The first table below looks at the demand for OpenROAD skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OpenROAD over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenROAD
Rank 858 882 864
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -18
Permanent jobs citing OpenROAD 2 5 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.004% 0.006%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.009% 0.020% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 7
Average salary £31,000 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
All Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
23261 24865 23288
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 21.41% 20.52% 19.08%
Number of salaries quoted 19764 21620 20058
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -

OpenROAD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing OpenROAD within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

OpenROAD Jobs Demand Trend

OpenROAD
Salary Trend

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

OpenROAD Salary Trend

OpenROAD
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenROAD within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +7 2 £31,000 +3.33%
South West -4 1 £32,000 +6.66%
East Midlands - 1 £30,000 -
Somerset - 1 £32,000 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £30,000 -
Taunton - 1 £32,000 -
Nottingham - 1 £30,000 -

OpenROAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing OpenROAD 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 OpenROAD.

1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
1 11 (100.00%) Ingres
2 10 (90.91%) UNIX
2 10 (90.91%) VB
2 10 (90.91%) .NET
3 9 (81.82%) Migration
4 8 (72.73%) MS Excel
4 8 (72.73%) SharePoint
4 8 (72.73%) VB6
4 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (72.73%) .NET Framework
4 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2008
4 8 (72.73%) VB.NET
4 8 (72.73%) C#
4 8 (72.73%) C++
4 8 (72.73%) HTML
4 8 (72.73%) Java
4 8 (72.73%) JavaScript
4 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
4 8 (72.73%) IIS
4 8 (72.73%) ASP
4 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET
4 8 (72.73%) XML
4 8 (72.73%) UML
4 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
5 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
5 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (27.27%) RDBMS
6 3 (27.27%) Sun
6 3 (27.27%) Windows

OpenROAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing OpenROAD 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 OpenROAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (90.91%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) .NET Framework
2 8 (72.73%) HTML
2 8 (72.73%) ASP
2 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET
2 8 (72.73%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (72.73%) SharePoint
1 8 (72.73%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (72.73%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) VLAN
1 1 (9.091%) FTP
1 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
1 1 (9.091%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) Ingres
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2008
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
3 3 (27.27%) RDBMS
4 2 (18.18%) Informix
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (18.18%) DB2
4 2 (18.18%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Forms
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Developer
1 9 (81.82%) Analyst
2 8 (72.73%) Senior Developer
2 8 (72.73%) Senior Analyst
2 8 (72.73%) Analyst Developer
2 8 (72.73%) Senior Analyst Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) UNIX
2 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Solaris
3 2 (18.18%) HPUX
4 1 (9.091%) SUSE
4 1 (9.091%) Debian
4 1 (9.091%) CentOS
4 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (9.091%) Linux
4 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Migration
2 8 (72.73%) UML
3 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (18.18%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) VB
2 8 (72.73%) VB6
2 8 (72.73%) VB.NET
2 8 (72.73%) C#
2 8 (72.73%) C++
2 8 (72.73%) Java
2 8 (72.73%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
2 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Sun
4 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
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