Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term RIA in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RIA over the 3 months to 12 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.

LinkRich Internet Application (RIA)
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank512581811
Rank change year-on-year
Up+69Up+230
Matching permanent IT job ads17996137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.214 %0.112 %0.068 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.791 %0.475 %0.305 %
Salaries quoted16689115
Average salary£55,000£45,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22 %+20.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£32,750
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£66,250£100,000£54,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£40,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %+14.28 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
226202022944945
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.03 %23.53 %22.29 %
Salaries quoted183691651935435
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£27,500£26,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£75,000£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+1.350 %+2.770 %

RIA
Demand Trend

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

RIA Demand Trend

RIA
Salary Trend

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

RIA Salary Trend

RIA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RIA over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 within the UK.

RIA Salary Histogram

RIA
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RIA within the UK over the 3 months to 12 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+87167£55,000+22.22 %
LondonUp+33132£57,500+27.77 %
South WestUp+2315£32,500-
South EastUp+1714£40,000-20.00 %
City of LondonDown-6613£60,000-40.00 %
DorsetNew entry-12£32,500-
ScotlandUp+2110£33,750-15.62 %
BerkshireNew entry-7£37,500-
Dumfries and GallowayNew entry-5£30,000-
YorkshireNew entry-5£37,500-
DumfriesNew entry-5£30,000-
SurreyUp+24£42,500-15.00 %
EdinburghDown-24£37,500-6.25 %
WiltshireNew entry-3£32,000-
South YorkshireNew entry-3£37,500-
SalisburyNew entry-3£32,000-
AmershamNew entry-2£32,500-
HarrogateNew entry-2--
NewburyNew entry-2£27,500-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-2£32,500-
North YorkshireNew entry-2--
SheffieldNew entry-2£37,500-
East of EnglandUp+91£26,000-5.45 %
M4 CorridorNew entry-1£40,000-
NorfolkNew entry-1£26,000-
WokingNew entry-1£42,500-
WeymouthNew entry-1£35,000-
ReadingNew entry-1£35,000-
NorwichNew entry-1£26,000-
GlasgowNew entry-1£45,000-

RIA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing RIA 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 RIA.

1317 (79.45 %)Internet
2258 (64.66 %)Flash
3255 (63.91 %)Adobe Flex
4206 (51.63 %)Silverlight
5191 (47.87 %)Adobe
6180 (45.11 %)Finance
7153 (38.35 %)Adobe Illustrator
8129 (32.33 %)Microsoft
9111 (27.82 %)Workflow
1088 (22.06 %)Java
1180 (20.05 %)Banking
1277 (19.30 %)ActionScript
1376 (19.05 %)JavaScript
1376 (19.05 %)C#
1376 (19.05 %)Agile Software Development
1470 (17.54 %)CSS
1567 (16.79 %)HTML
1666 (16.54 %)AJAX
1763 (15.79 %)OO
1862 (15.54 %).NET
1956 (14.04 %)Degree
2053 (13.28 %)Front Office
2053 (13.28 %)ActionScript 3.0
2150 (12.53 %)Photoshop
2248 (12.03 %)XML
2341 (10.28 %)ASP.NET
2435 (8.772 %)Web Services
2534 (8.521 %)Subversion
2534 (8.521 %)Animation
2534 (8.521 %)Web Development

RIA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing RIA 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 RIA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1258 (64.66 %)Flash
2255 (63.91 %)Adobe Flex
3206 (51.63 %)Silverlight
470 (17.54 %)CSS
567 (16.79 %)HTML
666 (16.54 %)AJAX
762 (15.54 %).NET
848 (12.03 %)XML
941 (10.28 %)ASP.NET
1035 (8.772 %)Web Services
1120 (5.013 %)MVC
1120 (5.013 %)WPF
1219 (4.762 %)DHTML
1318 (4.511 %)jQuery
1417 (4.261 %)PureMVC
1417 (4.261 %)XHTML
1516 (4.010 %)Papervision3D
1614 (3.509 %)Spring
1614 (3.509 %).NET Framework
1713 (3.258 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
112 (3.008 %)ColdFusion
211 (2.757 %)Tomcat
38 (2.005 %)GlassFish
44 (1.003 %)SharePoint Server 2007
53 (0.752 %)Apache
53 (0.752 %)IIS
53 (0.752 %)Commerce Server
53 (0.752 %)CMS
62 (0.501 %)WebLogic Portal
62 (0.501 %)WebLogic
71 (0.251 %)LiveCycle
71 (0.251 %)SharePoint
71 (0.251 %)BizTalk Server
71 (0.251 %)Oracle Spatial
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1153 (38.35 %)Adobe Illustrator
250 (12.53 %)Photoshop
39 (2.256 %)MS Excel
45 (1.253 %)MS Visio
45 (1.253 %)Fireworks
52 (0.501 %)MS Project
61 (0.251 %)Shockwave
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1317 (79.45 %)Internet
25 (1.253 %)Intranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
130 (7.519 %)SQL Server
223 (5.764 %)MySQL
37 (1.754 %)RDBMS
46 (1.504 %)PostgreSQL
55 (1.253 %)DTS
55 (1.253 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (1.003 %)SQL Server 2008
72 (0.501 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
72 (0.501 %)SQL Server 2000
81 (0.251 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.251 %)GIS
81 (0.251 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
81 (0.251 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
134 (8.521 %)Subversion
228 (7.018 %)Flex Builder
326 (6.516 %)Eclipse
422 (5.514 %)Maven
513 (3.258 %)Git (software)
612 (3.008 %)Expression Blend
710 (2.506 %)Expression Studio
87 (1.754 %)Visual Studio
96 (1.504 %)Selenium
96 (1.504 %)Mercurial
105 (1.253 %)Flash Builder
105 (1.253 %)Ant
114 (1.003 %)ClearCase
114 (1.003 %)JSUnit
122 (0.501 %)Rational Rose
122 (0.501 %)FlexUnit
131 (0.251 %)JUnit
131 (0.251 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1180 (45.11 %)Finance
280 (20.05 %)Banking
353 (13.28 %)Front Office
434 (8.521 %)Animation
518 (4.511 %)Multimedia
518 (4.511 %)Health
518 (4.511 %)Games
611 (2.757 %)Investment Banking
710 (2.506 %)Pensions
710 (2.506 %)Financial Institution
89 (2.256 %)Marketing
97 (1.754 %)Online Games
97 (1.754 %)Publishing
106 (1.504 %)Graphic Design
106 (1.504 %)Insurance
115 (1.253 %)Education
115 (1.253 %)Government
123 (0.752 %)Advertising
123 (0.752 %)Retail
123 (0.752 %)Flash Games
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1191 (47.87 %)Developer
2126 (31.58 %)Architect
365 (16.29 %)Designer
438 (9.524 %)Senior Developer
438 (9.524 %)Java Developer
438 (9.524 %)Flex Developer
537 (9.273 %)Lead Designer
636 (9.023 %)Flash Developer
729 (7.268 %)C# Developer
825 (6.266 %)Web Developer
918 (4.511 %)Applications Developer
1017 (4.261 %)Senior Java Developer
1114 (3.509 %).NET Developer
1213 (3.258 %)UI Developer
1213 (3.258 %)Senior Architect
1311 (2.757 %)Consultant
1311 (2.757 %)Senior Flash Developer
1410 (2.506 %)Senior UI Developer
159 (2.256 %)Front-End Developer
159 (2.256 %)ActionScript Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
123 (5.764 %)Fixed Income
216 (4.010 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
216 (4.010 %)Physics
315 (3.759 %)Open Source
412 (3.008 %)Computer Science
412 (3.008 %)Mathematics
412 (3.008 %)Client/Server
58 (2.005 %)Multithreading
66 (1.504 %)Web 2.0
74 (1.003 %)Equity Derivative
74 (1.003 %)Equities
83 (0.752 %)iPhone
83 (0.752 %)Tandem
83 (0.752 %)STB
92 (0.501 %)Copywriting
92 (0.501 %)SCORM
92 (0.501 %)E-Learning
92 (0.501 %)NHS
92 (0.501 %)Management Information System
101 (0.251 %)SaaS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
113 (3.258 %)Windows
212 (3.008 %)UNIX
32 (0.501 %)Linux
41 (0.251 %)Android
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1111 (27.82 %)Workflow
276 (19.05 %)Agile Software Development
363 (15.79 %)OO
434 (8.521 %)Web Development
522 (5.514 %)Project Management
620 (5.013 %)Continuous Integration
719 (4.762 %)TDD
818 (4.511 %)OOP
915 (3.759 %)Unit Testing
915 (3.759 %)Scrum
1014 (3.509 %)E-Commerce
1113 (3.258 %)Software Engineering
1212 (3.008 %)Electronic Trading
1310 (2.506 %)User Experience Design
1310 (2.506 %)Information Architecture
148 (2.005 %)Refactoring
148 (2.005 %)Business Analysis
148 (2.005 %)SOA
157 (1.754 %)OOD
166 (1.504 %)UML
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
188 (22.06 %)Java
277 (19.30 %)ActionScript
376 (19.05 %)JavaScript
376 (19.05 %)C#
453 (13.28 %)ActionScript 3.0
533 (8.271 %)SQL
625 (6.266 %)C++
723 (5.764 %)PHP
817 (4.261 %)ActionScript 2.0
916 (4.010 %)XAML
109 (2.256 %)C
116 (1.504 %)T-SQL
125 (1.253 %)CFML
134 (1.003 %)VB
134 (1.003 %)Python
143 (0.752 %)Ruby
152 (0.501 %)VB6
152 (0.501 %)PHP5
161 (0.251 %)VB.NET
161 (0.251 %)Perl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
156 (14.04 %)Degree
23 (0.752 %)Security Cleared
23 (0.752 %)SC Cleared
32 (0.501 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
41 (0.251 %)DV Cleared
41 (0.251 %)ISEB
41 (0.251 %)Sun Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (2.256 %)QA
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1191 (47.87 %)Adobe
2129 (32.33 %)Microsoft
38 (2.005 %)JBoss
46 (1.504 %)Oracle
54 (1.003 %)Google
63 (0.752 %)Macromedia
72 (0.501 %)ATG
72 (0.501 %)Perforce
72 (0.501 %)hybris
81 (0.251 %)SAP
81 (0.251 %)Sybase
81 (0.251 %)Sun
81 (0.251 %)TIBCO
81 (0.251 %)Caplin