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This section looks at the demand for Geographic Information System (GIS) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeographic Information System (GIS)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank386482
Rank change on same period last yearUp+96
Matching permanent IT job ads875619
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.427 %0.277 %
As % of the category below1.645 %1.174 %
Salaries quoted650493
Average minimum salary£32,736£33,659
Average salary£35,869£36,422
% change on same period last year-1.51 %
Average maximum salary£39,002£39,184
UK excluding London average salary£34,762£34,619
% change on same period last year+0.41 %
Database & Business Intelligence UKDatabase & Business Intelligence
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5317952734
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled25.92 %23.57 %
Salaries quoted4456742819
Average minimum salary£37,965£39,016
Average salary£41,405£42,438
% change on same period last year-2.43 %
Average maximum salary£44,845£45,860
UK excluding London average salary£37,328£38,069
% change on same period last year-1.94 %

GIS
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing GIS across 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 ads citing GIS across the UK.

GIS Salary Trend

GIS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GIS across the UK over the past 3 months.

GIS Salary Histogram

GIS
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+93775£36,126-0.05 %
2South EastUp+118257£36,011+8.25 %
3LondonUp+102220£39,695-7.54 %
4HampshireUp+56122£34,615+4.01 %
5South WestDown-4288£33,170-9.38 %
6East of EnglandUp+674£35,052+7.86 %
7West MidlandsUp+460£32,799+9.32 %
7BasingstokeUp+2160£35,619-
8CambridgeshireUp+1851£38,137+19.84 %
9CambridgeUp+2743£38,436+21.21 %
10SouthamptonUp+1639£32,845-13.56 %
11West SussexUp+3833£36,536-3.42 %
11ScotlandUp+4533£29,407-1.84 %
12OxfordshireUp+632£36,792+29.02 %
13SurreyUp+1628£42,294+13.74 %
13EdinburghUp+3828£29,361-0.47 %
13BerkshireUp+2928£42,188+30.15 %
14DevonDown-1126£31,902-8.55 %
15BirminghamDown-1222£34,159+13.08 %
15YorkshireDown-3922£29,917+8.68 %
15East MidlandsDown-2722£33,024-3.85 %
16BristolDown-4519£33,195-14.39 %
17CroydonUp+318£31,694+17.93 %
18City of LondonDown-2617£43,094-39.46 %
18HerefordshireDown-1117£34,794+8.30 %
19HorshamNew entry-16£31,750-
20CrawleyUp+1413£29,769+19.07 %
20BathDown-513£28,423+5.27 %
20SomersetDown-513£28,423+5.27 %
21North WestDown-212£35,255+25.51 %

GIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing GIS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing GIS.

1577 (35.31 %)Oracle
2536 (32.80 %).NET
3443 (27.11 %)SQL
4370 (22.64 %)ESRI
5341 (20.87 %)SQL Server
6323 (19.77 %)C#
7322 (19.71 %)Degree
8308 (18.85 %)Java
9303 (18.54 %)C++
10258 (15.79 %)Windows
11222 (13.59 %)ArcGIS
12194 (11.87 %)VB
13188 (11.51 %)XML
14181 (11.08 %)Mapinfo
15154 (9.425 %)C
16137 (8.384 %)HTML
17136 (8.323 %)Microsoft
18123 (7.528 %)VB.NET
18123 (7.528 %)ArcSDE
19122 (7.466 %)Unix
20121 (7.405 %)ASP.NET
21114 (6.977 %)ArcObjects
22107 (6.548 %)Finance
23104 (6.365 %)Government
24103 (6.304 %)Project Management
24103 (6.304 %)Pensions
2598 (5.998 %)MS Excel
2697 (5.936 %)J2EE
2792 (5.630 %)Visual Studio
2890 (5.508 %)SAP

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing GIS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing GIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1536 (32.80 %).NET
2188 (11.51 %)XML
3137 (8.384 %)HTML
4121 (7.405 %)ASP.NET
5114 (6.977 %)ArcObjects
697 (5.936 %)J2EE
785 (5.202 %)WebServices
877 (4.712 %)AJAX
952 (3.182 %)ASP
1051 (3.121 %).NET Framework
1144 (2.693 %)MFC
1242 (2.570 %)CSS
1242 (2.570 %)XSLT
1336 (2.203 %)Servlets
1434 (2.081 %)Java EE
1532 (1.958 %)SOAP
1626 (1.591 %)WinForms
1725 (1.530 %)JSP
1823 (1.408 %)XHTML
1914 (0.857 %)COM
Application Platforms
1222 (13.59 %)ArcGIS
2123 (7.528 %)ArcSDE
376 (4.651 %)ArcIMS
468 (4.162 %)Oracle Spatial
554 (3.305 %)SAS
650 (3.060 %)IIS
743 (2.632 %)Smallworld
831 (1.897 %)SharePoint
918 (1.102 %)MapXtreme
1017 (1.040 %)MS Exchange
1116 (0.979 %)JBoss
127 (0.428 %)SharePoint Server 2007
136 (0.367 %)Apache
136 (0.367 %)Oracle Application Server
144 (0.245 %)WebLogic
144 (0.245 %)Exchange Server 2007
153 (0.184 %)BizTalk Server
153 (0.184 %)Exchange Server 2000
153 (0.184 %)Exchange Server 2003
162 (0.122 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
198 (5.998 %)MS Excel
240 (2.448 %)MS Visio
336 (2.203 %)AutoCAD
427 (1.652 %)ArcView
523 (1.408 %)MS PowerPoint
523 (1.408 %)MS Office
523 (1.408 %)SPSS
610 (0.612 %)ArcInfo
79 (0.551 %)MS Project
82 (0.122 %)Photoshop
82 (0.122 %)CorelDRAW
82 (0.122 %)FrameMaker
82 (0.122 %)Fireworks
91 (0.061 %)3ds Max
Business Applications
136 (2.203 %)SAP Oil and Gas
234 (2.081 %)Oracle EBS
329 (1.775 %)SAP CS
329 (1.775 %)SAP IS-U
419 (1.163 %)SAP PM
510 (0.612 %)SAP MM
65 (0.306 %)Metrica
74 (0.245 %)Oracle Applications
82 (0.122 %)SAP HR
82 (0.122 %)SAP ERP
91 (0.061 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
91 (0.061 %)Fidessa
91 (0.061 %)Oracle CRM
91 (0.061 %)Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
151 (3.121 %)Internet
236 (2.203 %)SNMP
325 (1.530 %)Intranet
422 (1.346 %)TCP/IP
518 (1.102 %)IP Telephony
616 (0.979 %)Network Security
714 (0.857 %)Firewall
812 (0.734 %)BSS
812 (0.734 %)HTTPS
911 (0.673 %)WINS
911 (0.673 %)DHCP
109 (0.551 %)Reverse Proxy
118 (0.490 %)VoIP
125 (0.306 %)FTP
125 (0.306 %)GSM
134 (0.245 %)SAN
134 (0.245 %)iSCSI
134 (0.245 %)VLAN
134 (0.245 %)LLU
143 (0.184 %)2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1341 (20.87 %)SQL Server
288 (5.386 %)RDBMS
346 (2.815 %)MS Access
443 (2.632 %)SQL Server 2005
443 (2.632 %)SQL Server Integration Services
542 (2.570 %)SQL Server 2000
636 (2.203 %)MySQL
733 (2.020 %)Oracle 8/8i
830 (1.836 %)Oracle 10g
929 (1.775 %)DTS
1028 (1.714 %)Oracle 9i
1028 (1.714 %)SQL Server 7
1126 (1.591 %)Oracle Reports
1223 (1.408 %)SQLPlus
1315 (0.918 %)PostgreSQL
1414 (0.857 %)Crystal Reports
1513 (0.796 %)Datawarehouse
1610 (0.612 %)BusinessObjects
179 (0.551 %)Data Mining
188 (0.490 %)Data Cleansing
Development Applications
192 (5.630 %)Visual Studio
224 (1.469 %)Flash
321 (1.285 %)Subversion
418 (1.102 %)VSS/SourceSafe
517 (1.040 %)Rational Rose
517 (1.040 %)InstallShield
614 (0.857 %)Oracle Forms
76 (0.367 %)Dreamweaver
85 (0.306 %)JUnit
94 (0.245 %)Ant
94 (0.245 %)Telelogic DOORS
94 (0.245 %)Oracle APEX
102 (0.122 %)Eclipse
111 (0.061 %)PVCS
111 (0.061 %)Log4j
111 (0.061 %)PowerBuilder
General
1107 (6.548 %)Finance
2104 (6.365 %)Government
3103 (6.304 %)Pensions
485 (5.202 %)Telecoms
562 (3.794 %)Construction
562 (3.794 %)Local Government
660 (3.672 %)Billing
758 (3.550 %)Marketing
852 (3.182 %)Retail
940 (2.448 %)Health
1037 (2.264 %)Education
1128 (1.714 %)Electric
1216 (0.979 %)Insurance
139 (0.551 %)Military
139 (0.551 %)Advertising
147 (0.428 %)Publishing
156 (0.367 %)Police
156 (0.367 %)3D Graphics
165 (0.306 %)Back Office
174 (0.245 %)Electronics
Job Titles
1465 (28.46 %)Developer
2342 (20.93 %)Analyst
3191 (11.69 %)Consultant
4179 (10.95 %)GIS Developer
5136 (8.323 %)GIS Analyst
6132 (8.078 %)Software Engineer
786 (5.263 %)GIS Consultant
876 (4.651 %).NET Developer
968 (4.162 %)C++ Developer
1064 (3.917 %)Software Developer
1162 (3.794 %)Architect
1162 (3.794 %)C# Developer
1259 (3.611 %)Business Analyst
1352 (3.182 %)Web Developer
1352 (3.182 %)C++ Software Engineer
1448 (2.938 %)Support Analyst
1542 (2.570 %)Programmer
1542 (2.570 %)Java Developer
1640 (2.448 %)GIS Manager
1738 (2.326 %)Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
170 (4.284 %)Computer Science
262 (3.794 %)Asset Management
344 (2.693 %)Mathematics
438 (2.326 %)Management Information System
531 (1.897 %)Statistics
627 (1.652 %)IPTV
724 (1.469 %)IVR
818 (1.102 %)Remote Sensing
913 (0.796 %)Multithreading
106 (0.367 %)NLPG
115 (0.306 %)Physics
124 (0.245 %)RIA
124 (0.245 %)Tandem
124 (0.245 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
133 (0.184 %)Blackberry
133 (0.184 %)Replication
133 (0.184 %)Clustering
133 (0.184 %)Streaming Media
133 (0.184 %)LLPG
133 (0.184 %)NGOSS
Operating Systems
1258 (15.79 %)Windows
2122 (7.466 %)Unix
366 (4.039 %)Linux
419 (1.163 %)Windows XP
513 (0.796 %)Solaris
611 (0.673 %)Windows Mobile
710 (0.612 %)Windows 2000
88 (0.490 %)Windows Server 2003
95 (0.306 %)SUSE
104 (0.245 %)Windows NT
104 (0.245 %)HPUX
112 (0.122 %)AIX
112 (0.122 %)Fedora
112 (0.122 %)OS/400
121 (0.061 %)Windows CE
121 (0.061 %)VxWorks
121 (0.061 %)Windows Vista
121 (0.061 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1103 (6.304 %)Project Management
287 (5.324 %)OO
381 (4.957 %)UML
456 (3.427 %)CAD
456 (3.427 %)Software Engineering
550 (3.060 %)Web Development
645 (2.754 %)Document Management
739 (2.387 %)Business Analysis
838 (2.326 %)OOD
935 (2.142 %)Migration
1034 (2.081 %)ITIL
1034 (2.081 %)EAI
1133 (2.020 %)Validation
1232 (1.958 %)BPM
1232 (1.958 %)User Acceptance Testing
1331 (1.897 %)OOP
1429 (1.775 %)PRINCE2
1429 (1.775 %)Configuration Management
1528 (1.714 %)Workflow
1623 (1.408 %)GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1443 (27.11 %)SQL
2323 (19.77 %)C#
3308 (18.85 %)Java
4303 (18.54 %)C++
5194 (11.87 %)VB
6154 (9.425 %)C
7123 (7.528 %)VB.NET
887 (5.324 %)JavaScript
986 (5.263 %)VBA
1062 (3.794 %)PL/SQL
1155 (3.366 %)VC++
1237 (2.264 %)Perl
1328 (1.714 %)VBScript
1427 (1.652 %)VB6
1524 (1.469 %)ActionScript
1623 (1.408 %)MapBasic
1719 (1.163 %)Transact-SQL
1719 (1.163 %)Delphi
1818 (1.102 %)PHP
1914 (0.857 %)Magik
Qualifications
1322 (19.71 %)Degree
221 (1.285 %)ISEB
318 (1.102 %)CISSP
415 (0.918 %)Cisco Certification
415 (0.918 %)CCNP
415 (0.918 %)CCNA
59 (0.551 %)Microsoft Certification
66 (0.367 %)PRINCE2 Certification
66 (0.367 %)MCSE
74 (0.245 %)HND
83 (0.184 %)MCP
83 (0.184 %)MCSD
83 (0.184 %)A+ Certification
92 (0.122 %)Postgraduate
92 (0.122 %)MCDBA
101 (0.061 %)Sun Certification
101 (0.061 %)PMP
101 (0.061 %)PMI Certification
101 (0.061 %)ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
130 (1.836 %)QA
215 (0.918 %)SLA
34 (0.245 %)WAI
43 (0.184 %)TickIT
52 (0.122 %)ISO27001
61 (0.061 %)BS7799
61 (0.061 %)ISO9000
61 (0.061 %)ISO9001
System Software
17 (0.428 %)Active Directory
24 (0.245 %)NFS
33 (0.184 %)Oracle RAC
42 (0.122 %)Terminal Services
42 (0.122 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (0.061 %)AquaLogic
Systems Management
12 (0.122 %)OpenView
12 (0.122 %)Netcool
Vendors
1577 (35.31 %)Oracle
2370 (22.64 %)ESRI
3181 (11.08 %)Mapinfo
4136 (8.323 %)Microsoft
590 (5.508 %)SAP
649 (2.999 %)Autodesk
728 (1.714 %)Intergraph
818 (1.102 %)Citrix
916 (0.979 %)Cisco
1012 (0.734 %)Google
1111 (0.673 %)Sybase
1210 (0.612 %)Business Objects
1210 (0.612 %)Sun
1210 (0.612 %)Remedy
137 (0.428 %)Red Hat
146 (0.367 %)Cramer
146 (0.367 %)Adobe
155 (0.306 %)Northgate
164 (0.245 %)VMware
164 (0.245 %)Telelogic
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