Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Quark products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Quark 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 Vendors currently tracked.

LinkQuark
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank628606764
Rank change year-on-year
Down-22Up+158
Matching permanent IT job ads4864204
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.056 %0.075 %0.100 %
As % of the Vendors category0.137 %0.178 %0.223 %
Salaries quoted4254185
Average salary£27,500£27,000£27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.850 %-1.810 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£22,500£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£60,000£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£25,000£25,000£27,500
% change year-on-year
--9.090 %
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
351363592791372
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK40.90 %42.36 %44.77 %
Salaries quoted281932898373434
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.250 %-1.230 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£66,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Quark, Inc.

Quark
Demand Trend

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

Quark Demand Trend

Quark
Salary Trend

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

Quark Salary Trend

Quark
Salary Histogram

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

Quark Salary Histogram

Quark
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quark 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
EnglandDown-2940£27,500+5.76 %
LondonDown-5215£29,500-9.23 %
North WestUp+149£26,250+16.66 %
South EastDown-88£22,000-12.00 %
ScotlandUp+176£35,000-
EdinburghDown-116£35,000-
ManchesterUp+25£27,500+22.22 %
SloughUp+134£21,500-21.81 %
BerkshireUp+44£21,500-13.13 %
CheshireNew entry-4£25,000-
East of EnglandUp+23£30,000+9.09 %
City of LondonDown-683£32,500-45.83 %
YorkshireNew entry-3£27,000-
West YorkshireNew entry-3£27,000-
HampshireUp+272£22,500-10.00 %
AndoverUp+92£22,500-25.00 %
HertfordshireUp+72£30,000-
LeedsNew entry-2£27,000-
WalesNew entry-2£23,000-
MiddlesexUp+91£22,500-43.75 %
South WestUp+61£32,500+47.72 %
BuckinghamshireDown-71£42,500-29.16 %
South WalesNew entry-1£25,000-
East MidlandsNew entry-1£27,500-
SomersetNew entry-1£32,500-
NottinghamshireNew entry-1£27,500-
BedfordshireNew entry-1--
WarringtonNew entry-1£22,500-
WakefieldNew entry-1--
SwanseaNew entry-1£21,000-

Quark
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

143 (52.44 %)Photoshop
240 (48.78 %)Adobe
337 (45.12 %)Adobe Illustrator
432 (39.02 %)QuarkXPress
530 (36.59 %)Flash
622 (26.83 %)Dreamweaver
718 (21.95 %)HTML
816 (19.51 %)Active Directory
816 (19.51 %)Marketing
915 (18.29 %)Microsoft
915 (18.29 %)Apple
1014 (17.07 %)MS Office
1014 (17.07 %)Advertising
1014 (17.07 %)InDesign
1014 (17.07 %)Mac OS X
1113 (15.85 %)CSS
1113 (15.85 %)JavaScript
1212 (14.63 %)PHP
1212 (14.63 %)XML
1212 (14.63 %)E-Commerce
1311 (13.41 %)TCP/IP
1311 (13.41 %)Windows
1311 (13.41 %)Sophos
1410 (12.20 %)Web Design
1410 (12.20 %)CMS
1410 (12.20 %)MySQL
1410 (12.20 %)MS Excel
159 (10.98 %)Acrobat
159 (10.98 %)Open Source
159 (10.98 %)Content Management

Quark
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
130 (36.59 %)Flash
218 (21.95 %)HTML
313 (15.85 %)CSS
412 (14.63 %)XML
57 (8.537 %).NET
66 (7.317 %)ASP
75 (6.098 %)XHTML
84 (4.878 %)AJAX
92 (2.439 %)Adobe Flex
92 (2.439 %)ASP.NET 2.0
92 (2.439 %)Visualforce
92 (2.439 %)LAMP
92 (2.439 %)ASP.NET
92 (2.439 %)J2EE
92 (2.439 %)Web Services
101 (1.220 %)DHTML
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
110 (12.20 %)CMS
25 (6.098 %)MS Exchange
34 (4.878 %)Exchange Server 5.5
34 (4.878 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (2.439 %)Oracle Workflow
42 (2.439 %)Papyrus
51 (1.220 %)BizTalk Server
51 (1.220 %)SharePoint
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
143 (52.44 %)Photoshop
237 (45.12 %)Adobe Illustrator
332 (39.02 %)QuarkXPress
414 (17.07 %)MS Office
414 (17.07 %)InDesign
510 (12.20 %)MS Excel
69 (10.98 %)Acrobat
76 (7.317 %)Fireworks
85 (6.098 %)FreeHand
93 (3.659 %)DOC1
102 (2.439 %)PrintSoft PReS
111 (1.220 %)MS PowerPoint
111 (1.220 %)Adobe After Effects
111 (1.220 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (13.41 %)TCP/IP
27 (8.537 %)Ethernet
34 (4.878 %)FTP
34 (4.878 %)DHCP
34 (4.878 %)VPN
34 (4.878 %)DNS
34 (4.878 %)Firewall
41 (1.220 %)Intranet
41 (1.220 %)Internet
41 (1.220 %)LAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (12.20 %)MySQL
24 (4.878 %)Crystal Reports
33 (3.659 %)SQL Server
41 (1.220 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
122 (26.83 %)Dreamweaver
21 (1.220 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
116 (19.51 %)Marketing
214 (17.07 %)Advertising
35 (6.098 %)Finance
44 (4.878 %)Health
44 (4.878 %)Publishing
53 (3.659 %)Graphic Design
53 (3.659 %)Pensions
62 (2.439 %)Games
62 (2.439 %)Construction
71 (1.220 %)Manufacturing
71 (1.220 %)Retail
71 (1.220 %)Insurance
71 (1.220 %)Front Office
71 (1.220 %)Animation
71 (1.220 %)Video Editing
71 (1.220 %)Online Games
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
134 (41.46 %)Designer
223 (28.05 %)Developer
318 (21.95 %)Web Designer
415 (18.29 %)Graphic Designer
511 (13.41 %)Mac Engineer
69 (10.98 %)PHP Developer
77 (8.537 %)Analyst
77 (8.537 %)Junior
86 (7.317 %)Support Analyst
86 (7.317 %)Applications Support
95 (6.098 %)2nd Line Support
95 (6.098 %)Web Developer
95 (6.098 %)PC Support
95 (6.098 %)Applications Support Analyst
95 (6.098 %)Photoshop Designer
104 (4.878 %)Senior Designer
104 (4.878 %)Senior Graphic Designer
104 (4.878 %)Senior Web Designer
113 (3.659 %)Support Engineer
113 (3.659 %)Senior Mac Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (10.98 %)Open Source
28 (9.756 %)Photography
33 (3.659 %)Copywriting
42 (2.439 %)Client/Server
51 (1.220 %)Management Information System
51 (1.220 %)Blog
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
114 (17.07 %)Mac OS X
211 (13.41 %)Windows
35 (6.098 %)Windows XP
44 (4.878 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (4.878 %)Windows Vista
51 (1.220 %)Mac OS X Server
51 (1.220 %)Mac OS
51 (1.220 %)UNIX
51 (1.220 %)Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (14.63 %)E-Commerce
210 (12.20 %)Web Design
39 (10.98 %)Content Management
46 (7.317 %)Data Analysis
46 (7.317 %)SEO
46 (7.317 %)Data Modelling
55 (6.098 %)Change Management
55 (6.098 %)Direct Marketing
64 (4.878 %)Web Development
64 (4.878 %)Project Management
64 (4.878 %)Business Analysis
73 (3.659 %)Workflow
73 (3.659 %)Asset Management
73 (3.659 %)Online Marketing
73 (3.659 %)Time Management
82 (2.439 %)Pay per click
82 (2.439 %)UML
82 (2.439 %)OOP
82 (2.439 %)OO
82 (2.439 %)OOD
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
113 (15.85 %)JavaScript
212 (14.63 %)PHP
38 (9.756 %)SQL
46 (7.317 %)Java
55 (6.098 %)C#
63 (3.659 %)ActionScript
72 (2.439 %)VB
72 (2.439 %)Apex Code
72 (2.439 %)C++
72 (2.439 %)C
81 (1.220 %)VBScript
81 (1.220 %)Perl
81 (1.220 %)VBA
81 (1.220 %)Python
81 (1.220 %)Shell Script
81 (1.220 %)AppleScript
81 (1.220 %)VB6
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (4.878 %)Degree
23 (3.659 %)MCP
23 (3.659 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (2.439 %)MCAD
32 (2.439 %)MCSD
41 (1.220 %)ACDT
41 (1.220 %)ACPT
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.220 %)QA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
116 (19.51 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
140 (48.78 %)Adobe
215 (18.29 %)Microsoft
215 (18.29 %)Apple
311 (13.41 %)Sophos
46 (7.317 %)Cognos
55 (6.098 %)HP
64 (4.878 %)Altiris
64 (4.878 %)Intel
64 (4.878 %)Juniper
73 (3.659 %)XMPie
82 (2.439 %)Open Text
82 (2.439 %)Salesforce.com
82 (2.439 %)EMC
82 (2.439 %)Oracle
91 (1.220 %)Macromedia
91 (1.220 %)Dell
91 (1.220 %)Citrix