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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Music' in IT jobs across the UK together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Music over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMusic
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank432570
Rank change on same period last yearUp+138
Matching permanent IT job ads604494
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.351 %0.213 %
As % of the category below0.677 %0.416 %
Salaries quoted547452
Average minimum salary£36,708£37,879
Average salary£40,298£41,989
% change on same period last year-4.02 %
Average maximum salary£43,887£46,098
UK excluding London average salary£39,119£44,490
% change on same period last year-12.07 %
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads89178118835
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled51.79 %51.14 %
Salaries quoted7339194106
Average minimum salary£43,596£45,309
Average salary£48,017£49,707
% change on same period last year-3.39 %
Average maximum salary£52,438£54,104
UK excluding London average salary£41,271£41,794
% change on same period last year-1.25 %

Music
Demand Trend

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

Music Demand Trend

Music
Salary Trend

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

Music Salary Trend

Music
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Music over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 within the UK.

Music Salary Histogram

Music
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Music within the UK over the 3 months to 13 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
EnglandUp+131593£40,293-2.17 %
LondonUp+110392£41,016+0.73 %
South EastUp+7299£37,906-20.64 %
South WestUp+7185£41,666+27.62 %
BristolUp+4581£42,225+29.59 %
BerkshireUp+531£41,183-20.12 %
City of LondonDown-230£37,121-11.89 %
SurreyUp+3319£42,472-3.79 %
OxfordshireUp+1618£32,000-16.06 %
OxfordUp+2517£32,281-0.67 %
SloughNew entry-16£38,906-
NewburyDown-114£43,308-8.82 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2312£45,278+3.49 %
East of EnglandUp+1712£30,684-25.40 %
HampshireUp+1611£26,168-26.97 %
ScotlandUp+2911£40,625-
CambridgeshireUp+1410£31,611-0.69 %
CambridgeUp+99£29,625-
SouthwarkNew entry-8£52,500-
High WycombeNew entry-5£45,000-
GlasgowUp+235£40,625-
EdinburghNew entry-4£40,625-
SuffolkUp+123£29,000+5.45 %
DorsetNew entry-3£35,000-
WarwickshireNo change03£65,000-
West MidlandsDown-33£65,000+62.50 %
BournemouthNew entry-3£35,000-
RomfordUp+133£22,000-12.00 %
MiddlesexUp+363£43,333-63.12 %
RugbyNew entry-3£65,000-

Music
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Music 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 Music.

1433 (33.51 %).NET
2354 (27.40 %)ASP.NET
3343 (26.55 %)C#
3343 (26.55 %)Music Industry
4329 (25.46 %)XML
5328 (25.39 %)SQL Server
6244 (18.89 %)SQL
7226 (17.49 %)HTML
7226 (17.49 %)CSS
8213 (16.49 %)AJAX
9200 (15.48 %)JavaScript
10198 (15.33 %)Java
11178 (13.78 %)E-Commerce
12161 (12.46 %)SQL Server 2005
13155 (12.00 %)Microsoft
14154 (11.92 %)WebServices
15151 (11.69 %)Degree
16147 (11.38 %)XHTML
17143 (11.07 %)Windows
18138 (10.68 %)OO
19136 (10.53 %)Marketing
20135 (10.45 %)Internet
21111 (8.591 %)Project Management
22106 (8.204 %)Oracle
22106 (8.204 %)Games
23103 (7.972 %)Finance
2497 (7.508 %)Agile Software Development
2595 (7.353 %)Linux
2693 (7.198 %)Multimedia
2693 (7.198 %)WCF

Music
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Music 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 Music. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1433 (33.51 %).NET
2354 (27.40 %)ASP.NET
3329 (25.46 %)XML
4226 (17.49 %)CSS
4226 (17.49 %)HTML
5213 (16.49 %)AJAX
6154 (11.92 %)WebServices
7147 (11.38 %)XHTML
893 (7.198 %)WCF
970 (5.418 %)J2EE
1061 (4.721 %)WinForms
1152 (4.025 %)Silverlight
1250 (3.870 %).NET Framework
1347 (3.638 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1446 (3.560 %)WPF
1545 (3.483 %)DOM
1644 (3.406 %)WF
1741 (3.173 %)WAP
1839 (3.019 %)J2ME
1839 (3.019 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
156 (4.334 %)CMS
239 (3.019 %)Tomcat
335 (2.709 %)SharePoint
429 (2.245 %)Apache
526 (2.012 %)SharePoint Server 2007
526 (2.012 %)BizTalk Server
620 (1.548 %)IIS
718 (1.393 %)JBoss
811 (0.851 %)MS Exchange
96 (0.464 %)Oracle Workflow
105 (0.387 %)Exchange Server 2003
105 (0.387 %)ColdFusion
105 (0.387 %)Lotus Notes
113 (0.232 %)Flash Media Server
113 (0.232 %)Exchange Server 2007
122 (0.155 %)WebSphere Application Server
122 (0.155 %)WebLogic
131 (0.077 %)GroupWise
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
133 (2.554 %)MS Excel
133 (2.554 %)MS PowerPoint
229 (2.245 %)MS Office
326 (2.012 %)MS Visio
420 (1.548 %)Photoshop
58 (0.619 %)MS Project
67 (0.542 %)Adobe Illustrator
75 (0.387 %)Fireworks
75 (0.387 %)Spreadsheet
83 (0.232 %)InDesign
91 (0.077 %)CATIA
91 (0.077 %)Adobe Director
91 (0.077 %)Shockwave
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.697 %)SAP FI
19 (0.697 %)Oracle CRM
19 (0.697 %)SAP FI/CO
19 (0.697 %)SAP CO
27 (0.542 %)SAP MM
36 (0.464 %)Oracle EBS
45 (0.387 %)Oracle Financials
54 (0.310 %)WebTrends
54 (0.310 %)Oracle Applications
63 (0.232 %)Oracle ERP
72 (0.155 %)Oracle 11i
72 (0.155 %)SAP SD
72 (0.155 %)SAP PS
72 (0.155 %)SAP WM
81 (0.077 %)SAP R/3
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1135 (10.45 %)Internet
233 (2.554 %)Broadband
330 (2.322 %)Wireless
428 (2.167 %)Firewall
524 (1.858 %)TCP/IP
621 (1.625 %)SMS
717 (1.316 %)LAN
717 (1.316 %)WAN
814 (1.084 %)FTP
913 (1.006 %)DNS
1011 (0.851 %)SAN
119 (0.697 %)HTTP
119 (0.697 %)VPN
128 (0.619 %)BIG-IP
137 (0.542 %)SSL
146 (0.464 %)MPLS
146 (0.464 %)VLAN
155 (0.387 %)SMTP
155 (0.387 %)ADSL
164 (0.310 %)GSM
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1328 (25.39 %)SQL Server
2161 (12.46 %)SQL Server 2005
354 (4.180 %)MySQL
453 (4.102 %)SQL Server 2000
541 (3.173 %)SQL Server Integration Services
638 (2.941 %)Oracle 10g
638 (2.941 %)Oracle 9i
712 (0.929 %)OLTP
811 (0.851 %)FileMaker
811 (0.851 %)Datawarehouse
99 (0.697 %)Cognos Impromptu
108 (0.619 %)DTS
115 (0.387 %)DB2
115 (0.387 %)RDBMS
124 (0.310 %)TOAD
124 (0.310 %)SQL Navigator
133 (0.232 %)VLDB
133 (0.232 %)BusinessObjects
133 (0.232 %)SAP BW
133 (0.232 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
161 (4.721 %)Flash
234 (2.632 %)Visual Studio
327 (2.090 %)NUnit
420 (1.548 %)CruiseControl
59 (0.697 %)QuickTest Pro
59 (0.697 %)ReSharper
59 (0.697 %)Dreamweaver
59 (0.697 %)WinRunner
68 (0.619 %)WATIR
77 (0.542 %)FitNesse
86 (0.464 %)Selenium
86 (0.464 %)Ant
93 (0.232 %)JUnit
93 (0.232 %)VSS/SourceSafe
93 (0.232 %)Oracle Forms
93 (0.232 %)LoadRunner
93 (0.232 %)Log4Net
93 (0.232 %)Subversion
102 (0.155 %)QARun
102 (0.155 %)Zend Studio
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1343 (26.55 %)Music Industry
2136 (10.53 %)Marketing
3106 (8.204 %)Games
4103 (7.972 %)Finance
593 (7.198 %)Multimedia
678 (6.037 %)Telecoms
772 (5.573 %)Retail
833 (2.554 %)Advertising
930 (2.322 %)Education
1025 (1.935 %)Publishing
1025 (1.935 %)Pensions
1025 (1.935 %)Online Games
1121 (1.625 %)Health
1216 (1.238 %)FMCG
1312 (0.929 %)Insurance
149 (0.697 %)Graphic Design
149 (0.697 %)Mobile Games
149 (0.697 %)Banking
158 (0.619 %)Electronics
167 (0.542 %)Investment Banking
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1564 (43.65 %)Developer
2204 (15.79 %).NET Developer
3134 (10.37 %)Analyst
4123 (9.520 %)C# Developer
5110 (8.514 %)Senior Developer
683 (6.424 %)ASP.NET Developer
777 (5.960 %)Java Developer
871 (5.495 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
968 (5.263 %)Web Developer
1061 (4.721 %)DBA
1152 (4.025 %)Senior .NET Developer
1251 (3.947 %)Business Analyst
1345 (3.483 %)Junior
1440 (3.096 %)PHP Developer
1539 (3.019 %)Project Manager
1636 (2.786 %)Oracle DBA
1735 (2.709 %)Architect
1832 (2.477 %)Administrator
1931 (2.399 %)Tester
2030 (2.322 %)Software Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
192 (7.121 %)Web 2.0
250 (3.870 %)Replication
349 (3.793 %)Handset
349 (3.793 %)W3C
442 (3.251 %)Social Network
533 (2.554 %)Computer Science
612 (0.929 %)Economics
711 (0.851 %)N-Tier
810 (0.774 %)IPTV
810 (0.774 %)Blog
99 (0.697 %)Management Information System
99 (0.697 %)Blackberry
108 (0.619 %)BBC
108 (0.619 %)Mathematics
108 (0.619 %)Client/Server
116 (0.464 %)RIA
125 (0.387 %)Streaming Music
125 (0.387 %)Copywriting
125 (0.387 %)Clustering
125 (0.387 %)Speech Recognition
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1143 (11.07 %)Windows
295 (7.353 %)Linux
350 (3.870 %)UNIX
431 (2.399 %)Windows Server 2003
511 (0.851 %)Windows XP
610 (0.774 %)Mac OS X
610 (0.774 %)Mac OS X Server
79 (0.697 %)Windows Mobile
85 (0.387 %)Windows Vista
85 (0.387 %)Windows 2000 Server
93 (0.232 %)Red Hat Linux
93 (0.232 %)Windows 2000
93 (0.232 %)Solaris
102 (0.155 %)Windows Server 2008
102 (0.155 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
111 (0.077 %)Embedded Linux
111 (0.077 %)Fedora
111 (0.077 %)AIX
111 (0.077 %)NetWare
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1178 (13.78 %)E-Commerce
2138 (10.68 %)OO
3111 (8.591 %)Project Management
497 (7.508 %)Agile Software Development
589 (6.889 %)TDD
685 (6.579 %)Web Development
771 (5.495 %)Scrum
870 (5.418 %)UML
951 (3.947 %)Extreme Programming
1041 (3.173 %)Refactoring
1140 (3.096 %)Business Analysis
1234 (2.632 %)RUP
1333 (2.554 %)OOP
1431 (2.399 %)Service Delivery
1431 (2.399 %)Digital Marketing
1530 (2.322 %)Test Scripting
1530 (2.322 %)Continuous Integration
1625 (1.935 %)Automated Testing
1722 (1.703 %)OOD
1722 (1.703 %)Test Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1343 (26.55 %)C#
2244 (18.89 %)SQL
3200 (15.48 %)JavaScript
4198 (15.33 %)Java
586 (6.656 %)PHP
677 (5.960 %)C++
773 (5.650 %)VB.NET
855 (4.257 %)C
943 (3.328 %)PL/SQL
1042 (3.251 %)DHTML
1141 (3.173 %)XPath
1240 (3.096 %)Python
1336 (2.786 %)VB
1433 (2.554 %)Perl
1433 (2.554 %)ActionScript
1523 (1.780 %)PHP5
1523 (1.780 %)Transact-SQL
1613 (1.006 %)VBScript
1613 (1.006 %)Shell Script
1710 (0.774 %)Lua
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1151 (11.69 %)Degree
279 (6.115 %)Microsoft Certification
369 (5.341 %)MCSD
467 (5.186 %)MCP
467 (5.186 %)MCAD
518 (1.393 %)OCP
518 (1.393 %)Oracle Certification
69 (0.697 %)Cisco Certification
78 (0.619 %)ISTQB
78 (0.619 %)PRINCE2 Certification
87 (0.542 %)ISEB
96 (0.464 %)CCNA
104 (0.310 %)HND
104 (0.310 %)MCSE
113 (0.232 %)CCSP
113 (0.232 %)CCNP
113 (0.232 %)CCIP
113 (0.232 %)PMP
113 (0.232 %)PMI Certification
113 (0.232 %)CISSP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
135 (2.709 %)QA
226 (2.012 %)WAI
310 (0.774 %)SLA
46 (0.464 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
129 (2.245 %)MSMQ
226 (2.012 %)Active Directory
33 (0.232 %)Terminal Services
42 (0.155 %)ISA Server
42 (0.155 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (0.077 %)NetBackup
51 (0.077 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.310 %)Nagios
23 (0.232 %)Nessus
32 (0.155 %)ARCserve
32 (0.155 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
41 (0.077 %)WSUS
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1155 (12.00 %)Microsoft
2106 (8.204 %)Oracle
333 (2.554 %)SAP
423 (1.780 %)Cisco
519 (1.471 %)Symbian
612 (0.929 %)Cognos
711 (0.851 %)telerik
810 (0.774 %)VMware
98 (0.619 %)Citrix
107 (0.542 %)Adobe
107 (0.542 %)HP
107 (0.542 %)Google
115 (0.387 %)Lotus
115 (0.387 %)Red Hat
115 (0.387 %)Apple
115 (0.387 %)Nokia
115 (0.387 %)IBM
124 (0.310 %)Dell
124 (0.310 %)BT
133 (0.232 %)Remedy