The first part of the table below looks at the demand for OCaml skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OCaml over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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.

Objective Caml (OCaml)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank824812744
Rank change year-on-year
Down-12Down-68
Matching permanent IT job ads51538
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.042 %0.043 %0.008 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.079 %0.082 %0.016 %
Number of salaries quoted44456
Average salary£50,000£72,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.03 %+45.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£44,600£45,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£81,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£65,000£45,000
% change year-on-year
-23.07 %+44.44 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
646836438048632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK53.64 %52.50 %50.94 %
Number of salaries quoted569875583141348
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£70,700£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

OCaml
Demand Trend

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

OCaml Demand Trend

OCaml
Salary Trend

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

OCaml Salary Trend

OCaml
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OCaml over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

OCaml Salary Histogram

OCaml
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OCaml within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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-1351£50,000-31.03 %
East of EnglandUp+2127£50,000-13.04 %
CambridgeshireUp+1026£50,000-13.04 %
CambridgeUp+1625£50,000-13.04 %
LondonDown-1524£61,250-18.33 %
City of LondonUp+33£40,000-46.66 %
East AngliaNew entry-1£47,500-

OCaml
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing OCaml 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 OCaml.

183 (72.81 %)Haskell
281 (71.05 %)Java
362 (54.39 %)Python
461 (53.51 %)Linux
555 (48.25 %)C#
648 (42.11 %)C
648 (42.11 %)Scala
741 (35.96 %)F#
741 (35.96 %)Degree
837 (32.46 %)Clojure
936 (31.58 %)Erlang
1033 (28.95 %)Shell Script
1131 (27.19 %)Computer Science
1230 (26.32 %)Finance
1329 (25.44 %)Software Engineering
1425 (21.93 %)UNIX
1522 (19.30 %)Microsoft
1621 (18.42 %)TDD
1621 (18.42 %)C++
1621 (18.42 %)Open Source
1719 (16.67 %)XenServer
1818 (15.79 %)Windows
1818 (15.79 %)Front Office
1818 (15.79 %)Xen
1916 (14.04 %)Ruby
2015 (13.16 %)SQL
2015 (13.16 %)Multithreading
2114 (12.28 %)SQL Server
2114 (12.28 %)Sybase
2213 (11.40 %)Agile Software Development

OCaml
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing OCaml 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 OCaml. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
19 (7.895 %)Spring
28 (7.018 %)Hibernate
28 (7.018 %).NET
28 (7.018 %)XML
37 (6.140 %)WinForms
37 (6.140 %).NET Framework
37 (6.140 %)WPF
37 (6.140 %)LINQ
46 (5.263 %)J2SE
55 (4.386 %)Java SE
62 (1.754 %)HTML5
71 (0.877 %)HTML
71 (0.877 %)jQuery
71 (0.877 %)CAML
71 (0.877 %)Ehcache
71 (0.877 %)RESTful
71 (0.877 %)JAXB
71 (0.877 %)Middleware
71 (0.877 %)ASP.NET
71 (0.877 %)EJB
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (6.140 %)TIBCO EMS
17 (6.140 %)GemFire
26 (5.263 %)CloudFront
32 (1.754 %)OpenStack
32 (1.754 %)CloudStack
32 (1.754 %)Apache
41 (0.877 %)SharePoint
41 (0.877 %)Oracle Coherence
41 (0.877 %)Amazon EC2
41 (0.877 %)SharePoint 2010
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (6.140 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.877 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (7.018 %)iSCSI
18 (7.018 %)FCoE
18 (7.018 %)Fibre Channel
26 (5.263 %)Internet
31 (0.877 %)Intranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (12.28 %)SQL Server
212 (10.53 %)Data Warehouse
212 (10.53 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
212 (10.53 %)SQL Server Integration Services
212 (10.53 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
38 (7.018 %)Hadoop
45 (4.386 %)RDBMS
45 (4.386 %)PostgreSQL
53 (2.632 %)NoSQL
62 (1.754 %)MongoDB
71 (0.877 %)Apache Cassandra
71 (0.877 %)DB2
71 (0.877 %)MySQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.877 %)JUnit
11 (0.877 %)Git (software)
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
130 (26.32 %)Finance
218 (15.79 %)Front Office
39 (7.895 %)Games
46 (5.263 %)Banking
55 (4.386 %)Telecoms
55 (4.386 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
149 (42.98 %)Software Engineer
233 (28.95 %)Developer
322 (19.30 %)Senior Software Engineer
412 (10.53 %)Development Engineer
511 (9.649 %)Java Developer
610 (8.772 %)Software Development Engineer
610 (8.772 %)Programmer
78 (7.018 %)Senior Developer
87 (6.140 %)Business Developer
87 (6.140 %)Architect
87 (6.140 %)Linux Engineer
87 (6.140 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
96 (5.263 %)Technical Architect
96 (5.263 %)Performance Engineer
105 (4.386 %)SQL Developer
114 (3.509 %)Systems Engineer
123 (2.632 %)Test Engineer
123 (2.632 %)Senior Development Engineer
132 (1.754 %)Senior Linux Engineer
132 (1.754 %)Senior QA Tester
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
131 (27.19 %)Computer Science
221 (18.42 %)Open Source
313 (11.40 %)Cloud Computing
412 (10.53 %)Credit Derivative
412 (10.53 %)Derivative
412 (10.53 %)Mathematics
57 (6.140 %)Fixed Income
57 (6.140 %)Statistical Arbitrage
57 (6.140 %)Online Games
66 (5.263 %)Equities
72 (1.754 %)Big Data
81 (0.877 %)Hedge funds
81 (0.877 %)Machine Learning
81 (0.877 %)Blog
81 (0.877 %)Grid Computing
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
161 (53.51 %)Linux
225 (21.93 %)UNIX
318 (15.79 %)Windows
45 (4.386 %)CentOS
52 (1.754 %)VMS
61 (0.877 %)Debian
61 (0.877 %)Fedora
61 (0.877 %)Ubuntu
61 (0.877 %)Android
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
129 (25.44 %)Software Engineering
221 (18.42 %)TDD
315 (13.16 %)Multithreading
413 (11.40 %)Agile Software Development
512 (10.53 %)Business Intelligence
512 (10.53 %)Risk Management
512 (10.53 %)BDD
610 (8.772 %)Data Modelling
79 (7.895 %)OO
88 (7.018 %)OOA/OOD
88 (7.018 %)Algorithmic Trading
97 (6.140 %)Release Management
97 (6.140 %)Technical Architecture
97 (6.140 %)Statistical Modelling
106 (5.263 %)Domain-Driven Design
114 (3.509 %)Automated Testing
114 (3.509 %)Project Planning
123 (2.632 %)Pair Programming
123 (2.632 %)Memory Management
132 (1.754 %)Performance Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
183 (72.81 %)Haskell
281 (71.05 %)Java
362 (54.39 %)Python
455 (48.25 %)C#
548 (42.11 %)C
548 (42.11 %)Scala
641 (35.96 %)F#
737 (32.46 %)Clojure
836 (31.58 %)Erlang
933 (28.95 %)Shell Script
1021 (18.42 %)C++
1116 (14.04 %)Ruby
1215 (13.16 %)SQL
1311 (9.649 %)Lisp
1311 (9.649 %)PowerShell
144 (3.509 %)Perl
153 (2.632 %)Assembly Language
153 (2.632 %)Groovy
162 (1.754 %)Tcl
171 (0.877 %)Jython
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
141 (35.96 %)Degree
23 (2.632 %)Six Sigma Black Belt
32 (1.754 %)PhD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (7.895 %)QA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
119 (16.67 %)XenServer
218 (15.79 %)Xen
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
122 (19.30 %)Microsoft
214 (12.28 %)Sybase
38 (7.018 %)Oracle
47 (6.140 %)TIBCO
55 (4.386 %)Citrix
62 (1.754 %)Google
71 (0.877 %)DataSynapse
71 (0.877 %)Facebook
71 (0.877 %)Sony