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

Splunk
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank816835749
Rank change year-on-year
Up+19Down-86
Matching permanent IT job ads59303
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.049 %0.024 %0.003 %
As % of the Systems Management category1.025 %0.524 %0.084 %
Number of salaries quoted52303
Average salary£45,000£40,000£36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50 %+11.11 %
UK excluding London average salary£43,500£40,000-
% change year-on-year
+8.75 %-
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategoryAll Systems Management
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
575457233557
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.772 %4.667 %3.726 %
Number of salaries quoted478745422746
Average salary£44,000£42,500£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.52 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,700£30,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£61,500£60,900
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

Splunk
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Splunk within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Splunk Demand Trend

Splunk
Salary Trend

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

Splunk Salary Trend

Splunk
Salary Histogram

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

Splunk Salary Histogram

Splunk
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Splunk 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
EnglandUp+1155£45,000+12.50 %
LondonNew entry-46£45,000-
South WestNew entry-7£25,000-
WiltshireNew entry-6£25,000-
City of LondonNew entry-5£55,000-
SwindonNew entry-4£25,000-
Tyne and WearDown-21£43,500+8.75 %
East of EnglandDown-41£50,000+42.85 %
Newcastle upon TyneDown-61£43,500+8.75 %
North EastDown-111£43,500+8.75 %
EssexNew entry-1£50,000-
CornwallNew entry-1£47,500-
HelstonNew entry-1£47,500-

Splunk
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

157 (72.15 %)Linux
237 (46.84 %)Red Hat
334 (43.04 %)Windows
432 (40.51 %)JBoss
527 (34.18 %)VMware
527 (34.18 %)Bash shell
625 (31.65 %)Apache
724 (30.38 %)SQL
724 (30.38 %)Nagios
724 (30.38 %)TCP/IP
823 (29.11 %)Cacti
921 (26.58 %)Debian
1020 (25.32 %)Finance
1020 (25.32 %)Puppet
1119 (24.05 %)Cisco
1119 (24.05 %)VBScript
1218 (22.78 %)SNMP
1218 (22.78 %)Shell Script
1316 (20.25 %)PHP
1316 (20.25 %)UNIX
1316 (20.25 %)PowerShell
1415 (18.99 %)Tomcat
1415 (18.99 %)Perl
1415 (18.99 %)Windows Server 2003
1415 (18.99 %)Firewall
1513 (16.46 %)Internet
1513 (16.46 %)CentOS
1612 (15.19 %)Load Balancing
1612 (15.19 %)RHCE
1612 (15.19 %)Banking

Splunk
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (13.92 %)XML
29 (11.39 %)Middleware
38 (10.13 %)HTML
45 (6.329 %).NET
45 (6.329 %)ASP
54 (5.063 %)ASP.NET
54 (5.063 %).NET Framework
62 (2.532 %)J2EE
62 (2.532 %)JMX
71 (1.266 %)LAMP
71 (1.266 %)Web Services
71 (1.266 %)Java EE
71 (1.266 %)Regular Expression
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
125 (31.65 %)Apache
215 (18.99 %)Tomcat
35 (6.329 %)IIS
44 (5.063 %)SharePoint
51 (1.266 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
51 (1.266 %)AquaLogic
51 (1.266 %)SharePoint 2010
51 (1.266 %)WebLogic
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (5.063 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (6.329 %)SunGard APT
15 (6.329 %)FastVal
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
124 (30.38 %)TCP/IP
218 (22.78 %)SNMP
315 (18.99 %)Firewall
413 (16.46 %)Internet
510 (12.66 %)MPLS
510 (12.66 %)OSPF
510 (12.66 %)BGP
510 (12.66 %)VPN
510 (12.66 %)DNS
510 (12.66 %)WAN
510 (12.66 %)FTP
67 (8.861 %)SAN
67 (8.861 %)Wireless
67 (8.861 %)Network Security
76 (7.595 %)NAS
85 (6.329 %)Intrusion Detection
94 (5.063 %)LAN
102 (2.532 %)Broadband
102 (2.532 %)NetScaler
102 (2.532 %)VRRP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (13.92 %)SQL Server
29 (11.39 %)SQL Server 2008
35 (6.329 %)MySQL
44 (5.063 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (5.063 %)Visual Studio
14 (5.063 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (25.32 %)Finance
212 (15.19 %)Banking
36 (7.595 %)Music
36 (7.595 %)Publishing
44 (5.063 %)Automotive
44 (5.063 %)Electronics
53 (3.797 %)Retail
62 (2.532 %)Music Industry
62 (2.532 %)Retail Banking
71 (1.266 %)Telecoms
71 (1.266 %)Legal
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
125 (31.65 %)Systems Administrator
125 (31.65 %)Administrator
219 (24.05 %)Linux Systems Administrator
219 (24.05 %)Linux Administrator
311 (13.92 %)Architect
311 (13.92 %)Solutions Architect
410 (12.66 %)Network Engineer
57 (8.861 %)Analyst
66 (7.595 %)Security Analyst
75 (6.329 %)Systems Engineer
84 (5.063 %)Developer
84 (5.063 %)Technical Manager
93 (3.797 %)IT Security Analyst
93 (3.797 %).NET Developer
93 (3.797 %)C# Developer
102 (2.532 %)Senior Network Engineer
102 (2.532 %)Senior Systems Administrator
102 (2.532 %)C# .NET Developer
102 (2.532 %)Infrastructure Manager
102 (2.532 %)Support Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (13.92 %)STB
210 (12.66 %)Wiki
37 (8.861 %)Open Source
37 (8.861 %)Computer Science
45 (6.329 %)Hedge funds
54 (5.063 %)N-Tier
62 (2.532 %)Client/Server
71 (1.266 %)Management Information System
71 (1.266 %)SaaS
71 (1.266 %)Data Extraction
71 (1.266 %)Cloud Computing
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
157 (72.15 %)Linux
234 (43.04 %)Windows
321 (26.58 %)Debian
416 (20.25 %)UNIX
515 (18.99 %)Windows Server 2003
613 (16.46 %)CentOS
710 (12.66 %)Slackware
710 (12.66 %)AIX
88 (10.13 %)Windows Server 2008
96 (7.595 %)Solaris
105 (6.329 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
111 (1.266 %)Windows NT
111 (1.266 %)Windows XP
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (15.19 %)Load Balancing
210 (12.66 %)Network Design
39 (11.39 %)Network Management
48 (10.13 %)Release Management
57 (8.861 %)Information Security
57 (8.861 %)Service Delivery
66 (7.595 %)Risk Management
66 (7.595 %)Penetration Testing
75 (6.329 %)Asset Management
75 (6.329 %)BCP
75 (6.329 %)Portfolio Management
84 (5.063 %)Resource Management
84 (5.063 %)ITIL
93 (3.797 %)Incident Management
102 (2.532 %)E-Commerce
102 (2.532 %)Project Management
102 (2.532 %)Performance Testing
102 (2.532 %)Memory Management
111 (1.266 %)Time Management
111 (1.266 %)SIEM
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
127 (34.18 %)Bash shell
224 (30.38 %)SQL
319 (24.05 %)VBScript
418 (22.78 %)Shell Script
516 (20.25 %)PowerShell
516 (20.25 %)PHP
615 (18.99 %)Perl
711 (13.92 %)Java
85 (6.329 %)C#
92 (2.532 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
112 (15.19 %)RHCE
23 (3.797 %)Cisco Certification
32 (2.532 %)CCNA
32 (2.532 %)Degree
32 (2.532 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
41 (1.266 %)MCITP
41 (1.266 %)SC Cleared
41 (1.266 %)Security Cleared
41 (1.266 %)ISACA
41 (1.266 %)CCDP
41 (1.266 %)MCP
41 (1.266 %)CCNP
41 (1.266 %)CCIP
41 (1.266 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (1.266 %)GIAC
41 (1.266 %)CEH
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (7.595 %)PCI DSS
23 (3.797 %)SLA
32 (2.532 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (13.92 %)NFS
29 (11.39 %)VMware Server
38 (10.13 %)Squid
47 (8.861 %)Active Directory
55 (6.329 %)Snort
55 (6.329 %)vSphere
61 (1.266 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
124 (30.38 %)Nagios
223 (29.11 %)Cacti
320 (25.32 %)Puppet
410 (12.66 %)Red Hat Spacewalk
58 (10.13 %)ZABBIX
65 (6.329 %)vCenter
65 (6.329 %)Ganglia
74 (5.063 %)SCOM
83 (3.797 %)HP Data Protector
91 (1.266 %)NetBackup
91 (1.266 %)Nessus
91 (1.266 %)OSSEC
91 (1.266 %)McAfee ePO
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
137 (46.84 %)Red Hat
232 (40.51 %)JBoss
327 (34.18 %)VMware
419 (24.05 %)Cisco
511 (13.92 %)HP
511 (13.92 %)CODA
69 (11.39 %)Oracle
78 (10.13 %)Blue Coat
78 (10.13 %)Citrix
78 (10.13 %)Juniper
78 (10.13 %)Riverbed
86 (7.595 %)LogLogic
86 (7.595 %)Microsoft
95 (6.329 %)SunGard
104 (5.063 %)Ericsson
104 (5.063 %)Sony
112 (2.532 %)Atlassian
112 (2.532 %)Akamai
112 (2.532 %)Tealeaf
121 (1.266 %)McAfee