Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

LinkRadio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank651637910
Rank change year-on-year
Down-14Up+273
Matching permanent IT job ads363660
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.042 %0.042 %0.029 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.293 %0.250 %0.176 %
Salaries quoted283644
Average salary£57,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+43.75 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£49,750£30,600£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£66,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£57,500£40,000£35,500
% change year-on-year
+43.75 %+12.67 %
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
122961439834032
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.21 %16.91 %16.72 %
Salaries quoted102091206828384
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-1.960 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-

RFID
Demand Trend

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

RFID Demand Trend

RFID
Salary Trend

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

RFID Salary Trend

RFID
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RFID over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 within the UK.

RFID Salary Histogram

RFID
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RFID within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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-2730£57,500+43.75 %
South EastUp+1126£57,500+43.75 %
BerkshireUp+1422£57,500+17.34 %
SloughUp+168£57,500+17.34 %
East of EnglandDown-52£35,000-46.15 %
LondonDown-412£61,250+53.12 %
NorwichNew entry-2£35,000-
BracknellNew entry-2£58,750-
NorfolkNew entry-2£35,000-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1£37,500-

RFID
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing RFID 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 RFID.

136 (72.00 %)SAP
227 (54.00 %)Retail
227 (54.00 %)Logistics
322 (44.00 %)Manufacturing
412 (24.00 %)Fujitsu
511 (22.00 %).NET
511 (22.00 %)IBM
511 (22.00 %)EPoS
511 (22.00 %)Accenture
511 (22.00 %)Atos Origin
610 (20.00 %)C#
610 (20.00 %)SAP WM
610 (20.00 %)Degree
78 (16.00 %)Java
78 (16.00 %)SQL
87 (14.00 %)ERP
87 (14.00 %)WLAN
87 (14.00 %)Smartcard
96 (12.00 %)SAP SCM
105 (10.00 %)Oracle
105 (10.00 %)XML
105 (10.00 %)Project Management
114 (8.000 %)C++
114 (8.000 %)PHP
114 (8.000 %)J2EE
114 (8.000 %)SQL Server
114 (8.000 %)UML
114 (8.000 %)J2ME
114 (8.000 %)SOA
114 (8.000 %)SMS

RFID
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing RFID 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 RFID. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (22.00 %).NET
25 (10.00 %)XML
34 (8.000 %)J2ME
34 (8.000 %)J2EE
43 (6.000 %)JDBC
43 (6.000 %)SOAP
43 (6.000 %)XSLT
43 (6.000 %)XHTML
43 (6.000 %)WSDL
43 (6.000 %)Ruby on Rails
43 (6.000 %)WebSphere
52 (4.000 %)DirectX
52 (4.000 %)ASP.NET
61 (2.000 %)AJAX
61 (2.000 %)EDI
61 (2.000 %)WAP
61 (2.000 %)Web Services
61 (2.000 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (6.000 %)Tomcat
21 (2.000 %)IIS
21 (2.000 %)MTS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (20.00 %)SAP WM
26 (12.00 %)SAP SCM
34 (8.000 %)SAP LE
43 (6.000 %)SAP APO
52 (4.000 %)SAP PP
52 (4.000 %)SAP CRM
52 (4.000 %)SAP Retail
52 (4.000 %)SAP SD
52 (4.000 %)SAP Travel Management
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (14.00 %)WLAN
24 (8.000 %)SMS
31 (2.000 %)LAN
31 (2.000 %)WAN
31 (2.000 %)Internet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (8.000 %)SQL Server
23 (6.000 %)MySQL
31 (2.000 %)DTS
31 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
127 (54.00 %)Retail
222 (44.00 %)Manufacturing
34 (8.000 %)Banking
34 (8.000 %)Billing
43 (6.000 %)Pensions
43 (6.000 %)Finance
43 (6.000 %)Education
52 (4.000 %)Construction
52 (4.000 %)Marketing
61 (2.000 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
120 (40.00 %)Consultant
214 (28.00 %)SAP Consultant
310 (20.00 %)Sales Consultant
310 (20.00 %)SAP Manager
49 (18.00 %)Pre Sales Consultant
57 (14.00 %)SAP WM Consultant
57 (14.00 %)SAP Logistics Consultant
57 (14.00 %)Developer
66 (12.00 %)Senior Consultant
66 (12.00 %)Senior SAP Consultant
74 (8.000 %)Architect
74 (8.000 %)Software Engineer
83 (6.000 %)Web Developer
83 (6.000 %)Applications Developer
83 (6.000 %)Java Developer
83 (6.000 %)Mobile Applications Developer
83 (6.000 %)Mobile Developer
83 (6.000 %)Java/J2EE Developer
83 (6.000 %)SAP SCM Consultant
83 (6.000 %)Enterprise Architect
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (22.00 %)EPoS
27 (14.00 %)Smartcard
33 (6.000 %)Biometrics
33 (6.000 %)Computer Science
33 (6.000 %)Life Science
33 (6.000 %)Cloud Computing
42 (4.000 %)Multithreading
42 (4.000 %)Device Driver
51 (2.000 %)Replication
51 (2.000 %)FMCG
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (6.000 %)Windows
22 (4.000 %)Windows Mobile
31 (2.000 %)UNIX
31 (2.000 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
127 (54.00 %)Logistics
27 (14.00 %)ERP
35 (10.00 %)Project Management
44 (8.000 %)SOA
44 (8.000 %)UML
53 (6.000 %)GAP Analysis
53 (6.000 %)Migration
53 (6.000 %)Supply Chain Management
53 (6.000 %)Business Analysis
53 (6.000 %)Enterprise Architecture
53 (6.000 %)Data Migration
53 (6.000 %)Data Architecture
62 (4.000 %)Network Architecture
62 (4.000 %)Business Development
62 (4.000 %)OOP
62 (4.000 %)OO
62 (4.000 %)CRM
71 (2.000 %)B2B
71 (2.000 %)B2C
71 (2.000 %)EAI
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
110 (20.00 %)C#
28 (16.00 %)Java
28 (16.00 %)SQL
34 (8.000 %)PHP
34 (8.000 %)C++
34 (8.000 %)Ruby
43 (6.000 %)C
43 (6.000 %)Python
51 (2.000 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (20.00 %)Degree
23 (6.000 %)MBA
32 (4.000 %)SAP Certification
41 (2.000 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (2.000 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
136 (72.00 %)SAP
212 (24.00 %)Fujitsu
311 (22.00 %)Accenture
311 (22.00 %)Atos Origin
311 (22.00 %)IBM
45 (10.00 %)Oracle
53 (6.000 %)JBoss
61 (2.000 %)Cognos
61 (2.000 %)Microsoft
61 (2.000 %)Intel
61 (2.000 %)BT