The first table below looks at the demand for S-PLUS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited S-PLUS over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Applications category.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Insightful S-PLUS
Rank 832 890 811
Rank change year-on-year
+58 -79
Permanent jobs citing S-PLUS 30 8 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.028% 0.007% 0.049%
As % of the Applications category 0.183% 0.049% 0.357%
Number of salaries quoted 27 7 46
Average salary £45,000 £65,000 £90,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.76% -27.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £38,000 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £138,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+28.57% +9.37%
All Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
16425 16195 17376
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 15.27% 13.42% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 13518 13981 14783
Average salary £37,500 £37,300 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.53% -0.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.98% -1.47%

S-PLUS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing S-PLUS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

S-PLUS Jobs Demand Trend

S-PLUS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing S-PLUS within the UK.

S-PLUS Salary Trend

S-PLUS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing S-PLUS over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

S-PLUS Salary Histogram

S-PLUS
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing S-PLUS within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +34 18 £45,000 -30.76%
London +44 13 £48,750 -25.00%
Wales - 12 £47,500 -
South Wales - 12 £47,500 -
Caerphilly - 12 £47,500 -
City of London +13 7 £40,000 -71.42%
South East +6 4 £45,000 -
Surrey - 4 £45,000 -
Staines - 4 £45,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £42,500 -
West Yorkshire - 1 £42,500 -
Leeds - 1 £42,500 -

S-PLUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing S-PLUS 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 S-PLUS.

1 47 (55.95%) Firewall
1 47 (55.95%) Data Security
1 47 (55.95%) VPN
1 47 (55.95%) Nessus
1 47 (55.95%) Network Design
1 47 (55.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 47 (55.95%) Qualys
1 47 (55.95%) ArcSight
1 47 (55.95%) SIEM
1 47 (55.95%) Vulnerability Management
2 46 (54.76%) PCI QSA
2 46 (54.76%) Network Security
2 46 (54.76%) ITIL
3 29 (34.52%) MATLAB
4 22 (26.19%) Finance
5 20 (23.81%) .NET
6 18 (21.43%) Analytics
7 16 (19.05%) Oracle
7 16 (19.05%) Java
7 16 (19.05%) Fixed Income
8 14 (16.67%) R
9 13 (15.48%) SQL
10 12 (14.29%) SQL Server
10 12 (14.29%) Mathematics
11 11 (13.10%) PCI DSS
11 11 (13.10%) PhD
12 10 (11.90%) C#
12 10 (11.90%) Degree
13 9 (10.71%) JIRA
13 9 (10.71%) TDD

S-PLUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing S-PLUS 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 S-PLUS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (23.81%) .NET
2 9 (10.71%) ASP.NET
3 7 (8.333%) ASP
4 4 (4.762%) Web Services
5 3 (3.571%) .NET Framework
5 3 (3.571%) XML
6 2 (2.381%) Spring
6 2 (2.381%) BlazeDS
6 2 (2.381%) Apache Flex
6 2 (2.381%) Spring Integration
7 1 (1.190%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.333%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.143%) SAS
3 2 (2.381%) WebLogic
3 2 (2.381%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (3.571%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.190%) SPSS
2 1 (1.190%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.381%) SunGard APT
Communications & Networking
1 47 (55.95%) Firewall
1 47 (55.95%) VPN
2 46 (54.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (7.143%) QlikView
3 6 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.381%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.381%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.381%) Spotfire
4 2 (2.381%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 9 (10.71%) JIRA
2 6 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (3.571%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.381%) Subversion
4 2 (2.381%) Maven
4 2 (2.381%) Hudson
General
1 22 (26.19%) Finance
2 4 (4.762%) Financial Institution
2 4 (4.762%) Front Office
2 4 (4.762%) Marketing
3 2 (2.381%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (2.381%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.190%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 60 (71.43%) Analyst
2 47 (55.95%) Security Analyst
3 21 (25.00%) Network Security Analyst
3 21 (25.00%) Network Analyst
4 9 (10.71%) Developer
5 8 (9.524%) Operations Analyst
5 8 (9.524%) Security Operations Analyst
6 6 (7.143%) Quantitative Analyst
7 5 (5.952%) Tester
8 4 (4.762%) Test Analyst
8 4 (4.762%) Consultant
8 4 (4.762%) .NET Developer
8 4 (4.762%) Team Leader
9 3 (3.571%) Applications Tester
9 3 (3.571%) Project Manager
10 2 (2.381%) Applications Developer
10 2 (2.381%) Programmer
10 2 (2.381%) QA Analyst
10 2 (2.381%) Analyst Developer
10 2 (2.381%) Quantitative Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.05%) Fixed Income
2 12 (14.29%) Mathematics
3 8 (9.524%) Physics
4 6 (7.143%) Equities
5 4 (4.762%) Derivative
6 3 (3.571%) Statistics
7 2 (2.381%) Life Science
7 2 (2.381%) Hedge funds
7 2 (2.381%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.190%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.381%) Windows
1 2 (2.381%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (55.95%) Data Security
1 47 (55.95%) Network Design
1 47 (55.95%) SIEM
1 47 (55.95%) Vulnerability Management
2 46 (54.76%) ITIL
3 18 (21.43%) Analytics
4 9 (10.71%) TDD
5 8 (9.524%) Risk Management
5 8 (9.524%) Fund Management
6 7 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (8.333%) Test Scripting
6 7 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
7 6 (7.143%) Regression Testing
7 6 (7.143%) Asset Management
7 6 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (7.143%) Performance Testing
7 6 (7.143%) Test Management
8 5 (5.952%) Data Analysis
9 4 (4.762%) CRM
9 4 (4.762%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 29 (34.52%) MATLAB
2 16 (19.05%) Java
3 14 (16.67%) R
4 13 (15.48%) SQL
5 10 (11.90%) C#
6 7 (8.333%) C++
7 5 (5.952%) C
8 3 (3.571%) Python
9 2 (2.381%) VBA
10 1 (1.190%) Ruby
10 1 (1.190%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.190%) Perl
Qualifications
1 46 (54.76%) PCI QSA
2 11 (13.10%) PhD
3 10 (11.90%) Degree
4 3 (3.571%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.190%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (55.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (13.10%) PCI DSS
3 6 (7.143%) QA
4 3 (3.571%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 47 (55.95%) Nessus
2 7 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 47 (55.95%) Qualys
1 47 (55.95%) ArcSight
2 16 (19.05%) Oracle
3 7 (8.333%) HP
4 6 (7.143%) Hyperion
4 6 (7.143%) Cadis
5 5 (5.952%) Microsoft
6 4 (4.762%) Sybase
7 3 (3.571%) SAP
8 2 (2.381%) SunGard
8 2 (2.381%) TIBCO
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Security Operations Analyst - Network Security, PCI, ISO27001... Knowledge of Security networking products including firewalls, IDS/ IPS and VPN's plus... ITIL standards. SIEM products such as LogRhythm or...
Zorba Consulting Limited
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus & Competitive Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013