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

SPSS
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank640464490
Rank change year-on-year
Down-176Up+26
Matching permanent IT job ads238472277
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.197 %0.385 %0.290 %
As % of the Applications category1.299 %2.515 %1.974 %
Number of salaries quoted195403243
Average salary£45,000£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88 %+6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,250£30,000£29,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£33,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %+13.63 %
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryAll Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
183171876614030
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK15.19 %15.30 %14.69 %
Number of salaries quoted157571577511552
Average salary£37,500£37,500£35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+4.89 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£23,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£62,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %

SPSS
Demand Trend

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

SPSS Demand Trend

SPSS
Salary Trend

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

SPSS Salary Trend

SPSS
Salary Histogram

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

SPSS Salary Histogram

SPSS
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SPSS 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
EnglandDown-161235£45,000+5.88 %
LondonDown-82149£47,500-
South WestDown-1232£44,000+17.33 %
South EastDown-10630£43,500-3.33 %
City of LondonDown-2126£39,000-21.21 %
BristolUp+1015£45,000+20.00 %
East of EnglandDown-269£28,000-13.84 %
North WestDown-88£27,000-14.28 %
WiltshireDown-128£40,000-4.76 %
HampshireDown-238£43,000+19.44 %
BerkshireDown-517£45,000-8.62 %
SwindonDown-126£40,000-4.76 %
East MidlandsDown-236£30,250-12.94 %
Home CountiesNew entry-6--
HertfordshireNo change05£47,500+39.70 %
ReadingDown-105£45,000+44.00 %
SouthamptonDown-275£31,000-7.46 %
St AlbansNo change04--
SurreyDown-184£23,750-13.63 %
CheshireNew entry-4£22,500-
OsterleyNew entry-4--
BedfordshireDown-163£28,000-13.84 %
YorkshireDown-163£42,500+41.66 %
WarringtonNew entry-3£25,000-
LiverpoolNew entry-3£40,000-
GuildfordNew entry-3£21,500-
MerseysideNew entry-3£40,000-
NottinghamshireUp+72£30,250-24.37 %
NottinghamUp+12£30,250-24.37 %
West YorkshireDown-102£42,500+29.57 %

SPSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1352 (69.57 %)SAS
2310 (61.26 %)SQL
3280 (55.34 %)Marketing
4133 (26.28 %)Degree
5129 (25.49 %)Statistical Modelling
6123 (24.31 %)Customer Insight
7109 (21.54 %)Data Analysis
8107 (21.15 %)CHAID
9104 (20.55 %)Finance
1092 (18.18 %)Business Intelligence
1190 (17.79 %)Logistic Regression
1288 (17.39 %)Direct Marketing
1288 (17.39 %)Statistics
1385 (16.80 %)Marketing Strategy
1469 (13.64 %)Retail
1560 (11.86 %)Stakeholder Engagement
1560 (11.86 %)Mathematics
1658 (11.46 %)MS Excel
1748 (9.486 %)Data Warehouse
1845 (8.893 %)Data Mining
1845 (8.893 %)SQL Server
1942 (8.300 %)Microsoft
1942 (8.300 %)Web Analytics
2041 (8.103 %)E-Commerce
2138 (7.510 %)Statistical Analysis
2235 (6.917 %)Economics
2235 (6.917 %)Data Modelling
2332 (6.324 %)CRM
2431 (6.126 %)Data Analytics
2431 (6.126 %)R

SPSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
115 (2.964 %).NET
27 (1.383 %)ASP.NET
27 (1.383 %)HTML
33 (0.593 %)Data Analytics Architect
33 (0.593 %)WebSphere
33 (0.593 %)FpML
42 (0.395 %)Lucene
51 (0.198 %)J2EE
51 (0.198 %)ATL
51 (0.198 %)COM
51 (0.198 %)Web Services
51 (0.198 %)Flash
51 (0.198 %).NET Framework
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1352 (69.57 %)SAS
27 (1.383 %)SharePoint
32 (0.395 %)Lotus Notes
32 (0.395 %)FileNet
32 (0.395 %)Apache Solr
41 (0.198 %)Lotus Connections
41 (0.198 %)Adobe CQ
41 (0.198 %)CMS
41 (0.198 %)WebLogic
41 (0.198 %)Documentum
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
158 (11.46 %)MS Excel
227 (5.336 %)MS Office
322 (4.348 %)MATLAB
421 (4.150 %)FastStats
510 (1.976 %)MS PowerPoint
68 (1.581 %)MS Visio
77 (1.383 %)S-PLUS
82 (0.395 %)Stata
82 (0.395 %)SmartSuite
91 (0.198 %)Photoshop
91 (0.198 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (2.569 %)Google Analytics
212 (2.372 %)WebTrends
36 (1.186 %)Dynamics CRM
36 (1.186 %)Dynamics AX
44 (0.791 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
53 (0.593 %)Cognos Planning
53 (0.593 %)SiteCatalyst
62 (0.395 %)Maximo
62 (0.395 %)Pivotal CRM
71 (0.198 %)HFM
71 (0.198 %)SAP Oil and Gas
71 (0.198 %)Cognos Controller
71 (0.198 %)Hyperion Planning
71 (0.198 %)SAP BPC
71 (0.198 %)Sage 200
71 (0.198 %)Sage 50
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (0.593 %)Internet
13 (0.593 %)Extranet
22 (0.395 %)Broadband
31 (0.198 %)SMS
31 (0.198 %)HTTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
148 (9.486 %)Data Warehouse
245 (8.893 %)SQL Server
245 (8.893 %)Data Mining
323 (4.545 %)Base SAS
420 (3.953 %)MS Access
517 (3.360 %)ETL
613 (2.569 %)SQL Server Integration Services
712 (2.372 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
811 (2.174 %)GIS
910 (1.976 %)SQL Server 2000
910 (1.976 %)OLAP
910 (1.976 %)SQL Server 2008
109 (1.779 %)DB2
116 (1.186 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
116 (1.186 %)Clementine
125 (0.988 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
125 (0.988 %)AnswerTree
125 (0.988 %)QlikView
134 (0.791 %)SAS Enterprise Miner
143 (0.593 %)Hadoop
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (0.395 %)JUnit
21 (0.198 %)Balsamiq Mockups
21 (0.198 %)Axure RP
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1280 (55.34 %)Marketing
2104 (20.55 %)Finance
369 (13.64 %)Retail
428 (5.534 %)Telecoms
521 (4.150 %)Advertising
616 (3.162 %)Law
713 (2.569 %)Banking
811 (2.174 %)Games
910 (1.976 %)Publishing
104 (0.791 %)Retail Banking
113 (0.593 %)Investment Banking
113 (0.593 %)Front Office
122 (0.395 %)Pharmaceutical
122 (0.395 %)Electronics
122 (0.395 %)Legal
131 (0.198 %)Manufacturing
131 (0.198 %)Multimedia
131 (0.198 %)Billing
131 (0.198 %)Aerospace
131 (0.198 %)Automotive
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1325 (64.23 %)Analyst
2129 (25.49 %)Data Analyst
3108 (21.34 %)Senior Analyst
4104 (20.55 %)Insight Analyst
574 (14.62 %)SAS Analyst
647 (9.289 %)SAS Insight Analyst
741 (8.103 %)Senior Insight Analyst
741 (8.103 %)Senior SAS Analyst
838 (7.510 %)Senior Data Analyst
936 (7.115 %)Marketing Analyst
1035 (6.917 %)Consultant
1134 (6.719 %)Senior Manager
1224 (4.743 %)Data Manager
1320 (3.953 %)SPSS Analyst
1417 (3.360 %)Developer
1515 (2.964 %)Customer Analyst
1614 (2.767 %)Senior Marketing Analyst
1711 (2.174 %)Customer Insight Analyst
1711 (2.174 %)Business Analyst
1711 (2.174 %)Web Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
188 (17.39 %)Statistics
260 (11.86 %)Mathematics
335 (6.917 %)Economics
431 (6.126 %)Credit Risk
517 (3.360 %)Computer Science
610 (1.976 %)Data Protection Act
610 (1.976 %)NHS
79 (1.779 %)Physics
88 (1.581 %)Management Information System
88 (1.581 %)Neural Network
96 (1.186 %)Data Integration
105 (0.988 %)FMCG
114 (0.791 %)Visualisation
123 (0.593 %)Open Source
123 (0.593 %)Social Media
123 (0.593 %)Market Risk
123 (0.593 %)Psychology
132 (0.395 %)iPad
132 (0.395 %)Digital Media
132 (0.395 %)New Media
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (2.174 %)Windows
210 (1.976 %)UNIX
33 (0.593 %)Linux
42 (0.395 %)Windows 2000
42 (0.395 %)Windows NT
42 (0.395 %)Windows XP
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1129 (25.49 %)Statistical Modelling
2123 (24.31 %)Customer Insight
3109 (21.54 %)Data Analysis
4107 (21.15 %)CHAID
592 (18.18 %)Business Intelligence
690 (17.79 %)Logistic Regression
788 (17.39 %)Direct Marketing
885 (16.80 %)Marketing Strategy
960 (11.86 %)Stakeholder Engagement
1042 (8.300 %)Web Analytics
1141 (8.103 %)E-Commerce
1238 (7.510 %)Statistical Analysis
1335 (6.917 %)Data Modelling
1432 (6.324 %)CRM
1531 (6.126 %)Data Analytics
1629 (5.731 %)Operations Research
1726 (5.138 %)Market Research
1825 (4.941 %)Predictive Analytics
1923 (4.545 %)Customer Intelligence
2021 (4.150 %)Project Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1310 (61.26 %)SQL
231 (6.126 %)R
327 (5.336 %)VB
423 (4.545 %)VBA
519 (3.755 %)SAS Macro
612 (2.372 %)Python
612 (2.372 %)T-SQL
79 (1.779 %)C++
88 (1.581 %)Java
88 (1.581 %)C#
97 (1.383 %)C
106 (1.186 %)JavaScript
113 (0.593 %)FoxPro (VFP)
113 (0.593 %)VB.NET
113 (0.593 %)Scala
122 (0.395 %)Clojure
122 (0.395 %)Perl
131 (0.198 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1133 (26.28 %)Degree
26 (1.186 %)PhD
33 (0.593 %)Security Cleared
42 (0.395 %)SC Cleared
42 (0.395 %)MCP
42 (0.395 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.395 %)A+ Certification
51 (0.198 %)PMP
51 (0.198 %)PMI Certification
51 (0.198 %)MBA
51 (0.198 %)Postgraduate
51 (0.198 %)ISEB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.581 %)Basel II
23 (0.593 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
23 (0.593 %)QA
23 (0.593 %)Solvency II
23 (0.593 %)Data Quality
32 (0.395 %)ISO 9001
32 (0.395 %)ISO 14001
32 (0.395 %)ISO/IEC 27001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.395 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
142 (8.300 %)Microsoft
227 (5.336 %)Business Objects
324 (4.743 %)Oracle
423 (4.545 %)Alterian
522 (4.348 %)Omniture
522 (4.348 %)Cognos
616 (3.162 %)Chordiant
616 (3.162 %)Google
715 (2.964 %)Unica
813 (2.569 %)IBM
911 (2.174 %)SAP
911 (2.174 %)KXEN
108 (1.581 %)smartFOCUS
114 (0.791 %)Netezza
123 (0.593 %)Epiphany
123 (0.593 %)Lotus
132 (0.395 %)Apple
132 (0.395 %)McAfee
132 (0.395 %)MathWorks
132 (0.395 %)MicroStrategy