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This section looks at the demand for Sophis VALUE skills across the UK with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophis VALUE over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSophis VALUE
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank9131005
Rank change on same period last yearUp+92
Matching permanent IT job ads1010
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.082 %0.060 %
Salaries quoted09
Average minimum salary-£41,667
Average salary-£50,833
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£60,000
UK excluding London average salary--
% change on same period last year-
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads1225816704
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.599 %6.963 %
Salaries quoted937011929
Average minimum salary£46,617£46,594
Average salary£52,280£52,042
% change on same period last year+0.45 %
Average maximum salary£57,943£57,490
UK excluding London average salary£49,302£50,117
% change on same period last year-1.62 %

Sophis VALUE
Demand Trend

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

Sophis VALUE Demand Trend

Sophis VALUE
Salary Trend

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

Sophis VALUE Salary Trend

Sophis VALUE
Top 5 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophis VALUE within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+7510--
LondonUp+928--
City of LondonNew entry-7--
South EastUp+472--
SurreyUp+292--

Sophis VALUE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Sophis VALUE 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 Sophis VALUE.

115 (100.00 %)Sophis
28 (53.33 %)Derivative
28 (53.33 %)Equity Derivative
28 (53.33 %)Investment Management
37 (46.67 %)Pensions
37 (46.67 %)Health
37 (46.67 %)Risk Management
37 (46.67 %)C#
37 (46.67 %).NET
45 (33.33 %)UNIX
45 (33.33 %)Finance
54 (26.67 %)Project Management
54 (26.67 %)J2EE
54 (26.67 %)C++
54 (26.67 %)HTML
54 (26.67 %)Java
54 (26.67 %)QA
54 (26.67 %)WebSphere
63 (20.00 %)Web Development
63 (20.00 %)Investment Banking
63 (20.00 %)Oracle
63 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
63 (20.00 %)Data Modelling
63 (20.00 %)C
63 (20.00 %)Sophis RISQUE
63 (20.00 %)Banking
72 (13.33 %)Retail
72 (13.33 %)CheckFree
72 (13.33 %)Front Office
72 (13.33 %)RDBMS

Sophis VALUE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Sophis VALUE 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 Sophis VALUE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (46.67 %).NET
24 (26.67 %)J2EE
24 (26.67 %)HTML
24 (26.67 %)WebSphere
33 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (13.33 %)Servlets
42 (13.33 %)XML
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (13.33 %)MQSeries
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (20.00 %)Sophis RISQUE
21 (6.667 %)Capstone
21 (6.667 %)Decalog
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (13.33 %)DB2
12 (13.33 %)RDBMS
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (46.67 %)Health
17 (46.67 %)Pensions
25 (33.33 %)Finance
33 (20.00 %)Banking
33 (20.00 %)Investment Banking
42 (13.33 %)Retail
42 (13.33 %)Front Office
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (46.67 %)Developer
17 (46.67 %)Analyst
17 (46.67 %)C# Developer
24 (26.67 %)Support Analyst
32 (13.33 %)Applications Support
32 (13.33 %)Applications Support Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Banking Business Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Sophis Business Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Project Manager
41 (6.667 %)Business Analyst
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (53.33 %)Derivative
18 (53.33 %)Equity Derivative
21 (6.667 %)Fixed Income
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (33.33 %)UNIX
22 (13.33 %)AIX
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (53.33 %)Investment Management
27 (46.67 %)Risk Management
34 (26.67 %)Project Management
43 (20.00 %)Data Modelling
43 (20.00 %)Web Development
52 (13.33 %)Asset Management
52 (13.33 %)Incident Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (46.67 %)C#
24 (26.67 %)C++
24 (26.67 %)Java
33 (20.00 %)C
42 (13.33 %)JavaScript
51 (6.667 %)PL/SQL
51 (6.667 %)SQL
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (26.67 %)QA
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (13.33 %)CONTROL-M
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (100.00 %)Sophis
23 (20.00 %)Oracle
32 (13.33 %)Sybase
32 (13.33 %)SunGard
32 (13.33 %)CheckFree
41 (6.667 %)LatentZero