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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Google products and/or services in IT jobs across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Google over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGoogle
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank496418
Rank change on same period last yearDown-78
Matching permanent IT job ads466855
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.270 %0.368 %
As % of the category below0.630 %0.832 %
Salaries quoted418266
Average minimum salary£33,127£46,527
Average salary£36,494£49,210
% change on same period last year-25.84 %
Average maximum salary£39,860£51,892
UK excluding London average salary£33,524£28,199
% change on same period last year+18.88 %
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads74018102796
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled42.85 %44.24 %
Salaries quoted6095480284
Average minimum salary£40,891£41,972
Average salary£44,471£45,708
% change on same period last year-2.70 %
Average maximum salary£48,052£49,445
UK excluding London average salary£40,460£41,836
% change on same period last year-3.28 %

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Google.

Google
Demand Trend

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

Google Demand Trend

Google
Salary Trend

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

Google Salary Trend

Google
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Google over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 within the UK.

Google Salary Histogram

Google
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-87452£36,687-26.43 %
LondonDown-108257£38,841-36.97 %
South EastUp+75101£37,799+27.44 %
City of LondonDown-4343£41,426-58.12 %
SurreyUp+5832£35,724+13.40 %
BerkshireUp+5531£39,308+25.03 %
North WestUp+2430£28,250+13.41 %
East of EnglandUp+3122£29,688-9.58 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3022£40,167+52.80 %
Milton KeynesNo change016£33,045+25.71 %
ManchesterUp+4215£28,038+4.32 %
South WestUp+3014£34,750+36.61 %
West MidlandsUp+2313£27,714+21.55 %
YorkshireUp+1311£31,219-0.15 %
ScotlandUp+2710£29,219+46.09 %
CheshireDown-510£29,000+7.20 %
LeedsUp+239£31,944+2.55 %
West YorkshireUp+109£32,857+5.48 %
CambridgeshireUp+159£28,750-23.33 %
HampshireUp+28£38,750+17.87 %
CoventryNew entry-8£26,125-
DorsetUp+178£28,500-
East SussexNew entry-7£34,000-
OxfordshireDown-347£36,111-
EdinburghUp+277£28,833+44.16 %
NorfolkNew entry-6£27,500-
BirminghamNew entry-6£29,833-
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-6£40,000-
SalfordNew entry-6£28,500-
BrightonNew entry-6£35,000-

Google
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Google 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 Google.

1327 (32.38 %)Marketing
2315 (31.19 %)Google Analytics
3271 (26.83 %)SEO
4253 (25.05 %)CSS
5251 (24.85 %)HTML
6241 (23.86 %)Internet
7238 (23.56 %)JavaScript
8191 (18.91 %)Pay per click
9187 (18.51 %)Web Analytics
10186 (18.42 %)Yahoo!
11180 (17.82 %).NET
12174 (17.23 %)XHTML
13159 (15.74 %)WebTrends
14157 (15.54 %)Java
14157 (15.54 %)SQL
15153 (15.15 %)E-Commerce
16151 (14.95 %)Omniture
17149 (14.75 %)Internet Marketing
18144 (14.26 %)AJAX
19136 (13.47 %)Web Development
20133 (13.17 %)PHP
21128 (12.67 %)Microsoft
22124 (12.28 %)C#
23117 (11.58 %)SQL Server
24116 (11.49 %)Photoshop
24116 (11.49 %)Flash
25113 (11.19 %)ASP.NET
2696 (9.505 %)Adobe
2795 (9.406 %)XML
2795 (9.406 %)Advertising

Google
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Google 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 Google. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1253 (25.05 %)CSS
2251 (24.85 %)HTML
3180 (17.82 %).NET
4174 (17.23 %)XHTML
5144 (14.26 %)AJAX
6113 (11.19 %)ASP.NET
795 (9.406 %)XML
870 (6.931 %)Google Maps API
964 (6.337 %)WebServices
1053 (5.248 %)Adobe Flex
1151 (5.050 %)XSLT
1247 (4.653 %)JSP
1346 (4.554 %)GWT
1444 (4.356 %)ASP
1543 (4.257 %).NET Framework
1641 (4.059 %)jQuery
1739 (3.861 %)DOM
1831 (3.069 %)YUI
1927 (2.673 %)Adobe AIR
1927 (2.673 %)JSON
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
167 (6.634 %)CMS
240 (3.960 %)Apache
336 (3.564 %)WebLogic
434 (3.366 %)IIS
524 (2.376 %)SharePoint
623 (2.277 %)Tomcat
719 (1.881 %)ColdFusion
813 (1.287 %)ArcIMS
912 (1.188 %)ArcGIS
912 (1.188 %)ArcSDE
1011 (1.089 %)SharePoint Server 2007
119 (0.891 %)SAS
128 (0.792 %)MS Exchange
137 (0.693 %)Exchange Server 2007
146 (0.594 %)Joomla!
154 (0.396 %)Oracle Application Server
154 (0.396 %)BizTalk Server
154 (0.396 %)Content Management Server
162 (0.198 %)Sitecore CMS
171 (0.099 %)Immediacy CMS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1116 (11.49 %)Photoshop
271 (7.030 %)MS Excel
342 (4.158 %)MS PowerPoint
439 (3.861 %)MS Visio
532 (3.168 %)Adobe Illustrator
631 (3.069 %)Acrobat
726 (2.574 %)MS Office
813 (1.287 %)ImageReady
813 (1.287 %)Fireworks
912 (1.188 %)ArcInfo
912 (1.188 %)InDesign
1010 (0.990 %)QuarkXPress
119 (0.891 %)SPSS
119 (0.891 %)AutoCAD
127 (0.693 %)FreeHand
127 (0.693 %)MS Project
132 (0.198 %)Spreadsheet
141 (0.099 %)FrameMaker
141 (0.099 %)CorelDRAW
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1315 (31.19 %)Google Analytics
2159 (15.74 %)WebTrends
31 (0.099 %)Summit
31 (0.099 %)Oracle Financials
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1241 (23.86 %)Internet
231 (3.069 %)FTP
328 (2.772 %)Intranet
423 (2.277 %)3G
518 (1.782 %)TCP/IP
612 (1.188 %)HTTP
612 (1.188 %)LAN
710 (0.990 %)LDAP
88 (0.792 %)WAN
97 (0.693 %)VPN
97 (0.693 %)DNS
97 (0.693 %)SSL
97 (0.693 %)Wireless
106 (0.594 %)SAN
106 (0.594 %)SMTP
113 (0.297 %)UMTS
122 (0.198 %)VoIP
122 (0.198 %)SSH
122 (0.198 %)DSL
122 (0.198 %)Wi-Fi
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1117 (11.58 %)SQL Server
283 (8.218 %)MySQL
359 (5.842 %)SQL Server 2005
430 (2.970 %)SQL Server 2000
517 (1.683 %)MS Access
614 (1.386 %)OLAP
614 (1.386 %)GIS
713 (1.287 %)RDBMS
89 (0.891 %)Data Mining
95 (0.495 %)VLDB
104 (0.396 %)InterSystems Cache
113 (0.297 %)Crystal Reports
113 (0.297 %)Oracle Reports
113 (0.297 %)Database Marketing
122 (0.198 %)BusinessObjects
122 (0.198 %)Datawarehouse
122 (0.198 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
131 (0.099 %)Clementine
131 (0.099 %)Oracle 10g
131 (0.099 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1116 (11.49 %)Flash
254 (5.347 %)Dreamweaver
331 (3.069 %)Visual Studio
425 (2.475 %)Subversion
517 (1.683 %)Eclipse
616 (1.584 %)JUnit
714 (1.386 %)Ant
85 (0.495 %)Bugzilla
91 (0.099 %)Aptana Studio
91 (0.099 %)Visual Studio Team System
91 (0.099 %)VSS/SourceSafe
91 (0.099 %)Oracle Forms
91 (0.099 %)ERwin
91 (0.099 %)MSI
91 (0.099 %)ClearCase
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1327 (32.38 %)Marketing
295 (9.406 %)Advertising
342 (4.158 %)Finance
435 (3.465 %)Education
529 (2.871 %)Retail
618 (1.782 %)Insurance
716 (1.584 %)Graphic Design
716 (1.584 %)Games
815 (1.485 %)Health
914 (1.386 %)Telecoms
1013 (1.287 %)Banking
1111 (1.089 %)Publishing
1111 (1.089 %)Pensions
1210 (0.990 %)Multimedia
1210 (0.990 %)Investment Banking
138 (0.792 %)Government
147 (0.693 %)Music
155 (0.495 %)Local Government
155 (0.495 %)Online Games
155 (0.495 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1356 (35.25 %)Developer
2190 (18.81 %)Analyst
3157 (15.54 %)Web Developer
4121 (11.98 %)Web Analyst
556 (5.545 %)Consultant
651 (5.050 %)Marketing Executive
748 (4.752 %).NET Developer
843 (4.257 %)PHP Developer
941 (4.059 %)SEO Specialist
1035 (3.465 %)Data Analyst
1134 (3.366 %)Software Engineer
1230 (2.970 %)C# Developer
1327 (2.673 %)Senior Developer
1424 (2.376 %)ASP.NET Developer
1523 (2.277 %)Marketing Analyst
1523 (2.277 %)Web Editor
1622 (2.178 %)Web Designer
1720 (1.980 %)Java Developer
1720 (1.980 %)JavaScript Developer
1819 (1.881 %)Web Manager
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
170 (6.931 %)W3C
264 (6.337 %)Web 2.0
340 (3.960 %)RIA
428 (2.772 %)Handset
527 (2.673 %)Statistics
624 (2.376 %)Social Network
719 (1.881 %)Blog
818 (1.782 %)Computer Science
818 (1.782 %)Management Information System
914 (1.386 %)Copywriting
109 (0.891 %)French Language
109 (0.891 %)BBC
109 (0.891 %)Client/Server
118 (0.792 %)Blackberry
118 (0.792 %)Economics
126 (0.594 %)Clustering
135 (0.495 %)German Language
144 (0.396 %)Video Conferencing
144 (0.396 %)IVR
144 (0.396 %)Tandem
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
182 (8.119 %)Windows
252 (5.149 %)Linux
328 (2.772 %)UNIX
419 (1.881 %)Windows Server 2003
58 (0.792 %)Windows Mobile
67 (0.693 %)Windows Vista
67 (0.693 %)Windows Server 2008
76 (0.594 %)Solaris
82 (0.198 %)Windows 2000
82 (0.198 %)Gentoo
91 (0.099 %)SUSE
91 (0.099 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (0.099 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1271 (26.83 %)SEO
2191 (18.91 %)Pay per click
3187 (18.51 %)Web Analytics
4153 (15.15 %)E-Commerce
5149 (14.75 %)Internet Marketing
6136 (13.47 %)Web Development
762 (6.139 %)Content Management
849 (4.851 %)Web Design
945 (4.455 %)Project Management
1036 (3.564 %)E-business
1135 (3.465 %)UML
1234 (3.366 %)Search Engine Marketing
1331 (3.069 %)OO
1426 (2.574 %)Use Case
1426 (2.574 %)Business Analysis
1525 (2.475 %)Competitor Analysis
1622 (2.178 %)Digital Marketing
1622 (2.178 %)Email Marketing
1717 (1.683 %)Data Analysis
1816 (1.584 %)Scrum
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1238 (23.56 %)JavaScript
2157 (15.54 %)Java
2157 (15.54 %)SQL
3133 (13.17 %)PHP
4124 (12.28 %)C#
564 (6.337 %)C++
642 (4.158 %)DHTML
738 (3.762 %)ActionScript
836 (3.564 %)VB.NET
934 (3.366 %)Perl
1025 (2.475 %)C
1123 (2.277 %)Transact-SQL
1218 (1.782 %)PHP5
1316 (1.584 %)VBA
1415 (1.485 %)VBScript
158 (0.792 %)PL/SQL
167 (0.693 %)VB
167 (0.693 %)Python
175 (0.495 %)Ruby
182 (0.198 %)XAML
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
191 (9.010 %)Degree
215 (1.485 %)Microsoft Certification
313 (1.287 %)MCP
412 (1.188 %)MCTS
57 (0.693 %)A+ Certification
64 (0.396 %)PMP
64 (0.396 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.099 %)ISEB Practitioner
71 (0.099 %)HND
71 (0.099 %)MCSE
71 (0.099 %)MCDBA
71 (0.099 %)ISEB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (1.881 %)QA
24 (0.396 %)SLA
31 (0.099 %)WAI
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (0.693 %)VMware Infrastructure
26 (0.594 %)Active Directory
26 (0.594 %)Squid
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.198 %)Tivoli
12 (0.198 %)SCOM
21 (0.099 %)ARCserve
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1186 (18.42 %)Yahoo!
2151 (14.95 %)Omniture
3128 (12.67 %)Microsoft
496 (9.505 %)Adobe
561 (6.040 %)Oracle
650 (4.950 %)Coremetrics
729 (2.871 %)Symbian
819 (1.881 %)Tridion
915 (1.485 %)ESRI
1013 (1.287 %)Macromedia
1112 (1.188 %)IBM
1112 (1.188 %)CA
1112 (1.188 %)BEA
1210 (0.990 %)Quark
138 (0.792 %)HP
138 (0.792 %)WebSideStory
147 (0.693 %)VMware
156 (0.594 %)Apple
156 (0.594 %)Postini
165 (0.495 %)Zend