Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VMS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMS over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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 Operating Systems category.

 VMS
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank572586636
Rank change year-on-year
Up+14Up+50
Matching permanent IT job ads10484364
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.121 %0.099 %0.178 %
As % of the Operating Systems category0.558 %0.404 %0.722 %
Salaries quoted9172322
Average salary£49,500£48,750£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.530 %+14.70 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,100£27,650£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£70,000£57,000
UK excluding London average salary£29,500£35,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-15.71 %-12.50 %
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
186402080750438
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK21.70 %24.53 %24.71 %
Salaries quoted156871754841822
Average salary£38,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.570 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£22,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-

VMS
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VMS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

VMS Demand Trend

VMS
Salary Trend

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

VMS Salary Trend

VMS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMS over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

VMS Salary Histogram

VMS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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+797£50,000-4.76 %
LondonDown-1680£51,250-6.81 %
City of LondonDown-1355£52,500-19.23 %
South EastUp+311£29,500-30.58 %
WalesUp+27£23,500-14.54 %
South WalesUp+27£23,500-14.54 %
North WestUp+106£34,000+23.63 %
ManchesterUp+26£34,000+21.42 %
West SussexNew entry-4£25,000-
SurreyNew entry-4£42,500-
Docklands, LondonDown-43£50,000-4.76 %
Haywards HeathNew entry-3£21,500-
OxfordshireNew entry-3£29,500-
BerkshireDown-12£29,500-30.58 %
CroydonNew entry-2£71,250-
StockportUp+71£34,000+21.42 %
BanburyNew entry-1£29,500-

VMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing VMS 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 VMS.

1131 (65.83 %)UNIX
297 (48.74 %)Banking
393 (46.73 %)Windows
490 (45.23 %)Finance
567 (33.67 %)Java
664 (32.16 %)Oracle
759 (29.65 %)Linux
854 (27.14 %)C++
943 (21.61 %)Solaris
1037 (18.59 %)C
1136 (18.09 %)SQL
1235 (17.59 %)Windows Server 2003
1333 (16.58 %)WebLogic
1432 (16.08 %)Investment Banking
1531 (15.58 %)DCL
1630 (15.08 %)Derivative
1728 (14.07 %)VB
1827 (13.57 %)MQSeries
1827 (13.57 %)WebSphere
1925 (12.56 %)Fixed Income
1925 (12.56 %)OpenVMS
2024 (12.06 %)Oracle 8/8i
2123 (11.56 %)HP
2222 (11.06 %)Windows 2000
2222 (11.06 %)SQL Server
2321 (10.55 %)XML
2321 (10.55 %)WebSphere MQ
2420 (10.05 %)IBM
2420 (10.05 %)C#
2519 (9.548 %)Back Office

VMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing VMS 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 VMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
127 (13.57 %)WebSphere
221 (10.55 %)XML
316 (8.040 %)HTML
410 (5.025 %)CORBA
59 (4.523 %)Java EE 5
66 (3.015 %)XSD
66 (3.015 %).NET
75 (2.513 %)Web Services
75 (2.513 %)EDI
84 (2.010 %)Spring
84 (2.010 %)CSS
93 (1.508 %)J2EE
102 (1.005 %)Servlets
102 (1.005 %)ASP.NET
102 (1.005 %)Middleware
102 (1.005 %)TopLink
111 (0.503 %)AJAX
111 (0.503 %)J2ME
111 (0.503 %)ASP
111 (0.503 %)FIX Protocol
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
133 (16.58 %)WebLogic
227 (13.57 %)MQSeries
321 (10.55 %)WebSphere MQ
416 (8.040 %)MS Exchange
416 (8.040 %)Tomcat
511 (5.528 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
69 (4.523 %)ESB
77 (3.518 %)Exchange Server 2007
84 (2.010 %)IIS
93 (1.508 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (5.528 %)MS Office
111 (5.528 %)MS Excel
24 (2.010 %)MS Project
33 (1.508 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
119 (9.548 %)Oracle EBS
29 (4.523 %)GL Clearvision
31 (0.503 %)SAP SD
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
119 (9.548 %)VPN
215 (7.538 %)Firewall
215 (7.538 %)VLAN
311 (5.528 %)SAN
311 (5.528 %)LAN
311 (5.528 %)WAN
49 (4.523 %)TCP/IP
49 (4.523 %)Internet
54 (2.010 %)OSPF
54 (2.010 %)BGP
54 (2.010 %)Cisco PIX
54 (2.010 %)Cisco ASA
54 (2.010 %)NAS
63 (1.508 %)Network Security
72 (1.005 %)Wireless
72 (1.005 %)SSH
72 (1.005 %)VRRP
72 (1.005 %)SNMP
72 (1.005 %)DNS
72 (1.005 %)SSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (12.06 %)Oracle 8/8i
222 (11.06 %)SQL Server
319 (9.548 %)RDBMS
413 (6.533 %)DB2
413 (6.533 %)Ingres
59 (4.523 %)MySQL
66 (3.015 %)PowerCenter
74 (2.010 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (2.010 %)NonStop SQL
74 (2.010 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (2.010 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.503 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.503 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.503 %)Oracle 11g
81 (0.503 %)InterSystems Cache
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
115 (7.538 %)ClearCase
23 (1.508 %)FitNesse
23 (1.508 %)PROIV
23 (1.508 %)JUnit
32 (1.005 %)Visual Studio
32 (1.005 %)Oracle Forms
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
197 (48.74 %)Banking
290 (45.23 %)Finance
332 (16.08 %)Investment Banking
419 (9.548 %)Back Office
59 (4.523 %)Front Office
68 (4.020 %)Pensions
74 (2.010 %)Health
83 (1.508 %)Automotive
83 (1.508 %)Education
92 (1.005 %)Financial Institution
92 (1.005 %)Telecoms
92 (1.005 %)Publishing
101 (0.503 %)Insurance
101 (0.503 %)Multimedia
101 (0.503 %)Law
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
147 (23.62 %)Analyst
224 (12.06 %)Support Analyst
323 (11.56 %)Applications Support
422 (11.06 %)Support Engineer
520 (10.05 %)Administrator
616 (8.040 %)Systems Analyst
714 (7.035 %)Software Engineer
714 (7.035 %)Developer
714 (7.035 %)Consultant
714 (7.035 %)2nd Line Support
813 (6.533 %)C++ Software Engineer
813 (6.533 %)Network Engineer
912 (6.030 %)Technical Support
1011 (5.528 %)Network Administrator
1011 (5.528 %)Technical Analyst
1110 (5.025 %)Applications Support Engineer
1110 (5.025 %)Support Manager
129 (4.523 %)Applications Support Manager
129 (4.523 %)Applications Manager
129 (4.523 %)Technical Support Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
130 (15.08 %)Derivative
225 (12.56 %)Fixed Income
313 (6.533 %)Client/Server
313 (6.533 %)Equities
47 (3.518 %)Blackberry
47 (3.518 %)AS400
55 (2.513 %)Mainframe
64 (2.010 %)Clustering
64 (2.010 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
64 (2.010 %)iSeries
73 (1.508 %)Tandem
82 (1.005 %)VAX
91 (0.503 %)Computer Science
91 (0.503 %)Multithreading
91 (0.503 %)Symmetrix DMX
91 (0.503 %)NHS
91 (0.503 %)LIMS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1131 (65.83 %)UNIX
293 (46.73 %)Windows
359 (29.65 %)Linux
443 (21.61 %)Solaris
535 (17.59 %)Windows Server 2003
625 (12.56 %)OpenVMS
722 (11.06 %)Windows 2000
811 (5.528 %)Windows NT
99 (4.523 %)HPUX
108 (4.020 %)Windows Vista
108 (4.020 %)Windows Server 2008
114 (2.010 %)Windows 2000 Server
114 (2.010 %)Windows XP
122 (1.005 %)Red Hat Linux
131 (0.503 %)AIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
119 (9.548 %)ITIL
218 (9.045 %)OO
315 (7.538 %)Software Engineering
413 (6.533 %)OOD
58 (4.020 %)Change Management
66 (3.015 %)Project Management
66 (3.015 %)Agile Software Development
66 (3.015 %)Incident Management
75 (2.513 %)Unit Testing
75 (2.513 %)Performance Management
75 (2.513 %)Systems Analysis
75 (2.513 %)Resource Management
75 (2.513 %)Problem Management
75 (2.513 %)E-business
83 (1.508 %)Information Security
83 (1.508 %)PLM
83 (1.508 %)PRINCE2
83 (1.508 %)Logistics
83 (1.508 %)Integration Testing
83 (1.508 %)User Acceptance Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
167 (33.67 %)Java
254 (27.14 %)C++
337 (18.59 %)C
436 (18.09 %)SQL
531 (15.58 %)DCL
628 (14.07 %)VB
720 (10.05 %)C#
815 (7.538 %)JavaScript
815 (7.538 %)Perl
913 (6.533 %)Shell Script
1012 (6.030 %)VBA
1110 (5.025 %)PL/SQL
125 (2.513 %)MUMPS
134 (2.010 %)ABAP
142 (1.005 %)Pascal
142 (1.005 %)Scala
151 (0.503 %)VC++
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
112 (6.030 %)Degree
210 (5.025 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (4.020 %)MCSE
47 (3.518 %)Cisco Certification
55 (2.513 %)CCNA
55 (2.513 %)ITIL Certification
64 (2.010 %)ISEB
64 (2.010 %)CCNP
73 (1.508 %)MCSA
82 (1.005 %)CCSP
91 (0.503 %)PRINCE2 Certification
91 (0.503 %)PMP
91 (0.503 %)PMI Certification
91 (0.503 %)HP ASE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.508 %)ISO27001
21 (0.503 %)QA
21 (0.503 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
114 (7.035 %)Active Directory
210 (5.025 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (2.010 %)Hyper-V
34 (2.010 %)Terminal Services
43 (1.508 %)VMware ESX
43 (1.508 %)XenApp
43 (1.508 %)XenDesktop
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
114 (7.035 %)Backup Exec
24 (2.010 %)SCCM
24 (2.010 %)SCOM
24 (2.010 %)SCVMM
33 (1.508 %)WSUS
33 (1.508 %)Norton AntiVirus
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
164 (32.16 %)Oracle
223 (11.56 %)HP
320 (10.05 %)IBM
417 (8.543 %)Citrix
417 (8.543 %)VMware
516 (8.040 %)Microsoft
615 (7.538 %)Cisco
615 (7.538 %)Sybase
615 (7.538 %)Reuters
714 (7.035 %)Bloomberg
714 (7.035 %)Sun
813 (6.533 %)TIBCO
813 (6.533 %)Versant
911 (5.528 %)BEA
107 (3.518 %)GL TRADE
107 (3.518 %)Symantec
116 (3.015 %)Informatica
124 (2.010 %)Compaq
124 (2.010 %)Progress
124 (2.010 %)Business Objects