Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

LinkGeographic Information System (GIS)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank432339403
Rank change year-on-year
Down-93Up+64
Matching permanent IT job ads241507764
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.306 %0.502 %0.378 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category1.140 %1.887 %1.521 %
Salaries quoted197477626
Average salary£35,000£37,500£34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+8.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,250
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£58,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£37,500£34,000
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+10.29 %
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
211472687550243
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.86 %26.59 %24.86 %
Salaries quoted184312340342050
Average salary£40,000£37,500£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-3.840 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

GIS
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing GIS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

GIS Demand Trend

GIS
Salary Trend

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

GIS Salary Trend

GIS
Salary Histogram

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

GIS Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS 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
EnglandDown-100219£35,000-7.89 %
South WestUp+2546£32,500-4.41 %
LondonDown-5343£38,500-3.75 %
South EastDown-3039£37,500-6.25 %
East of EnglandUp+3028£40,000+60.00 %
WiltshireUp+2527£32,500-18.75 %
North WestDown-1126£32,500-17.72 %
BerkshireUp+2619£57,500+109.09 %
YorkshireUp+2416£32,500-7.14 %
CambridgeUp+516£35,000+40.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+316£35,000+40.00 %
East MidlandsUp+715£35,000-11.39 %
ManchesterUp+1413£27,500+10.00 %
DevonUp+3012£37,500-21.05 %
ExeterUp+2712£37,500-21.05 %
LancashireUp+2911£30,000-14.28 %
LeicestershireNew entry-11£35,000-
SurreyUp+2010£27,500-31.25 %
NewburyUp+109£65,000+136.36 %
BedfordshireUp+39£42,500+6.25 %
West YorkshireUp+368£30,000-
LeedsUp+258£30,000-
City of LondonDown-68£32,500-56.66 %
LeicesterNew entry-8£35,000-
SwindonUp+117£32,500-18.75 %
West MidlandsDown-57£58,000+85.60 %
ReadingUp+286£41,250+3.12 %
PrestonNew entry-6£30,000-
SalisburyUp+95£32,500-31.57 %
South YorkshireUp+95£32,500-7.14 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1191 (34.48 %)Java
2168 (30.32 %)C#
3132 (23.83 %)C++
4118 (21.30 %)UML
5115 (20.76 %)XML
6112 (20.22 %).NET
7111 (20.04 %)ArcGIS
8109 (19.68 %)Degree
9100 (18.05 %)ESRI
1099 (17.87 %)SQL Server
1192 (16.61 %)HTML
1287 (15.70 %)Oracle
1382 (14.80 %)JavaScript
1480 (14.44 %)Project Management
1579 (14.26 %)C
1675 (13.54 %)JSP
1772 (13.00 %)JSF
1871 (12.82 %)ArcObjects
1871 (12.82 %)AJAX
1970 (12.64 %)Asset Management
1970 (12.64 %)Government
2067 (12.09 %)OO
2067 (12.09 %)Security Cleared
2163 (11.37 %)Windows
2258 (10.47 %)SQL
2354 (9.747 %)Agile Software Development
2447 (8.484 %)Software Engineering
2546 (8.303 %)Local Government
2645 (8.123 %)Health
2744 (7.942 %)Pensions

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1115 (20.76 %)XML
2112 (20.22 %).NET
392 (16.61 %)HTML
475 (13.54 %)JSP
572 (13.00 %)JSF
671 (12.82 %)ArcObjects
671 (12.82 %)AJAX
728 (5.054 %)CSS
728 (5.054 %)Web Services
823 (4.152 %)MFC
920 (3.610 %)ASP.NET
1016 (2.888 %)J2ME
1113 (2.347 %)Adobe Flex
1212 (2.166 %)ATL
1311 (1.986 %)WebSphere
1311 (1.986 %)XHTML
1410 (1.805 %)WinForms
1410 (1.805 %)Hibernate
1410 (1.805 %)Silverlight
159 (1.625 %)J2EE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1111 (20.04 %)ArcGIS
223 (4.152 %)SAS
320 (3.610 %)ArcSDE
416 (2.888 %)Smallworld
510 (1.805 %)ArcIMS
66 (1.083 %)MS Exchange
66 (1.083 %)Oracle Spatial
74 (0.722 %)IIS
74 (0.722 %)EPiServer
74 (0.722 %)Exchange Server 2003
83 (0.542 %)DotNetNuke
83 (0.542 %)Exchange Server 2007
83 (0.542 %)ColdFusion
83 (0.542 %)Tomcat
92 (0.361 %)Lotus Notes
92 (0.361 %)Apache
92 (0.361 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
92 (0.361 %)Gentran
101 (0.181 %)MapXtreme
101 (0.181 %)GlassFish
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
114 (2.527 %)MS Office
212 (2.166 %)MS Excel
310 (1.805 %)SPSS
47 (1.264 %)MS Visio
52 (0.361 %)Adobe Illustrator
61 (0.181 %)ArcView
61 (0.181 %)AutoCAD
61 (0.181 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
116 (2.888 %)SAP IS-U
211 (1.986 %)SAP CS
211 (1.986 %)SAP PM
35 (0.903 %)SAP Oil and Gas
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
132 (5.776 %)TCP/IP
221 (3.791 %)Network Security
317 (3.069 %)SMTP
413 (2.347 %)WAN
512 (2.166 %)Wireless
69 (1.625 %)Internet
78 (1.444 %)Intranet
78 (1.444 %)BSS
86 (1.083 %)DNS
94 (0.722 %)VPN
103 (0.542 %)HTTP
103 (0.542 %)ISDN
112 (0.361 %)SSL
112 (0.361 %)GPRS
121 (0.181 %)Firewall
121 (0.181 %)Wi-Fi
121 (0.181 %)LAN
121 (0.181 %)DHCP
121 (0.181 %)FTP
121 (0.181 %)HTTPS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
199 (17.87 %)SQL Server
234 (6.137 %)RDBMS
319 (3.430 %)MySQL
415 (2.708 %)Datawarehouse
512 (2.166 %)Data Mining
610 (1.805 %)SQL Server 2005
79 (1.625 %)PostgreSQL
87 (1.264 %)Database Marketing
96 (1.083 %)SQL Server 2008
105 (0.903 %)Oracle 11g
105 (0.903 %)ETL
105 (0.903 %)Crystal Reports
114 (0.722 %)MS Access
114 (0.722 %)SQL Server 2000
122 (0.361 %)Oracle 8/8i
122 (0.361 %)Informix
122 (0.361 %)Oracle Reports
122 (0.361 %)Base SAS
131 (0.181 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
131 (0.181 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
136 (6.498 %)Subversion
233 (5.957 %)JUnit
328 (5.054 %)Maven
328 (5.054 %)TeamCity
49 (1.625 %)Visual Studio
58 (1.444 %)Xcode
65 (0.903 %)NUnit
74 (0.722 %)Dreamweaver
74 (0.722 %)Eclipse
74 (0.722 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
82 (0.361 %)Rational Rose
82 (0.361 %)Telelogic DOORS
91 (0.181 %)FitNesse
91 (0.181 %)Git (software)
91 (0.181 %)MyEclipse
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
170 (12.64 %)Government
246 (8.303 %)Local Government
345 (8.123 %)Health
444 (7.942 %)Pensions
537 (6.679 %)Telecoms
636 (6.498 %)Insurance
727 (4.874 %)Finance
824 (4.332 %)Marketing
914 (2.527 %)Police
1012 (2.166 %)Electric
1110 (1.805 %)Construction
129 (1.625 %)Retail
135 (0.903 %)Chemicals
144 (0.722 %)Education
144 (0.722 %)Banking
153 (0.542 %)Aerospace
153 (0.542 %)Advertising
153 (0.542 %)Publishing
162 (0.361 %)Military
162 (0.361 %)Automotive
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1233 (42.06 %)Developer
275 (13.54 %)Analyst
370 (12.64 %)Consultant
464 (11.55 %)GIS Developer
563 (11.37 %)Applications Developer
647 (8.484 %)C# Developer
746 (8.303 %)Software Developer
845 (8.123 %)Software Engineer
940 (7.220 %)Web Developer
1038 (6.859 %)Java Developer
1129 (5.235 %)Implementation Consultant
1129 (5.235 %)Software Consultant
1226 (4.693 %)C# Web Developer
1323 (4.152 %)Java Web Developer
1421 (3.791 %)Security Manager
1517 (3.069 %)Software Manager
1517 (3.069 %).NET Developer
1616 (2.888 %)C++ Developer
1715 (2.708 %)Data Analyst
1814 (2.527 %)Support Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
122 (3.971 %)Management Information System
218 (3.249 %)Blackberry
310 (1.805 %)Mathematics
310 (1.805 %)Computer Science
49 (1.625 %)iPhone
58 (1.444 %)Open Source
65 (0.903 %)N-Tier
65 (0.903 %)Client/Server
74 (0.722 %)Social Network
74 (0.722 %)CCTV
83 (0.542 %)SaaS
83 (0.542 %)NHS
92 (0.361 %)Replication
92 (0.361 %)Data Integration
101 (0.181 %)Tandem
101 (0.181 %)Web 2.0
101 (0.181 %)Pocket PC
101 (0.181 %)Derivative
101 (0.181 %)Informatics
101 (0.181 %)Visualisation
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
163 (11.37 %)Windows
221 (3.791 %)UNIX
319 (3.430 %)Linux
416 (2.888 %)Android
514 (2.527 %)Windows Mobile
64 (0.722 %)AIX
73 (0.542 %)Mac OS
73 (0.542 %)CentOS
73 (0.542 %)Fedora
82 (0.361 %)Windows Vista
91 (0.181 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1118 (21.30 %)UML
280 (14.44 %)Project Management
370 (12.64 %)Asset Management
467 (12.09 %)OO
554 (9.747 %)Agile Software Development
647 (8.484 %)Software Engineering
742 (7.581 %)RUP
841 (7.401 %)RAD
938 (6.859 %)Use Case
1033 (5.957 %)TDD
1122 (3.971 %)Business Continuity
1221 (3.791 %)BCP
1221 (3.791 %)Penetration Testing
1221 (3.791 %)Security Architecture
1318 (3.249 %)OOD
1318 (3.249 %)Systems Analysis
1417 (3.069 %)OOP
1515 (2.708 %)Unit Testing
1515 (2.708 %)Web Development
1614 (2.527 %)Business Development
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1191 (34.48 %)Java
2168 (30.32 %)C#
3132 (23.83 %)C++
482 (14.80 %)JavaScript
579 (14.26 %)C
658 (10.47 %)SQL
741 (7.401 %)VB
818 (3.249 %)PHP
818 (3.249 %)VB6
915 (2.708 %)VB.NET
1011 (1.986 %)Objective-C
1011 (1.986 %)VC++
1110 (1.805 %)Perl
126 (1.083 %)Python
135 (0.903 %)VBA
144 (0.722 %)VBScript
144 (0.722 %)ActionScript
153 (0.542 %)PHP5
153 (0.542 %)Bash shell
153 (0.542 %)Magik
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1109 (19.68 %)Degree
267 (12.09 %)Security Cleared
321 (3.791 %)SC Cleared
48 (1.444 %)ISEB
48 (1.444 %)CISSP
57 (1.264 %)DV Cleared
61 (0.181 %)CCNP
61 (0.181 %)Cisco Certification
61 (0.181 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (0.181 %)OCP
61 (0.181 %)Oracle Certification
61 (0.181 %)SAP Certification
61 (0.181 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.181 %)ITIL Certification
61 (0.181 %)MCSE
61 (0.181 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.264 %)SLA
23 (0.542 %)QA
31 (0.181 %)ISO27001
31 (0.181 %)BS25999
31 (0.181 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (1.083 %)Active Directory
21 (0.181 %)DFS Replication
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (0.903 %)Data Guard
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1100 (18.05 %)ESRI
287 (15.70 %)Oracle
327 (4.874 %)Microsoft
423 (4.152 %)SAP
516 (2.888 %)Symbian
613 (2.347 %)Mapinfo
711 (1.986 %)Google
86 (1.083 %)JBoss
95 (0.903 %)Intergraph
95 (0.903 %)Citrix
104 (0.722 %)Teradata
113 (0.542 %)IBM
122 (0.361 %)Agresso
122 (0.361 %)CommVault
122 (0.361 %)Lotus
122 (0.361 %)Adobe
122 (0.361 %)Cisco
122 (0.361 %)Cognos
122 (0.361 %)Telelogic
122 (0.361 %)Hummingbird