The first table below looks at the demand for FRx skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited FRx 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 of the Business Applications category.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft FRx
Rank 857 907 862
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -45
Permanent jobs citing FRx 2 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.004% 0.002%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.024% 0.052% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 2
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
UK excluding London average salary - £32,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- -13.33%
All Business Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
8266 9541 9951
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 7.699% 7.879% 8.175%
Number of salaries quoted 6455 7911 8146
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -

FRx
Jobs Demand Trend

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

FRx Jobs Demand Trend

FRx
Salary Trend

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

FRx Salary Trend

FRx
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FRx 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 +23 2 £37,500 +15.38%
London +44 1 £37,500 -16.66%
South West - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 - -
Swindon - 1 - -

FRx
Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) PeopleSoft
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Northgate
3 1 (33.33%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Epicor
3 1 (33.33%) Pegasus
3 1 (33.33%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (33.33%) Sage
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) VBA
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server

FRx
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (33.33%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 1 (33.33%) Pegasus Opera
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) DBA
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SQL DBA
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Teradata DBA
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Epicor
2 1 (33.33%) Pegasus
2 1 (33.33%) Sage
2 1 (33.33%) Northgate