Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PMI over the 3 months to 19 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category.

LinkProject Management Institute (PMI)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank377449382
Rank change year-on-year
Up+72Down-67
Matching permanent IT job ads333230860
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.388 %0.271 %0.421 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category1.421 %1.144 %1.886 %
Salaries quoted277199684
Average salary£55,000£47,500£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.78 %-13.63 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£30,000£37,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£90,000£66,500£77,200
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£47,500£52,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %-9.520 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
234272010245597
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.27 %23.70 %22.34 %
Salaries quoted190361643836023
Average salary£50,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£26,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£80,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+1.350 %+2.770 %

PMI
Demand Trend

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

PMI Demand Trend

PMI
Salary Trend

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

PMI Salary Trend

PMI
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PMI over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

PMI Salary Histogram

PMI
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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+61311£57,500+21.05 %
LondonUp+68202£62,500+21.35 %
City of LondonDown-1762£55,000+16.27 %
South EastDown-741£50,000-
North WestUp+1124£55,000+25.00 %
BerkshireDown-318£50,000+5.26 %
HampshireUp+3213£45,000+11.11 %
ManchesterUp+613£21,000-66.40 %
East of EnglandDown-913£42,500+30.76 %
Canary WharfUp+1512£72,500+20.83 %
East MidlandsUp+1212£50,000+33.33 %
HammersmithNew entry-9£42,500-
YorkshireDown-28£45,000-18.18 %
WimbledonNew entry-8--
CheshireUp+27£60,000+36.36 %
CroydonNew entry-7£60,000-
HertfordshireUp+106£47,500-5.00 %
West MidlandsUp+235£45,000-5.26 %
NewportUp+195£45,000+2.85 %
South WalesDown-15£45,000+2.85 %
WalesDown-25£45,000+2.27 %
BromleyNew entry-5£75,000-
FarnboroughNew entry-5£45,000-
West YorkshireUp+14£45,000-23.40 %
BuckinghamshireDown-24£52,500-25.00 %
NorwichNew entry-4£42,500-
CheadleNew entry-4£21,000-
FarehamNew entry-4£45,000-
NorfolkNew entry-4£42,500-
NottinghamshireNew entry-4£33,750-

PMI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing PMI 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 PMI.

1538 (99.81 %)PMI Certification
2425 (78.85 %)PRINCE2
3338 (62.71 %)Project Management
4297 (55.10 %)Finance
5124 (23.01 %)PMP
692 (17.07 %)Banking
780 (14.84 %)ITIL
875 (13.91 %)Degree
973 (13.54 %)PRINCE
1069 (12.80 %)Stakeholder Management
1160 (11.13 %)SAP
1258 (10.76 %)Retail
1354 (10.02 %)Investment Banking
1441 (7.607 %)Change Management
1540 (7.421 %)Telecoms
1540 (7.421 %)Matrix Management
1637 (6.865 %)Programme Management
1736 (6.679 %)Agile Software Development
1835 (6.494 %)Six Sigma
1835 (6.494 %)Business Analysis
1932 (5.937 %)Pensions
2031 (5.751 %)Microsoft
2031 (5.751 %)Scrum
2031 (5.751 %)Service Delivery
2130 (5.566 %)Hyperion
2229 (5.380 %)Oracle
2328 (5.195 %)MS Project
2427 (5.009 %)SQL
2427 (5.009 %)MS Excel
2427 (5.009 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)

PMI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing PMI 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 PMI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (2.041 %)Middleware
29 (1.670 %)J2EE
36 (1.113 %)AJAX
36 (1.113 %)Java EE
45 (0.928 %).NET
54 (0.742 %)HTML
54 (0.742 %)Web Services
54 (0.742 %)XML
62 (0.371 %)CSS
62 (0.371 %)Swing
62 (0.371 %)Velocity
71 (0.186 %)WebSphere
71 (0.186 %)OLE DB
71 (0.186 %)ODBC
71 (0.186 %)ADO
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (0.557 %)SharePoint
22 (0.371 %)WebLogic
31 (0.186 %)IIS
31 (0.186 %)Lotus Notes
31 (0.186 %)Lotus Domino
31 (0.186 %)SAS
31 (0.186 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
128 (5.195 %)MS Project
227 (5.009 %)MS Excel
315 (2.783 %)MS Visio
47 (1.299 %)MS Office
53 (0.557 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.186 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (0.928 %)Endur
15 (0.928 %)ZaiNet
24 (0.742 %)Dynamics NAV
24 (0.742 %)Maximo
24 (0.742 %)Dynamics AX
24 (0.742 %)SAP Retail
33 (0.557 %)Oracle EBS
33 (0.557 %)Oracle Applications
42 (0.371 %)Oracle ERP
42 (0.371 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.186 %)SAP SD
51 (0.186 %)SAP R/3
51 (0.186 %)SAP FI
51 (0.186 %)SAP CRM
51 (0.186 %)SAP FI/CO
51 (0.186 %)Summit
51 (0.186 %)SAP CO
51 (0.186 %)VisionPLUS
51 (0.186 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.186 %)SAP Oil and Gas
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
117 (3.154 %)ATM
212 (2.226 %)Internet
37 (1.299 %)VoIP
46 (1.113 %)WAN
46 (1.113 %)LAN
55 (0.928 %)IP Telephony
64 (0.742 %)BSS
64 (0.742 %)SAN
64 (0.742 %)NAS
72 (0.371 %)BT 21CN
72 (0.371 %)DWDM
72 (0.371 %)Firewall
72 (0.371 %)Wireless
72 (0.371 %)SDH
81 (0.186 %)GSM
81 (0.186 %)TCP/IP
81 (0.186 %)VPN
81 (0.186 %)2G
81 (0.186 %)Network Security
81 (0.186 %)3G
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (3.340 %)ETL
214 (2.597 %)SQL Server
311 (2.041 %)Data Cleansing
46 (1.113 %)Oracle Reports
55 (0.928 %)BusinessObjects
64 (0.742 %)RDBMS
73 (0.557 %)MySQL
81 (0.186 %)Xcelsius
81 (0.186 %)SAP BW
81 (0.186 %)SAP BI
81 (0.186 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.186 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.186 %)SQL Server Integration Services
81 (0.186 %)MS Access
81 (0.186 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.186 %)Crystal Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (0.742 %)Bugzilla
14 (0.742 %)JIRA
21 (0.186 %)Eclipse
21 (0.186 %)TestDirector
21 (0.186 %)LoadRunner
21 (0.186 %)PowerBuilder
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1297 (55.10 %)Finance
292 (17.07 %)Banking
358 (10.76 %)Retail
454 (10.02 %)Investment Banking
540 (7.421 %)Telecoms
632 (5.937 %)Pensions
725 (4.638 %)Insurance
823 (4.267 %)Pharmaceutical
921 (3.896 %)Front Office
1017 (3.154 %)Health
1115 (2.783 %)Government
129 (1.670 %)Back Office
137 (1.299 %)Financial Institution
137 (1.299 %)Education
137 (1.299 %)Marketing
144 (0.742 %)Social Media
144 (0.742 %)Construction
144 (0.742 %)Games
153 (0.557 %)Manufacturing
153 (0.557 %)Music
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1358 (66.42 %)Project Manager
268 (12.62 %)Programme Manager
348 (8.905 %)Analyst
445 (8.349 %)Senior Manager
540 (7.421 %)Senior Project Manager
632 (5.937 %)SAP Manager
727 (5.009 %)Business Analyst
822 (4.082 %)SAP Programme Manager
918 (3.340 %)Delivery Manager
918 (3.340 %)Technical Manager
1017 (3.154 %)Agile Project Manager
1114 (2.597 %)Technical Project Manager
1213 (2.412 %)Consultant
1213 (2.412 %)Systems Analyst
1213 (2.412 %)IT Project Manager
1213 (2.412 %)Telecoms Project Manager
1311 (2.041 %)Support Analyst
149 (1.670 %)Coordinator
149 (1.670 %)Service Manager
158 (1.484 %)Change Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
127 (5.009 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
221 (3.896 %)Equities
317 (3.154 %)EFT
414 (2.597 %)EPoS
513 (2.412 %)EFTPOS
610 (1.855 %)Management Information System
610 (1.855 %)Derivative
79 (1.670 %)Client/Server
87 (1.299 %)French Language
96 (1.113 %)N-Tier
96 (1.113 %)Fixed Income
105 (0.928 %)Mainframe
105 (0.928 %)Data Protection Act
114 (0.742 %)Mathematics
114 (0.742 %)Physics
114 (0.742 %)Equity Derivative
123 (0.557 %)Spanish Language
132 (0.371 %)Credit Risk
132 (0.371 %)German Language
132 (0.371 %)Data Conversion
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (1.299 %)Windows
23 (0.557 %)UNIX
31 (0.186 %)Windows XP
31 (0.186 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (0.186 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1425 (78.85 %)PRINCE2
2338 (62.71 %)Project Management
380 (14.84 %)ITIL
473 (13.54 %)PRINCE
569 (12.80 %)Stakeholder Management
641 (7.607 %)Change Management
740 (7.421 %)Matrix Management
837 (6.865 %)Programme Management
936 (6.679 %)Agile Software Development
1035 (6.494 %)Business Analysis
1035 (6.494 %)Six Sigma
1131 (5.751 %)Service Delivery
1131 (5.751 %)Scrum
1225 (4.638 %)ERP
1322 (4.082 %)UML
1322 (4.082 %)Risk Management
1421 (3.896 %)Project Planning
1513 (2.412 %)User Acceptance Testing
1612 (2.226 %)CRM
1711 (2.041 %)RUP
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
127 (5.009 %)SQL
225 (4.638 %)Java
39 (1.670 %)PHP
45 (0.928 %)VB
54 (0.742 %)C
54 (0.742 %)C#
62 (0.371 %)T-SQL
71 (0.186 %)VB.NET
71 (0.186 %)C++
71 (0.186 %)PL/SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1538 (99.81 %)PMI Certification
2124 (23.01 %)PMP
375 (13.91 %)Degree
426 (4.824 %)ITIL Certification
522 (4.082 %)PRINCE2 Certification
619 (3.525 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
716 (2.968 %)APMP
814 (2.597 %)ISEB
97 (1.299 %)Security Cleared
106 (1.113 %)CISSP
106 (1.113 %)CISA
113 (0.557 %)Microsoft Certification
113 (0.557 %)MCSE
122 (0.371 %)CIMA
122 (0.371 %)SC Cleared
122 (0.371 %)PgMP
131 (0.186 %)ACCA
131 (0.186 %)MBA
131 (0.186 %)ISEB Practitioner
131 (0.186 %)CFA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (2.783 %)QA
213 (2.412 %)COBIT
310 (1.855 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
49 (1.670 %)Basel II
57 (1.299 %)SLA
66 (1.113 %)ISO27001
71 (0.186 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.186 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.742 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.186 %)HP Quality Center
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
160 (11.13 %)SAP
231 (5.751 %)Microsoft
330 (5.566 %)Hyperion
429 (5.380 %)Oracle
517 (3.154 %)Ab Initio
517 (3.154 %)Teradata
67 (1.299 %)IBM
67 (1.299 %)HP
75 (0.928 %)Business Objects
75 (0.928 %)Sophis
75 (0.928 %)Triple Point
75 (0.928 %)SolArc
75 (0.928 %)OpenLink
84 (0.742 %)webMethods
93 (0.557 %)Remedy
93 (0.557 %)Fidessa
93 (0.557 %)GL TRADE
93 (0.557 %)Google
93 (0.557 %)Sybase
102 (0.371 %)TIBCO