Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for LINC skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LINC over the 3 months to 16 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 of the Programming Languages category.

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Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank674688942
Rank change year-on-year
Up+14Up+254
Matching permanent IT job ads216
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.002 %0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.005 %0.002 %0.006 %
Salaries quoted005
Average salary--£35,000
UK excluding London average salary--£35,000
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
411244022392339
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.84 %46.92 %45.65 %
Salaries quoted353043401377204
Average salary£40,000£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.580 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %

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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LINC within the UK over the 3 months to 16 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-142--
Docklands, LondonNew entry-2--
LondonNew entry-2--

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Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing LINC 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 LINC.

14 (40.00 %)Finance
14 (40.00 %)C#
14 (40.00 %)SQL
14 (40.00 %).NET
14 (40.00 %)SQL Server
14 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (40.00 %)Web Services
14 (40.00 %)Windows
14 (40.00 %)OO
14 (40.00 %)MS Access
14 (40.00 %)E-Commerce
14 (40.00 %)Unisys
14 (40.00 %)FTP
14 (40.00 %)AJAX
14 (40.00 %)WCF
14 (40.00 %)WPF
14 (40.00 %)Cash Management
14 (40.00 %)Banking
14 (40.00 %)Mainframe
22 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
22 (20.00 %)Degree
22 (20.00 %)SCADA
22 (20.00 %)Computer Science
22 (20.00 %)Siemens

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing LINC 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 LINC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (40.00 %).NET
14 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (40.00 %)Web Services
14 (40.00 %)AJAX
14 (40.00 %)WCF
14 (40.00 %)WPF
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (40.00 %)FTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (40.00 %)SQL Server
14 (40.00 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (40.00 %)Finance
14 (40.00 %)Banking
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Developer
24 (40.00 %)Analyst
24 (40.00 %)Web Developer
24 (40.00 %)Analyst Programmer
24 (40.00 %)Programmer
24 (40.00 %).NET Developer
24 (40.00 %)C# Developer
24 (40.00 %)Analyst Developer
24 (40.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
24 (40.00 %)SQL Developer
24 (40.00 %)C# Web Developer
24 (40.00 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
24 (40.00 %).NET Web Developer
32 (20.00 %)Applications Engineer
32 (20.00 %)Lead Web Developer
32 (20.00 %)SQL Server Developer
32 (20.00 %)Lead Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)Mainframe
22 (20.00 %)SCADA
22 (20.00 %)Computer Science
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (40.00 %)Windows
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)OO
14 (40.00 %)E-Commerce
14 (40.00 %)Cash Management
22 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (40.00 %)C#
14 (40.00 %)SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (20.00 %)Degree
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (40.00 %)Unisys
22 (20.00 %)Siemens