The first table below looks at the demand for TickIT skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TickIT over the 3 months to 24 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
TickIT
Rank 792 862 784
Rank change year-on-year
+70 -78
Permanent jobs citing TickIT 70 37 97
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.065% 0.031% 0.078%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.654% 0.342% 0.961%
Number of salaries quoted 49 25 83
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,844 £35,400 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £67,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +17.64%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10710 10814 10095
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.909% 8.961% 8.114%
Number of salaries quoted 8649 8887 8332
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%

TickIT
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing TickIT within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

TickIT Jobs Demand Trend

TickIT
Salary Trend

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

TickIT Salary Trend

TickIT
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TickIT over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

TickIT Salary Histogram

TickIT
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TickIT within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +59 70 £50,000 -
East Midlands +23 32 £50,000 +11.11%
Leicestershire +15 23 £50,000 -
South East +4 16 £40,000 -40.74%
Leicester +3 15 £52,500 -
West Midlands -11 13 £50,000 +47.05%
West Sussex -2 12 £40,000 -20.00%
South West - 10 £40,000 -
East of England +6 9 £27,844 -
Gloucestershire - 9 £41,250 -
Norwich - 8 £25,404 -
Norfolk - 8 £25,404 -
Warwickshire - 7 £50,000 -
Crawley - 7 - -
Derby +15 5 £50,000 +58.73%
Derbyshire +7 5 £50,000 +58.73%
Worthing - 5 £40,000 -
Gloucester - 5 - -
Worcestershire +4 4 - -
Malvern +1 4 - -
Hampshire -4 4 - -
Farnborough - 4 - -
Nottinghamshire -5 3 £40,000 -11.11%
Nottingham -6 3 £40,000 -11.11%
Cheltenham - 2 £37,500 -
Staffordshire - 2 £40,000 -
Midlands - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 £30,000 -
Dorset - 1 £35,000 -
Weymouth - 1 £35,000 -

TickIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing TickIT 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 TickIT.

1 102 (80.31%) ISO 9001
2 86 (67.72%) C#
3 71 (55.91%) .NET
4 66 (51.97%) Computer Science
5 51 (40.16%) Degree
6 49 (38.58%) Windows
7 46 (36.22%) XML
8 40 (31.50%) JavaScript
9 37 (29.13%) C
9 37 (29.13%) ASP.NET
10 36 (28.35%) Software Engineering
11 35 (27.56%) UML
12 34 (26.77%) Electronics
13 33 (25.98%) C++
13 33 (25.98%) SQL Server
14 31 (24.41%) SQL
14 31 (24.41%) Security Cleared
15 30 (23.62%) ASP
16 28 (22.05%) ISO 9000
16 28 (22.05%) Military
17 27 (21.26%) Web Services
18 25 (19.69%) Visual Studio
18 25 (19.69%) Finance
19 24 (18.90%) ITIL
19 24 (18.90%) DHTML
20 23 (18.11%) Computer Security
20 23 (18.11%) Software Testing
20 23 (18.11%) Mathematics
20 23 (18.11%) Cryptography
20 23 (18.11%) UNIX

TickIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing TickIT 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 TickIT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 71 (55.91%) .NET
2 46 (36.22%) XML
3 37 (29.13%) ASP.NET
4 30 (23.62%) ASP
5 27 (21.26%) Web Services
6 24 (18.90%) DHTML
7 22 (17.32%) XSLT
8 15 (11.81%) CSS
9 14 (11.02%) WPF
10 10 (7.874%) XHTML
11 8 (6.299%) CSS3
11 8 (6.299%) .NET Framework
12 6 (4.724%) jQuery
13 5 (3.937%) HTML
13 5 (3.937%) Apache Cordova
14 4 (3.150%) OpenGL
14 4 (3.150%) DirectX
14 4 (3.150%) WinForms
14 4 (3.150%) ASP.NET MVC
15 3 (2.362%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 8 (6.299%) IIS
1 8 (6.299%) WordPress
2 2 (1.575%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.575%) Apache
3 1 (0.787%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (14.17%) MS Office
2 17 (13.39%) MS Excel
3 16 (12.60%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.787%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.787%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 22 (17.32%) LDAP
2 10 (7.874%) Ethernet
3 5 (3.937%) Internet
4 4 (3.150%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.575%) WAN
6 1 (0.787%) FTP
6 1 (0.787%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (25.98%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.150%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.362%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (2.362%) DB2
3 3 (2.362%) OLAP
4 2 (1.575%) MySQL
4 2 (1.575%) Informix
4 2 (1.575%) SQLite
4 2 (1.575%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.575%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 2 (1.575%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.787%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.787%) Oracle OLAP
5 1 (0.787%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.787%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 25 (19.69%) Visual Studio
2 19 (14.96%) Rational DOORS
3 9 (7.087%) Rational Rhapsody
4 6 (4.724%) PVCS
5 5 (3.937%) PhoneGap
6 3 (2.362%) Hudson
6 3 (2.362%) Subversion
7 2 (1.575%) RequisitePro
8 1 (0.787%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 34 (26.77%) Electronics
2 28 (22.05%) Military
3 25 (19.69%) Finance
4 15 (11.81%) Aerospace
5 7 (5.512%) Marketing
6 4 (3.150%) Games
7 3 (2.362%) Advertising
8 2 (1.575%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.787%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.787%) Back Office
9 1 (0.787%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 46 (36.22%) Software Engineer
2 35 (27.56%) Developer
3 25 (19.69%) C# Developer
4 24 (18.90%) C# .NET Developer
5 20 (15.75%) Software Manager
6 18 (14.17%) Development Manager
7 16 (12.60%) Software Development Manager
7 16 (12.60%) .NET Developer
8 11 (8.661%) Senior Software Engineer
9 9 (7.087%) Quality Engineer
10 8 (6.299%) Senior Developer
11 7 (5.512%) Security Specialist
12 6 (4.724%) Analyst
12 6 (4.724%) Software Quality Engineer
13 5 (3.937%) Software Developer
14 4 (3.150%) Analyst Programmer
14 4 (3.150%) Programmer
14 4 (3.150%) QA Manager
14 4 (3.150%) Quality Manager
14 4 (3.150%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 66 (51.97%) Computer Science
2 23 (18.11%) Mathematics
2 23 (18.11%) Cryptography
3 22 (17.32%) Smartcard
4 8 (6.299%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (5.512%) CAN bus
6 5 (3.937%) iPhone
6 5 (3.937%) PMI
7 4 (3.150%) Visualisation
8 3 (2.362%) Open Source
8 3 (2.362%) N-Tier
8 3 (2.362%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.575%) Mobile Computing
9 2 (1.575%) Telematics
10 1 (0.787%) Data Integration
10 1 (0.787%) iSeries
10 1 (0.787%) SaaS
10 1 (0.787%) Physics
10 1 (0.787%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.787%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 49 (38.58%) Windows
2 23 (18.11%) UNIX
3 18 (14.17%) Linux
4 7 (5.512%) Windows Mobile
4 7 (5.512%) VxWorks
5 5 (3.937%) Windows 7
5 5 (3.937%) Android
5 5 (3.937%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (2.362%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (2.362%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (28.35%) Software Engineering
2 35 (27.56%) UML
3 24 (18.90%) ITIL
4 23 (18.11%) Computer Security
4 23 (18.11%) Software Testing
5 22 (17.32%) Web Development
5 22 (17.32%) Waterfall
5 22 (17.32%) Cyber Security
6 19 (14.96%) CMMI
7 17 (13.39%) OO
8 14 (11.02%) Configuration Management
9 10 (7.874%) SysML
10 9 (7.087%) Requirements Engineering
10 9 (7.087%) Continuous Integration
11 8 (6.299%) Agile Software Development
11 8 (6.299%) TDD
11 8 (6.299%) Content Management
12 6 (4.724%) Scrum
12 6 (4.724%) Data Modelling
12 6 (4.724%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 86 (67.72%) C#
2 40 (31.50%) JavaScript
3 37 (29.13%) C
4 33 (25.98%) C++
5 31 (24.41%) SQL
6 22 (17.32%) Java
7 12 (9.449%) Python
8 10 (7.874%) VBScript
9 9 (7.087%) Embedded C
10 2 (1.575%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.787%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.787%) COBOL
11 1 (0.787%) RPG
Qualifications
1 51 (40.16%) Degree
2 31 (24.41%) Security Cleared
3 21 (16.54%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.937%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.575%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.787%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (80.31%) ISO 9001
2 28 (22.05%) ISO 9000
3 16 (12.60%) QA
4 15 (11.81%) IEC 61508
5 13 (10.24%) DO-178B
6 2 (1.575%) BS7799
6 2 (1.575%) SLA
7 1 (0.787%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (0.787%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.787%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 21 (16.54%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.449%) Oracle
3 8 (6.299%) Stellent
4 3 (2.362%) Sencha
4 3 (2.362%) IBM
4 3 (2.362%) Borland
4 3 (2.362%) Intel
5 2 (1.575%) Sybase
5 2 (1.575%) Twitter
6 1 (0.787%) Cognos
6 1 (0.787%) Business Objects
6 1 (0.787%) SAP
Cambridge
Requirements: - Degree qualified in maths / science / software or similar... - Understanding of internationally recognised process models or frameworks (eg: CMMi, ISO15504, ISO12207). - Working knowledge of ISO9000, TickIT, SEI CMMi.
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £65k + Extensive Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Must Have: Mobile App’s Development using HTML, CSS and Javascript Libraries. Android application development using Java... JQuery mobile, Apache Cordova / Phone Gap, KnockoutJS, and/or Sencha Touch.
JPS Selection
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Maintain and act on Metrics for QA related activities. * Support continual update and improvements of the QMS to include for example supply chain management processes, and operations metrics... *...
Connectus
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
You'll be responsible for the successful and timely delivery of all aspects of the project, within agreed budgets and timescales, whilst ensuring strict adherence to company QA...
Hamlin Knight
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013