The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Reactive Extensions skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Reactive Extensions 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 Application Development category.

Reactive Extensions (Rx)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank855796-
Rank change year-on-year
Down-59New entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads20690
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.017 %0.056 %-
As % of the Application Development category0.040 %0.140 %-
Number of salaries quoted17540
Average salary£62,500£75,000-
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66 %-
UK excluding London average salary£42,500--
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
504084911936413
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK41.80 %40.06 %38.14 %
Number of salaries quoted447934339731363
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

Reactive Extensions
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Reactive Extensions within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Reactive Extensions Demand Trend

Reactive Extensions
Salary Trend

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

Reactive Extensions Salary Trend

Reactive Extensions
Salary Histogram

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

Reactive Extensions Salary Histogram

Reactive Extensions
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reactive Extensions 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-6320£62,500-16.66 %
LondonDown-6616£62,500-16.66 %
City of LondonNo change06£72,500-1.69 %
East of EnglandNew entry-4£42,500-
SuffolkNew entry-3--
ColchesterNew entry-1£42,500-
Bury St EdmundsNew entry-1--
EssexNew entry-1£42,500-

Reactive Extensions
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

143 (91.49 %)C#
143 (91.49 %).NET
235 (74.47 %)WCF
334 (72.34 %)WPF
334 (72.34 %)TDD
425 (53.19 %)LINQ
523 (48.94 %)OO
621 (44.68 %)Finance
720 (42.55 %)Multithreading
818 (38.30 %)MVVM
818 (38.30 %)C++
916 (34.04 %)Visual Studio
916 (34.04 %)Scrum
916 (34.04 %)Degree
1014 (29.79 %)Boost C++ Libraries
1014 (29.79 %)MSMQ
1112 (25.53 %)ASP.NET
1112 (25.53 %)SQL
1112 (25.53 %)MVC
1112 (25.53 %)Agile Software Development
1211 (23.40 %)ASP.NET MVC
1211 (23.40 %)SQL Server
1211 (23.40 %)Microsoft
1310 (21.28 %)Web Services
1310 (21.28 %)Clustering
1310 (21.28 %)Banking
1310 (21.28 %)Computer Science
149 (19.15 %)Algorithmic Trading
149 (19.15 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
149 (19.15 %)F#

Reactive Extensions
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
143 (91.49 %).NET
235 (74.47 %)WCF
334 (72.34 %)WPF
425 (53.19 %)LINQ
514 (29.79 %)Boost C++ Libraries
612 (25.53 %)ASP.NET
711 (23.40 %)ASP.NET MVC
810 (21.28 %)Web Services
99 (19.15 %)Middleware
99 (19.15 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
108 (17.02 %)Silverlight
116 (12.77 %)WinForms
116 (12.77 %)Ajax
125 (10.64 %)Managed Extensibility Framework
125 (10.64 %)AppFabric
125 (10.64 %)REST
134 (8.511 %)XML
134 (8.511 %)SOAP
134 (8.511 %)STL
134 (8.511 %)MFC
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (29.79 %)MSMQ
23 (6.383 %)SharePoint
23 (6.383 %)IIS
32 (4.255 %)Rendezvous
41 (2.128 %)Windows Azure
41 (2.128 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (8.511 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (8.511 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (2.128 %)Dynamics AX
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (17.02 %)Internet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (23.40 %)SQL Server
27 (14.89 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
27 (14.89 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
35 (10.64 %)SQL Server 2008
35 (10.64 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (4.255 %)RDBMS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
116 (34.04 %)Visual Studio
23 (6.383 %)Expression Blend
23 (6.383 %)Team Foundation Server
23 (6.383 %)SpecFlow
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
121 (44.68 %)Finance
210 (21.28 %)Banking
39 (19.15 %)Front Office
44 (8.511 %)Investment Banking
52 (4.255 %)Telecoms
52 (4.255 %)Aerospace
61 (2.128 %)Games
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
141 (87.23 %)Developer
226 (55.32 %)C# Developer
315 (31.91 %)C# .NET Developer
48 (17.02 %).NET Developer
48 (17.02 %)C++ Developer
54 (8.511 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
54 (8.511 %)C++/C# Developer
63 (6.383 %)WPF Developer
63 (6.383 %)Software Engineer
63 (6.383 %)Senior Developer
63 (6.383 %)ASP.NET Developer
72 (4.255 %)Senior C++ Developer
72 (4.255 %).NET Programmer
72 (4.255 %)Programmer
72 (4.255 %)Java Developer
72 (4.255 %)C# Programmer
72 (4.255 %)Silverlight Developer
81 (2.128 %)Agile .NET Developer
81 (2.128 %)Agile C# Developer
81 (2.128 %)Lead Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (21.28 %)Clustering
110 (21.28 %)Computer Science
29 (19.15 %)Client/Server
38 (17.02 %)SaaS
43 (6.383 %)Cloud Computing
52 (4.255 %)Open Source
52 (4.255 %)Grid Computing
61 (2.128 %)Hedge funds
61 (2.128 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61 (2.128 %)Management Information System
61 (2.128 %)Fixed Income
61 (2.128 %)Equities
61 (2.128 %)Derivative
61 (2.128 %)Equity Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (19.15 %)Windows
23 (6.383 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
134 (72.34 %)TDD
223 (48.94 %)OO
320 (42.55 %)Multithreading
418 (38.30 %)MVVM
516 (34.04 %)Scrum
612 (25.53 %)Agile Software Development
612 (25.53 %)MVC
79 (19.15 %)Algorithmic Trading
88 (17.02 %)Pair Programming
97 (14.89 %)UML
97 (14.89 %)OOA/OOD
97 (14.89 %)Parallel Programming
106 (12.77 %)BDD
114 (8.511 %)Dependency Injection
114 (8.511 %)CRM
114 (8.511 %)Migration
123 (6.383 %)Requirements Analysis
123 (6.383 %)Data Modelling
123 (6.383 %)Workflow
123 (6.383 %)Data Migration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
143 (91.49 %)C#
218 (38.30 %)C++
312 (25.53 %)SQL
49 (19.15 %)F#
57 (14.89 %)Java
62 (4.255 %)Perl
62 (4.255 %)Scala
62 (4.255 %)Python
62 (4.255 %)C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
116 (34.04 %)Degree
23 (6.383 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (6.383 %)MCITP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (6.383 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
111 (23.40 %)Microsoft
23 (6.383 %)Google
32 (4.255 %)TIBCO
41 (2.128 %)Infragistics
41 (2.128 %)DataSynapse
41 (2.128 %)DevExpress
41 (2.128 %)Trayport