
89 (0.208 %)SPSS
98 (0.185 %)Pro/ENGINEER
107 (0.162 %)Adobe Illustrator
116 (0.138 %)Spreadsheet
124 (0.092 %)Fireworks
132 (0.046 %)AutoCAD
132 (0.046 %)S-PLUS
132 (0.046 %)FastStats
141 (0.023 %)InDesign
141 (0.023 %)Maya
141 (0.023 %)Stata
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
114 (0.323 %)SAP SD
211 (0.254 %)SAP FI
211 (0.254 %)Navision
39 (0.208 %)SAP FI/CO
39 (0.208 %)SAP CO
48 (0.185 %)Dynamics AX
57 (0.162 %)Google Analytics
66 (0.138 %)Movex
66 (0.138 %)Oracle 11i
66 (0.138 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
66 (0.138 %)WebTrends
75 (0.115 %)SAP R/3
75 (0.115 %)SAP PS
75 (0.115 %)Reech
75 (0.115 %)Microsoft CRM
75 (0.115 %)Oracle Financials
75 (0.115 %)Oracle BPM
84 (0.092 %)Dynamics CRM
84 (0.092 %)SAP ERP
84 (0.092 %)Oracle Applications
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1188 (4.338 %)WAN
2159 (3.669 %)LAN
3143 (3.299 %)TCP/IP
4139 (3.207 %)Internet
5119 (2.746 %)SAN
697 (2.238 %)Firewall
785 (1.961 %)VPN
876 (1.754 %)Network Security
963 (1.454 %)DNS
1053 (1.223 %)Wireless
1151 (1.177 %)DHCP
1249 (1.131 %)Intranet
1340 (0.923 %)HTTP
1426 (0.600 %)SMTP
1525 (0.577 %)MPLS
1623 (0.531 %)VoIP
1722 (0.508 %)OSPF
1722 (0.508 %)BGP
1817 (0.392 %)DSL
1915 (0.346 %)LDAP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1522 (12.04 %)SQL Server
2157 (3.623 %)MySQL
3118 (2.723 %)SQL Server 2005
465 (1.500 %)SQL Server 2008
548 (1.108 %)Datawarehouse
647 (1.084 %)MS Access
746 (1.061 %)SQL Server Integration Services
843 (0.992 %)BusinessObjects
942 (0.969 %)RDBMS
1040 (0.923 %)Crystal Reports
1138 (0.877 %)Oracle 10g
1236 (0.831 %)Oracle 8/8i
1330 (0.692 %)Oracle 9i
1429 (0.669 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1528 (0.646 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1625 (0.577 %)SAP BW
1723 (0.531 %)SQL Server 2000
1818 (0.415 %)TOAD
1915 (0.346 %)Oracle Reports
2013 (0.300 %)BusinessObjects XI
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
195 (2.192 %)Visual Studio
252 (1.200 %)JUnit
347 (1.084 %)Subversion
434 (0.784 %)Ant
525 (0.577 %)Eclipse
621 (0.485 %)QuickTest Pro
621 (0.485 %)Selenium
720 (0.461 %)Log4j
818 (0.415 %)FlexUnit
916 (0.369 %)NUnit
1013 (0.300 %)Dreamweaver
1111 (0.254 %)Maven
1210 (0.231 %)ERwin
1210 (0.231 %)JSUnit
139 (0.208 %)Oracle Forms
148 (0.185 %)WinRunner
157 (0.162 %)VSS/SourceSafe
157 (0.162 %)TeamCity
166 (0.138 %)Bugzilla
166 (0.138 %)FitNesse
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1907 (20.93 %)Finance
2392 (9.045 %)Government
3270 (6.230 %)Health
4242 (5.584 %)Banking
5216 (4.984 %)Pensions
6202 (4.661 %)Marketing
7124 (2.861 %)Investment Banking
8117 (2.700 %)Construction
997 (2.238 %)Electric
997 (2.238 %)Telecoms
1096 (2.215 %)Retail
1192 (2.123 %)Games
1291 (2.100 %)Front Office
1379 (1.823 %)Insurance
1463 (1.454 %)Electronics
1556 (1.292 %)Advertising
1651 (1.177 %)Back Office
1651 (1.177 %)Multimedia
1748 (1.108 %)Legal
1846 (1.061 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11171 (27.02 %)Developer
2517 (11.93 %)Analyst
3361 (8.329 %)Consultant
4243 (5.607 %)Java Developer
5237 (5.468 %)Software Engineer
6210 (4.845 %)Graduate
7180 (4.153 %)Senior Developer
8178 (4.107 %)C# Developer
9176 (4.061 %)Project Manager
10168 (3.876 %)Architect
10168 (3.876 %)C++ Developer
11165 (3.807 %).NET Developer
12148 (3.415 %)Support Analyst
13128 (2.953 %)Team Leader
14122 (2.815 %)Business Analyst
15120 (2.769 %)Service Manager
16117 (2.700 %)Software Developer
17110 (2.538 %)Web Developer
18106 (2.446 %)Junior
19105 (2.423 %)Programmer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1484 (11.17 %)Computer Science
2294 (6.784 %)Mathematics
3162 (3.738 %)Derivative
4141 (3.253 %)Physics
5114 (2.630 %)Client/Server
6102 (2.353 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
787 (2.007 %)Multithreading
880 (1.846 %)Management Information System
973 (1.684 %)Equities
1053 (1.223 %)Open Source
1151 (1.177 %)E-Learning
1245 (1.038 %)Fixed Income
1342 (0.969 %)French Language
1440 (0.923 %)Statistics
1537 (0.854 %)Credit Derivative
1636 (0.831 %)German Language
1735 (0.808 %)Device Driver
1833 (0.761 %)VLE
1932 (0.738 %)Social Network
2029 (0.669 %)Smart Meter
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1651 (15.02 %)Windows
2426 (9.829 %)UNIX
3388 (8.952 %)Linux
4247 (5.699 %)Windows Server 2003
5138 (3.184 %)Windows Server 2008
6124 (2.861 %)Solaris
771 (1.638 %)Windows XP
870 (1.615 %)AIX
954 (1.246 %)Windows CE
1053 (1.223 %)Windows 2000
1148 (1.108 %)HPUX
1247 (1.084 %)Windows Vista
1337 (0.854 %)Red Hat Linux
1422 (0.508 %)Windows 2000 Server
1520 (0.461 %)Embedded Linux
1618 (0.415 %)Mac OS X
1716 (0.369 %)Android
1811 (0.254 %)Windows 7
199 (0.208 %)Windows NT
208 (0.185 %)NetWare
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1333 (7.683 %)Project Management
2287 (6.622 %)OO
3216 (4.984 %)Service Delivery
4191 (4.407 %)PRINCE2
5148 (3.415 %)ITIL
6125 (2.884 %)E-Commerce
7123 (2.838 %)Scrum
899 (2.284 %)Agile Software Development
992 (2.123 %)Software Testing
1091 (2.100 %)CRM
1190 (2.077 %)Business Analysis
1284 (1.938 %)UML
1381 (1.869 %)Business Intelligence
1479 (1.823 %)Software Engineering
1577 (1.777 %)Change Management
1672 (1.661 %)TDD
1771 (1.638 %)Algorithmic Trading
1869 (1.592 %)Business Development
1968 (1.569 %)Migration
1968 (1.569 %)Service Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1708 (16.34 %)SQL
2626 (14.44 %)Java
3595 (13.73 %)C#
4543 (12.53 %)C++
5369 (8.514 %)C
6277 (6.391 %)JavaScript
7218 (5.030 %)PHP
8154 (3.553 %)Perl
9109 (2.515 %)VB.NET
9109 (2.515 %)Python
1099 (2.284 %)VB
1196 (2.215 %)ActionScript
1270 (1.615 %)PL/SQL
1369 (1.592 %)VBA
1447 (1.084 %)T-SQL
1544 (1.015 %)Ruby
1641 (0.946 %)Shell Script
1733 (0.761 %)ActionScript 3.0
1832 (0.738 %)ActionScript 2.0
1923 (0.531 %)VB6
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11436 (33.13 %)Degree
2152 (3.507 %)Microsoft Certification
3142 (3.276 %)PhD
4107 (2.469 %)ISEB
587 (2.007 %)MCSE
680 (1.846 %)Cisco Certification
772 (1.661 %)CCNA
852 (1.200 %)Security Cleared
946 (1.061 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1044 (1.015 %)MCP
1141 (0.946 %)CCNP
1235 (0.808 %)MBA
1327 (0.623 %)Sun Certification
1425 (0.577 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1523 (0.531 %)MCPD
1622 (0.508 %)MCTS
1721 (0.485 %)MCITP
1818 (0.415 %)PMI Certification
1917 (0.392 %)HNC
1917 (0.392 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1125 (2.884 %)QA
2102 (2.353 %)SLA
312 (0.277 %)ISO27001
46 (0.138 %)ISO9001
54 (0.092 %)PCI DSS
63 (0.069 %)WCAG
72 (0.046 %)ISO9002
72 (0.046 %)GCP
81 (0.023 %)ISO9000
81 (0.023 %)WAI
81 (0.023 %)COBIT
81 (0.023 %)ISO17799
81 (0.023 %)TickIT
81 (0.023 %)DICOM
81 (0.023 %)BS25999
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1156 (3.599 %)Active Directory
238 (0.877 %)VMware Infrastructure
318 (0.415 %)Oracle RMAN
417 (0.392 %)Oracle RAC
513 (0.300 %)Terminal Services
611 (0.254 %)VMware ESX
78 (0.185 %)Xen
86 (0.138 %)NFS
86 (0.138 %)Samba
95 (0.115 %)Hyper-V
103 (0.069 %)Citrix Presentation Server
112 (0.046 %)VMware Server
112 (0.046 %)XenApp
112 (0.046 %)XenServer
112 (0.046 %)MetaFrame
121 (0.023 %)ISA Server
121 (0.023 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
118 (0.415 %)Data Guard
217 (0.392 %)ZENworks
310 (0.231 %)Tivoli
49 (0.208 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
58 (0.185 %)Novell Identity Manager
58 (0.185 %)Backup Exec
67 (0.162 %)OpenView
76 (0.138 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
76 (0.138 %)Nagios
76 (0.138 %)SCCM
85 (0.115 %)Tivoli Monitoring
94 (0.092 %)MSI
94 (0.092 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
94 (0.092 %)HP Quality Center
102 (0.046 %)Sun Identity Manager
102 (0.046 %)CiscoWorks
111 (0.023 %)Legato
111 (0.023 %)Tivoli NetView
111 (0.023 %)Norton AntiVirus
111 (0.023 %)SCOM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1571 (13.17 %)Microsoft
2330 (7.614 %)Oracle
3183 (4.222 %)Cisco
4107 (2.469 %)SAP
577 (1.777 %)VMware
666 (1.523 %)Citrix
762 (1.431 %)Sybase
857 (1.315 %)Symbian
944 (1.015 %)JBoss
1043 (0.992 %)Business Objects
1043 (0.992 %)Adobe
1141 (0.946 %)HP
1240 (0.923 %)Sun
1339 (0.900 %)Red Hat
1435 (0.808 %)IBM
1529 (0.669 %)Reuters
1627 (0.623 %)Google
1723 (0.531 %)Bloomberg
1723 (0.531 %)Juniper
1822 (0.508 %)NetApp