Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Mercurial skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mercurial over the 3 months to 12 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 Development Applications category.

LinkMercurial
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank653671943
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18Up+272
Matching permanent IT job ads3564
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.042 %0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the Development Applications category0.470 %0.088 %0.026 %
Salaries quoted2064
Average salary£37,750£41,250£46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.480 %-10.32 %
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£42,500£46,000
% change year-on-year
-10.58 %-7.600 %
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
7440680715241
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.890 %7.917 %7.559 %
Salaries quoted6285571512835
Average salary£40,000£38,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,784£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

Mercurial
Demand Trend

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

Mercurial Demand Trend

Mercurial
Salary Trend

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

Mercurial Salary Trend

Mercurial
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mercurial over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 within the UK.

Mercurial Salary Histogram

Mercurial
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mercurial within the UK over the 3 months to 12 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
EnglandUp+3732£36,250-12.12 %
LondonDown-226£32,500-18.75 %
City of LondonNew entry-7£30,000-
South EastUp+186£38,000-10.58 %
OxfordshireNew entry-6£38,000-
OxfordNew entry-5£38,000-

Mercurial
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Mercurial 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 Mercurial.

132 (84.21 %)HTML
227 (71.05 %)JavaScript
323 (60.53 %)Python
422 (57.89 %)CSS
422 (57.89 %)Flash
516 (42.11 %)Internet
614 (36.84 %)QA
614 (36.84 %)Social Network
614 (36.84 %)jQuery
614 (36.84 %)Subversion
713 (34.21 %)Adobe Illustrator
713 (34.21 %)XSLT
713 (34.21 %)Photoshop
713 (34.21 %)Django
812 (31.58 %)AJAX
812 (31.58 %)Yahoo!
812 (31.58 %)Google
911 (28.95 %)Ruby
911 (28.95 %)Web Development
911 (28.95 %)Selenium
1010 (26.32 %)MVC
1010 (26.32 %)Perl
119 (23.68 %)E-Commerce
119 (23.68 %)Adobe Flex
128 (21.05 %)Cairngorm
128 (21.05 %)Git (software)
137 (18.42 %)JIRA
137 (18.42 %)ActionScript
146 (15.79 %)Ruby on Rails
146 (15.79 %)RIA

Mercurial
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Mercurial 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 Mercurial. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
132 (84.21 %)HTML
222 (57.89 %)CSS
222 (57.89 %)Flash
314 (36.84 %)jQuery
413 (34.21 %)XSLT
413 (34.21 %)Django
512 (31.58 %)AJAX
610 (26.32 %)MVC
79 (23.68 %)Adobe Flex
88 (21.05 %)Cairngorm
96 (15.79 %)Ruby on Rails
105 (13.16 %)HTML5
105 (13.16 %)MooTools
112 (5.263 %)Web Services
112 (5.263 %)LAMP
121 (2.632 %)CGI
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (7.895 %)Apache
22 (5.263 %)Confluence
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (34.21 %)Adobe Illustrator
113 (34.21 %)Photoshop
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (5.263 %)GL Clearvision
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (42.11 %)Internet
22 (5.263 %)TCP/IP
22 (5.263 %)DNS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (7.895 %)MySQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
114 (36.84 %)Subversion
211 (28.95 %)Selenium
38 (21.05 %)Git (software)
47 (18.42 %)JIRA
55 (13.16 %)JUnit
55 (13.16 %)WinRunner
62 (5.263 %)ClearQuest
62 (5.263 %)ClearCase
71 (2.632 %)CruiseControl
71 (2.632 %)Maven
71 (2.632 %)Ant
71 (2.632 %)InstallShield
71 (2.632 %)RSpec
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (13.16 %)Telecoms
22 (5.263 %)Retail
22 (5.263 %)Advertising
31 (2.632 %)Games
31 (2.632 %)Finance
31 (2.632 %)Animation
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
127 (71.05 %)Developer
215 (39.47 %)Front-End Developer
312 (31.58 %)Designer
410 (26.32 %)Senior Designer
410 (26.32 %)Senior Front-End Developer
410 (26.32 %)Senior Developer
410 (26.32 %)Web Developer
56 (15.79 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
65 (13.16 %)QA Engineer
65 (13.16 %)Quality Engineer
74 (10.53 %)Junior
83 (7.895 %)Development Manager
83 (7.895 %)Web Development Manager
83 (7.895 %)Web Manager
92 (5.263 %)Technical Developer
92 (5.263 %)Consultant
92 (5.263 %)Systems Administrator
92 (5.263 %)Linux Systems Administrator
92 (5.263 %)Linux Administrator
92 (5.263 %)Software Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
114 (36.84 %)Social Network
26 (15.79 %)RIA
35 (13.16 %)iPhone
35 (13.16 %)Web 2.0
43 (7.895 %)Open Source
52 (5.263 %)Replication
52 (5.263 %)E-Learning
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (13.16 %)Android
24 (10.53 %)UNIX
24 (10.53 %)Linux
32 (5.263 %)Red Hat Linux
32 (5.263 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
41 (2.632 %)Windows
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (28.95 %)Web Development
29 (23.68 %)E-Commerce
35 (13.16 %)Unit Testing
35 (13.16 %)Web Testing
35 (13.16 %)Scrum
43 (7.895 %)OOP
43 (7.895 %)Configuration Management
52 (5.263 %)Migration
61 (2.632 %)Agile Software Development
61 (2.632 %)TDD
61 (2.632 %)Business Intelligence
61 (2.632 %)Release Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
127 (71.05 %)JavaScript
223 (60.53 %)Python
311 (28.95 %)Ruby
410 (26.32 %)Perl
57 (18.42 %)ActionScript
61 (2.632 %)PHP
61 (2.632 %)Java
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (13.16 %)Degree
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (36.84 %)QA
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (2.632 %)MSI
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
112 (31.58 %)Yahoo!
112 (31.58 %)Google
25 (13.16 %)Symbian
33 (7.895 %)IBM
42 (5.263 %)Atlassian
51 (2.632 %)Sun
51 (2.632 %)HP