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This section looks at the demand for Use Cases skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Use Case over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUse Cases
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank355354
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads8801093
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.474 %0.456 %
As % of the category below0.810 %0.815 %
Salaries quoted689877
Average minimum salary£42,707£44,924
Average salary£46,094£48,198
% change on same period last year-4.36 %
Average maximum salary£49,482£51,472
UK excluding London average salary£42,397£45,016
% change on same period last year-5.81 %
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads108630134109
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled58.48 %55.90 %
Salaries quoted88900105887
Average minimum salary£43,019£44,892
Average salary£47,090£48,929
% change on same period last year-3.75 %
Average maximum salary£51,160£52,966
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %

Use Case
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Use Case within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Use Case Demand Trend

Use Case
Salary Trend

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

Use Case Salary Trend

Use Case
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Use Case over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Use Case Salary Histogram

Use Case
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Use Case 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
EnglandDown-6850£46,461-3.74 %
LondonUp+33408£50,277-5.75 %
South EastNo change0156£42,573-5.38 %
East of EnglandUp+44151£47,523-22.55 %
City of LondonUp+8140£50,604-14.95 %
HertfordshireUp+7373£53,300+16.99 %
EssexUp+260£40,615-41.21 %
South WestDown-3950£43,957+18.68 %
BerkshireDown-1643£41,698-15.05 %
SurreyUp+3042£44,782+0.51 %
YorkshireDown-9131£33,655-10.45 %
HampshireDown-1526£43,841+10.30 %
OxfordshireUp+2225£37,260-0.64 %
North WestUp+1623£38,729-6.19 %
OxfordUp+2021£37,262-6.84 %
ReadingUp+3420£41,643-12.33 %
WiltshireDown-1419£35,211-3.97 %
West SussexNew entry-18£39,583-
GloucestershireDown-317£51,000+50.00 %
ScotlandUp+2217£40,708+0.20 %
CambridgeshireUp+617£42,143+1.54 %
SouthamptonUp+3216£39,909+6.42 %
ManchesterUp+3415£35,487-17.47 %
CambridgeDown-115£44,091+21.63 %
CroydonUp+614£48,929-
South YorkshireDown-1613£34,833-11.02 %
West MidlandsNo change013£40,438+13.90 %
WalesUp+2112£30,375-
South WalesUp+2712£30,375-
NewportNew entry-12£30,375-

Use Case
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Use Case 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 Use Case.

1922 (46.12 %)UML
2559 (27.96 %)Finance
3457 (22.86 %)Business Analysis
4299 (14.96 %)OO
5280 (14.01 %)RUP
6255 (12.76 %).NET
7248 (12.41 %)SQL
8231 (11.56 %)C#
9216 (10.81 %)Banking
10203 (10.16 %)User Acceptance Testing
11194 (9.705 %)Data Modelling
12191 (9.555 %)PRINCE2
13179 (8.954 %)Systems Analysis
14177 (8.854 %)Java
15171 (8.554 %)XML
16162 (8.104 %)SQL Server
17160 (8.004 %)ISEB
18151 (7.554 %)Retail
19146 (7.304 %)Project Management
20145 (7.254 %)E-Commerce
21144 (7.204 %)Degree
22132 (6.603 %)Marketing
23131 (6.553 %)Requirements Analysis
24130 (6.503 %)J2EE
24130 (6.503 %)Internet
25127 (6.353 %)Derivative
26124 (6.203 %)Oracle
27121 (6.053 %)Insurance
28117 (5.853 %)ASP.NET
29115 (5.753 %)Health

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1255 (12.76 %).NET
2171 (8.554 %)XML
3130 (6.503 %)J2EE
4117 (5.853 %)ASP.NET
584 (4.202 %)WebServices
679 (3.952 %)HTML
764 (3.202 %)AJAX
853 (2.651 %)XSLT
940 (2.001 %)WebSphere
1039 (1.951 %)CSS
1134 (1.701 %)Hibernate
1231 (1.551 %)Spring
1329 (1.451 %)ASP
1425 (1.251 %)JSF
1425 (1.251 %)XML Messaging
1524 (1.201 %)JSP
1621 (1.051 %)SOAP
1621 (1.051 %)XSD
1720 (1.001 %)Middleware
1819 (0.950 %)Struts
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
128 (1.401 %)JBoss
225 (1.251 %)CMS
322 (1.101 %)WebLogic
420 (1.001 %)IIS
518 (0.900 %)Apache
518 (0.900 %)ArcGIS
67 (0.350 %)MTS
67 (0.350 %)Tomcat
76 (0.300 %)MS Exchange
76 (0.300 %)ESB
83 (0.150 %)NetWeaver
83 (0.150 %)BizTalk Server
83 (0.150 %)WebSphere MQ
83 (0.150 %)WebSphere Application Server
83 (0.150 %)SharePoint
92 (0.100 %)SharePoint Server 2007
101 (0.050 %)MQSeries
101 (0.050 %)LiveLink
101 (0.050 %)Oracle Workflow
101 (0.050 %)Commerce Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
189 (4.452 %)MS Visio
246 (2.301 %)MS Office
246 (2.301 %)MS Excel
320 (1.001 %)MS Project
42 (0.100 %)Photoshop
42 (0.100 %)MATLAB
42 (0.100 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (0.100 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (0.350 %)Summit
25 (0.250 %)Remedy AR System
32 (0.100 %)AWD
32 (0.100 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.050 %)SAP CRM
41 (0.050 %)Pegasus Opera
41 (0.050 %)BusinessWorks
41 (0.050 %)LongView
41 (0.050 %)Line 500
41 (0.050 %)SalesLogix
41 (0.050 %)SAP Business One
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1130 (6.503 %)Internet
225 (1.251 %)Extranet
317 (0.850 %)LDAP
47 (0.350 %)TCP/IP
47 (0.350 %)FCAPS
55 (0.250 %)Wireless
55 (0.250 %)Broadband
55 (0.250 %)HTTP
64 (0.200 %)Ethernet
73 (0.150 %)Intranet
73 (0.150 %)VoIP
82 (0.100 %)LAN
82 (0.100 %)PPP
82 (0.100 %)WAN
82 (0.100 %)SSL
82 (0.100 %)UWB
91 (0.050 %)Intrusion Detection
91 (0.050 %)SAN
91 (0.050 %)VPN
91 (0.050 %)DNS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1162 (8.104 %)SQL Server
247 (2.351 %)OLAP
346 (2.301 %)SQL Server 2005
444 (2.201 %)SQL Server 2000
541 (2.051 %)RDBMS
633 (1.651 %)MOLAP
633 (1.651 %)OLTP
732 (1.601 %)ROLAP
818 (0.900 %)GIS
915 (0.750 %)Crystal Reports
1010 (0.500 %)Datawarehouse
1010 (0.500 %)BusinessObjects
119 (0.450 %)MySQL
119 (0.450 %)ETL
119 (0.450 %)Oracle 8/8i
128 (0.400 %)DB2
137 (0.350 %)DTS
146 (0.300 %)Informix
146 (0.300 %)Oracle 10g
155 (0.250 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
190 (4.502 %)TestDirector
230 (1.501 %)QuickTest Pro
328 (1.401 %)Rational Rose
424 (1.201 %)ClearCase
517 (0.850 %)Eclipse
517 (0.850 %)ClearQuest
616 (0.800 %)RequisitePro
715 (0.750 %)LoadRunner
715 (0.750 %)Subversion
812 (0.600 %)WinRunner
911 (0.550 %)HttpUnit
1010 (0.500 %)WebLogic Workshop
119 (0.450 %)Visual Studio
119 (0.450 %)Selenium
127 (0.350 %)NUnit
127 (0.350 %)PowerBuilder
135 (0.250 %)JUnit
135 (0.250 %)VSS/SourceSafe
135 (0.250 %)Telelogic DOORS
144 (0.200 %)Visual Studio Team System
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1559 (27.96 %)Finance
2216 (10.81 %)Banking
3151 (7.554 %)Retail
4132 (6.603 %)Marketing
5121 (6.053 %)Insurance
6115 (5.753 %)Health
788 (4.402 %)Pensions
872 (3.602 %)Telecoms
945 (2.251 %)Billing
945 (2.251 %)Investment Banking
1039 (1.951 %)Legal
1138 (1.901 %)Military
1237 (1.851 %)Education
1335 (1.751 %)Law
1432 (1.601 %)Front Office
1526 (1.301 %)Government
1526 (1.301 %)Games
1623 (1.151 %)Back Office
1721 (1.051 %)Financial Institution
1817 (0.850 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11356 (67.83 %)Analyst
21014 (50.73 %)Business Analyst
3242 (12.11 %)Systems Analyst
4183 (9.155 %)Developer
5127 (6.353 %)Senior Analyst
6105 (5.253 %)Senior Business Analyst
798 (4.902 %)Test Manager
884 (4.202 %)Architect
983 (4.152 %)UML Business Analyst
1065 (3.252 %)Business Systems Analyst
1156 (2.801 %)Programmer
1249 (2.451 %)Tester
1249 (2.451 %)C# Developer
1348 (2.401 %)Product Manager
1445 (2.251 %)Banking Business Analyst
1543 (2.151 %)Data Analyst
1543 (2.151 %).NET Developer
1641 (2.051 %)Senior Developer
1740 (2.001 %)Software Engineer
1740 (2.001 %)Financial Business Analyst
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1127 (6.353 %)Derivative
247 (2.351 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
336 (1.801 %)Fixed Income
427 (1.351 %)iDTV
525 (1.251 %)Equities
620 (1.001 %)Client/Server
620 (1.001 %)Management Information System
717 (0.850 %)N-Tier
814 (0.700 %)DTCC
911 (0.550 %)French Language
1010 (0.500 %)Credit Risk
1010 (0.500 %)Market Risk
118 (0.400 %)Data Integration
118 (0.400 %)DTV
127 (0.350 %)German Language
127 (0.350 %)Russian Language
127 (0.350 %)Spanish Language
127 (0.350 %)E-Learning
127 (0.350 %)Credit Derivative
127 (0.350 %)Computer Science
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
147 (2.351 %)Windows
246 (2.301 %)UNIX
344 (2.201 %)Linux
413 (0.650 %)Windows Mobile
56 (0.300 %)Windows XP
65 (0.250 %)Solaris
74 (0.200 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (0.100 %)Windows Vista
82 (0.100 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (0.100 %)VMS
91 (0.050 %)Windows 2000
91 (0.050 %)AIX
91 (0.050 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
91 (0.050 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1922 (46.12 %)UML
2457 (22.86 %)Business Analysis
3299 (14.96 %)OO
4280 (14.01 %)RUP
5203 (10.16 %)User Acceptance Testing
6194 (9.705 %)Data Modelling
7191 (9.555 %)PRINCE2
8179 (8.954 %)Systems Analysis
9146 (7.304 %)Project Management
10145 (7.254 %)E-Commerce
11131 (6.553 %)Requirements Analysis
12110 (5.503 %)Test Scripting
1398 (4.902 %)Agile Software Development
1479 (3.952 %)Workflow
1479 (3.952 %)OOA/OOD
1575 (3.752 %)Test Management
1669 (3.452 %)Scrum
1768 (3.402 %)Change Management
1863 (3.152 %)Unified Process
1959 (2.951 %)DSDM
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1248 (12.41 %)SQL
2231 (11.56 %)C#
3177 (8.854 %)Java
485 (4.252 %)JavaScript
556 (2.801 %)Transact-SQL
652 (2.601 %)C++
743 (2.151 %)VB.NET
839 (1.951 %)VB
935 (1.751 %)C
1026 (1.301 %)Python
1121 (1.051 %)PL/SQL
1218 (0.900 %)VBA
1317 (0.850 %)DHTML
1317 (0.850 %)Perl
1415 (0.750 %)Delphi
1513 (0.650 %)Tcl
169 (0.450 %)VB6
176 (0.300 %)PHP
185 (0.250 %)Shell Script
194 (0.200 %)Fortran
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1160 (8.004 %)ISEB
2144 (7.204 %)Degree
329 (1.451 %)PRINCE2 Certification
412 (0.600 %)ISTQB
59 (0.450 %)ISEB Practitioner
64 (0.200 %)Citrix Certification
73 (0.150 %)Microsoft Certification
73 (0.150 %)ITIL Certification
82 (0.100 %)Sun Certification
82 (0.100 %)MCSA
82 (0.100 %)MCDBA
82 (0.100 %)MCITP
91 (0.050 %)MBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
193 (4.652 %)QA
213 (0.650 %)MiFID
311 (0.550 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.200 %)SLA
53 (0.150 %)GAAP
53 (0.150 %)TickIT
61 (0.050 %)WCAG
61 (0.050 %)WAI
61 (0.050 %)CESG Infosec
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (0.600 %)Active Directory
210 (0.500 %)Novell eDirectory
31 (0.050 %)Oracle RAC
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (0.500 %)DirXML
29 (0.450 %)AutoSys
35 (0.250 %)Tivoli
35 (0.250 %)Netcool
35 (0.250 %)Novell Identity Manager
43 (0.150 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.050 %)MOM
51 (0.050 %)CA SiteMinder
51 (0.050 %)SCCM
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1124 (6.203 %)Oracle
2110 (5.503 %)Microsoft
362 (3.102 %)IBM
448 (2.401 %)Siebel
533 (1.651 %)Sybase
533 (1.651 %)Google
626 (1.301 %)Telelogic
718 (0.900 %)SAP
817 (0.850 %)Sun
914 (0.700 %)Borland
1013 (0.650 %)Adobe
1111 (0.550 %)CA
1111 (0.550 %)Vitria
1111 (0.550 %)ESRI
1210 (0.500 %)Novell
1210 (0.500 %)Business Objects
139 (0.450 %)Remedy
139 (0.450 %)Yahoo!
145 (0.250 %)Citrix
145 (0.250 %)BMC