The first table below looks at the demand for Synon skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Synon over the 3 months to 17 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 Development Applications category.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Synon
Rank 846 888 863
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -25
Permanent jobs citing Synon 12 8 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.007% 0.006%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.075% 0.046% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 5
Average salary £40,000 - £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 - £55,000
All Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15950 17226 15715
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 14.80% 14.24% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13613 15130 13800
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%

Synon
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Synon Jobs Demand Trend

Synon
Salary Trend

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

Synon Salary Trend

Synon
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Synon within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +33 8 £42,000 -
South East +3 4 £35,500 -
Hampshire -2 4 £35,500 -
Deeside - 4 £40,000 -
Wales - 4 £40,000 -
North West - 4 £45,000 -
North Wales - 4 £40,000 -
Flintshire - 4 £40,000 -
Cheshire - 3 £45,000 -
Southampton - 2 £35,500 -

Synon
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Synon 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 Synon.

1 28 (84.85%) RPG
2 22 (66.67%) RPG IV
3 19 (57.58%) Java
4 12 (36.36%) HTML
5 11 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 11 (33.33%) VB
5 11 (33.33%) JD Edwards
5 11 (33.33%) AS400
5 11 (33.33%) RPG/400
6 10 (30.30%) SQL
7 9 (27.27%) PHP
7 9 (27.27%) XML
8 8 (24.24%) Apache Flex
8 8 (24.24%) Unit Testing
8 8 (24.24%) Integration Testing
8 8 (24.24%) Python
8 8 (24.24%) WSDL
8 8 (24.24%) Ant
8 8 (24.24%) JSP
8 8 (24.24%) Perl
9 7 (21.21%) iSeries
10 6 (18.18%) Derivative
10 6 (18.18%) VBA
10 6 (18.18%) IBM
10 6 (18.18%) Internet
11 5 (15.15%) Teradata
11 5 (15.15%) VB6
12 4 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
12 4 (12.12%) .NET
12 4 (12.12%) ASP.NET

Synon
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Synon 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 Synon. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (36.36%) HTML
2 9 (27.27%) XML
3 8 (24.24%) Apache Flex
3 8 (24.24%) WSDL
3 8 (24.24%) JSP
4 4 (12.12%) ASP.NET
4 4 (12.12%) .NET
5 3 (9.091%) EDI
6 2 (6.061%) Hibernate
6 2 (6.061%) Spring
6 2 (6.061%) Java EE
6 2 (6.061%) J2EE
6 2 (6.061%) CSS
7 1 (3.030%) Web Services
7 1 (3.030%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.030%) Lotus Domino
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.030%) MySQL
1 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.030%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Ant
2 1 (3.030%) COOL2E
General
1 1 (3.030%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (60.61%) Analyst
2 19 (57.58%) Developer
3 16 (48.48%) Analyst Programmer
3 16 (48.48%) Programmer
4 15 (45.45%) Senior Developer
5 9 (27.27%) Senior Analyst Programmer
5 9 (27.27%) Senior Programmer
5 9 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (24.24%) Java Developer
7 7 (21.21%) Developer Analyst
8 6 (18.18%) Graduate Developer
8 6 (18.18%) Senior Analyst Developer
8 6 (18.18%) Java Analyst Programmer
8 6 (18.18%) Java Programmer
8 6 (18.18%) Senior Java Developer
8 6 (18.18%) Graduate
8 6 (18.18%) Analyst Developer
8 6 (18.18%) Senior Java Analyst Programmer
8 6 (18.18%) Senior Java Programmer
8 6 (18.18%) Graduate Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) AS400
2 7 (21.21%) iSeries
3 6 (18.18%) Derivative
4 2 (6.061%) Open Source
5 1 (3.030%) Data Conversion
5 1 (3.030%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Unit Testing
1 8 (24.24%) Integration Testing
2 4 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (12.12%) Functional Testing
3 2 (6.061%) Scrum
4 1 (3.030%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (84.85%) RPG
2 22 (66.67%) RPG IV
3 19 (57.58%) Java
4 11 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 11 (33.33%) VB
4 11 (33.33%) RPG/400
5 10 (30.30%) SQL
6 9 (27.27%) PHP
7 8 (24.24%) Perl
7 8 (24.24%) Python
8 6 (18.18%) VBA
9 5 (15.15%) VB6
10 1 (3.030%) PL/1
10 1 (3.030%) COBOL
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) JD Edwards
2 6 (18.18%) IBM
3 5 (15.15%) Teradata
4 2 (6.061%) Business Objects
5 1 (3.030%) Cognos
5 1 (3.030%) LANSA