West Midlands GIS Developer Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the GIS Developer role in IT jobs within the West Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Devon East of England Edinburgh England Epsom Exeter Gateshead Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Home Counties London Midlands Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Norwich Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Sunderland Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	208	223
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching permanent IT job ads	27	3
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.014 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.325 %	0.036 %
Salaries quoted	27	3
Average minimum salary	£32,296	£23,667
Average salary	£32,519	£28,000
% change on same period last year	+16.13 %
Average maximum salary	£32,741	£32,333
UK excluding London average salary	£38,335	£32,201
% change on same period last year	+19.04 %
Job Titles West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads	8306	8236
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	4.385 %	3.373 %
Salaries quoted	7053	7067
Average minimum salary	£32,958	£33,465
Average salary	£35,879	£36,265
% change on same period last year	-1.06 %
Average maximum salary	£38,800	£39,065
UK excluding London average salary	£38,197	£39,483
% change on same period last year	-3.25 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing GIS Developer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing GIS Developer across the West Midlands region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GIS Developer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS Developer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Birmingham	+8	18	£31,444	+16.46 %
Herefordshire	-6	6	£35,000	+16.66 %
Wolverhampton	-	3	£34,000	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited GIS Developer in their job title 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 with GIS Developer in their job title.

1 45 (100.00 %) GIS 2 41 (91.11 %) .NET 3 34 (75.56 %) C# 4 25 (55.56 %) ASP.NET 4 25 (55.56 %) Oracle 5 24 (53.33 %) VB.NET 5 24 (53.33 %) Pensions 5 24 (53.33 %) ASP.NET 2.0 6 20 (44.44 %) ArcObjects 6 20 (44.44 %) ESRI 7 16 (35.56 %) SQL 8 15 (33.33 %) VB 8 15 (33.33 %) ArcSDE 9 14 (31.11 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 12 (26.67 %) SQL Server

11 11 (24.44 %) Oracle 10g 11 11 (24.44 %) Oracle Spatial 12 5 (11.11 %) C 13 4 (8.889 %) Business Development 14 3 (6.667 %) Informatics 14 3 (6.667 %) Government 14 3 (6.667 %) Java 14 3 (6.667 %) ArcGIS 15 2 (4.444 %) XML 15 2 (4.444 %) JavaScript 15 2 (4.444 %) HTML 15 2 (4.444 %) Postgraduate 15 2 (4.444 %) Computer Science 15 2 (4.444 %) Degree 16 1 (2.222 %) Data Conversion

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited GIS Developer in their job title 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 with GIS Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 41 (91.11 %) .NET 2 25 (55.56 %) ASP.NET 3 24 (53.33 %) ASP.NET 2.0 4 20 (44.44 %) ArcObjects 5 2 (4.444 %) HTML 5 2 (4.444 %) XML 6 1 (2.222 %) EDI 6 1 (2.222 %) ebXML 6 1 (2.222 %) EDIFACT 6 1 (2.222 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (2.222 %) JSP 6 1 (2.222 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 15 (33.33 %) ArcSDE 2 11 (24.44 %) Oracle Spatial 3 3 (6.667 %) ArcGIS 4 1 (2.222 %) ArcIMS
Applications 1 1 (2.222 %) MS Office 1 1 (2.222 %) MS Excel 1 1 (2.222 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 1 (2.222 %) FTP 1 1 (2.222 %) HTTP 1 1 (2.222 %) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 45 (100.00 %) GIS 2 14 (31.11 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 12 (26.67 %) SQL Server 4 11 (24.44 %) Oracle 10g 5 1 (2.222 %) DB2 5 1 (2.222 %) MS Access	General 1 24 (53.33 %) Pensions 2 3 (6.667 %) Government 3 1 (2.222 %) Local Government
Miscellaneous 1 3 (6.667 %) Informatics 2 2 (4.444 %) Computer Science 3 1 (2.222 %) Data Conversion	Operating Systems 1 1 (2.222 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (8.889 %) Business Development 2 1 (2.222 %) DV Cleared 2 1 (2.222 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (2.222 %) UML	Programming Languages 1 34 (75.56 %) C# 2 24 (53.33 %) VB.NET 3 16 (35.56 %) SQL 4 15 (33.33 %) VB 5 5 (11.11 %) C 6 3 (6.667 %) Java 7 2 (4.444 %) JavaScript 8 1 (2.222 %) C++ 8 1 (2.222 %) Python
Qualifications 1 2 (4.444 %) Postgraduate 1 2 (4.444 %) Degree	Vendors 1 25 (55.56 %) Oracle 2 20 (44.44 %) ESRI 3 1 (2.222 %) Microsoft 3 1 (2.222 %) Autodesk